The Golden Globes telecast took place on the 12th of January, and
despite the telecast for the most part going off without a hitch, there
are a few issues that i would like to address, overall the biggest
problem is NOT it's hosts, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are slick, smart and
funny, and manage to tread a fine line between offensive and
acceptable, for the most part, the people they are making fun of, seem
to be in on the joke. Overall our hosts, like last year, did a fantastic
job, and seemed to be present, only when it was appropriate, however,
despite their effectiveness, this years telecast seemed a little
fraught, and i have just a few comments about the ceremony in general:
- First of all, the thing that really irked me was the music that
played people off, it came in way too soon, i understand that NBC and
the HFPA need to keep to a schedule, but if anything needs cutting it is
either the introductions, of the president of the HFPA's speech, not
the winners, no one actually made it through their speech entirely
without being cutoff, and to tell the truth it was a little awkward.
- Secondly, they need to do something to reduce the time it takes
people to get to the stage, Jacqueline Bisset took a few hours to reach
the stage and Robin Wright had to flat out run in order to make it, the
amount of time it takes someone to reach the stage has become a sort of
barometer of how famous a person is, and this has to be rectified,
whether that means moving nominees closer to the front or allowing more
space for people to move freely between the tables, something needs to
be don, because in some cases it took more time for people to get to
their table than their actual speech lasted
- Next, i was fed up by people standing up in front of the camera man,
and the shot being ruined, this happened multiple times, when someone
won a globe, and there was a shot of their reaction, like clockwork
someone stands up and all i can see is black suit jacket. This is very
frustrating, and can simply be solved by moving the tables slightly
further apart, so that people don't have to stand up, it sounds like i'm
being picky, but this was really really irritating after a while.
Well the Golden Globes have always been a little more relaxed
than other award shows, they've always been a little more of a party
atmosphere, however this show just felt sloppy, and overall the whole
show just needs tightening up, and too much time was spent with not
enough happening. The shows producers saved on time by attempting to
shorten the speeches, which just made the entire show feel a little
rushed, overall a well hosted show, but with only mediocre production
values.
Rating: C+
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