What can be said about last weeks Golden Globes telecast? Well out of the films nominated the one that deserved to win actually did, that being The Social Network. Even though I think Winters Bone is a superior film it has been outsourced at the awards this year, with the exception of a best actress nomination for Jennifer Lawrence. I am hear to say that the Golden Globes actually got it right except in the best acting category.
I will admit I haven’t seen The Kings Speech yet and I am sure it is a wonderful feel good film, I tend to like those the most. Colin Firth has won every dam award known to man this year for his performance in the film, leaving Jessie Eisenberg trailing in second place every time.
To me this is ludicrous on a grand scale for many reasons, the main one being that Jesse Eisenberg has given the best performance of the year. His performance carries the entire film on his shoulders, without it the film would fall flatter than a suicide jumper coming out of a one story window. So with that logic I cant understand why he has been shut out of every award he is up for, even the critics choice awards (a good bunch of self absorbed critic’s and film school drop outs) wouldn’t even give it to him.
I think when it comes to reality it might be because Jesse Eisenberg is so young, well not to young, 27 to be exact. A lot of people in the industry might think he has more to prove, and that Colin Firth has already proven himself enough with his body of work.
That is just me assuming, yet what still gives me hope and dread this year is the Academy Awards, for they are the ultimate film award that matters in any context, besides winning at Cannes. The academy for the most part tends to get it right on occasion, even though they have overlooked a lot of great films in the past. Last year proved that point when they decided to give best film to The Hurt Locker, a movie no one saw over a movie everyone saw which was Avatar.
So there is still hope for Jessie Eisenberg this year, the academy might actually go for the actual best performance of the year over what everyone else is doing just to be different and hip, and you cant get more hip than awarding someone who is young.
Though the Academy has screwed up far worse in the past, prime example of that was when Tom Hanks won his first Oscar for Philadelphia. It should of went to Liam Neeson for Schindler’s List, which would fit into the same position as Jessie Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg. Nesson’s performance carried the entire weight of the film, if his performance was not up to task that film would have failed, the same with The Social Network. Yet the Academy decided to go with Tom Hanks as an HIV stricken homosexual out for justice, and don’t get me wrong Philadelphia is an amazing film, but it was also a political statement. Tom Hanks should have won his second Oscar for Saving Private Ryan, yet they gave it to Roberto Benigni for Life Is Beautiful? When was the last time you heard of him? I rest my case on that part of the subject.
So when the Academy decides to hand out it’s Oscars there might be a chance of hope that they make the right decision. They might even surprise people and give Leonardo Dicaprio a nomination for his riveting performance in Shutter Island, another actor everyone has highly overlooked this year. The man was the highest grossing actor of 2010 and both of his films were creditable among critics and audiences alike. I mean what can you do when you pull that off and your peers still slap you in the face without a single word of praise or nomination?
It would be nice this year to not know what the awards could bring, Jessie Eisenberg for best actor and even Jennifer Lawrence for best actress. Yet with dismay we know in our hearts that Colin Firth and Natalie Portman will most likely win, and to me there is nothing worse than predictability!
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