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Kim Hollis: What were your impressions of the Golden Globes? What do you consider to be the highlights and low points of the event? Also, do you consider this year's Oscar race to be a foregone conclusion?

Josh Spiegel: My impressions are that the Globes know how to surprise people, but are completely unimportant. As stated by a few people already, the two Best Picture winners were ridiculously popular, which proves that the Golden Globes like the shiny, shiny glow of movie stars and popular directors. That's not to say that the winners were bad, but was Avatar a better film than The Hurt Locker? Up in the Air? Hard to say. The low points were the majority of the acceptance speeches, which either went on too long (Mo'Nique, while moving, went on for two minutes too many), or were inexplicably played off 30 seconds in. Another low point was the direction of the ceremony, which was terrible. When Jeff Bridges is sitting in the front row, but you can't find him when his name is being read off, there's a problem. Highlights included Robert Downey, Jr., Ricky Gervais, and the Martin Scorsese speech. The Oscar race is far from foregone, but Avatar got a boost with the Globes.

Jason Lee: I didn't catch the show, but even in just looking at the winners, I still think the Best Picture race is wiiiiiiiiiiide open. Up In The Air, Avatar, Hurt Locker and Precious all have a shot, especially given the fact that there will be ten nominees to choose from and potentially a great deal of split votes. I think the Globes definitely helped Sandra Bullock's chances of scoring her first Oscar nod and I think they've all but sewed up Oscars for Mo'Nique and Christoph Waltz. I hope they've also done the same for Meryl Streep - she was just wonderful in Julie & Julia, and absolutely "wuz robbed" last year for Doubt.





Reagen Sulewski: Dear Ricky Gervais - you may want to look over your shoulder. Mel Gibson may play a good sport but if his movies have taught me anything, he'll hunt you down to the ends of the Earth.

Calvin Trager: I was impressed with Julia Roberts; she successfully extended her streak of making the "awards presenter" role ALL about herself (as in when she held us all hostage to talk to her kids in the spot where the announcement of the most important award of the evening is supposed to go). I know we have been calling her out on this annoying-habit-slash-massive-character-flaw literally for years, but I think we should now be at the point where a little credit is due. I mean, look around: There are marriages - complete, committed relationships involving two separate people - that haven't lasted as long as Julia Roberts' love affair with herself. That is an impressive amount of self-esteem, if you ask me. We are at the point now where the only logical next step is to name a flower after her.

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