by: keaton marcus

Rhapsody and Malek surprise, Gaga, Cooper, Ali Win etc.

Some of the Chosen Winners including Mahershala Ali and Lady Gaga.

Bohemian Rhapsody and Rami Malek

Bohemian Rhapsody won a Golden Globe for Best Drama over A Star is Born (80%), Black Panther (85%), BlaKkKlansman (97%) and If Beale Street Could Talk (90%), which was very much, a surprise, as the film scored a disappointing 55% “sour” on the Lemonradar, and while we praised the music, and Rami Malek’s performance, the pitiful directing and storytelling drowned the film; Rhapsody stands as one of the worst-reviewed winners, as we predicted A Star is Born to take the Best Drama section. Also having to do with the film, lead actor Rami Malek (as Freddie Mercury) won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama, against Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born), Willem Dafoe (At Eternity’s Gate), Lucas Hedges (Boy Erased) and John David Washington (BlaKkKlansman). While his performance was magnetic for the role, this still counts as a surprise, because of the film’s poor execution.

The Animated Category and Into the Spider-Verse

We had another pleasant surprise in the Best Animated Film section, with a win from critically-acclaimed Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, directed by Rodney Rothman and scoring an impressive 91% “sweet”. While Spider-Verse is the best scored animated film of the year, and it deserves the win, we were predicting the run-of-the-mill Disney pic Ralph Breaks the Internet to take the gold (80%), however Spider-Verse remains one of the only superhero films (perhaps the only) to win a Golden Globe which is a very impressive delight. Furthermore, a sequel and many spin-offs are being developed for the film due to its Box Office and critical success.

The Golden Globes Shut out A Quiet Place

A Quiet Place, which is the official best-reviewed film of the year, scoring a massive 100% “sweet” on the Lemonradar, deserved some Golden Globes, the film was shut out of two categories, both Best Original Score, and was completely eliminated from Best Drama, which the film was perfect to win in. The film lost to First Man, Mary Poppins Returns, Black Panther and Isle of Dogs. A Quiet Place also should have at least been nominated for Best Director, with filmmaker John Krasinski acting and directing with style and atmosphere. A Quiet Place may have been critically-acclaimed, and a Box Office amazement, but it truly disappointed at the Golden Globes.

A Side Note: The Kominsky Method dominates TV

Although, we announced the film, not TV, The Kominsky Method won two Golden Globes this year, one with Michael Douglas, who won Best Actor - Comedy TV, and the show itself won Best Comedy, actor Alan Arkin was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor.