2016 - Awards Season: Golden Globes - Winners - La La Lands on Top

January 8, 2017

La La Land

The first major awards night was Sunday with the Golden Globes being handed out. La La Land led the way with seven wins, winning in every category it was nominated in. This is great news for its Oscar chances, but there’s already backlash building.

The categories and winners are...

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

BEST DIRECTOR

BEST SCREENPLAY

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Notes and Reactions...

  • While La La Land was easily the biggest winner of the night with seven wins. It won every category is was nominated in. ... However, I’m already hearing people compare it to The Artist and not as a compliment. Both earned stellar reviews and are Awards Season darlings, but The Artist is now considered overrated and many think it only won because it was a love letter to Hollywood.
  • The only other film to earn more than one award was Elle, which picked up Best Foreign-Language Film and Best Actress in a Drama for Isabelle Huppert.
  • On the other hand, a lot of people are arguing Moonlight was robbed with only one win: Best Drama. Personally, I think it should have won Best Director, Best Screenplay, and certainly Best Supporting Actor.
  • Zootopia won for Best Animated Film, which is no surprise.

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Filed under: Awards Season, Zootopia, Manchester by the Sea, Nocturnal Animals, La La Land, Moonlight, Elle, Fences, Casey Affleck, Viola Davis, Ryan Gosling, Isabelle Huppert, Emma Stone, Damien Chazelle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Justin Hurwitz