Firstly, Ricky was the star and without him it would've been so boring. He was right over 3 hours with adverts is so long! But the opening monologue by Ricky was one of the sharpest and the best for years. He was able to capture the sentiment of people watching the program and kudos to Ricky for that. Almost all of his lines were quotable and were repeated in the offices the next day! Bring him back on again!!
Some of the winners of the awards were surprising and could've done without the speeches by some of them - Patricia Arquette,Michelle,etc.
All in all a higher rating only for the one and only Ricky Gervais!
13 Reviews
It was Fun
KyleLicht6 January 2020
I can't complain too much about the structure but god it is long. 3 hours with commercials every award or few awards. I like to see some of the winners and this year, I thought there were some good choices. The best part of the show was Gervais' humor. It lessened some of the boringness.
ricky gervais was amazing...
imdbmoviereviews7 January 2020
Idk if he's on it's own can save the gga...
not it's simply not enought....
but he sure as hell was funny...
who knows maybe next year i'll watch it... i do suggest u watch it as well....
8 out of 10 for ricky.... 1 out of 10 for everything else.... so boring so... meaningless..... well the golden globes u know..........
8 out of 10 for ricky.... 1 out of 10 for everything else.... so boring so... meaningless..... well the golden globes u know..........
All the other award shows need Ricky gervais!
doruksesli17 February 2020
He is hilarious and the fact that he has no line on how far his jokes can go it makes the whole show AMAZING! All the other shows are boring, they need RICKY GERVAIS
#wewantricky (let's start a poll to get Ricky on the other shows )
some interesting choices and some pandering
allanmichael307 January 2020
Their were some dodgy choices but overall, Olivia Colman ("The Crown") was not even the best woman in The Crown Helena Bonham Carter stole that crown,she was fantastic. Chernobyl was amazing best drama of the year and so chilling to watch. really want to see Once Upon a Time in America now brads won. Irishman was not as good as viewing figures have you believe, C.G.I was so bad. Taron Egerton was great as Rocket man and even sung the music (bonus),he is a top actor these days. Eddie Murphy was not the star of his latest movie, Da'Vine Joy Randolph stole the show with her singing. Maridge story was an uninspiring story, even though the two stars acting was good, the story was pretty poor and she cheated on her husband with a stoner drop out (fingers count don't they?) and he cheater on her with a younger woman (he was winner but ended up crying). Laura Dern acting was not that great but she did manage to put makeup on and looked a lot better than her co star. 1917 looks promosing.
Rick gervais cheered me up, he was like on fire, with top jokes or maybe just home truths. At least most people got the jokes apart from Tim Alen who still does not understand the joke.
I liked some of the winners, the show itself not too much
Horst_In_Translation7 January 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Here we have "77th Golden Globe Awards" that aired just two days ago and you could probably say that this is the second biggest (visual) awards show of the year as the best from both television and movies was honored during these 3 hours. Well, actually it ran for 2 hours 15 minutes approximately and the rest was commercials. The host was Ricky Gervais and I like him a lot, so I was thrilled when I heard he will return and host the show one final (really?) time. I even saw him live not too long ago here in Berlin, so he is definitely among my favorite stand-up comedians. But sadly he disappointed me a bit here. Maybe it was just people really watching his material closely because they were scared he would be too offensive, but I did not like him too much this time and maybe it is better if he does not return to hosting again. Most of all, what was up with that Judi Dench quote? Now that was just strange, he is so much better and funnier than that usually. His opening felt really rushed and he seemed lackluster throughout the show. I know this is his routine, but it actually felt real this time. The Weinstein reference wasn't particularly funny and neither was him acting scared of the hunky Momoa. Quite a disappointment, also that he felt barely even there the longer the show went. I still liked his words about the Hollywood Foreign Press not being able to speak English and also he looks really good for almost 60 I think. But still maybe going hostless is not the worst choice for the future. Okay now about the show itself and the winners. First of all, as always politics and non-film topics were a subject here too. There are several references about the bushfires in Australia. Russell Crowe won a Golden Globe, but he was absent "protecting his family". What? I like him, but really? Jennifer Aniston's serious face when she read Crowe's climate change message was also not eactly a delight. This was messed up really. He should have recorded a video message or so instead. Others mentioned the bushfires too, such as Cate Blanchett for whom it's probably been a while since she was maybe the last place in her category in terms of votes. I liked her film though. Anyway, President Trump also got his fair share and from Patricia Arquette's comments we see the election is moving closer again. But would Joe Biden really be a better choice? I genuinely doubt it. Way worse actually. Anyway, this shall not be about my political attitude, so let's leave it at that. Away from that, I never liked Arquette, even if I think she is a talented actress, even if awards bodies like her way too much generally too. She seems to be pretty full of herself too almost always and in general I don't care about outfits at award shows, but this one really had zero class and subtlety to it and was probably just picked to get her in the headlines even more.
As for the show itself, I somehow felt it was more bland than usual. And from other perspectives pretty much the same as usual. In terms of the people announcing the winners, I am still confused why the likes of Vergara and Hayek are invited every year. At least that is what it feels like. Or Zoe Kravitz or Chopra and Jonas. Oh well I guess you get what I mean. I am still somewhat glad that Maya Rudolph wasn't around this time. She is the worst. Lifetime achievement awards went to Tom Hanks (incredibly deserving and really nice speech, almost a lecture) and Ellen DeGeneres. I think she is not undeserving either as really she is still one of not too many female comedians who can be pretty funny at times, even if I personally don't like her too much. Her speech also went on for way too long and her shoving into our faces that she can speak as long as she wants was not funny, but sadly very true. As for the competitive winners, I already wrote in the title of my review that I liked some of them quite a bit. Joaquin Phoenix has probably 10 films that I like more than his one here (the director nomination is a joke) and also maybe 5 performances that I consider better, but I am still happy for him and I hope he gets his Oscar that is in fact long overdue (kinda expected after Joker winning Score a bit surprisingly that Phoneix would prevail). Admittedly, I also liked most of the other winners in the years when he was nominated. The other male acting GG went to Taron Egerton. Not a big surprise, but a little one and it probably puts an end again to eddie Murphy's Oscar hopes. He was the front runner I suppose, or at least on par with Egerton, while Phoenix was the frontrunner too, but especially Driver had a chance to upset.
As for the girls, I don't like Awkwafina or her music, but her performance was solid, so it's not completely undeserving. The Farewell is also a good film that not too many people speak about this year because of another Asian film. Blanchett deserved it more though, but was held back because the critics did not go easy on her (and Linklater's) movie. In general, not a strong year for Best Actress Musical/Comedy. Renée Zellweger won for Drama in another category where the lead from "Marriage Story" could have managed an upset. I don't want to talk about Zellweger's looks really, but as for her craft I am really surprised that she seems on course to winning a second Oscar now, even if of course Judy Garland is pure awards bait and from what I have seen it is one gigantic showpiece for Zellweger. Not too long ago, Marie Bäumer dominated the German Film Awards for playing Romy Schneider at a similar stage in her career like Zellweger does when it comes to Garland's and I think Bäumer is also not a good actress at all, so still from this perspective all this success for Zellweger does not come unexpected. I'll still be rooting for Scar-Jo at the Oscars. She just has to get in this year. Pretty ridiculous anyway that this would be her first acting nomination. Now as for the supporting categories: Pitt was the frontrunner over the two Irishman guys and he took it (over 4 genuine legends, all Oscar winners, a bit similar to Kingsley back then at the Oscars, even if Pitt is also far from a rookie of course), is well on course to win his first acting Oscar. He actually gave a really dreadful performance (maybe the worst of his career) in the film he won an Oscar for producing. But his one here in 2020 would not be undeserved. Female supporting winner was Laura Dern and while I am not a huge fan of her, it's nice to see Marriage Story win at least something. Gotta watch this one asap. So probably Dern will also finally get an Oscar, something her dad has not achieved (yet), but as the only other option (despite Robbie's career year) is Jenifer Lopez, Dern would not be a bad pick. Now one big winner that night, actually the only film with 3 wins, was Quentin Tarantino. He came short for Best Direcctor, but took home screenplay and Best Comedy/Musical. I love the man and it is a good film, so I was genuinely happy. Also rooting for him at the Oscars. The Best Director Award went to Sam Mendes and that was at least a little surprise as many thought it would be Tarantino or Scorsese, maybe even Joon-ho. As a consequence, 1917 even won for Best Drama. Now that was a big surprise. It makes me curious about the film, even if it is not my genre. Still I just cannot see it win Best Picture at the Oscars. But it's maybe good it won because it probably means that The Irishman also won't win Best Picture and I thought it was nowhere near Scorsese's best. Still pretty surprising that this one did not win a single category. Maybe Gervais was right that it is just too long for many.
Elton John won a Golden Globe, which was definitely the more expected Rocketman triumph. I also want to emphasize again that Egerton sang an Elton John song first in the awesome animated film Sing. Speaking of singing, one announcer's musical introduction to his category was just as bad as people rambling about animation and how it sucks. I know it was not meant to be taken seriously, but it wasn't funny either. Amy Poehler just isn't funny. But Will Ferrell is. He was maybe the funniest that night. How about him as a host? His drooling and comments about Pierce Brosnan were so awkwardly hilarious, also how Brosnan took them, even if I think he has aged a lot really by now. But it's alright. His Bond era is long gone and he is not the youngest anymore. Anyway, speaking of animation, "Missing Link" was certainly not expected to win over the newest Frozen and Toy Story sequels. But I am not unhappy about it because I think it is not worse than these two big blockbusters. Nice pick, very inspired and I am really curious if it can pull through at the Oscars too. As for the Oscars, "Parasite" is an absolute safe win. It's not a bad film, but maybe a bit overrated and overhyped. Almodóvar would be a better winner I think. Oh well, first of all let's hope Banderas can finally get a nomination. That would be a success too. Now a few words on the television awards finally. I have not seen most of it, so I can really not talk too much about it, but I like the attention for Chernobyl because it's something that should not be forgotten what happened back then in the face of recent race struggles that are handled in a way that is pretty exaggerated. Besides, how can you not love Harris and Skarsgard (forgive me for not including the circle above the a). Fleabag is beginning to annoy me a bit I must say, even if I like Andrew Scott. Shame he lost. Russell Crowe I already said I am fond of and good for him, but yeah what happened after his name was announced was really messed-up. On Arquette I commented too already. Successcion/Cox I cannot say anything about really. Same for Ramy I have no clue who he is and what his show is about. definitely got a lot to catch up with when it comes to the small screen. Great there is so much high-quality stuff out there. I would not call the 2020 Golden Globe Awards high quality though, just okay.
As for the show itself, I somehow felt it was more bland than usual. And from other perspectives pretty much the same as usual. In terms of the people announcing the winners, I am still confused why the likes of Vergara and Hayek are invited every year. At least that is what it feels like. Or Zoe Kravitz or Chopra and Jonas. Oh well I guess you get what I mean. I am still somewhat glad that Maya Rudolph wasn't around this time. She is the worst. Lifetime achievement awards went to Tom Hanks (incredibly deserving and really nice speech, almost a lecture) and Ellen DeGeneres. I think she is not undeserving either as really she is still one of not too many female comedians who can be pretty funny at times, even if I personally don't like her too much. Her speech also went on for way too long and her shoving into our faces that she can speak as long as she wants was not funny, but sadly very true. As for the competitive winners, I already wrote in the title of my review that I liked some of them quite a bit. Joaquin Phoenix has probably 10 films that I like more than his one here (the director nomination is a joke) and also maybe 5 performances that I consider better, but I am still happy for him and I hope he gets his Oscar that is in fact long overdue (kinda expected after Joker winning Score a bit surprisingly that Phoneix would prevail). Admittedly, I also liked most of the other winners in the years when he was nominated. The other male acting GG went to Taron Egerton. Not a big surprise, but a little one and it probably puts an end again to eddie Murphy's Oscar hopes. He was the front runner I suppose, or at least on par with Egerton, while Phoenix was the frontrunner too, but especially Driver had a chance to upset.
As for the girls, I don't like Awkwafina or her music, but her performance was solid, so it's not completely undeserving. The Farewell is also a good film that not too many people speak about this year because of another Asian film. Blanchett deserved it more though, but was held back because the critics did not go easy on her (and Linklater's) movie. In general, not a strong year for Best Actress Musical/Comedy. Renée Zellweger won for Drama in another category where the lead from "Marriage Story" could have managed an upset. I don't want to talk about Zellweger's looks really, but as for her craft I am really surprised that she seems on course to winning a second Oscar now, even if of course Judy Garland is pure awards bait and from what I have seen it is one gigantic showpiece for Zellweger. Not too long ago, Marie Bäumer dominated the German Film Awards for playing Romy Schneider at a similar stage in her career like Zellweger does when it comes to Garland's and I think Bäumer is also not a good actress at all, so still from this perspective all this success for Zellweger does not come unexpected. I'll still be rooting for Scar-Jo at the Oscars. She just has to get in this year. Pretty ridiculous anyway that this would be her first acting nomination. Now as for the supporting categories: Pitt was the frontrunner over the two Irishman guys and he took it (over 4 genuine legends, all Oscar winners, a bit similar to Kingsley back then at the Oscars, even if Pitt is also far from a rookie of course), is well on course to win his first acting Oscar. He actually gave a really dreadful performance (maybe the worst of his career) in the film he won an Oscar for producing. But his one here in 2020 would not be undeserved. Female supporting winner was Laura Dern and while I am not a huge fan of her, it's nice to see Marriage Story win at least something. Gotta watch this one asap. So probably Dern will also finally get an Oscar, something her dad has not achieved (yet), but as the only other option (despite Robbie's career year) is Jenifer Lopez, Dern would not be a bad pick. Now one big winner that night, actually the only film with 3 wins, was Quentin Tarantino. He came short for Best Direcctor, but took home screenplay and Best Comedy/Musical. I love the man and it is a good film, so I was genuinely happy. Also rooting for him at the Oscars. The Best Director Award went to Sam Mendes and that was at least a little surprise as many thought it would be Tarantino or Scorsese, maybe even Joon-ho. As a consequence, 1917 even won for Best Drama. Now that was a big surprise. It makes me curious about the film, even if it is not my genre. Still I just cannot see it win Best Picture at the Oscars. But it's maybe good it won because it probably means that The Irishman also won't win Best Picture and I thought it was nowhere near Scorsese's best. Still pretty surprising that this one did not win a single category. Maybe Gervais was right that it is just too long for many.
Elton John won a Golden Globe, which was definitely the more expected Rocketman triumph. I also want to emphasize again that Egerton sang an Elton John song first in the awesome animated film Sing. Speaking of singing, one announcer's musical introduction to his category was just as bad as people rambling about animation and how it sucks. I know it was not meant to be taken seriously, but it wasn't funny either. Amy Poehler just isn't funny. But Will Ferrell is. He was maybe the funniest that night. How about him as a host? His drooling and comments about Pierce Brosnan were so awkwardly hilarious, also how Brosnan took them, even if I think he has aged a lot really by now. But it's alright. His Bond era is long gone and he is not the youngest anymore. Anyway, speaking of animation, "Missing Link" was certainly not expected to win over the newest Frozen and Toy Story sequels. But I am not unhappy about it because I think it is not worse than these two big blockbusters. Nice pick, very inspired and I am really curious if it can pull through at the Oscars too. As for the Oscars, "Parasite" is an absolute safe win. It's not a bad film, but maybe a bit overrated and overhyped. Almodóvar would be a better winner I think. Oh well, first of all let's hope Banderas can finally get a nomination. That would be a success too. Now a few words on the television awards finally. I have not seen most of it, so I can really not talk too much about it, but I like the attention for Chernobyl because it's something that should not be forgotten what happened back then in the face of recent race struggles that are handled in a way that is pretty exaggerated. Besides, how can you not love Harris and Skarsgard (forgive me for not including the circle above the a). Fleabag is beginning to annoy me a bit I must say, even if I like Andrew Scott. Shame he lost. Russell Crowe I already said I am fond of and good for him, but yeah what happened after his name was announced was really messed-up. On Arquette I commented too already. Successcion/Cox I cannot say anything about really. Same for Ramy I have no clue who he is and what his show is about. definitely got a lot to catch up with when it comes to the small screen. Great there is so much high-quality stuff out there. I would not call the 2020 Golden Globe Awards high quality though, just okay.
For Ricky only
antoine-845186 April 2021
Warning: Spoilers
The Golden globes, in a award sense, is only an echo of what the oscar has to offer. But that being said, i will have respect for the golden globes association forever for allowing controversial comedians like Gervais to animate the event, unlike the oscar who ban Kevin Hart because of some offensive tweet that has been write 10 years ago.
My 10/10 review is only pointed at the man Ricky Gervais, who made probably the best and most important comedy speech in an award ceremony, of all time... Unlike every award ceremony before, Ricky Gervais understood that the main audience should not be the 200 peoples who were in the ceremony, but for the millions of peoples at home who are watching this.
Ricky was going all in, by making jokes about Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein and the hypocrisy of hollywood in general. The punchline, jokes and target was all spot on. What was even funnier than the jokes themself, was some of the actor reaction. A combination of laugh, shame and ego hurting was reflecting on a lot of star face. Ricky's joke were sometime deliver in a brutal way, but Ricky have also a lot of love for some of the people in the ceremony, including Scorsese and Dicaprio.
In an era of political correctness and cancel culture, where humour is more and more fragile, Ricky come on the stage and deliver the most important comedy speech of the decade. This type of humour need to live on.
My 10/10 review is only pointed at the man Ricky Gervais, who made probably the best and most important comedy speech in an award ceremony, of all time... Unlike every award ceremony before, Ricky Gervais understood that the main audience should not be the 200 peoples who were in the ceremony, but for the millions of peoples at home who are watching this.
Ricky was going all in, by making jokes about Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein and the hypocrisy of hollywood in general. The punchline, jokes and target was all spot on. What was even funnier than the jokes themself, was some of the actor reaction. A combination of laugh, shame and ego hurting was reflecting on a lot of star face. Ricky's joke were sometime deliver in a brutal way, but Ricky have also a lot of love for some of the people in the ceremony, including Scorsese and Dicaprio.
In an era of political correctness and cancel culture, where humour is more and more fragile, Ricky come on the stage and deliver the most important comedy speech of the decade. This type of humour need to live on.
Only good because of Ricki.
Moviephile7831 March 2020
Phoenix shines, Tom and Ellen are honored and foul mouthed Ricky drops F bombs!
blanbrn7 January 2020
As always every year before the big meal "The Oscars" I watch the appetizer that being "The Golden Globes", this year's edition the 77th one was okay and funny with blunt and outspoken Gervais as the host once again who was bleeped out many times as his tongue used foul words. Anyway many awards went as expected as most of the TV awards went to the streaming networks, however the mighty "Netflix" was shut out with "Hulu" and "Amazon" products and works being winners. "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" rained king with it winning best musical comedy, and the man Brad Pitt winning best supporting actor award, this gem looks like the "Oscar" front runner for best picture as the "Irishman" was shut out! Joaquin Phoenix rightfully won best actor in a drama for his slick cruel twisted origin take on "The Joker" . And mister nice guy Tom Hanks was honored and he got emotional, plus Ellen was honored the Carol Burnett award as she's a gal that does good kind things for people. A big surprise was war picture "1917" winning best drama. Overall good and tasty a good lead to the always main course "Academy Awards".
NBC sucks... 30% of it was just ads (and they censor free speech)
0w07 January 2020
Why do they even invite con-artists like Gwyneth Paltrow? She should be shunned by Hollywood for selling lies and harming people's health with her fake fugazi Goop company.
Also, they absolutely BUTCHERED Joaquin Phoenix's speech by muting large parts of it... I mean, yeah sure, he dropped a few f-bombs, but just mute the f-bombs, DON'T MUTE HIS ENTIRE DAMN SPEECH! I had to search for a few minutes on google just to find the uncensored, unedited speech that he delivered.
Ricky's opening monolugue was good, but they gave him so little screen-time in-between the nominations that you hardly noticed that he was still there after his opening speech.
AND of the entire 3hour broadcast, a full hour of it was advertisements... I mean, come on! You wouldn't show ads in-between a 3hour movie, so why show ads in-between a 3hour live-broadcast?! Instead of showing ads, you could show wide-shots of the actors sitting at their tables, or show something backstage... that would actually boost your ratings (which btw, have been on the decline for 7years straight now). No wonder your ratings are declining year-on-year!
Also, they absolutely BUTCHERED Joaquin Phoenix's speech by muting large parts of it... I mean, yeah sure, he dropped a few f-bombs, but just mute the f-bombs, DON'T MUTE HIS ENTIRE DAMN SPEECH! I had to search for a few minutes on google just to find the uncensored, unedited speech that he delivered.
Ricky's opening monolugue was good, but they gave him so little screen-time in-between the nominations that you hardly noticed that he was still there after his opening speech.
AND of the entire 3hour broadcast, a full hour of it was advertisements... I mean, come on! You wouldn't show ads in-between a 3hour movie, so why show ads in-between a 3hour live-broadcast?! Instead of showing ads, you could show wide-shots of the actors sitting at their tables, or show something backstage... that would actually boost your ratings (which btw, have been on the decline for 7years straight now). No wonder your ratings are declining year-on-year!
It was good but could be better.
amiraliyou6 January 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Ricky Gervais' jokes were fun, although most of which contained profanity. But that's ok!
Almost every award went to their deserving owners expect one or two.
First, I don't really understand why did Taron Egerton won an award for best actor in a musical or comedy motion picture. I mean, perhaps he acted "good" but Leonardo DiCaprio was absolutely better than him and he deserved the award.
Second, Joaquin Phoenix's speech for best actor in a drama motion picture was an absolute awkward moment of the 77th Golden Globes! I personally really enjoyed his phenomenal performance in Joker and he absolutely deserved this award. But he made that "memorable" moment an awkward one by using F words for unneeded reasons. You could see the dissatisfaction of the audience through Robert Deniro's face!
Unfortunately Martin Scorsese and his crew left the Golden Globes with no awards. Well, who are we to judge?! We just give our opinions and nobody listens to us. LOL!
Ricky Gervais is the only reason why I even tried to watch it ...
crazyang-7908526 April 2023
I watched Ricky then four awards were given and I couldn't take it any longer. I continued but watching Ricky was the only part I enjoyed. I watched 50% of these shows that were nominated and they either sucked or was tolerable. The shows that won, I never watched because the plots were not even interesting and the show itself was stupid. The shows that won shouldn't have even been nominated. This is why I quit watching the stupid awards years ago. But I love Ricky and thought, they can't censor him. So I'll keep going and try to get at least half way through. The show is WAY TO LONG, BORING, and no one who deserves to win actually Wins. Ellen DeGeneres and Tom Hanks definatley shouldn't have won. I hate both of their work, now. Years ago they were pretty descent, but now they just suck. I would only watch if I fast forwarded through all the junk and just watched Ricky be Ricky. He is the best! It would of been rated 1 star, but since Ricky was in it, I gave it 3.
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