GRRR.. To The Golden Globes

The Golden Globe Awards were given out last night.

There are so many categories and so much of the ancillary stuff going on it's tough to focus on one aspect of the show. But for this article, let's look at the movies. The Social Network won 4 last night, and to be honest, I feel the GG's really blew it. The Social Network wins for best drama, screenplay, director and musical score. Simply a travesty. We can only hope this is not the usual precursor for the Oscars which will be handed out next month.

Don't get me wrong, The Social Network is a nice movie. Certainly a top ten or fifteen of the year flick, but the best movie of this year? Or any year? Man, everyone should've taken a deep breath and gotten a hold of themselves. And think that the award is forever. Not just for today.

The Social Network is the story of the advent of Facebook and it's founder Mark Zuckerberg, and did he rip the idea off? To be honest, the story in itself is somewhat interesting, but not sit on the edge of your seat compelling. It's a good script, that is performed by the principle actors well. There is a nice soundtrack too. But this is just a movie. - Period! This is not a great story. This is not courageous, original or groundbreaking movie making. There is nothing that separates this movie from 20 others this year. And it certainly is not in the class of The King's Speech, True Grit, The Fighter, Black Swan or many other fine movies from 2010.

Strange too, the best part of The Social Network is Justin Timberlake's supporting performance. Easily the best thing in the movie. And he sat it out last night. This is a shame. This movie is a good example of many people thinking that a movie is really better that it is. I like Facebook as much as anyone, and I am thrilled that it's owner and founder is giving billions away to charity and needy organizations. But this is about the movie. And it's just not there. Hopefully the Oscars will get it right. Last year, I had such little faith in them, but they came through with The Hurt Locker coming out on top of a great list. I, and the rest of the world was betting on Avatar. That too would have been a shame. The Hurt Locker will still be compelling, stirring movie making in 20 years, Avatar will not. And The Social Network certainly will not.

The Social Network is simply a good movie for this year. A look back in 10 years, and the honoring of this movie will look trendy, and poorly thought out, or better yet not though out at all.