The Big Picture: Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115)

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The extraction calls the show “The Big Picture (The Ringer)” and the episode “Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115)”.

Hosts: Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins. Guests: none.

Subject films: Green Book (2018), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), A Star Is Born (2018), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), Vice (2018), Roma (2018), The Wife (2017), The Favourite (2018), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018).

On the transcript: No speaker labels; the hosts alternate quickly, so attributions are low-confidence. The Roma lines are transcribed as 'Romo'.

Films that came up

subject (9)

Green Book · Bohemian Rhapsody · A Star Is Born · If Beale Street Could Talk · Vice · Roma · The Wife · The Favourite · Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

compared (4)

Three Billboards · Beasts of the Southern Wild · Mary Poppins (the chimney sweep, per speakers) · Creed II

passing (7)

First Man · BlacKkKlansman · Crazy Rich Asians · Mary Poppins Returns · Spider-Man: Homecoming · The Upside · Deadpool 2

Claims (38)

  1. career (career): Mahershala Ali → True Detective. Ali is about to star in the third season of True Detective, so he can float above Green Book's problems.
    “Mohershla is about to be starring in the 3rd season of True Detective on HBO.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:05:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Mahershala Ali → Green Book. Ali is a star people like and can float above the movie's problems.
    “I think that he can float above the other problems of the movie and probably will.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:05:41 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Green Book → Viggo Mortensen. The script brings out the best in Ali and Mortensen, whose pairing is the film's pleasure.
    “the script is written in a way that it kind of brings out the best of both of them”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:06:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. theme (theme): Green Book → romantic comedy. Green Book was earlier compared to a platonic rom-com, a nice friendship that voters enjoyed.
    “I compared it to a rom-com, a platonic rom-com.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:08:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  5. theme (theme): Green Book → Bohemian Rhapsody. Both wins read as 'I had a nice time at the movies' rewards rather than judgments of quality.
    “feel a little bit like, you know what? I had a nice time at the movies.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:08:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  6. contrast (contrast): Green Book → Three Billboards. The Green Book win is this year's Three Billboards: a flawed, problematic movie critics must tangle with for months.
    “I just didn't want another movie that, from a purely professional editorial perspective, you and I were just going to have to tangle with for 2 months”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:11:36 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. verdict (verdict): Roma → A Star Is Born. The Roma versus A Star Is Born matchup felt natural and easy, and far from the Green Book conversation.
    “there's so many, the Roma versus Starborn thing felt so natural and easy to me, and that feels like a 1000000 miles away right now.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:11:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. verdict (verdict): Green Book → Three Billboards. Asked if Green Book is this year's Three Billboards, the answer is probably yes, and there will be one every year.
    “I think we're going to have a 3 billboards every year until we fix a lot of larger problems in Hollywood and the world at large.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:12:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. verdict (verdict): Rami Malek → Bohemian Rhapsody. The reason the movie works at all is Malek's all-in performance.
    “the reason this movie works at all is because he obviously gave everything he had to it”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:13:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  10. people (people): Bohemian Rhapsody → Bryan Singer. The film's winner status ignores that Singer, now a pariah, shot about 60% of it.
    “There's no mention of Brian Singer, during this telecast, he filmed approximately 60% of this film.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:13:48 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  11. industry (industry): Bohemian Rhapsody → Graham King. Producer Graham King fought for years, got a real budget, a big director and the right star, a good story for the studio system.
    “he got it done at a studio with a real budget and they did it big.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:15:33 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  12. industry (industry): Bohemian Rhapsody → First Man. Bohemian Rhapsody on the PGA list comes at the expense of films like First Man, which is gone.
    “Like 1st man is gone.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:16:00 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  13. industry (industry): Bohemian Rhapsody → If Beale Street Could Talk. PGA nominating Bohemian Rhapsody while omitting Beale Street worries the speakers for Beale Street's Oscar chances.
    “What does this do for Beale Street?”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:16:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  14. industry (industry): Beasts of the Southern Wild → If Beale Street Could Talk. The Academy sometimes goes where the PGA does not, as with Beasts of the Southern Wild, so Beale Street could still make it.
    “sometimes you have Bisa of the Southern Wild, which is like not on the PJs radar.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:16:45 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45 sure it was them)
  15. unmapped (fun): Bohemian Rhapsody → Brian May. Queen's presence dominated the room, including May behind Malek.
    “And silver maneed Brian May sitting behind Ramy Molik.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:24:59 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45 sure it was them)
  16. career (career): A Star Is Born → Bradley Cooper. Actors, the largest Academy voting bloc, love the film and what Cooper becoming a director means for their futures.
    “actors are far and away the largest subcategory of voters.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:27:01 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  17. people (people): A Star Is Born → Lady Gaga. The Star Is Born campaign looks shaky after neither Gaga nor Cooper won and Mark Ronson accepted the song award.
    “for neither Gaga nor Cooper to win actor, and of course not to win best drama”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:28:21 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  18. contrast (contrast): A Star Is Born → Bohemian Rhapsody. A Star Is Born came out in October and Bohemian Rhapsody in November and stayed in theaters, so civilians saw one and not the other.
    “And Bohemian Rhapsody came out in November and has just been in theaters.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:29:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  19. theme (theme): A Star Is Born → Bohemian Rhapsody. Star's schmaltz and old-fashionedness were expected to lift it, but that is what the night rewarded in Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book.
    “it's the schmaltiness and old-fashionedness of Bohemian Rhapsody and Green book that we're really discussing tonight.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:30:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  20. theme (theme): A Star Is Born → Green Book. All three films share a polished, studio, historically Hollywood approach; Star has more grit and anxiety.
    “There's something like very polished and studio and historically Hollywood in the approach of all 3 of those movies.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:30:40 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45 sure it was them)
  21. career (career): The Wife → Glenn Close. Close's acceptance speech about her mother and the film's hard path to being made moved the room.
    “I was so moved by going close to speech.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:32:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  22. verdict (verdict): Olivia Colman → Glenn Close. Colman's loose speech made her seem the winner, then Close's speech made Close the winner.
    “I watched that speech and I was like, oh, great, okay, Olivia Coleman's going to win.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:34:22 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  23. contrast (contrast): Glenn Close → Lady Gaga. Two middle-aged actresses with strong CVs and no glam nudged Gaga out of the frame.
    “It's weird for somebody as, you know, larger than life than Lady Gaga to be nudged out of the frame by 2 middle-aged actresses”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:35:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)
  24. what-if (what-if): Christian Bale → Daniel Day-Lewis. With Day-Lewis out of the frame, Bale becomes the consensus best actor and a second Oscar would make that official.
    “Daniel DeLouis is out of the frame and now everybody's like, this is our best actor”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:36:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  25. contrast (contrast): Christian Bale → Mary Poppins (the chimney sweep, per speakers). Bale's cheery speech was described as a chimney sweep from Mary Poppins, with a similar accent.
    “kind of like chimney sweep from Mary Poppins in a way.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:37:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  26. industry (industry): Christian Bale → James Franco. Last year's winner of the same award was James Franco, who was soon blown out of the frame, showing how frivolous the show is.
    “The answer is James Franco.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:38:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  27. verdict (verdict): Vice → Christian Bale. Vice went one for six, and the performance is the one thing everyone likes.
    “Out of 6 nominations, I believe, the most of any film tonight.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:39:20 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45 sure it was them)
  28. what-if (what-if): Vice → Amy Adams. If Bale and Adams had won, Vice would have gained renewed momentum.
    “if Amy Adams and Christian Bale won, that it would kind of, again, have some renewed momentum”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:39:41 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45 sure it was them)
  29. career (career): Amy Pascal → Spider-Man: Homecoming. After leaving Sony she negotiated a producing deal including the Spider-Man rights and made Homecoming with Marvel.
    “Her 1st Spider-Man movie, she got to produce in conjunction with Marvel and made Spider-Man Homecoming.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:41:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  30. career (career): Amy Pascal → Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Pascal's second Spider-Man film is Spider-Verse, which the speaker thinks will win the Oscar.
    “Her 2nd Spider-Man movie, Spider-Man, it's in the Spider-Verse, which I think is now going to win an Oscar.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:41:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  31. programming (programming): The Kominsky Method → The Americans. The TV winners were Kominsky, The Americans and Versace; the Globes were early on streaming shows like Atlanta.
    “the shows were Kaminsky Method, American, and Assassination of Dionni Versace.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:42:59 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45 sure it was them)
  32. career (career): Chuck Lorre → The Kominsky Method. Lorre, creator of The Big Bang Theory, won for his Netflix show and was emotional, almost forgetting to thank Netflix.
    “He's, of course, the creator of the Big Bang Theory”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:43:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  33. programming (programming): Kevin Hart → The Upside. Hart was promoting The Upside when he appeared on Ellen about the Oscars hosting gig.
    “Kevin Hart, who is promoting his new movie, The Upside, started to do press.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:46:18 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  34. programming (programming): Kevin Hart → (Oscars telecast). The Academy needs a host; the last hostless show was one of the worst.
    “the last time they did the show without a host.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:53:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  35. people (people): Roma → Alfonso Cuaron. Cuaron won best director and Roma is bulletproof regardless; best director does not necessarily portend the Oscar.
    “I think that no matter what Romo was going to be bulletproof tonight.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:55:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)
  36. industry (industry): A Star Is Born → Creed II. Star took a body blow, like Creed 2 shot to the chops while on one knee.
    “I think a Star is Born took a real body blow tonight.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:55:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  37. verdict (verdict): Regina King → If Beale Street Could Talk. King's win was the one where critics' favorite got rewarded, since she won most of the critics awards.
    “Regina King to me was the one person who I was like, this is a small film.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:55:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  38. verdict (verdict): Roma → A Star Is Born. Globes moving away from critics' picks is a problem for Roma as well as Star.
    “then I think that's a problem for Roma as well as Star is born.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:56:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items (21)

  1. fun, about Hollywood Foreign Press Association: Voting members are described as the people who tweet airlines for free upgrades.
    “He described them to me earlier this afternoon as the people who tweeted airlines.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:03:06 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Green Book: Peter Farrelly shushed the play-off music and gave a long typed-out speech about solving the world's problems.
    “He had typed it all out.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:08:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Green Book: The speaker says it is neither something to destroy nor the best movie of the year.
    “I don't hate green book.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:10:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Bohemian Rhapsody: Verdict: fun and enjoyable is not the same as good.
    “to tell the difference between movies that are fun and enjoyable and movies that are good.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:14:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about A Star Is Born: A week ago the speaker thought the film was locked; now maybe just the shallow.
    “We're going to Valhalla with this movie.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:17:45 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg: The monologue lifted Samberg's nice-person roast bit for eight minutes.
    “they took Andy Sandberg's bit from the Justin Bieber roast”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:18:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph: Their presenting showed what seasoned comedy chemistry looks like.
    “they have extraordinary chemistry”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:19:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about Jeff Bridges: The honor segment halted the show, with a jab at his IMDb page.
    “And it certainly halted for the Jeff Bridges IMDb page.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:22:44 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about Bohemian Rhapsody: The room only woke up for Queen mentions in Malek's speech.
    “People just want to cheer for Queen.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:24:56 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  10. fun, about A Star Is Born: Mark Ronson accepted the Best Song award and read a poem about the SS Shallow to Gaga's face.
    “it did basically end with Mark Ronson reading a poem that he composed about the SS Shallow”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:25:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  11. fun, about Olivia Colman: Her speech used 'blimey', thanked people for sandwiches, and was bleeped.
    “I believe the word blimey was used.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:33:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  12. fun, about Christian Bale: He thanked Satan in his speech to big laughs.
    “I mean, him thanking Satan.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:37:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)
  13. fun, about Golden Globes: Quiz: last year's best actor in a comedy was James Franco.
    “The answer is James Franco.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:38:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  14. fun, about Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: Won best animated feature, a pick the speaker feels strongly about.
    “a pick that I made and feel very strongly about, which one best animated feature”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:40:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  15. fun, about Amy Pascal: Shout out to Pascal's fur and blowout, and her path from Sony to Spider-Man.
    “I would like to give a shout out to Amy Pascal's look.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:40:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  16. fun, about A Star Is Born: Gaga yelled 'it's true' at the 99-people joke.
    “And they cut to Lady Gaga and she very good naturedly just grabs Bradley Cooper and then just yells, it's true.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:42:04 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  17. fun, about Chuck Lorre: Held the Golden Globe like his firstborn son, said Netflix five times, hard cut to Ted Sarandos.
    “hold a Golden Globe as if it was his firstborn son.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:43:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  18. fun, about The Wife: The hosts joke about not having seen it, then pledge to see it after Close's speech.
    “Glenn Close, I commit to you, I will see the wife.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:45:24 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)
  19. fun, about Kevin Hart: Ellen teed up Hart's hurt and relayed the Academy wanting him back.
    “the academy told me, we want him back.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:47:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  20. fun, about Academy: Deadpool 2 joked as a nomination idea.
    “What if they nominate Deadpool 2 though?”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:52:42 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)
  21. fun, about Roma: Never mentioned all night by the hosts until the end.
    “We haven't talked about Roma once this entire podcast.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:54:45 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

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