I do hate the Critics Choice awards, and this year's affair was no less embarrassing, low-budget and horribly written than all the others. They mostly stuck with what they think will win the Oscar right down the line, leaving room for surprise only in a category like Best Comedy Actress, where Jenny Slate pulled off a win in the one place where she's nominated this year. Other than that, it all goes according to script, aside from some techs where the BFCA fouled up by choosing winners that, oops, didn't even get nominated earlier today. Make no mistake, if they could take back those wins in Foreign Film, Editing, Documentary, Screenplay and Animated Film, they would. That's how little legitimacy this organization boasts.
Foreign Film: Force Majeure
Sci-Fi/Horror: Interstellar
O. Screenplay: Birdman
A. Screenplay: Gone Girl
Documentary: Life Itself
Score: Birdman
Ensemble: Birdman
Young Actress/Actor: Ellar Coltrane, Boyhood
Actor in an Action Movie: Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Actress in an Action Movie: Emily Blunt, Edge of Tomorrow
Action Movie: Guardians of the Galaxy
Animated Film: The Lego Movie
S. Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Song: "Glory," Selma
Visual Effects: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Cinematography: Birdman
Editing: Birdman
Makeup: Guardians of the Galaxy
Costumes: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Art Direction: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Actor in a Comedy: Michael Keaton, Birdman
Actress in a Comedy: Jenny Slate, Obvious Child
Comedy: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Director: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Actress: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Actor: Michael Keaton, Birdman
Picture: Boyhood
They did manage to get Michael Keaton up on stage three times, as he accepted for ensemble, Best Actor and Best Actor in a Comedy, so frankly I do think he's sealed up that Oscar now. If he takes the SAG award on the 25th it's totally over. But I wish the Critics Choice awards would cease to exist. They're pointless, they're not critics, and they make a fool out of themselves with their awkward and awful "ceremony" each and every year. It needs to be put away. The one funny thing about it is that for the last two years they've taken place on the same night following the Oscar nominations, and you can always tell who's pissed off. Tonight it was the entire Selma table, Jessica Chastain, and Jennifer Aniston trying overly hard to hide their sad faces- Jen must have taken it especially hard since she had to cancel her post-nomination Oscar junket already scheduled to take place for tomorrow morning, and she had to face down perpetual rival Angelina Jolie on the red carpet once again. Ouch.
Jennifer Aniston doesn't have as many 'friends' in the Academy as she thought
