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Joaquin Phoenix Wins Best Actor Golden Globe Over Adam Driver as Oscar Battle Heats Up
IndieWire ^ | January 5th, 2020 | Zack Sharf

Posted on 01/05/2020 8:33:01 PM PST by Mariner

Joaquin Phoenix has now won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama thanks to his critically acclaimed performance in Todd Phillips’ revisionist comic book movie “Joker.” Believe it or not, the Golden Globe victory is Phoenix’s first major Best Actor win of the 2019-20 awards season outside of smaller critics’ groups. The majority of precursor Best Actor prizes this season have been awarded to Adam Driver of “Marriage Story” or Adam Sandler of “Uncut Gems.” Phoenix was nominated for the Golden Globe awards opposite Driver in “Marriage Story,” Christian Bale in “Ford v. Ferrari,” Jonathan Pryce in “The Two Popes,” and Antonio Banderas in “Pain and Glory.”

Phoenix’s victory for “Joker” gives the actor his second Golden Globe award after taking home the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical in 2006 for “Walk the Line,” in which he played Johnny Cash. Phoenix has received additional Golden Globe nominations for his performances in “Gladiator,” “The Master,” “Her,” and “Inherent Vice.”

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: adamdriver; boring; comicbookmovie; goldenglobes; joaquinphoenix; joker; specialolympics; tabloid; thunberg; toddphillips
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To: Mariner

If you choose to believe the stories his family were raised in some sort of cult. No doubt, that being in the cult did not do the man any favors psychologically.


41 posted on 01/05/2020 9:30:01 PM PST by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual and political hemlock)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

“why would I care about a fictional person’s “real-life” problems “

You can’t like any movie, past or present.

Or any book. Or campfire story from an oral tradition.


42 posted on 01/05/2020 9:31:14 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: JohnC2004

>>Said something about Judy Dench that may be the crudest thing I’ve ever heard on tv.

It’s something that once upon a time would incur FCC violations.


43 posted on 01/05/2020 9:32:46 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Decade of decision for America)
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To: Mariner

I’m glad he won, Phoenix was spectacular.


44 posted on 01/05/2020 9:38:13 PM PST by Trump_Triumphant
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To: Mariner
Untrue. Plenty of movies are about real people. Or, they are about fictional people in extraordinary situations.

What I have absolutely zero interest in are dramas about extremely ordinary people having extremely ordinary problems/family dramas, etc.. That's what real-life is for. Watching something like the emotional drama of some fictional couple's marriage dissolving...no thanks.

45 posted on 01/05/2020 9:41:57 PM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

“dramas about extremely ordinary people having extremely ordinary problems/family dramas, etc.. “

Joker is the opposite of that.


46 posted on 01/05/2020 9:43:51 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: chris37

I agree he is masterful in this role...and no, not a sociopath as was stated earlier, he is dead on psychopath here. He’s extremely talented, and likely extremely disturbed as a person.

But for me, by far the more entertaining movie this year was Tarantino’s Once upon a time in Hollywood. I think if Clint Eastwood was twisted (in a good way) enough he could have made this movie.


47 posted on 01/05/2020 9:43:58 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (It's the corruption, stupid)
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To: Mariner
I know. I didn't put Joker in that category. I was responding to someone who said they preferred more real-world things like Woody Allen movies about ordinary people.

To me...if they're ordinary people, why would I want to watch? I see and interact with ordinary people every day.

48 posted on 01/05/2020 9:45:43 PM PST by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Scott from the Left Coast

I haven’t seen Hollywood yet, but I’m a huge Tarantino fan, so I’ll see it soon enough.

My favorite from him is Inglorious Basturds.

Phoenix is a lot more level headed than most people might expect. He has a lot of insight, he’s lead an interesting life. I do not think Phoenix is a group thinker.


49 posted on 01/05/2020 9:46:47 PM PST by chris37 (Where's Hunter?)
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To: Mariner

Phoenix was doped up and unintelligible in his acceptance speech.

He couldn’t even hold up the trophy. He set it down by his feet.

I hope he’s still alive by March, when the Academy Awards take place.


50 posted on 01/05/2020 9:56:47 PM PST by miserare ( Indict Hillary!)
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To: chris37

No, he’s definitely his own person!

Once upon a time is easily Tarantino’s most intricate film, very different in many ways from what you’ve seen before, his comedy is evolving and maturing. I saw the Joker and thought best picture for sure until I saw the Tarantino movie. Now that one is my favorite, though like everyone else I haven’t seen 1917 yet.


51 posted on 01/05/2020 9:57:15 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (It's the corruption, stupid)
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To: blueplum

Yes, esp. his nose. Cocaine syndrome.


52 posted on 01/05/2020 9:58:29 PM PST by miserare ( Indict Hillary!)
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To: PROCON

Hah!

Got one of Elton John?


53 posted on 01/05/2020 10:00:01 PM PST by miserare ( Indict Hillary!)
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To: Mariner; romanesq
Frankly I'm surprised any other actors were even considered.

The man's a genius actor. And his performance in Joker is his best ever.

My guess is that there is a prejudice against movies based on comic books amongst the people that vote on these awards.

Back in the early days of movies it was considered a forgone conclusion that no one was ever going to get an Oscar for acting in a cowboy film

54 posted on 01/05/2020 10:00:15 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: chris37

Did not look very “recovered” tonight.


55 posted on 01/05/2020 10:03:37 PM PST by miserare ( Indict Hillary!)
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To: chris37

I rented “once upon a time in hollywood” Glad I didnt pay movie prices. IMHO Brad pitt stole the show. Leonardo was/is dead weight. it was an hour and half of * yawn* srpinkled with a few good moments aand a surprise sending. It was very well made. just not a good Tarantino type film. Without pitt I would have hated the film.


56 posted on 01/05/2020 10:11:33 PM PST by Ikeon (Never give aid to an enemy while they are screwing themselves.)
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To: beethovenfan

Clearly you cared enough to post about it.


57 posted on 01/05/2020 10:11:51 PM PST by be-baw
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To: chris37

“My favorite from him is Inglorious Basturds.”

I was surprised how much I liked that movie. I only watched it because it got such good reviews and happened to become available on one of the premier cable channel I was getting at the time. Good enough to watch again, and there are very few movies I can say that about.

I’ll probably watch Joker eventually. But I have to be in the right frame of mind to watch a movie like that. For the most part, I don’t care for a movie in which there are no characters with redeeming values. However, I can’t imagine anyone doing Joker better than Heath Ledger. I’d watch Phoenix’ just to be able to compare the two.


58 posted on 01/05/2020 10:23:18 PM PST by be-baw
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To: a fool in paradise

Wow, you brought up quite a story!

https://timeline.com/children-of-god-5245a45f6a2a

Indeed, Rose and he had a terrible history in that group.


59 posted on 01/06/2020 1:03:26 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: blueplum
Best part of the GG was Ricky at the beginning telling the actors they didn’t know a damn thing about the real world and to accept their award, thank their God and get the (censored) off the stage. Which, for the most part, actually worked!

I just watched Gervais' opening. Awesome, simply awesome. He put those self-important a**holes right where they belong.

60 posted on 01/06/2020 1:06:24 AM PST by KevinB ("Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin)
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