2012 Critics' Choice Movie Awards - Recap

2012 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards – Recap

So sometimes, the best laid plans don’t work out.

While I had planned to share lots and lots during the show…priorities changed and an under the weather wife and a daughter who needed help with homework and a little snowstorm had me watching, but not commenting.

So here is my quick takes on the awards last night.

- 4 wins for The Artist sets us up a definite front runner for the Best Picture award at the Oscars.

- The Help with 3 solid awards sets the film up as a solid contender in the race.

-  Viola Davis had an extremely touching speech and really showed a good America who she is.

- Christopher Plummer’s win surprised me – really was pulling for Albert Brooks but was happy with Plummer’s win.

- George Clooney is still the man everyone wants to be, and the man every woman wants. I really want to meet him some day. (Plus he’s in the best film of the year).

- Octavia Spencer, was she surprised or what? Good for her!

- Thomas Horn winning in the Best Young Actor category showed youthful innocence in his original response.

- Bridesmaids WAS the Best Comedy released this year.

- Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel were really decent hosts, funny without being mean. (Though that Tree of Life joke, fell a bit flat…)

- Good packages (love the Source Code references in the fictional characters we lost).

- Drive won Best Action Movie – but I STILL insist…although it was a very COOL movie…it was NOT an action film (outside of some scenes).

- Loved the appearance by Statler and Waldorf, classic…though the timing was off on the package.

- Maybe next year we need a best adult film category to sit at the “naked” table. HA!

- Would have loved to have had a little more attention to the tech awards, some of us take it very seriously and would love to see a bit more time to recognize the winners…even if not individually.

- Martin Scorsese is a class act all the way. Well deserving of his award and his nominations.

- Documentary to Scorsese just seems like nothing compared to Shine A Light or some of the other music films he was a part of. I still missed The Interrupters, Senna or some of the other docs in that category.

- What a wonderful and gracious group of stars that were out at the awards.

- I better be smart, and make it to the 18^thAnnual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards…next January. See you then!

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