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The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards

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I’m out of here, down to the Palladium for tonight’s festivities.  Maybe I’ll Tweet this or that, maybe not.  Use this space to discuss the winners and losers as you see fit (unless Guy happens to wander in with a dedicated thread).  The show starts at 9:00pm EST, 6:00pm EST on VH1.

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60 responses to “The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards”

  1. Guy Lodge Avatar
    Guy Lodge

    Guy, I’m afraid, will not be wandering in with a dedicated thread.

  2. Adam Smith Avatar

    Have fun at the big boy table with George and Jason, man. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

    OK, maybe Gandhi, but something tells me he’d be more of an Avatar fan.

  3. Adam Smith Avatar

    Will Guy at least be watching?

  4. graham Avatar
    graham

    If anyone has a method for watching this outside the US, please share it with us poor souls! :)

  5. Yogsam Avatar
    Yogsam

    @Graham
    try this
    http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nick-jonas-the-administration
    Not sure if is going to work, im looking at JUSTIN.TV too

  6. Yogsam Avatar
    Yogsam

    my comment is waiting moderation : (
    www ustream tv/channel/nick-jonas-the-administration

  7. Yogsam Avatar
    Yogsam

    Try there, Graham
    Not sure if is going to work
    Add the DOTS, obviously

  8. Megan Avatar
    Megan

    The opener.

    Make.

    It.

    STOP.

  9. graham Avatar
    graham

    That one’s off-air, Yogsam :(

  10. Yogsam Avatar
    Yogsam

    Holy cow, I know T_T
    Damn it, i want to watch it!!!!!!!

    http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/critics_choice/_2010/

  11. Yogsam Avatar
    Yogsam

    Holy cow, I know T_T
    Damn it, i want to watch it!!!!!!!

    vh1 com/shows/events/critics_choice/_2010/

  12. Yogsam Avatar
    Yogsam

    Basterds’ first win of the night

  13. Adam Smith Avatar

    w00t for first Basterds win!

  14. Yogsam Avatar
    Yogsam

    Monique get the SUPPORTING ACTRESS AWARD, BIG CHEERS over AVATAR, wow!!

  15. Yogsam Avatar
    Yogsam

    AVATAR wins BEST ACTION FILM

  16. James D. Avatar

    This host character is awful, as are Avatar wins.

  17. Dean Avatar
    Dean

    I saw you!

  18. Al Avatar
    Al

    Unfortunately I’m away from a television at the moment, I’ll comment when I find out exactly what has been going on.

  19. Dean C Avatar
    Dean C

    This show is PAINFUL to watch

  20. Bryan Avatar
    Bryan

    Video at VH1.com is so annoying. All I saw during Waltz’s acceptance speech was Matt Damon.

  21. Carter B Avatar
    Carter B

    The show itself is awful, but the acceptances by the Avatar producer and Christoph Waltz were pretty solid.

    Kristen Chenaworth or whoever this is needs to stfu.

  22. CSM Avatar
    CSM

    Chenowith is so painful…and enough with the ‘girls’ already!

  23. James D. Avatar

    So I have to sit through things like Best Song, but Best Foreign Film is passed by like stale confetti? The one award that has to cover the work of every other country in the world because people are too stupid to enjoy foreign films?

  24. Will Avatar
    Will

    i wish other movies would win besides avatar and sarah silverman is not funny the comedy is not working

  25. Yogsam Avatar
    Yogsam

    AVATAR won 6 awards already
    -Action Film
    -Art Direction
    -Editing
    -Sound
    -Visual Effects
    -Cinematography

  26. James D. Avatar

    The audience seems to love Quentin. Why is Bigelow such a sure thing for Director this year?

  27. Adam Smith Avatar

    @James D.: Because she just won. :P

  28. Al Avatar
    Al

    Did Basterds take home 3 awards already or am I receiving wrong information?

  29. Lee Avatar
    Lee

    Giacchino for Score!!!!

  30. James D. Avatar

    Adam: Yes, but I am wondering why she became the unanimous pick.

    AI: Yes. Ensemble, Waltz, and Best Original Screenplay.

  31. Yogsam Avatar
    Yogsam

    @Al
    -Enseble CAST
    -Supporting Actor
    -Original Screenplay

  32. Bryan Avatar
    Bryan

    Jeff Bridges’s response to making a successful marriage for 33 years: “Not getting a divorce.”

  33. Pablo (Col) Avatar
    Pablo (Col)

    Bullock ties with Streep. Is it Critics choice or People’s choice ?

  34. Pablo (Col) Avatar
    Pablo (Col)

    I sense Avatar will win in best picture. Please may that be true. Or Basters, both are good.

  35. Michael W. Avatar
    Michael W.

    Oh my. And so it begins… A tie between Meryl and Bullock. They really are trying to predict the Oscars!!

    “Wonder who will win? Well, let’s give ’em both one!”

    Now Bullock will take the GG and SAG too and then there’s no stopping it on March 7th. Just as I feared :(

  36. Al Avatar
    Al

    thanks to Yogsam and James D. for confirming.

    Also, Im happy for the Up wins, assuming they’re real as well.

  37. al b. Avatar
    al b.

    Nice one, Hurt Locker edging through after Avatar and Inglourious Basterds dominated most of the night!

  38. Ben Avatar
    Ben

    It’s a shame that Bullock is even being remotely considered.

  39. Bia Avatar
    Bia

    I honestly never thought Sandra had a shot at a Critic’s award but I get why she won. She knows how to make a good speech like Meryl, this is something the younger actresses can’t compete with…star power. They were great up there.

  40. Yogsam Avatar
    Yogsam

    Avatar won 6 awards, Basterds got 3, Hurt Locker 2, and Up in the Air just 1

    Sad…no A SERIOUS MAN : (

  41. JFK Avatar
    JFK

    I called 15/25, not so good on the technical stuff…

    So happy for Bigelow and The Hurt Locker, let’s keep the momentum!

  42. med Avatar
    med

    The academy will not give the Oscar to Bullock. Period. End of story. Streep will take it…

  43. Pablo (Col) Avatar
    Pablo (Col)

    And sentimentalism wins again. Boring.

  44. JJ Avatar
    JJ

    Well, buzz goes up now for Bullock, Hurt Locker, Avatar, & Inglourious.

    Up in the Air got it’s predicted Writing. But I think many hoped/predicted for 2, 3, or 4 possible wins.

    Oh, and I saw you Kris. Good times. Hope you had a blast.

  45. Pablo (Col) Avatar
    Pablo (Col)

    Im only referring to best picture by the way…

  46. SHAAAARK Avatar
    SHAAAARK

    Woo, The Hurt Locker. ROLL ON TO VICTORY.

  47. Speaking English Avatar
    Speaking English

    Blech. This “Hurt Locker” shit has got to stop.

  48. Bryan Avatar
    Bryan

    Saw Bigelow’s post-Q&A – a very classy yet humble human being. What a great person to win.

  49. Megan Avatar
    Megan

    Great show. Pretty happy with all the results, predictable as they were.

    Fuck yeah, Tarantino, Waltz, and the cast of Basterds.

    Major congrats to the very gracious Bigelow and Hurt Locker.

    Yay for Sir Paul McCartney gracing the event with his Beatle-y presence.

    Boo for helium-riddled, vapid, grating host Kristin Chanoweth and her every failed attempt at comedy. Someone put the bitch back in her cage and give her a salt lick or something.

    Other than that, beautiful stuff. Bring on the Globes!

  50. Patryk Avatar
    Patryk

    As Barbara Covett would say: “Bliss.”

    “The Hurt Locker”
    Kathryn Bigelow
    Meryl Streep
    Mo’Nique
    Christoph Waltz
    Quentin Tarantino
    Jason Reitman

    Preferred Renner, but Bridges A-OK.