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Reagen Sulewski: This result is sort of the funhouse mirror of Green Hornet, in that you have a couple of stars who have built up good will but have missed slightly in recent films. Vince Vaughn needs to realize that his shtick is failing him as he hits 40 (and looks older). If this wasn't headlined by a star with some pull, we're looking at a film that opens to $5 million or less.

David Mumpower: Ron Howard is an Academy Award winning director. I want to stress that as we consider the cinematic abomination that is The Dilemma. I'm starting to believe that The Da Vinci Code broke him. That film's blockbuster status made him a bit more willing to try to cash in at the box office with easily marketable crap. And as we all know, audiences are fickle, meaning that what works with a Dan Brown adaptation (well, two) has failed completely for Paul Blart and friends. Everyone has known for a while now that The Dilemma was a bomb yet we are as a group taken aback by the terrible nature of the trailers. I strongly suspect that the primary reason Cee-Lo's *ahem* Forget You was used in the ads was to create conversation about the project that would have been absent otherwise.

Kim Hollis: What are your overall thoughts on last night's Golden Globes?

Max Braden: Once, as I tried to show my mom the glory that is Extras, she threw in the towel at three episodes: "I can't take this anymore. Can we watch something else? This is too mean." Ricky Gervais will probably be foremost among the comments about the show, but I feel like people really familiar with him wouldn't be surprised. And likewise there's an inevitable arms race amongst presenters on how they can top the digs of previous ceremonies, particularly at a more casual event such as the Globes. But it's not just Gervais; there's a noticeable disdain for the HFP year after year that you can hear in the speeches from the actors as well. Would they show up if the show wasn't televised? Other than that I remember a lot of grey dresses... oh, the awards. I think the one that surprised me the most was Katey Sagal for Sons of Anarchy, and the one I thought was really cool was Chris Colfer for Glee. And the more I think about it, the more I like the Original Score win for The Social Network.

Josh Spiegel: When he shows up for a few minutes on other awards shows, Ricky Gervais is arguably the best thing about it. (His face-off with Steve Carell the year after Carell "accepted" Gervais' Emmy for Extras is a great and hilarious bit.) Last year, I thought Gervais was OK but not as memorable as the Golden Globes host. This year, I wonder if he took notes from Stephen Colbert, who a few years ago hosted the White House Correspondents Dinner and proceeded to eviscerate everyone, with no thought of who he offended. Gervais was scathing, biting, and cruelly funny tonight, and I loved every minute of it. I was baffled at the reaction from some celebrities who did not enjoy being made fun of; I suppose they don't think they're deserving of snarky humor, but they are. The rest of the show was mostly rote and unsurprising, except for Robert De Niro's stand-up stylings during his acceptance speech. De Niro should...well, let's say I'm excited to see what else he can do in the world of drama. And only drama.

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