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Those are some spectacular globes!

Kim Hollis: What was the biggest surprise from the Golden Globes? What did you like best? What was your biggest dislike?

Brett Beach: Despite the fact that several of my favorite performers were deserved winners this year (Danes, Dern, Clooney), there was an air of "Meh" around the entire proceedings. The bloom has worn off the Gervais rose and even his unpredictable shockingness felt pretty rote. The GGs may have helped solidify things into a Descendants vs Artist race for the top prizes, but there was very little that stood out for me in an intense like or dislike fashion. I enjoyed the Macy/Huffman a capella banter and Colin Firth's quip as he came to the podium, but they didn't make my evening. Probably the biggest surprise was Madonna snagging Best Song. That seemed like The Help's prize all the way.

Samuel Hoelker: I'm excited that there are still many races up in the air. Picture, director, actor, and actress are still up in the air (the comedy/musical winners aren't just token winners, they're actual contenders), and even the wins that were unexpected in my book (Midnight in Paris for screenplay, that awful Madonna song for song) just make everything more interesting.

My biggest surprise? I didn't know Matt LeBlanc had gotten so grey.

Matthew Huntley: Since I've so limited knowledge of television these days, I'll keep my comments limited to the film categories, and I'd say the biggest surprise was Viola Davis not winning Best Actress over Meryl Streep. Both women given fine performances in their respective roles, but Davis' career is hot right now and she was in the better film (though the quality of the overall film shouldn't, in my opinion, dictate whether we given awards to the actors). Sidney Poitier's appearance marked my favorite part of the ceremony because he brought a high level of respect and class to the party, and him presenting the Cecil B. Demille Award to Morgan Freeman on MLK Jr. weekend just seemed extra special and touching. My biggest dislike was Michael Fassbender not winning Best Actor. Don't get me wrong - George Clooney is great in The Descendants, but Fassbender and Shame were better. Clooney is a good choice, but he's also a safe choice. Come Oscar night, though, I think The Artist will clean up.

Kim Hollis: I agree that the biggest surprise in the film category was Madonna's W.E. win for Best Song. That was truly bizarre. But otherwise, I think all the movie awards went pretty much according to plan and basically came down to one of the two most expected winners. As for television, I was surprised Game of Thrones didn't take home more awards than it did - that show seems almost tailor made for the Foreign Press. I'm happy that Peter Dinklage did win for the show, though. He does an amazing job at playing one of the better modern literary characters I've had the pleasure of knowing.

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