It is no secret that award shows have lost their popularity among general audiences within the past decade.
Hollywood’s three biggest nights: The Academy Awards, The Emmys and The Golden Globes, are all facing record-low viewership rates, and such numbers continue to decline yearly. There are several reasons for the decline, including a disinterest among 18 to 34-year-olds in tuning into a three-hour-long show, and many growing tired of Hollywood’s pretentious picks that ignore popular projects.
2024 marks the second year of the Golden Globes’ return to primetime television after being dropped by NBC in 2022 due to several controversies. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the voting party behind the television and film award show, has reportedly updated its rules regarding committee members receiving lavish gifts from potential nominees and formed a diverse voting body after an LA Times article revealed that the group had no Black members.
However, it seems that these long-needed changes to the award show’s operation cannot save it from praising undeserving creatives whose pieces are inaccessible to the public.
This year’s Golden Globes nominees and winners certainly reflect the latter complaint, with the internet fuming over Jacques Audiard’s offensive “Emilia Pérez” winning a staggering four awards, including the Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy award. The audience-hated film, with the current abysmal IMDb score of 5.7/10, shockingly won over fan favorites “A Real Pain,” “Anora,” “Challengers,” “The Substance,” and “Wicked”.
“Emilia Pérez’s” frustrating accumulation of awards at the Golden Globes, as well as the painfully unfunny jokes throughout the night by host Nikki Glaser and other presenters, certainly demonstrate Hollywood’s inability to connect with the interests of the public. Such mistakes have led the Golden Globes to become a laughingstock on social media. The awards show is getting much-needed social media attention but for all the wrong reasons.
Sadly, no one is talking about Demi Moore’s much-deserving Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture–Musical or Comedy win for her incredible role in “The Substance,” or Kieran Culkin’s Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture award for “A Real Pain.” Instead, “Emilia Pérez’s” stilted musical numbers and horrendous dialogue are the topics that are making headlines across the world and further demonstrating the poor judgment and taste of Hollywood’s elite.
It seems that the Academy Awards has not learned from the mistakes of the Golden Globes, as “Emilia Pérez” has been nominated for a record-breaking 12 awards. It will be an uphill battle against the continued disappointment among moviegoers who simply cannot connect with the interests of the Hollywood elite.
Roger Ricker • Feb 11, 2025 at 9:35 am
Agreed. Watched half of Emilia Perez and forced myself to do so , as it is a poorly directed movie with awful cinematography, terrible songs, and poor performances, save for Zoe Saldana (who is a lead, not supporting). As good as she is, the movie doesn’t keep the viewer’s interest. It looks dark and dreary, and is bafflingly uninteresting.
It seems to be an attempt at saying something, but none of the characters create empathy from the viewer.
Zoe Saldana plays a woman doing what she is forced to do, and seems selfish upon getting rich.
The trans actress is playing a cartel leader who wants to selfishly stop that lifestyle and hide away as a woman, leaving his own wife and children behind. The entire character is selfish, mean, and cruel. Can I just say this does not represent trans people very well? Because it does not.
Also, the trans “actress” also plays the role as a man, with a deep throaty voice. How do we know this “actress” is really trans? Could be a dude trying to gain attention.
The scenes don’t work. They repel the viewer instead of enticing.
The songs don’t work. They seem ill-placed and odd, rather than plot devices to move the story forward. They do not have melodies causing us to want to ever hear them again.
This is an awful movie, and should have been nominated for Razzies instead of Oscars.
I don’t want to finish it, as it feels like a chore.
How it is winning awards is boggling, except…Netflix has an army of staff pushing for nominations consistently within the industry, which, in turn, is so self-inflated the people involved go along with it. But did any if them actually watch this awful movie?
To give this 13 Oscar noms , hoisting it up there with the likes of “Titanic” and the third “Rings” is an abomination. Those movies are beloved by the public and deserve repeat viewing.
Nominating Emilia Perez 13 times speaks to corruption within the film industry and within the Academy.
You can purchase as many nominations as you like…the movie still sucks and the public is looking at you as if you are a joke.
I remember, years ago, when really good movies won Oscars. The movies, then, were also loved by millions of movie fans.
Getting an Oscar was a prestigious achievement. Now, it seems like a purchased novelty.
I would not even want one.