People are split.
Aside from Tommy Wiseau’s lovable madness and Gary Oldman’s unquestionable brilliance, the Golden Globes provided its usual mix of jokes, moments and political rallying.
In the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein revelations, the film industry has been far more upfront about reporting the various instances of sexual assault, harassment, and abuse that have occurred within the industry.
The Golden Globes award ceremony reflected that as seen by the speeches and the attire that many of the performers chose to wear on the red carpet.
Various people decided to wear black in solidarity with the victims who’ve come forth with allegations of sexual misconduct. This initiative was connected to Time’s Up, a movement that’s supported by hundreds of members of the industry.
With regards to the acceptance speeches, Laura Dern, Elisabeth Moss, Frances McDormand and Nicole Kidman were just some of the actresses that spoke out and showed solidarity with that particular cause, but it’s arguable that Natalie Portman’s speech upstaged them all.
The Oscar-winning actress graced the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night to announce the winner for the Best Director category, which was only comprised of male directors – Guillermo Del Toro (The Shape of Water), Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk), Ridley Scott (All the Money in the World) and Steven Spielberg (The Post)
After co-presenter Ron Howard announced the category, Portman made a point of saying, “And here are the all-male nominees.”
Natalie Portman went into savage mode and poor Guillermo del Toro never saw it coming pic.twitter.com/DF0BAcReSt
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) January 8, 2018
Guillermo Del Toro went on to win the much-deserved award for his tremendous The Shape of Water, but movie fans were split with regards to Portman’s speech.
Granted, there were plenty of female directors like Greta Gerwig, Dee Rees and Patty Jenkins that weren’t acknowledged in this category, but others have argued that the five candidates simply made the better films.
As always, social media was split.
Some people were quick to praise Portman for highlighting the fact that female directors were overlooked.
Instantly immortal phrase from Natalie Portman, about the directing award candidates:
"Here are the all-male nominees."
— Jodi Kantor (@jodikantor) January 8, 2018
It can’t be easy to follow that wonderful @Oprah speech… but, DAMN, Natalie Portman did an amazing job pic.twitter.com/2SNfEEr4ur
— NYLON (@NylonMag) January 8, 2018
Natalie Portman went into savage mode and poor Guillermo del Toro never saw it coming pic.twitter.com/DF0BAcReSt
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) January 8, 2018
THINGS NATALIE PORTMAN DID:
A) THAT.
— 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚙𝚒𝚡𝚒𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 🍉 (@mathewrodriguez) January 8, 2018
Me and my friends just bawled our eyes out at Oprah’s speech. Then Natalie Portman was like HOLD MY BEER. #theallmalenominees
— JenHatmaker (@JenHatmaker) January 8, 2018
and Natalie Portman just did more with two words than any male winner has done with their entire acceptance speech tonight. #GoldenGlobes
— tierney bricker (@tbrick2) January 8, 2018
On the contrary, some people argued that Portman’s words took the shine off a memorable moment for Guillermo Del Toro – a director that frequently casts women as the main characters in his films and as a person, the Mexican director is widely acknowledged as one of the nicest people in Hollywood.
The “all male” nominees comment from Natalie Portman is the most obnoxious of the night & winner is Guillermo del Toro. Totally deserved.
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) January 8, 2018
Absolutely love you @Natalie Portman but that was poor form stating "the five all male directors" after Operah's amazing speech. You took a well deserved moment away from Guillermo del Toro.
— Scorpio (@PurpleSocks9) January 8, 2018
Natalie Portman: "Here is the all-male list of nominees."
Guillermo Del Toro: "That's fair. I ain't got nothing to worry about, women are at the forefront of MY movies."1/2 pic.twitter.com/JwrTQVxPQO
— Tezooka Osukemo (@OKGetsuO) January 8, 2018
Oprah’s speech was awesome but Portman sounded childish. It wasn’t fair to Del Toro or the other nominees. It wasn’t their faults. She looked petty.
— Sith_happens (@Orangejoe82) January 8, 2018
Natalie Portman's comment was tacky especially after Oprah's great speech considering how genuine/deserved Del Toro was about his win. It detracts from the award and the work of the nominees. #GoldenGlobes
— Charles (@callmejasonhero) January 8, 2018
I mean I get it but Guerrimo Del Toro was legit choked up during his speech and his award instead gets diminished because of this. Congrats Portman. 🤦🏽♂️
— John Trevino (@JT_Tres) January 8, 2018
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