Best of the Globes

Okay, so I meant to stay up late last night and work on this, but my poor hubby was starting to feel very sick, so blogging had to wait. Today I tried to stay away from any "Best/Worst" lists so that I could try to form my own opinions. I did inevitably see some blurbs about Mariah/Halle cleavage, but other than that I did okay.

I have to say I was a little disappointed with some folks. I feel like there were many who slightly missed the mark.

Marion Cotillard, for example looked amazing except for that little lace thing:

I also think Carey Mulligan is just adorable, and I love the headband and pixie cut, but her bodice needs to be hiked up an inch or two to make this work:

I feel that the hands-down winner of last night was Jennifer Garner, and she wasn't even up for any award. She just looked stunning, though.

Even though her dress isn't super flashy, I also thought Reese Witherspoon looked really good. However, she didn't do the red carpet so there aren't many good pictures available:

George Clooney's date, Elisabetta Canalis, had a super cool dress:

And so did Modern Family's Sofia Vergara:

The "best she's ever looked" award goes to Toni Collette:

Gorgeous, right?

The "best of the mature ladies" award goes to Glenn Close:

The "best short dress" goes to Ginnifer Goodwin. (Again the adorable pixie. How I wish I could pull that hairdo off.)

Emily Blunt, whom I love, love, love, also looked terrific, and she gets the "best jewelry award" for those awesome cuffs:

I must also say that, while I am not so much a fan of raven-locked Fergie, she looked quite lovely in this:

My verdict is still kind of out on Kate Hudson's white dress, but right now I like it. She took a risk, and I think she looks very modern. However, I have to focus on the dress and not her smug smirk because I am not a fan of K. Hud.

Another risk I think paid off was Christina Aguilera's. Her dress is striking and lovely, and her makeup and hair look sleek and understated. She looks quite pretty! (Please ignore Cher.)

One person I was pretty disappointed in was January Jones. She looks smashing in every single episode of Mad Men, and then she goes for this:

I mean, look at her last year! Amazing!

Also, for this to be Sandra Bullock's big year, I was hoping for more than this see-through purple dress:

And Tina Fey, I worship you, but here you just remind of me of a Mary Poppins cake topper. And the shoes! Are. Not. Good. With. That.

I was also underwhelmed with Drew Barrymore. My husband said her dress looked like it had sea anemones stuck to it, and I think that about sums it up:

And Chloe Sevigny was weird as always in this ruffled mess:

Luckily, it got ripped, and she later changed into a much better dress:

And Julianne Moore surely could have done better than this:

All in all, there were some lovely gowns, but not as many as I expected. Some of my favorites, in fact, were not even worn by nominees. I hope that some people (ahem, Sandra "I've had the best year of my career" Bullock and Penelope "I am too beautiful for words" Cruz) try a bit harder and really bring it for the Oscars, which hopefully will also be rain-free. Or maybe they will all decide that this year might end up being all about the Na'vi anyway and decide to show up in jeans. If they did, I would totally understand.