The Golden Globes had a few nice surprises up their sleeves, but were mostly right on track with our initial expectations. Quentin Tarantino, Christoph Waltz and Ben Affleck all surprised the viewers with awards nobody really expected them to win, while Argo and Les Misérables dominated the majority of the categories. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were fantastic hosts, bringing life to a ceremony that has lacked charisma in the past. Jodie Foster, who accepted the Cecil B. DeMille award, rambled for a little bit too long about God knows what, and Homeland’s cast and crew stole the television awards from the deserving Breaking Bad. Maybe next year, guys.

Christoph Waltz made a touching speech, thanking Quentin Tarantino by quoting Django Unchained, “And to the director who made this possible, the North Star is that one.” Quentin Tarantino received an award of his own and thanked Waltz in his speech, but not quite as eloquently. Ben Affleck and Hugh Jackman thanked everybody involved in the project but themselves, and genuinely to boot. Jabs at Russell Crowe’s singing were almost as consistent as jabs at Meryl Streep. Nobody quite knew where the line was that night, but I’m positive Sacha Baron Cohen would be the one who crossed it. “Hugh Jackman lost 30 pounds for the role, something Gérard Depardieu could do by going to the loo.”

Argo
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Argo was a hands down, no other option win. The Globes love to choose movies that pleased critics and audiences, and Argo cleaned up on iMDB and Rotten Tomatoes.

Les Misérables
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Again, this was a no brainer. Les Misérables blew audiences away with innovation and style. Jackman and Hathaway walked away with awards for the film as well, making Les Misérables the film with the most wins [three] of the night.

Daniel Day-Lewis
Lincoln
Best Actor – Drama
How can you deny an actor, considered the best alive by many, who played Abraham Licnoln to perfection a completely deserved award for best actor? No other option is even available.

Jessica Chastain
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actress – Drama
Chastain has received more than enough critical attention for this role, and with a movie this controversial, predicting the outcome of this category was a cinch.

Hugh Jackman
Les Misérables
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
Hugh Jackman was passed in gratefulness only by Ben Affleck. He was so happy to receive a well-deserved Globe for his singing and acting opus as Jean Valjean.

Jennifer Lawrence
Silver Linings Playbook
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
She was fun, quirky and thoroughly entertaining as a not-quite-right-in-the-head Rom-Com lead. She even had the audacity to say, “I beat Meryl Streep!” which amused the audience.

Christoph Waltz
Django Unchained
Best Supporting Actor
The man of the Academy. He came out of nowhere with Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and took home an Academy Award. With Django Unchained, he almost outdid himself. He creates the most intriguing supporting characters, and is on par with Leonardo DiCaprio in terms of supporting actor talent. The North Star is this one.

Anne Hathaway
Les Misérables
Best Supporting Actress
Who else? She had 20 minutes of screen time, if that, and stole the show from people like Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe. My hat goes off to you, Hathaway.

Ben Affleck
Argo
Best Director
The sweetest acceptance speech of the night, giving honor to the other nominees, his wife and his entire crew, not once thinking he deserved it. What a great guy.

Quentin Tarantino
Django Unchained
Best Screenplay
His screenplays have wowed audiences for 20 years, but have failed to wow award boards for the same amount of time. He obviously impressed somebody important, because he took home a long overdue Globe.

Homeland
Best Television Series – Drama
This show was big, new, and people kind of liked it. The main reason it won was because Breaking Bad has won too much already.

Girls
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Who knows why this won? Anybody? No? Me either.