“Never mind that the [Golden Globe] is considered a joke, given the dubious credentials of the 90-odd foreign journalists who pick the winners.” -- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“Respect? Not much, especially from other journalists, who have publicly called [the Golden Globes voters] moochers, boneheads and bottom-feeders.” -- Andy Seiler, USA Today
“[The Golden Globe voters are] freeloaders who would sell their votes for a vodka tonic and cross the Alps for a hot dog.” -- Film historian Aljean Harmetz
“[The Golden Globe voters are] essentially just bottom-feeders around the industry, who've somehow been inflated to this point where their judgment is supposed to be very, very important.” -- John Powers, L.A. Weekly
“[The Golden Globes represent a case of] let's sell the public a lie." -- Producer Michael Phillips
"The Globes have long been the entertainment industry’s dirty little secret. At the heart of the con is the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., the tiny, cliquish group of foreign entertainment journalists – and I use each of those terms liberally – whose votes determine the winners. "The members of the association are not, generally speaking, film experts (like the people who judge the National Society of Film Critics awards) nor are they members of the creative community (like those who give out the Oscars). They’re not even representatives of prominent foreign publications, like Le Monde or the Guardian or Haaretz. "Only a handful are full-time journalists; the rest are freelancers for mostly obscure publications, and some are simply hanging on for the parties and movie stars. To maintain their status in the organization, they need only write four articles a year." -- Sharon Waxman, The Los Angeles TimesRead the rest of Waxman's illuminating 2008 piece on the Globes here. I say the influence of the Golden Globes is total fucking bullshit anyway. Here’s what got best picture at this year's ACADEMY AWARDS: The Hurt Locker Here’s what got best film honors at this year's GOLDEN GLOBES: Avatar (drama) The Hangover (comedy or musical) And here we have what some real critics’ associations picked as best picture, almost all before the Golden Globes weighed in: NATIONAL SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS The Hurt Locker INTERNATIONAL PRESS ACADEMY The Hurt Locker NEW YORK FILM CRITICS The Hurt Locker LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS The Hurt Locker CHICAGO FILM CRITICS The Hurt Locker SAN FRANCISCO FILM CRITICS The Hurt Locker BOSTON FILM CRITICS The Hurt Locker HOUSTON FILM CRITICS The Hurt Locker AUSTIN FILM CRITICS The Hurt Locker DENVER FILM CRITICS The Hurt Locker BROADCAST FILM CRITICS The Hurt Locker Find all of Deadline’s story on the Academy possibly moving its ceremony here.