Old news at this point, but Michael 'Trent' Reznor and Atticus Ross have officially won the Golden Globe for Best Original Score - Motion Picture for their work on The Social Network. I'm sure a lot of creepy, old goths who never got over the fact that the video for 'Closer' was in heavy rotation on MTV way back when will be pissed that one of their idols' lives is improving exponentially whilst they sit and watch reruns of Single Ladies, drowning their sorrows in a bowl of Frosted Flakes, listening to their mother ask, "When are you going to meet a nice girl?", but this isn't about them. It's about justice. And justice was served on a hot plate on Sunday night in Hollywood.
I equally loved Inception and The Social Network, in my opinion, the two best pictures of the year. Vastly different films with individual merits that can't be denied by any intelligent movie watcher. But did The Social Network mean more to the state of movies this year than Inception. Is it judged by what this movie says about 'right now,' rather than the feats accomplished? Does seniority (in the case of Fincher V Nolan) automatically guarantee, and justify, the win? I've been having this argument with myself ever since The Hurt Locker (a film more about 'right now') beat out Avatar (a film more about the bewonderment of cinema than anything else) last year at the Oscars. Hmm...who cares?
Read my review of The Social Network (Original Score) here, and buy it on vinyl in our shop!
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