As mentioned numerous times here on The Movie Blog, I really don’t care much for the Golden Globes at all for many reasons. However, one of the things there were going to do right at this year’s ceremony (which as most of you now know has been canceled) was to bestow their Cecil B. DeMille award (basically a Lifetime Achievement Award) to Steven Spielberg.
However, with the event being canceled and replaced with a simple press conference style announcement of the winners, the Hollywood Foreign Press (the folks behind the Golden Globes) have made another right decision… to put off giving the award to Spielberg until next year when they can honor him appropriately. This was wise.
There’s no human being alive today who deserves such an honor more than Steven Spielberg. Oh sure… other talented directors have come and gone over the last 30 years that he’s been doing this, but few to none have endured or been as consistent as he has. Sure there are some wonderful young directors in the chairs today…. but let’s talk again in 15 years and see how many of them are still riding the horse.
And for heaven’s sake… get out and rent “Amistad“. I still say it’s Spielberg’s best film, and the one next to no one has seen.
