Yesterday I posted the 67th Annual Golden Globes nominees, as well as my brief editorial about how little these awards mean. But I also took a stab at who/what I thought was going to win based entirely on popularity, broad appeal, buzz and popular opinion.
And for the most part I was wrong.
Here are the results of the Golden Globes:
Best Motion Picture — Drama
Avatar – Winner
*The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious
Up in the Air
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side – Winner
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
*Gabourey Sadibe, Precious
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart – Winner
*George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Tobey Maguire, Brothers
Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
(500) Days of Summer
*The Hangover – Winner
It’s Complicated
Julie & Julia
Nine
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated
*Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia – Winner
Julia Roberts, Duplicity
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
Matt Damon, The Informant
Daniel Day Lewis, Nine
Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes – Winner
*Joseph Gordon Levitt, (500) Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Mo-Nique, Precious – Winner
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
*Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
*Matt Damon, Invictus
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Christopher Waltz, Inglorious Basterds – Winner
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Best Animated Feature Film
Coraline
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
The Princess and the Frog
*Up – Winner
Best Foreign Language Film
Barria
Broken Embraces
A Prophet
The White Ribbon – Winner
The Maid
Best Director — Motion Picture
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
*James Cameron, Avatar – Winner
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds
Best Screenplay — Motion Picture
Up in the Air – Winner
It’s Complicated
District 9
*The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Best Original Score — Motion Picture
Michael Giacchino, Up – Winner
Marvin Hamlisch, The Informant
James Horner, Avatar
Abel Krozeniowski, A Single Man
*Karen O. and Carter Burwell, Where the Wild Things Are
Best Original Song — Motion Picture
“I Will See You,” Avatar
“The Weary Kind,” The Crazy Heart – Winner
“Winter,” Brothers
“Cinema Italiano,” Nine
“I Want to Come Home,” Everybody’s Fine
I don’t profess to know everything in film, but I know what I like and I have a pretty good sense about what’s being appreciated most. So while I only got 2 right, this only goes to prove how random this is. Sure, everytime there is an awards ceremony, there is always going to be a result that you don’t agree with. But with only a 100 or so voters, there is more likely to be a sway in the tally.
There are also too many variables, but they have to draw the line somewhere. How a film can get a Best Picture but not any other awards makes little sense, and suggests to me that Avatar got that nod for “best accomplishment in film” but there was no category for that.
Only the MTV Movie Awards makes up categories to suit their sponsors, er contestants.
