Hey, the 67th Annual Golden Globes are on tonight and for the first time in their history – its raining on the Red Carpet. I find that amazing.
I wanted to make a couple things clear about it. I don’t care. The other thing? I don’t care.
Its no secret that the Globes mean nothing to me, and things like one award for Comedy or Musical… like they are clearly so similar and cannot be mutually exclusive.
The biggest thing is how BIG a deal they make out of this thing since its often been considered a “preview to the Oscars” but I disagree. This is the awards run from the Hollywood Foreign Press, and the votes are gathered by about 100 members of reporters in Hollywood that do NOT work for North American outlets. But regardless of who they work for… there is 100 of them. The results are hardly a reflection of what we might see at the Oscars (who has thousands of members that vote and therefore a wider chance of swaying opinion).
But for those of you who follow, I have some of the Movie related nominees and I will put an asterisk * next to the person or title that I think will win (not that I would choose, but that I am guessing will – if there is no * then I just have no clue)
Best Motion Picture — Drama
Avatar
*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
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
*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
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
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
*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
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
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
Best Foreign Language Film
Barria
Broken Embraces
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
The Maid
Best Director — Motion Picture
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
*James Cameron, Avatar
Clint Eastwood, Invictus
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds
Best Screenplay — Motion Picture
Up in the Air
It’s Complicated
District 9
*The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Best Original Score — Motion Picture
Michael Giacchino, Up
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
“Winter,” Brothers
“Cinema Italiano,” Nine
“I Want to Come Home,” Everybody’s Fine
So while I don’t think any of this matters as much as they are pumping this up. There are my picks, and tomorrow I will share the results to my list.
Do you care about the Globes? Are they just a curiosity you keep tabs on like I do? Or are they the media event of the year for you?
