Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Predictions for 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards

With the Golden Globe nominations coming out in a few hours and the major contenders having come out, I thought that I'd throw out there my predictions on those major pre-Oscar honors:

BEST MOTION PICTURE-DRAMA
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE-DRAMA
Cate Blanchett (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
Angelina Jolie (Changeling)
Meryl Streep (Doubt)
Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE-DRAMA
Leonardo DiCaprio (Revolutionary Road)
Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)
Sean Penn (Milk)
Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)

BEST MOTION PICTURE-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
Mamma Mia!
Tropic Thunder
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)
Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City)
Frances McDormand (Burn After Reading)
Meryl Streep (Mamma Mia!)
Emma Thompson (Last Chance Harvey)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE-MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Javier Bardem (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Ricky Gervais (Ghost Town)
Dustin Hoffman (Last Chance Harvey)
John Malkovich (Burn After Reading)
Ben Stiller (Tropic Thunder)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Viola Davis (Doubt)
Rosemarie DeWitt (Rachel Getting Married)
Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Kate Winslet (The Reader)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Josh Brolin (Milk)
Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt)
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bolt
Kung-Fu Panda
WALL-E


BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Class (France)
Gomorrah (Italy)
Let the Right One In (Sweden)
Mermaid (Russia)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Stephen Daldry (The Reader)
David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)
Gus Van Sant (Milk)

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
Vicky Cristina Barcelona


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Gran Torino
Revolutionary Road
WALL-E


BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"Another Way to Die" (Quantum of Solace)
"Down to Earth" (WALL-E)
"I Want It All" (High School Musical 3: Senior Year)
"Jaiho" (Slumdog Millionaire)
"The Wrestler" (The Wrestler)

5 comments:

  1. Best Motion Picture - Drama
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Frost/Nixon
    Reader
    Revolutionary Road
    Slumdog Millionaire

    Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
    Burn After Reading
    In Bruges
    Happy-Go-Lucky
    Mamma Mia
    Vicky Cristina Barcelona

    Best Original Song
    "Down to Earth" -- WALL-E
    "Gran Torino" - Gran Torino
    "I Thought I Lost You" -- Bolt
    "Once in a Lifetime" -- Cadillac Records
    "The Wrestler" -- The Wrestler

    Best Original Score
    Defiance
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Slumdog Millionaire
    Frost/Nixon
    Changeling

    Best Animated Film
    Bolt
    Kung Fu Panda
    Wall-E

    Best Foreign Language Film
    The Baader Meinhof Complex
    Gomorrah
    I've Loved You So Long
    Waltz with Bashir

    Best Director
    Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
    Steven Daldry - The Reader
    David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
    Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road

    Best Actor - Drama
    Leonardo DiCaprio
    Frank Langella
    Sean Penn
    Brad Pitt
    Mickey Rourke

    Best Actress - Drama
    Anne Hathaway
    Angelina Jolie
    Meryl Streep
    Kristin Scott Thomas
    Kate Winslet

    Best Actor - Musical or Comedy
    Javier Bardem -- Vicki Cristina Barcelona
    Colin Farrell - In Bruges
    James Franco -- Pineapple Express
    Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
    Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey

    Best Actress - Musical or Comedy
    Rebecca Hall
    Sally Hawkins
    Frances McDormand
    Meryl Streep
    Emma Thompson

    Best Supporting Actress
    Amy Adams
    Penelope Cruz
    Viola Davis
    Marisa Tomei
    Kate Winslet

    Best Supporting Actor
    Tom Cruise
    Robert Downey, Jr.
    Ralph Fiennes
    Philip Seymour Hoffman
    Heath Ledger

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  2. this is a depressing bunch

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  3. Really? Why do you think so?

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  4. the nominees. ehheeh i do not like em generally.

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  5. I would have loved to see more love for "The Dark Knight," but it's not the type of film that the HFPA would like to honor. Now that I've seen "Frost/Nixon" and "Milk" (both great), I understand the affection for the former but am baffled over the one nomination for the latter.

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