Will "War Horse" make the cut?
Golden Globes are about to announce their nominations on Thursday morning with the Screen Actors Guild naming their best in year 2011 on Wednesday. It’s going to be a hum-dinger. What can they present that won’t make them look like star-chasing, parasites who don’t care about the quality but instead looking like they throw a big party. It is a great show to watch but they have struggled the past few years in choosing quality, eclectic choices. I don’t expect it to change. Below are the predictions, perhaps not final for this year’s Golden Globes. Include yours in the comment section and in the forum.
Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Hugo
War Horse
Alternates:
Moneyball
The Ides of March
The Tree of Life
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
50/50
Bridesmaids
Carnage
Midnight in Paris
Young Adult
Alternates:
Win Win
We Bought a Zoo
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Larry Crowne
Footloose
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Drama
George Clooney – The Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Gary Oldman – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Brad Pitt – Moneyball
Alternate:
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Michael Shannon – Take Shelter
Demian Bichir – A Better Life
Ryan Gosling – Drive
Ryan Gosling – The Ides of March
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Musical or Comedy
Matt Damon – We Bought a Zoo
Johnny Depp – The Rum Diary
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – 50/50
Paul Giamatti – Win Win
Owen Wilson – Midnight in Paris
Alternate:
Tom Hanks – Larry Crowne
Christoph Waltz – Carnage
Steve Carell – Crazy, Stupid, Love
Justin Timberlake – Friends with Benefits
John C. Reilly – Carnage
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Drama
Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis – The Help
Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn
Alternates:
Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene
Felicity Jones – Like Crazy
Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
Michelle Yeoh – The Lady
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Musical or Comedy
Jodie Foster – Carnage
Julia Roberts – Larry Crowne
Charlize Theron – Young Adult
Kristen Wiig – Bridesmaids
Kate Winslet – Carnage
Alternates:
Cameron Diaz – Bad Teacher
Mila Kunis – Friends with Benefits
Natalie Portman – No Strings Attached
Julianne Moore – Crazy, Stupid, Love
Sarah Jessica Parker – I Don’t Know How She Does It
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks – Drive
Armie Hammer – J. Edgar
Jonah Hill – Moneyball
Christopher Plummer – Beginners
Alternates:
Max Von Sydow – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Nick Nolte – Warrior
Brad Pitt- The Tree of Life
Patton Oswalt – Young Adult
Ben Kingsley – Hugo
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
Vanessa Redgrave – Coriolanus
Octavia Spencer – The Help
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
Alternates:
Berenice Bejo – The Artist
Carey Mulligan – Shame
Judi Dench – J. Edgar
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
Sandra Bullock – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Best Director – Motion Picture
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Steven Spielberg – War Horse
Alternates:
Clint Eastwood – J. Edgar
George Clooney – The Ides of March
Bennett Miller – Moneyball
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Tomas Alfredson – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
War Horse
Alternates:
Hugo
Young Adult
The Help
The Iron Lady
The Tree of Life
Best Original Score
Ludovic Bource – The Artist
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Howard Shore – Hugo
Alexander Desplat – The Tree of Life
John Williams – War Horse
Alternates:
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Rango
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
The Help
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Best Original Song
“Hello Hello” from Gnomeo & Juliet
“The Living Proof” from The Help
“The Keeper” from Machine Gun Preacher
“Pictures in my Head” from The Muppets
“Life’s a Happy Song” from The Muppets
Alternates:
“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets
“Coeur Volant” from Hugo
“The Backsong” from Winnie the Pooh
“Fake ID” from Footloose
“Think You Can Wait” from Win Win
Best Animated Feature
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Puss n Boots
Rango
Winnie the Pooh
Alternates:
Happy Feet Two
Gnomeo & Juliet
Rio
Kung Fu Panda 2
Wrinkles
Best Foreign Language Film
In Darkness
Happy Happy
The Skin I Live In
A Separation
Where Do We Go Now?
Alternates:
Pina
Miss Bala
Postcard
What are yours? Comment.
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Don’t you think the Globes love for more popular films would result for best picture drama nod for The Help
Also 50/50 for best screenplay is messing, I Hope Gordon Levitt is winning best actor comedy
I absolutely agree about The Help. The Great Debaters, another racially-themed film, snuck in a few years ago and it didn’t have the box office or critical acclaim. And it wasn’t nearly as good.
I’d be very surprised if it didn’t get a nod.
Also, I think the Oscar nod for 50/50 is possible, but not in a field of 5 at the Globes.
I think we’ll see more ridiculous nominations this year like Cameron Diaz for Bad Teacher, Tom Hanks for Larry Crowne, Mila Kunis or Justin Timberlake for Friends with Benefits, or one of the performances from Horrible Bosses. I also think Crazy, Stupid, Love. could be a fairly big player as well. It’s star studded, got good reviews (not that that’s ever mattered) and is the type of movie they seem to go for at least once every year. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Steve Carrell, Julianne Moore, and/or even Ryan Gosling get nominated, along with possibly a Best Comedy nomination as well. Honestly, I’d be fine if it got in over lesser movies like Larry Crowne, Friends with Benefits, Horrible Bosses, The Rum Diary, etc…
Haha, Larry Crowne was probably the worst movie I saw this year…yet I agree that it will probably get some nods….Oh the globes….
Ya it was REALLY bad. I wasn’t a fan of Horrible Bosses or Bad Teacher either though and a fair number of people liked both quite a bit.
I am not sure “The Artist” qualified for the Drama category, a lot of people are saying how it will win Comedy/Musical.
Yeah. If it gets nominated for Comedy/Musical instead of Drama, we’ll already know the winner of that category.
The Golden Globes announced The Tourist as a possible Best Comedy/Musical winner last year. I will never, ever ever ever in my lifetime, even consider the Golden Globes as a precursor for the Oscars again. What a fucking shame.
I really think Moneyball will get nominated but I’m struggling to move anyone out from your five. Perhaps The Artist will go Comedy/Musical?
Everything else looks solid except I’d probably have Mara in over Swinton and I think one of Fassbender and Gosling (or even both) will be nominated.
Some say “My Week With Marilyn” will compete in the Musical/Comedy category… Anyone hear about that?
Actually isn’t The Artist in the comedy/musical line-up? Same with My Week With Marilyn? Which is ridiculous of course.
“My Week With Marilyn” and “The Artist” both are running for Comedy/Musical. They both qualified. The first for its musical scenes and elements and the latter for its obvious musical inclination.