My Golden Globes Rant

[wallebe10]

I know the Golden Globe nominees were announced more than two weeks ago but I felt I needed to rant about some certain things. Here are the nominees:

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA


BABEL
BOBBY
THE DEPARTED
LITTLE CHILDREN
THE QUEEN


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA


PENÉLOPE CRUZ - VOLVER
JUDI DENCH - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL - SHERRYBABY
HELEN MIRREN - THE QUEEN
KATE WINSLET - LITTLE CHILDREN


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA


LEONARDO DICAPRIO - BLOOD DIAMOND
LEONARDO DICAPRIO - THE DEPARTED
PETER O'TOOLE - VENUS
WILL SMITH - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
FOREST WHITAKER - THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND


BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL


BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
DREAMGIRLS
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL


ANNETTE BENING - RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
TONI COLLETTE - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
BEYONCÉ KNOWLES - DREAMGIRLS
MERYL STREEP - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
RENEE ZELLWEGER - MISS POTTER


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL


SACHA BARON COHEN - BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
JOHNNY DEPP - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
AARON ECKHART - THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
CHIWETEL EJIOFOR - KINKY BOOTS
WILL FERRELL - STRANGER THAN FICTION


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM


CARS
HAPPY FEET
MONSTER HOUSE


BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM


APOCALYPTO (USA)
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (USA/JAPAN)
THE LIVES OF OTHERS (GERMANY)
PAN'S LABYRINTH (MEXICO)
VOLVER (SPAIN)


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE


ADRIANA BARRAZA - BABEL
CATE BLANCHETT - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
EMILY BLUNT - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
JENNIFER HUDSON - DREAMGIRLS
RINKO KIKUCHI - BABEL


BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE


BEN AFFLECK - HOLLYWOODLAND
EDDIE MURPHY - DREAMGIRLS
JACK NICHOLSON - THE DEPARTED
BRAD PITT - BABEL
MARK WAHLBERG - THE DEPARTED


BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE


CLINT EASTWOOD - FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
CLINT EASTWOOD - LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
STEPHEN FREARS - THE QUEEN
ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ IÑÁRRITU - BABEL
MARTIN SCORSESE - THE DEPARTED


BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE


GUILLERMO ARRIAGA - BEL
TODD FIELD & TOM PERROTTA - LITTLE CHILDREN
PATRICK MARBER - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
WILLIAM MONAHAN - THE DEPARTED
PETER MORGAN - THE QUEEN


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE


ALEXANDRE DESPLAT - THE PAINTED VEIL
CLINT MANSELL - THE FOUNTAIN
GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA - BABEL
CARLO SILIOTTO - NOMAD
HANS ZIMMER - THE DA VINCI CODE


BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE


"A FATHER'S WAY" — THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS Music by: Seal and Christopher Bruce Lyrics by: Seal
"LISTEN" — DREAMGIRLS Music & Lyrics by: Henry Krieger, Anne Preven, Scott Cutler and Beyoncé Knowles
"NEVER GONNA BREAK MY FAITH" — BOBBY Music & Lyrics by: Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy and Andrea Remanda
"THE SONG OF THE HEART" — HAPPY FEET Music & Lyrics by: Prince Rogers Nelson
"TRY NOT TO REMEMBER" — HOME OF THE BRAVE Music & Lyrics by: Sheryl Crow



Leonardo DiCaprio Twice... In The Same Category! - As much of a great actor I think he is, we really need to share the love here. One actor nominated twice is fine but not in the same category. Sure he's a great actor but we couldn't give this other one to another great actor. Nicolas Cage for World Trade Center? Denzel Washington for Inside Man? Come on man! Let's share the love!

Johnny Depp for Best Actor in a... COMEDY?! - Now this is just ridiculous. How could Johnny Depp be nominated for best actor in a comedy for Pirates 2? Pirates 2 was NOT, I repeat, NOT a comedy. Jack Sparrow isn't even that funny. This category is strictly left to comedies and musicals. Not action blockbusters.

Will Ferrell for Best Actor in a Comedy - Will Ferrell is a funny man I kid you not but he shouldn't be nominated for best actor in a comedy for Stranger than Fiction. Stranger than Fiction was not a comedy! It was a drama with some funny bits but it was no way a comedy movie. I would've been fine if they nominated him for Talladega Nights but Stranger than Fiction? Just because it has Will Ferrell in it doesn't mean it's a comedy.

Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg in the Same Category for the Same Movie - Sure I'd be fine with this but since they're in the same movie, I'm not. This just shouldn't happen. There's way to much competition and you shouldn't include the same actors or movies twice in the same category. Same goes for Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi for Babel.

Clint Eastwood Nominated Twice in the Same Category - Share the love I say! Can't these Golden Globe folks find another director. Clint Eastwood is an excellent director and all but twice in the same category? What about Paul Greengrass for United 93? Christopher Nolan for The Prestige? Come on!

[ilovemovies]

It's completely subjective to people's opinions so if they felt Leo gave two of the best performances then nominate him twice. Why not?

Same Clint Eastwood. If they think Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima are two of the five best films of the year then nominate him for both of them.

And I'm sorry, but Jack Sparrow is a comical character and Pirates 2 is a comical movie so it does belong in the comedy section.

And Stranger Than Fiction is a comedy and Will Ferall is in the correct category.

[Brando @$$ Fat]

You forgot the main thing: Beyonce getting nominated even though her performance was not awards material, but I believe we all know why she was nominated....because the Golden Globes are starfuckers.

[wallebe10]

Well I haven't seen Dreamgirls so I didn't include it. But Pirates 2 is NOT a comedy. It was a summer action blockbuster. And neither was Stranger than Fiction. Sure some parts were funny but it was mostly a drama movie.

[Quigles]

Eh, who cares. The Golden Globes suck.

[The FamilyJulas]

Originally posted by Quigles
Eh, who cares. The Golden Globes suck.

[mrsilkunderwear]

Originally posted by Quigles
Eh, who cares. The Golden Globes suck.

seriously

[Derek237]

Originally posted by wallebe10


Leonardo DiCaprio Twice... In The Same Category! - As much of a great actor I think he is, we really need to share the love here. One actor nominated twice is fine but not in the same category. Sure he's a great actor but we couldn't give this other one to another great actor. Nicolas Cage for World Trade Center? Denzel Washington for Inside Man? Come on man! Let's share the love!

Well for one thing your alternative choices are extremely underwhelming. Awards shows aren't really about sharing the love, are they? I haven't seen Blood Diamond, but they're obviously two very distinctive roles, so why shouldn't they nominate him twice? Soderbergh was nominated for 2 Oscars for directing Erin Brokovitch and Traffic in the same year and no one seemed to care. And it didn't split his vote, either! He won for traffic.

Originally posted by wallebe10

Johnny Depp for Best Actor in a... COMEDY?! - Now this is just ridiculous. How could Johnny Depp be nominated for best actor in a comedy for Pirates 2? Pirates 2 was NOT, I repeat, NOT a comedy. Jack Sparrow isn't even that funny. This category is strictly left to comedies and musicals. Not action blockbusters.

Okay this is nothing. according to past nominations, Jackie Brown and the Mask of Zorro were labelled as comedies. Figure that one out. At least Sparrow is a comedic role, but Jackie Brown a comedy? HUH?

I guess they just have to decide which category fits best.

Originally posted by wallebe10

Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg in the Same Category for the Same Movie - Sure I'd be fine with this but since they're in the same movie, I'm not. This just shouldn't happen. There's way to much competition and you shouldn't include the same actors or movies twice in the same category. Same goes for Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi for Babel.

Yeah. Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, and James Caan would probably have to disagree with you regarding their supporting nominations in The Godfather.

Originally posted by wallebe10

Clint Eastwood Nominated Twice in the Same Category - Share the love I say! Can't these Golden Globe folks find another director. Clint Eastwood is an excellent director and all but twice in the same category? What about Paul Greengrass for United 93? Christopher Nolan for The Prestige? Come on!

Nolan, I dunno, haven't seen the film, but Greengrass, sure. But you have to understand that the Hollywood Foreign Press fucking loves Eastwood. I agree with you on this one, though. They should stick with whichever directorial effort they felt was the best and focused on that nomination. It's not as if they're films that are worlds apart like soderbergh's efforts in 2000.

All in all, I don't think the Globes suck. Any awards shows that value The Aviator and Brokeback Mountain over Million Dollar Baby and Crash are okay in my book. This was one of their weaker years but as a whole, they make good choices. You have to keep in mind though, it's just 80 really, really old people-- not nearly as vast as the AMPAAS. Their selections aren't really as daring. I always have a harder time predicting the GG's over the Oscars because with the Oscars they're always trying to pull some surprises on you, and sometimes think the GG's will do that but they really, really go with the OBVIOUS choices. I'm still surprised that Crash won the Oscar (though I predicted they would pull that surprise, if that makes sense), and that Capote got a BP nomination, but Brokeback winning the GG was just more obvious of a choice winner. So maybe obvious can be better. Not always, but in that case I think so.

w/e

[powersauce]

Originally posted by Brando @$$ Fat
You forgot the main thing: Beyonce getting nominated even though her performance was not awards material, but I believe we all know why she was nominated....because the Golden Globes are starfuckers.

I don't even understand her nomination for best original song. Ben Folds should have been nominated for his work on Over the Hedge.

[Quigles]

Originally posted by powersauce
I don't even understand her nomination for best original song. Ben Folds should have been nominated for his work on Over the Hedge.

Word. Thought I was the only one who loved that music.