All right it's time for award season. That special time of year where various organizations start handing out awards to a bunch of movie that oh-so coincidentally also happen to be released around this time of year...mainly in LA or NYC....
Sure there are a myriad of awards shows this time of year but the main two that I will be blogging about will be the Golden Globes and the Oscars. The Golden Globes are handed out annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, honoring the year's best in movies and TV. I don't talk a whole lot about TV nor do I watch a whole lot of TV so I will only be talking about the movies.
For this year the Globes will be handed out on January 14 in a ceremony hosted by Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, who also hosted last year. The ceremony itself was ridiculously long and padded but at least Fey and Poehler were funny. It also helped that I was on Skype with someone....
Anyway. Here are the nominees and some quick comments about each category.
BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
12 Years A Slave
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Philomena
Rush
COMMENTS: I haven't seen 'Rush' or 'Philomena'. I wasn't the biggest fan of 'Captain Phillips'. 'Gravity' and '12 Years A Slave' are both great. Surprised to see 'The Butler', 'All Is Lost', 'Saving Mr. Banks' or 'Dallas Buyers Club' not in this but oh well. Honestly I was surprised to see 'Rush' nominated.
BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
American Hustle
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
The Wolf of Wall Street
COMMENTS: I've seen NONE of these. In the coming weeks hopefully that will change...
BEST ACTOR - DRAMA
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave
Idris Elba, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaghey, Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford, All Is Lost
COMMENTS: A nice solid list of nominees with Ejiofor and Redford in particular deserving of their nominations. A bit surprised to see Idris Elba's name pop up for 'Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom'.
BEST ACTOR - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
Joaquin Phoenix, Her
COMMENTS: Once again, I've seen none of these but that will change in the coming weeks. I know Bruce Dern won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival in May and that Christian Bale once again drastically changed his appearance for a role.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Daniel Bruhl, Rush
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years A Slave
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
COMMENTS: Another very solid list of nominees. This is Abdi's acting debut and he knocked it out of the park. But this will probably come down to Fassbender vs. Leto.
BEST ACTRESS - DRAMA
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock, Gravity
Judi Dench, Philomena
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
Kate Winslet, Labor Day
COMMENTS: The only performance of these I've seen was Sandra Bullock's in Gravity. It is surprising that she got a nomination. Yeah that's all I got for this category.
BEST ACTRESS - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Julie Delpy, Before Midnight
Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Enough Said
Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
COMMENTS: Meryl Streep could be filmed sitting in a chair eating Cheetos, drinking beer, belching obnoxiously loud, watching football and still be nominated for Best Actress. That aside, I've seen NONE of these....I sense a pattern......
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years A Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska
COMMENTS: Another category where so far I've only seen one of the performances, having seen Lupita Nyong'o in '12 Years A Slave'. It's her first movie, and she knocks it out of the park and then some.
BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Croods
Frozen
Despicable Me 2
COMMENTS: Wait a minute, I've seen ALL of these!!! Honestly out of all the animated movies I saw this year these three were the best. 'Croods' was funny, I loved 'Despicable Me 2', and 'Frozen' was actually really good and a lot better than I thought it would be. More than likely 'Frozen' will win this....
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Blue Is The Warmest Color
The Great Beauty
The Hunt
The Past
The Wind Rises
COMMENTS: I've only seen 'Blue Is The Warmest Color'. A bit surprising to see 'The Wind Rises' in this category and not also in Best Animated Film.
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Atlas" - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
"Let It Go" - Frozen
"Ordinary Love" - Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
"Please Mr. Kennedy" - Inside Llewyn Davis
"Sweeter Than Fiction" - One Chance
COMMENTS: I heard part of "Atlas" as I was walking out of the theater during the credits for 'Catching Fire'. "Let It Go" wasn't my favorite song from 'Frozen' but it was still a solid song. I've seen a clip from 'Inside Llewyn Davis' that featured Oscar Isaacs and Justin Timberlake performing 'Please Mr. Kennedy'. The other two songs I haven't listened to.
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
All Is Lost
Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom
Gravity
The Book Thief
12 Years A Slave
COMMENTS: The scores for 'Gravity' and 'All Is Lost' are both amazing and both help the rather quiet natures of both of those movies.
BEST SCREENPLAY
Spike Jones, Her
Bob Nelson, Nebraska
John Ridley, 12 Years A Slave
Jeff Pope and Steve Coogan, Philomena
Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell, American Hustle
COMMENTS: Solid list of nominees...I guess.
BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
David O. Russell, American Hustle
COMMENTS: Solid list of nominees.
OVERALL GOLDEN GLOBES COMMENTS: No love for 'The Butler'? Nothing for 'This Is The End' or 'The Heat' in any of the comedy categories? Oh well. I'm not the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Perhaps I should make my own awards with movies that I've seen.....
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