Time for the Golden Globe Noms to pour in. and i figured, as I did for the Oscars, i'll chip in my two cents.
MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES
DRAMATIC PICTURE
"Babel"
"The Departed" - I loooooved this movie, not to mention the fact that I have only seen one other...and it sucked (Bobby)
"The Queen"
"Bobby"
"Little Children"
MUSICAL OR COMEDY PICTURE
"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
"Dreamgirls" - As much as I love, TYFS, Little Miss Sunshine, and Borat, Dreamgirls is the best by far.
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"The Devil Wears Prada"
"Thank You For Smoking"
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
"Apocalypto" (USA)
"Letters From Iwo Jima" (USA/Japan)
"Lives of Others" (Germany)
"Pan's Labyrinth" (Mexico) - Hands down. and um...Apocalypto? as Devin of Chud.com says..."What the fuck"
"Volver" (Spain)
BEST DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima"
Clint Eastwood, "Flags Of Our Fathers"
Martin Scorsese, "The Departed" - Cause he derserves it, says me. and millions of people. oh, yeah, and old man Eastwood needs to stop making movies. two noms? christ.
Stephen Frears, "The Queen"
Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu, "Babel"
BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Departed" - Out of the preformances I saw, this was the best.
Peter O'Toole, "Venus"
Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"
BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz, "Volver"
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "SherryBaby"
Helen Mirren, "The Queen" - Not having seen any of these, i am gonna go with the critcal favorite, and besides, who doesn't love a woman who says "fell head over tit"
Kate Winslet, "Little Children"
BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" - Hell, why not. Sacha deserves something for the hilarity that was Borat.
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 ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Annette Bening, "Running With Scissors"
Toni Collette, "Little Miss Sunshine" - Wow, when I saw this movie, I didn't think this would be my choice...but Running With Scissors sucked, and I didn't think Beyonce was that great. and I didn't see the rest. yeah.
Beyonce Knowles, "Dreamgirls"
Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Renee Zellweger, "Miss Potter"
SUPPORTING DRAMATIC ACTOR
Ben Affleck, "Hollywoodland"
Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"
Jack Nicholson, "The Departed" - Yeah, I love me some Jack, and god was this a scary, funny, fantastic preformance...but keep in mind that Eddie Murphy is a close, very close second. so if either win, i'll be happy.
Brad Pitt, "Babel"
Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed" - this would be cool too. "Lace Curtain Motherfucker"
SUPPORTING DRAMATIC ACTRESS
Adriana Barraza, "Babel"
Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"
Emily Blunt, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls" - Hands Fucking Down. She brought the house down at the screening I was at (all except for William_Miller, but thats okay. Clapping just ain't his bag, yo.) one of the best preformances this year.
Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"
ANIMATED FILM
"Cars" - damn. hard choice. Any of them win, and I will be happy. They were all fantastic.
"Happy Feet"
"Monster House"
SCREENPLAY
Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel"
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, "Little Children"
Patrick Marber, "Notes on a Scandal"
William Monahan, "The Departed" - Give this man some props, cause he is one his way to becoming one of the best screenwriters in Hollywood. Period.
Peter Morgan, "The Queen"
ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, "The Painted Veil"
Clint Mansell, "The Fountain" - Sweet Jesus, an award for the Fountain? Awesome.
Gustavo Santaolalla, "Babel"
Carlo Siliotto, "Nomad"
Hans Zimmer, "The Da Vinci Code"
SONG
"A Father's Way" from "The Pursuit of Happyness"
"Listen" from "Dreamgirls" - Its the only one I've heard, so that gets my vote.
"Never Gonna Break My Faith" from "Bobby"
"The Song of the Heart" from "Happy Feet"
"Try Not to Remember" from "Home of the Brave"
Wow. This year had so many great movies, and yet, this list kinda sucks. Thanks Clint Eastwood and Emilio Esteves. Thanks alot, fuckers.
MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES
DRAMATIC PICTURE
"Babel"
"The Departed" - I loooooved this movie, not to mention the fact that I have only seen one other...and it sucked (Bobby)
"The Queen"
"Bobby"
"Little Children"
MUSICAL OR COMEDY PICTURE
"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
"Dreamgirls" - As much as I love, TYFS, Little Miss Sunshine, and Borat, Dreamgirls is the best by far.
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"The Devil Wears Prada"
"Thank You For Smoking"
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
"Apocalypto" (USA)
"Letters From Iwo Jima" (USA/Japan)
"Lives of Others" (Germany)
"Pan's Labyrinth" (Mexico) - Hands down. and um...Apocalypto? as Devin of Chud.com says..."What the fuck"
"Volver" (Spain)
BEST DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima"
Clint Eastwood, "Flags Of Our Fathers"
Martin Scorsese, "The Departed" - Cause he derserves it, says me. and millions of people. oh, yeah, and old man Eastwood needs to stop making movies. two noms? christ.
Stephen Frears, "The Queen"
Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu, "Babel"
BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Departed" - Out of the preformances I saw, this was the best.
Peter O'Toole, "Venus"
Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"
BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz, "Volver"
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "SherryBaby"
Helen Mirren, "The Queen" - Not having seen any of these, i am gonna go with the critcal favorite, and besides, who doesn't love a woman who says "fell head over tit"
Kate Winslet, "Little Children"
BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" - Hell, why not. Sacha deserves something for the hilarity that was Borat.
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 ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Annette Bening, "Running With Scissors"
Toni Collette, "Little Miss Sunshine" - Wow, when I saw this movie, I didn't think this would be my choice...but Running With Scissors sucked, and I didn't think Beyonce was that great. and I didn't see the rest. yeah.
Beyonce Knowles, "Dreamgirls"
Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Renee Zellweger, "Miss Potter"
SUPPORTING DRAMATIC ACTOR
Ben Affleck, "Hollywoodland"
Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"
Jack Nicholson, "The Departed" - Yeah, I love me some Jack, and god was this a scary, funny, fantastic preformance...but keep in mind that Eddie Murphy is a close, very close second. so if either win, i'll be happy.
Brad Pitt, "Babel"
Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed" - this would be cool too. "Lace Curtain Motherfucker"
SUPPORTING DRAMATIC ACTRESS
Adriana Barraza, "Babel"
Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"
Emily Blunt, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls" - Hands Fucking Down. She brought the house down at the screening I was at (all except for William_Miller, but thats okay. Clapping just ain't his bag, yo.) one of the best preformances this year.
Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"
ANIMATED FILM
"Cars" - damn. hard choice. Any of them win, and I will be happy. They were all fantastic.
"Happy Feet"
"Monster House"
SCREENPLAY
Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel"
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, "Little Children"
Patrick Marber, "Notes on a Scandal"
William Monahan, "The Departed" - Give this man some props, cause he is one his way to becoming one of the best screenwriters in Hollywood. Period.
Peter Morgan, "The Queen"
ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, "The Painted Veil"
Clint Mansell, "The Fountain" - Sweet Jesus, an award for the Fountain? Awesome.
Gustavo Santaolalla, "Babel"
Carlo Siliotto, "Nomad"
Hans Zimmer, "The Da Vinci Code"
SONG
"A Father's Way" from "The Pursuit of Happyness"
"Listen" from "Dreamgirls" - Its the only one I've heard, so that gets my vote.
"Never Gonna Break My Faith" from "Bobby"
"The Song of the Heart" from "Happy Feet"
"Try Not to Remember" from "Home of the Brave"
Wow. This year had so many great movies, and yet, this list kinda sucks. Thanks Clint Eastwood and Emilio Esteves. Thanks alot, fuckers.