Golden Globes

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Best Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:

Avatar (2009)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Up in the Air (2009/I)

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:

(500) Days of Summer (2009)
The Hangover (2009)
It's Complicated (2009)
Julie & Julia (2009)
Nine (2009)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:

Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)
George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009)
Morgan Freeman for Invictus (2009)
Tobey Maguire for Brothers (2009/I)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:

Emily Blunt for The Young Victoria (2009)
Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)
Helen Mirren for The Last Station (2009)
Carey Mulligan for An Education (2009)
Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:

Matt Damon for The Informant! (2009)
Daniel Day-Lewis for Nine (2009)
Robert Downey Jr. for Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt for (500) Days of Summer (2009)
Michael Stuhlbarg for A Serious Man (2009)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:

Sandra Bullock for The Proposal (2009/I)
Marion Cotillard for Nine (2009)
Julia Roberts for Duplicity (2009)
Meryl Streep for It's Complicated (2009)
Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Nominees:

Matt Damon for Invictus (2009)
Woody Harrelson for The Messenger (2009/I)
Christopher Plummer for The Last Station (2009)
Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009)
Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Nominees:

Penélope Cruz for Nine (2009)
Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Julianne Moore for A Single Man (2009

Best Director - Motion Picture
Nominees:

Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008)
James Cameron for Avatar (2009)
Clint Eastwood for Invictus (2009)
Jason Reitman for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Nominees:

District 9 (2009): Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
The Hurt Locker (2008): Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds (2009): Quentin Tarantino
It's Complicated (2009): Nancy Meyers
Up in the Air (2009/I): Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Nominees:

Crazy Heart (2009): T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")
Everybody's Fine (2009): Paul McCartney("(I Want To) Come Home")
Nine (2009): Maury Yeston("Cinema Italiano")
Brothers (2009/I)("Winter")
Avatar (2009)("I See You")

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Nominees:

The Informant! (2009): Marvin Hamlisch
Up (2009): Michael Giacchino
Where the Wild Things Are (2009): Carter Burwell, Karen Orzolek
Avatar (2009): James Horner
A Single Man (2009): Abel Korzeniowski

Best Animated Film
Nominees:

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Coraline (2009)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Up (2009)

Best Foreign Language Film
Nominees:

Los abrazos rotos (2009)
Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)
La nana (2009)
Un prophète (2009)
Baarìa (2009)

Best Television Series - Drama
Nominees:

"Big Love" (2006)
"Dexter" (2006)
"House M.D." (2004)
"Mad Men" (2007)
"True Blood" (2008)

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:

"Entourage" (2004)
"Glee" (2009)
"The Office" (2005)
"Modern Family" (2009)
"30 Rock" (2006)

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:

Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (TV)
Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)
Into the Storm (2009) (TV)
"Little Dorrit" (2008)
Taking Chance (2009) (TV)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:

Kevin Bacon for Taking Chance (2009) (TV)
Kenneth Branagh for "Wallander" (2008)
Brendan Gleeson for Into the Storm (2009) (TV)
Jeremy Irons for Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (TV)
Chiwetel Ejiofor for Endgame (2009)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:

Joan Allen for Georgia O'Keeffe (2009) (TV)
Drew Barrymore for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)
Jessica Lange for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)
Anna Paquin for The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV)
Sigourney Weaver for Prayers for Bobby (2009) (TV)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:

Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)
Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)
David Duchovny for "Californication" (2007)
Thomas Jane for "Hung" (2009)
Matthew Morrison for "Glee" (2009)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:

Toni Collette for "United States of Tara" (2009)
Courteney Cox for "Cougar Town" (2009)
Edie Falco for "Nurse Jackie" (2009)
Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)
Lea Michele for "Glee" (2009)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Nominees:

Simon Baker for "The Mentalist" (2008)
Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)
Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)
Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004)
Bill Paxton for "Big Love" (2006)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Nominees:

Glenn Close for "Damages" (2007)
January Jones for "Mad Men" (2007)
Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife" (2009)
Anna Paquin for "True Blood" (2008)
Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:

Michael Emerson for "Lost" (2004)
Neil Patrick Harris for "How I Met Your Mother" (2005)
William Hurt for "Damages" (2007)
John Lithgow for "Dexter" (2006)
Jeremy Piven for "Entourage" (2004)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:

Rose Byrne for "Damages" (2007)
Jane Adams for "Hung" (2009)
Jane Lynch for "Glee" (2009)
Janet McTeer for Into the Storm (2009) (TV)
Chloë Sevigny for "Big Love" (2006)










Hard to speculate as some of the films either aren't out to public yet or very new.

- Wish Waltz was bumped up to best actor category as he really deserves it.
- Fuck yeah Glee
- How did A Serious Man not make the comedy category...?

[Pickpocket]

My predictions:

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:

Up in the Air (2009/I)

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:

Nine (2009)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:

George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009/I)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:

all look shitty

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:

Michael Stuhlbarg for A Serious Man (2009)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:

Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009)

nothing stood out, but lol @ bullock being nominated twice

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Nominees:

Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Nominees:

Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I)

Best Director - Motion Picture
Nominees:

Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Nominees:


Inglourious Basterds (2009): Quentin Tarantino

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Nominees:

who cares


Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Nominees:


Up (2009): Michael Giacchino


Best Animated Film
Nominees:

Up (2009)


Best Television Series - Drama
Nominees:

easily
"Mad Men" (2007)

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:

"Modern Family" (2009)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:

David Duchovny for "Californication" (2007)

lol @ hung being nominated for anything

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:

Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Nominees:

Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Nominees:

January Jones for "Mad Men" (2007)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:

probably the most deserving of anything on here, guy was amazing
John Lithgow for "Dexter" (2006)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:

Chloë Sevigny for "Big Love" (2006)

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I really want Dexter to beat Mad Men. I love both, but Dexter season 4 was godly. I really want to see Up in the Air and Nine. How Bullock got nominated for something like The Proposal, not to be sexist is pathetic.

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I really want Dexter to beat Mad Men. I love both, but Dexter season 4 was godly. I really want to see Up in the Air and Nine. How Bullock got nominated for something like The Proposal, not to be sexist is pathetic.

Mad Men is superior to Dexter. Mad Men is the new Sopranos for me, every time that show ends it's like I need more of it. The thing with Dexter is that you know he's never gonna die or get caught, so there's never any real suspense. Dexter is just too poorly written at times for me. Now that I think about it, most shows on Showtime don't have very good writing. But despite that I agree, season 4 was pretty awesome. I have no idea how Trinity knew where Dexter lived though (bad writing).

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Probably figured it out from Debras. And while he didn't die, it still had a very ballsy ending. I love everything about Dexter myself, so I may be blinded. I really just wnat Dexter to win one year then Mad Men can go on winning every other.

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yeah Dexter's ending was really strong, season 5 will be pretty different i think. but i agree there's been a lot of bad writing, especially in the first half of this season - that whole bit about dex being tired yawnnn

lithgow ruled tho, probably the best dex villain

[ShogunRua]

I love how some of the nominations are for films that haven't even come out yet. (So the public won't know that they actually suck, and there's extra advertisement for them to see it)

Anyways, the entire list is pretty ridiculous, but the barrel of nominations for Invictus (just as formulaic and exactly the same as "The Blind Side", except with marginally better acting, and rugby instead of football), as well as Precious (especially the supporting actress nomination for Phat Girlz Monique) are particularly hilarious.

They somehow managed to pick lots of movies that not only sucked, but were also failures at the box office, too. A winning combination.

Small wonder fewer people care about these shows anymore.

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Top 8 of 2009:

1. Here (Ho Tzu Nyen)


2. Earth (Ho Tzu Nyen)*


3. Flooding in the Time of Drought (Sherman Ong)


4. Like You Know It All (Hong Sang-soo)


5. Phantoms of Nabua (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)*


6. Visitors (Hong Sang-soo, Naomi Kawase, Lav Diaz)

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7. White Days (Lei Yuan Bin)


8. In the House of Straw (Yeo Siew Hua)


I request that Criticker allow us to add films not on IMDB if we provide sufficient evidence of their existences.

[Stewball]

Wow I'm behind, of all the movies that came out this year I've only seen six ! And from this list I've only seen Up! So what was good this year, any must sees?!

"___'s" obscure suggestions notwithstanding, you can start with my top 5 in order of must seeing:

(500) Days of Summer (DVD/Blu-Ray on 12-22)
Up in the Air
Up
Pirate Radio
Inglourious Basterds

As for the GG's, I only have a couple of real disagreements. A smaller one is that A Christmas Carol should absolutely have been nominated for best animated feature, since it's certainly better than The Fantastic Mr. Fox and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. But since Up is the biggest lock on the whole list, it's pretty much a moot point.

A Christmas Carol raises another question; with live capture animation coming of age with its incredible ability to capture facial expressions and other nuances, shouldn't such performances be qualified in the best actor/actress categories?

I think the worst omission is The Princess and the Frog in the best score category, and several songs should have qualified for best original song nominations as well, especially considering the crap that's there. I wonder if the judges even saw it.

I agree with Meryl Streep's nomination for Julie & Julia (and she should have won the Oscar last year for Doubt), but being miscast in the romantic role in It's Complicated looks very much the same as her being completely miscast for Momma Mia. At least there she had Pierce Brosnan's singing to take the pressure off. Somebody needs to have a talk with her about growing old gracefully.

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I was happy with most of the golden globe nominations. I havent seen a lot of the films yet, but I am hoping to see some of them before the awards take place.