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by Stewball
Tue Dec 14, 2010 10:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Golden Globe Nominations
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Golden Globe Nominations

Winners to be announced on Sunday, January 16th.

(* = My Picks)

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:

Black Swan (2010)
The Fighter (2010)
*Inception (2010)
The King's Speech (2010)
The Social Network (2010)
---All excellent films, but Inception is a master's masterpiece. :8)

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:

Alice in Wonderland (2010)
*Burlesque (2010/I)
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Red (2010/I)
The Tourist (2010)
--Weak field, particularly the last 3. Should have been Tangled instead of AIW.

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

*Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network (2010)
Colin Firth for The King's Speech (2010)
James Franco for 127 Hours (2010)
Ryan Gosling for Blue Valentine (2010)
Mark Wahlberg for The Fighter (2010)
---Wanted to give it to my sentimental fave, Wahlberg. Vincent Cassel should have been nominated for Black Swan. Eisenberg deserves it in any case.


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

Halle Berry for Frankie and Alice (2010)
Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole (2010)
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone (2010)
*Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010)
Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine (2010)
N.P. is excellent


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

Johnny Depp for The Tourist (2010)
Johnny Depp for Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Paul Giamatti for Barney's Version (2010)
*Jake Gyllenhaal for Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Kevin Spacey for Casino Jack (2010)
---Nothing really stands out, but I haven't seen Barney's Version or Casino Jack.


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

Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
*Anne Hathaway for Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Angelina Jolie for The Tourist (2010)
Julianne Moore for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Emma Stone for Easy A (2010)


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

Christian Bale for The Fighter (2010)
Michael Douglas for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
Andrew Garfield for The Social Network (2010)
*Jeremy Renner for The Town (2010)
Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech (2010)
---Tossup between M.D. and Bale, good field that should have included Bill Murray for Get Low, plus Tom Hardy & Joseph Gordon-Levitt (for his stunt work alone) in Inception

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

Amy Adams for The Fighter (2010)
Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech (2010)
*Mila Kunis for Black Swan (2010)--Brilliant
Melissa Leo for The Fighter (2010)
Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom (2010)
---Amy Adams excellent as well,

Best Director - Motion Picture
Nominees:

Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan (2010)
David Fincher for The Social Network (2010)
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech (2010)
*Christopher Nolan for Inception (2010)
David O. Russell for The Fighter (2010)
---C.N. hands down in an excellent field

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Nominees:

127 Hours (2010): Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
*Inception (2010): Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right (2010): Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko
The King's Speech (2010): David Seidler
The Social Network (2010): Aaron Sorkin
---No contest

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Nominees:

Burlesque (2010/I): Samuel Dixon, Christina Aguilera, Sia Furler("Bound to You")
*Burlesque (2010/I): Diane Warren("You Haven't Seen The Last of Me")
Country Strong (2010): Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges("Coming Home")
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010): Carrie Underwood, David Hodges, Hillary Lindsey("There's A Place For Us")
Tangled (2010): Alan Menken, Glenn Slater("I See the Light")


Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Nominees:

127 Hours (2010): A.R. Rahman
Alice in Wonderland (2010): Danny Elfman
*Inception (2010): Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech (2010): Alexandre Desplat
The Social Network (2010): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
---Burlesque and Tangled not nominated????


Best Animated Film
Nominees:

Despicable Me (2010)
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
The Illusionist (2010)
*Tangled (2010)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
---Disney beat's out Disney/Pixar this year.
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Should have been in there somewhere IMNTBHO:
Get Low
Mao’s Last Dancer
Brooklyn’s Finest
Harry Brown
The Social Network
It’s kind of a Funny Story
Hereafter
The Next Three Days