For The Movies

It’s not quite the Oscar’s, but the Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning. I was hoping that the Globe nods would get me more excited than they did. While I do have favourites this year (Babel, Volver, The Devil Wears Prada), they tend to only be for a performance or two and not the entire film. In Volver’s defense, I have only watched the film in Spanish w/o English subtitles, so I may feel more strongly about it once I have. Here is a rundown of the more prominent categories (I’ve placed ** next to the nominees that I would like to win, not necessarily who I think will.):

BEST MOTION PICTURE DRAMA
Babel**
Bobby
The Departed
Little Children
The Queen

BEST MOTION PICTURE MUSICAL OR COMEDY
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 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 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 ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE MUSICAL OR COMEDY
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 ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Annette Bening, Running With Scissors
Toni Collette, Little Miss Sunshine
Beyoncé Knowles, Dreamgirls
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada**
Renée Zellweger, Miss Potter

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE
Ben Affleck, Hollywoodland
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Brad Pitt, Babel**
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE
Adriana Barraza, Babel**
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Kikuchi Rinko, Babel

BEST DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood, Flags of Our Fathers
Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel**
Martin Scorsese, The Departed

So what are your thoughts on the nominations?