Saturday, November 22, 2008

1st Golden Globes Predix

DAVID

With the nominations announcement just under 3 weeks away, here's the first batch of predictions for the 66th annual Golden Globe Awards. Let's just hope there will be an actual ceremony this year...

Best Motion Picture - Drama (I'll put 6 nominees but who knows how many there will be?)
1. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2. Doubt
3. Frost/Nixon
4. Milk
5. The Reader
6. Revolutionary Road

Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy
1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. Burn After Reading
3. Happy-Go-Lucky
4. Synecdoche, New York
5. Vicky Christina Barcelona

Best Motion Picture Director
1. David Fincher - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2. Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
3. Clint Eastwood - Changeling
4. Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road
5. Gus Van Sant - Milk

Best Actor - Drama
1. Sean Penn - Milk
2. Benicio Del Toro - Che
3. Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
4. Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
5. Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Best Actress - Drama
1. Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
2. Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
3. Angelina Jolie - Changeling
4. Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
5. Meryl Streep - Doubt

Best Actor - Musical/Comedy
1. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Synecdoche, New York
2. Adrien Brody - Cadillac Records
3. Josh Brolin - W.
4. Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
5. Brad Pitt - Burn After Reading

Best Actress - Musical/Comedy
1. Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
2. Elizabeth Banks - Zack And Miri Make A Porno
3. Scarlett Johansson - Vicky Christina Barcelona
4. Samantha Morton - Synecdoche, New York
5. Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!

Best Supporting Actor
1. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
2. Josh Brolin - Milk
3. James Franco - Milk
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
5. Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress
1. Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2. Penelope Cruz - Vicky Christina Barcelona
3. Viola Davis - Doubt
4. Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
5. Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Screenplay
1. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
2. Doubt
3. Happy-Go-Lucky
4. Milk
5. Revolutionary Road

Best Original Score
1. Revolutionary Road
2. Australia
3. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
4. Doubt
5. WALL-E

Best Original Song (I'll just put three here because the shortlist hasn't been released yet)
1. WALL-E - 'Down To Earth' (Peter Gabriel)
2. Synecdoche, New York - 'Little Person' (Jon Brion)
3. The Wrestler - 'The Wrestler' (Bruce Springsteen)

Best Animated Feature Film
1. WALL-E
2. Kung Fu Panda
3. Waltz With Bashir

I'll get back on the Foreign Language Film category later once I have a better idea of the contenders. What do you think?

BRIAN

We really need some better comedy contenders...

Best Picture - Drama
1. Revolutionary Road
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Doubt (it won't do this well at the Oscars, but this is something the HFPA would love)
4. Milk
5. The Reader (not sure if TDK can make the cut here)

Best Picture - Musical or Comedy
1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. Happy-Go-Lucky
3. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
4. Mamma Mia! (ugh)
5. Burn After Reading (but W. seems like something they'd love)

Best Actor - Drama
1. Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2. Sean Penn - Milk
3. Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
4. Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
5. Mickey Rourke - The Wreslter (Jenkins has to be in here too, but I don't know who to cut)

Best Actress - Drama
1. Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
2. Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
4. Meryl Streep - Doubt
5. Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long (the trailer makes this look like a performance no one can ignore, but is three weeks enough time to build an audience?)

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy
1. Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
2. Josh Brolin - W.
3. Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey (clearly a drama, but maybe they'll run it in this category...?)
4. Brad Pitt - Burn After Reading
5. Robert Downey, Jr. - Iron Man

Best Actress- Musical or Comedy
1. Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
2. Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!
3. Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey
4. Rebecca Hall - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
5. Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City

Best Supporting Actor
1. Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
2. Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
4. Josh Brolin - Milk
5. James Franco - Milk

Best Supporting Actress
1. Viola Davis - Doubt
2. Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Kate Winslet - The Reader
4. Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
5. Amy Adams - Doubt

Best Director
1. David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2. Gus Van Sant - Milk
3. Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road
4. Stephen Daldry - The Reader
5. Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Screenplay
1. Revolutionary Road
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Doubt
4. Slumdog Millionaire
5. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Animated Film
1. WALL-E
2. Kung Fu Panda
3. Bolt

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Agree Brian, where are the comedies? Please don't tell me 'Mamma Mia' gets a nod just because there's nothing else! Also, just because 'In Bruges' came out a while back and didn't have a marketing campaign behind it, it's still a fantastic film with a great script.