This Sunday, January 16th, the 2011 Golden Globe Awards will air on NBC. While some of the nominations are a joke, I'll DVR the show and fast forward to the categories I'm interested in seeing.
First, let's take a look at the main categories.
Best Motion Picture - Drama
"Black Swan"
"The Fighter"
"Inception"
"The King's Speech"
"The Social Network"
I'd love to see "Black Swan" win, but I think "The Social Network" will win.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Halle Berry - "Frankie and Alice"
Nicole Kidman - "Rabbit Hole"
Jennifer Lawrence - "Winter's Bone"
Natalie Portman - "Black Swan"
Michelle Williams - "Blue Valentine"
I'd like to see Natalie Portman win and I think she will on Sunday because her performance was amazing.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Jesse Eisenberg - "The Social Network"
Colin Firth - "The King's Speech"
James Franco - "127 Hours"
Ryan Gosling - "Blue Valentine"
Mark Wahlberg - "The Fighter"
While Jesse Eisenberg could win, I'm thinking it's going to be between Colin Firth and James Franco. I'm going to say that Colin Firth wins.
Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
"Alice in Wonderland"
"Burlesque"
"The Kids are All Right"
"Red"
"The Tourist"
Shocked to see "The Tourist" in this category since I can't see it being a comedy or musical, more action/thriller to me, but what do I know? Anyways, I see "The Kids are All Right" winning.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Annette Bening - "The Kids are All Right"
Anne Hathaway - "Love and Other Drugs"
Angelina Jolie - "The Tourist"
Julianne Moore - "The Kids are All Right"
Emma Stone - "Easy A"
Annette Bening takes it.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Johnny Depp - "Alice in Wonderland"
Johnny Depp - "The Tourist"
Paul Giamatti - "Barney's Version"
Jake Gyllenhaal - "Love and Other Drugs"
Kevin Spacey - "Casino Jack"
I think Johnny Depp will win for "Alice in Wonderland".
Now, let's take a look at some of my predictions for other categories.
For
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, I see it coming down to Mila Kunis ("Black Swan") and Amy Adams ("The Fighter") with Adams winning despite the fact that I would like to see Kunis win.
For
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, I see Christian Bale winning for "The Fighter".
"Toy Story 3" will win for
Best Animated Feature Film.
I think David Fincher ("The Social Network") will take home the award for
Best Director - Motion Picture.
For
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture, Aaron Sorkin ("The Social Network") will win. I would like to see Christopher Nolan win for "Inception", though.
As much as I'd like to see "The Walking Dead" take home the award for
Best Television Series - Drama, I see either "Mad Men" or "Dexter" winning. Hopefully, I'm wrong.
"Modern Family" will walk away with the Golden Globe for
Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical. If it doesn't win, I'll be shocked.
Of course, I didn't mention all of the categories, so if you want to look at the list of nominations, the link is listed below.
http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/
It's time to move on and give some examples of why I think some of the nominations or lack of nominations are a joke. For one, "True Grit" didn't earn one single nomination and I felt that it was one of the best films of 2010, yet "Burlesque" was nominated. Second, Barbara Hershey should have been nominated for supporting actress for her performance in "Black Swan" as Portman's controlling mother. Those were the first two big snubs that came to my mind. Another one that comes to mind is that Leonardo DiCaprio wasn't nominated for his performance in "Inception", which I thought he deserved.
I'll end this with a few questions for you. Will you watch this Sunday? What are some of your predictions? Any films/actresses/actors/tv shows get snubbed or shouldn't have even received a nomination? Let me hear your thoughts.