OK, you know the drill. Have at it in the comments section. My best guesses below — remember, it wouldn’t be the Globes without a wacky pick or two, and a stunning snub. (Remember “Milk?”)
Who will be this year’s Tom Cruise in “Tropic Thunder?” And why do I have this weird feeling that “Precious” isn’t up their alley … but Mariah Carey is?
Best Picture (Drama)
“An Education”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Invictus”
“Up in the Air”
Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
“In the Loop”
“It’s Complicated”
“Julie & Julia”
“Nine”
“A Serious Man”
Best Director
James Cameron, “Avatar”
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”
Clint Eastwood, “Invictus”
Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”
Best Actor (Drama)
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”
Viggo Mortensen, “The Road”
Best Actress (Drama)
Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Abbie Cornish, “Bright Star”
Penelope Cruz, “Broken Embraces”
Helen Mirren, “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)
Peter Capaldi, “In the Loop”
George Clooney, “The Men Who Stare at Goats”
Matt Damon, “The Informant!”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Nine”
Michael Stuhlbarg, “A Serious Man”
Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)
Sandra Bullock, “The Proposal”
Marion Cotillard, “Nine”
Michelle Pfeiffer, “Cheri”
Meryl Streep, “It’s Complicated”
Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”
Best Supporting Actor
Alec Baldwin, “It’s Complicated”
Christian McKay, “Me and Orson Welles”
Alfred Molina, “An Education”
Stanley Tucci, “Julie & Julia”
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Supporting Actress
Mariah Carey, “Precious”
Penelope Cruz, “Nine”
Judi Dench, “Nine”
Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Julianne Moore, “A Single Man”
Best Screenplay
Nick Hornby, “An Education”
Mark Boal, “The Hurt Locker”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”
Joel and Ethan Coen, “A Serious Man”
Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”
Best Foreign Language Film
“Broken Embraces”
“Coco Before Chanel”
“A Prophet”
“Vincere”
“The White Ribbon”
Best Animated Feature
“Coraline”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“Mary & Max”
“The Princess and the Frog”
“Up”
Best Original Music Score
James Cameron, “Avatar”
Alberto Iglesias, “Broken Embraces”
Alexandre Desplat, “Coco Before Chanel”
Michael Giacchino, “Up”
Rolfe Kent, “Up in the Air”
Best Original Song
“I See You” from “Avatar”
“The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart”
“Cinema Italiano” from “Nine”
“Take It All” from “Nine”
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog”
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37 responses to “Predicting the Golden Globes”
George Clooney is actually campaigned as supporting for Goats (from what I know). The leading one is pushed to be Ewan McGregor.
I like the wacky Best Actress – Drama line-up :) but you could’ve also thrown Saoirse in, just to make some of us happy.
And what is going on with The Last Station? Critics don’t like it or just haven’t seen it? (that would be strange…) It’s the most snubbed movie lately.
My Prediccions:
Best Picture (Drama)
“Avatar”
“An Education”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“The Messenger”
“Up in the Air”
Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
“(500) Days of Summer”
“It’s Complicated”
“The Hangover”
“Julie & Julia”
“Nine”
“A Serious Man”
Best Director
James Cameron, “Avatar”
Lone Scherfig, “An Education”
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”
The Coen Bros, “A Serious Man”
Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”
Best Actor (Drama)
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker”
Best Actress (Drama)
Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Abbie Cornish, “Bright Star”
Helen Mirren, “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”
Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)
Matt Damon, “The Informant!”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Nine”
Robert Downey Jr, “Sherlock Holmes”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, “500 Days of Summer”
Michael Stuhlbarg, “A Serious Man”
Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)
Amy Adams, “Julie & Julia”
Marion Cotillard, “Nine”
Maya Rudolph, “Away We Go”
Meryl Streep, “It’s Complicated”
Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”
Best Supporting Actor
Alec Baldwin, “It’s Complicated”
Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
Alfred Molina, “An Education”
Stanley Tucci, “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, “Nine”
Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Samantha Morton, “The Messenger”
Julianne Moore, “A Single Man”
With Renner’s recent win, I’d include him over Mortensen, to completely honest.
I’ve already done the acting predictions on my blog… I probably fail miserably :) but surprises are always nice. I just hope for Michelle Pfeiffer.
Don’t count out Brad Pitt for Supporting.
THAT is the Tom Cruise of the morning.
I’m going to go with a nomination for Steve Martin in “It’s Complicated”. And you have to have at least one huge star in Best Actor (Drama) who won’t have a shot at an Oscar. I’m thinking… erm… Johnny Depp for Public Enemies.
My only prediction is that Mariah Carey gets in for Supporting Actress.
I predict Precious to be snubbed. Globes snubs are usually stunning.
Bold…no Kendrick or Farmiga?!?
I went more than a little out there on some of these:
Best Picture – Drama
Precious
Invictus
Up in the Air
An Education
The Hurt Locker
WILDCARD: Avatar/The Blind Side/Inglourious Basterds
Best Picture – Comedy/Musical
(500) Days of Summer
It’s Complicated
Nine
A Serious Man
In the Loop
WILDCARD: The Hangover/The Proposal
Best Actor – Drama
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Best Actor – Comedy/Musical
Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer
Matt Damon, The Informant!
Alec Baldwin, It’s Complicated
Best Actress – Drama
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones
Abbie Cornish, Bright Star
Best Actress – Comedy/Musical
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated
Zooey Deschanel, (500) Days of Summer
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Zach Galifianakis, The Hangover
Best Supporting Actress
Mo’Nique, Precious
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Guy, did Cameron really write the music for Avatar? Busy man :p
Precious will get snubbed big time, except for Mo’Nique
9/10 on supporting, pretty proud of that I must say.
Check that, 8/10. Still pretty good.
Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood will get nominated for Whatever Works. No Guts No Glory
Wishing there was a way to delete posts. 9/10…
Timberlake got the song “I see you” wrong. He said “I will see you” so I’m hoping he meant Judi Dench instead of Penelope Cruz :p
Tucci got nominated… how do u live with that array of time zones
So far… Up in The Air got two, Crazy Heart one, Avatar one, The Informant one, Invictus one, Nine one… Still waiting for the next lot. 2 minutes to go.
And “Cinema Italiano” instead of “Take it all”??
Happy about Coraline and A Prophet.
5 minutes, 1 minute, 30 seconds, 5 seconds. That’s fun :p
District 9??
It’s Complicated? I know it wasn’t off the table but still…
Streep got two! YAY!
And Joseph Gordon-Levitt got one! YAY!
Glad Emily Blunt got one too.
Yeah for Joseph Gordon-Levitt!
Tobey Maguire for Brothers
double for streep, damon and bullock
Eastwood in, his film out. Not really surprising…
I find it repugnant and disgusting that Nancy Meyers’ middle-aged hen-fest “It’s Complicated” and the frat-boy, douche-bag comedy of the year (“The Hangover”) both get nominated over “A Serious Man”.
But then again, what do expect them to do? The HFPA can’t have a bunch of hairy, middle-aged Jews walking around? They can’t put them in their promos and take pictures and interview those people!
No big surprises in my opionion. When you take into consideration that it is the Golden Globes, and at times they can come up with some crazy nominations.
I like that Quinton Tarantino received a nomination for Basterds. That was a little surprising, just going by the lack of recognition in the previous critic’s awards.
Lee Daniels not getting nominated for “Precious,” in a way is surprising, but in another way it’s not. Although I enjoyed the movie, if their was a weak link to pick out about it, it was his directing.
And I guess my final minor surprise would be, Matt Damon getting a nod for “Invictus.” He was good in the movie, but not nomination worthy in my opionion. But I’m glad that he was nominated for “The Informant.”
An Education basically got ZERO love, outside of Mulligan. Makes me so happy!
Did Kris & Guy forget to set the alarms or something? Where’s the nominees post so we can comment (properly)?!
Julia Roberts for Duplicity? That was the biggest surprise for me. I mean, really, people actually saw that movie?
And no songs from Princess and the Frog, but that awful Avatar song gets a nod? Thank goodness the Oscar songs are always different!
HFPA are star fuckers. It’s turning into a joke.
Is anyone as incensed as I am that Jim Parsons didn’t get a nomination for Best Actor in a TV Series (Comedy) for The Big Bang Theory. He is beyond incredible.
Ironic that District 9 gets a screenplay nomination when Sharlto Copley made up all his dialogue. I guess it was great dialogue, but wasn’t acted well enough.
This is quickly shining some light on the locks. Looking at acting categories, which really only needs the SAG nominations before we can really lock in 5:
Best Actor: Bridges, Firth, Freeman and Clooney = locks.
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock (double GG nominee?!?), Merryl Streep, Carey Mulligan, Gabourey Sidibe = locks.
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Woody Harrelson, Stanley Tucci, Matt Damon = locks.
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Anna Kendrick, Vera Farmiga, Julianne Moore = locks. Marion Cotillard, too, if supporting.
So we have 1 spot in each category, and the races aren’t all that compelling:
Actor = Day-Lewis vs. Renner.
Actress = Mirren vs. Cotillard (n0), Blunt (no), Ronan?
S. Actor: Plummer vs. An Education combo
S. Actress: Morton vs. Women of Nine
Guy, that was silly to predict against (500)!