It has been a week of Nominations. 2 important awards
announced their nominations - Screen Actor's Guild and Golden Globes. Here is
what I think about them.
Best Picture
Golden Globes - Drama Golden Globes - Musical Or Comedy
The
Descendants
50/50
The
Help
The Artist
Hugo
Bridesmaids
The Ides of
March
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
My Week with Marilyn
War Horse
SAG
The
Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descendant
The Help
Midnight in Paris
SAG Basically has a Best Cast Ensemble award. So I was
expecting Ides of March to be there, which does have a pretty strong cast. As
for the globes, I will not comment on whether any particular film is musical or comedy or drama but other than that since they have more options, they are doing alright. Though, I
might be missing something but Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close was getting
a lot of attention. Whatever happened to that? And if you ask me to predict anything from this, I shall say come Oscars, I will expect The Artist, The Descendent and The Help to get nominated.
Best Actor: Male
Best Actor: Female
Best Actor: Male
Golden Globes - Drama Golden Globes - Musical Or Comedy
George Clooney – The
Descendants Jean Dujardin – The
Artist
Leonardo DiCaprio – J.
Edgar Brendan Gleeson – The
Guard
Brad Pitt - Moneyball Joseph Gordon-Levitt – 50/50
Michael Fassbender – Shame Ryan Gosling – Crazy,
Stupid, Love
Ryan Gosling – Drive Owen Wilson – Midnight
in Paris
SAG
Demián Bichir – A
Better Life
George Clooney – The
Descendants
Leonardo DiCaprio – J.
Edgar
Jean Dujardin – The
Artist
Brad Pitt – Moneyball
SAG again is pretty surprising. No Michael Fessbender(Shame), No Michael Shannon(Take Shelter) or Ryan Gosling. I don't know much about A Better life, but anyone of above three would have easily replaced DiCaprio. Globes missed Shannon as well. Gary Oldman(Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) was generating a lot of buzz but looks like he is Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close here. And again, from this I think Come Oscars, Clooney, Dujadin and Pitt should almost certainly get nominated. I would love to see Fessbender and Gosling with them.
Golden Globes - Drama Golden Globes - Musical Or Comedy
Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs Kate Winslet - Carnage
Viola Davis - The Help Kristen Wiig - Bridesmaids
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn
Rooney Mara - The Girl with Dragon Tattoo Jodie Foster – Carnage
Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin Charlize Theron – Young Adult
SAG
Glenn Close – Albert
Nobbs
Viola Davis – The Help
Meryl Streep – The Iron
Lady
Tilda Swinton – We Need
To Talk About Kevin
Michelle Williams – My
Week with Marilyn
SAG again missed Charlize Theron and Rooney Mara. I am happy with Michelle Williams' inclusion and Davis, Streep and Swinton are everywhere. So that leaves Close to make way for either of them and I am not much interested in Albert Nobbs as well. So, I will be happy with that. I am also not commenting on Globes - Musical and Comedy. They just need 5 nominees - that is only explanation and their Drama is probably the most satisfying group here. I liked Elizabeth Olsen(Martha Marcy May Merlene) and Kirsten Dunst(Melancholia) too. But, even I am finding hard to get rid of anyone else. Oscarwise, I think Davis, Streep and Swinton should be certain. I would love Williams and Theron to join them.
Best Supporting Actor: Male
Golden Globes SAG
Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn
Christopher Plummer - Beginners Christopher Plummer - Beginners
Albert Brooks - Drive Arnie Hammer - J. Edgar
Viggo Mortensen - A Dangerous Method Nick Nolte – Warrior
Jonah Hill - Moneyball Jonah Hill - Moneyball
This is like they are afraid of making all the right decisions. Globes got Brooks in but missed Nolte and SAG did vice versa and they both have Jonah Hill. Seriously? Do you know someone Called Ben Kingsley(Hugo) or at least John Hawkes(Martha Marcy May Merlene)? And Arnie Hammer ? I will reserve my judgement of Mortensen though because I have mixed reviews. For Oscars, Branagh and Plummer should enjoy the company of ideally Brooks, Nolte and Kingsley but I will be content with Hawkes and maybe even Mortensen.
Best Supporting Actor: Female
Jessica Chastain - The Help Jessica Chastain - The Help
Golden Globes SAG
Bérénice Bejo – The
Artist Bérénice Bejo – The
Artist Jessica Chastain - The Help Jessica Chastain - The Help
Octavia Spencer - The Help Octavia Spencer - The Help
Janet
McTeer - Albert Nobbs Janet
McTeer - Albert Nobbs
Shailene Woodley – The
Descendants Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
WHERE IS CARRY MULLIGAN ? How can you forget HER ? SAG is even worse. No disrespect to Melissa McCarthy - she was nice in Bridesmaids but definitely not enough to keep Woodley out. I have heard good things about McTeer but still I want Carry Mulligan(Shame) in the mix here. BTW, I am extremely happy for Jessica Chastain. I do not care which role she gets nominated for as long as she does.
Best Director
Golden Globes
Woody Allen – Midnight
in Paris
George Clooney – The
Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius – The
Artist
Alexander Payne – The
Descendants
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Nice to see Clooney here. He was good but at least I wasn't expecting him to get nominated. Payne, Scorsese and Hazanavicius are almost certain to get in. Spielberg(War Horse) is one more veteran that might make it. How many times do you have a chance of seeing Spielberg, Scorsese and Allen fighting with virtually unknown guy, Hazanavicius. And the best part is he actually has a realistic chance of winning.
So, all in all though Globes improved over SAG, there is still lot of hope for Improvement. Come On Academy !!
You and I seem to be in total agreement here. Give me nominations (just nominations, I don't expect wins) for Fassbender, Gosling, Mulligan, Brooks, and Kingsley and we'll call it a day.
ReplyDeleteThe Globes were better than the SAGs, but I'm not holding out much hope for the Oscars.
Yes we are Alex. And to tell you the truth, out of them all only Brooks has realistic chance of winning. But what matters is appreciation and they all deserve it.
ReplyDeleteI'm not quite sure how much validity I can put towards the Golden Globes & SAG.
ReplyDeleteNice post regardless.
Glad I finally got around to visiting your site.
Thanks Sam !! If nothing else, they should generate some momentum for campaigns of the nominees.
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