Yikes, the Golden Globes!! Popularity ensues.

Wow, I suck. I didn't realize the GG were so close. Off my game. Will be back on for the Oscars. Letsa Go-a! I'll do the SAGs and DAGs in another post. Color codes are same as last year and have somewhat relevance. Red means Strong. Grey means Dark Horse. You know the deal.

I left out the TV portion, because here's what I think: Modern Family should win. Anything that has to do with anyone from Deadwood should win. And The Walking Dead too. SUMMED.

I should probably state that I have seen very few of these. So I'm shooting for all Hollywood Foreign Press politics, which is all glam and no substance. (You want to know why there's no technical categories? It's because the GG have no idea how to judge those.) And of course, the GG have a lot of "WHAT!?" entries. Expect some snarky remarks along the way. (I love those.)


Cecil B. DeMille Award

Robert De Niro

Yeah, I'm talking to you.

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The King's Speech, The Social Network
I'm glad no silly names made it here. The big battle here is between the artsy, dramatic tale of Black Swan or the generational narrative of the Social Network. I think either one has a chance at the Oscars, as well as the King's Speech; since the GG tends to be more of a popularity contest, I'll say the Social Network. I labeled Inception as the Dark Horse because it is this year's Avatar, with the exception of its originality and non-cheesiness (basically, just the blockbuster factor is the same). I wouldn't be surprised to see the HFPA go in favor of the bucks.


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
Natalie Portman is Hollywood's princess. She can do no wrong, even as the terrible Queen Amidala. Personally, as a viewer of a timeline of her works, I'm really not that impressed, but whatever, I'm a student so that doesn't matter. Halle and Nicole are popularity choices. I would love to see Michelle Williams pull this one out, but she won't. I don't know if you can tell, but I am not very enthused about this category.

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
Jesse, Mark, and James are really really popular guys. That might do to outweigh the outstanding Colin Firth, but I don't think it well. He's long overdue, will probably win the Oscar, so HFPA will probably just hand it over. I'm pissed that Leonardo Dicaprio isn't here for Inception. What the fizzle.

Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
Alice in Wonderland, Burlesque, The Kids Are All Right, Red, The Tourist
Also known as the "Bullshit"  "We Don't Care" "Space/Time Fillers" category. First off, I had no idea that Alice and the Tourist were considered comedies or musicals. That's news to me. Second, I had no idea Burlesque didn't tank at the box office and should be an award contender (sarcasm inserted here). The Kids Are All Right is fantastically well made film that is relevant to this generation; I say Red is a contender simply because of the surprise win for the Hangover last year.

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
"Hey, let's shit on ourselves with more bullshit!"  I'd just like to state that half these nominees have no business here. I'm shocked that no one kissed Jennifer Aniston's or Katherine Heigl's ass this year. Julianne Moore is incredible talented, as is Annette Bening; but Moore is often overlooked and SHOULD win. Hathaway is just one of those favorites. So she might. Doubt 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
What a great example of ass kissing. Just highlighting Spacey because he's awesome. Not that I don't like Johnny... But I don't think he deserves to be here. And that's why the GG are never taken too seriously. They should just nominate Bed Intruder, for the hell of it.

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams – The Fighter, Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech, Mila Kunis – Black Swan, Melissa Leo – The Fighter, Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom
Let me explain. It SHOULD be Helena. But Amy and Mila are incredibly popular in their respective films. Carter is just so often overlooked- I hope she pulls it off this year, even if she is a home wrecker. (Where the hell is Marion Cotilliard for Inception!?)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Christian Bale – The Fighter, Michael Douglas – Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Andrew Garfield – The Social Network, Jeremy Renner – The Town, Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech
 Should be Rush, but everyone who doesn't work with Bale loves him. Renner is there because he was in the Hurt Locker. Douglas is there because 1> He's Michael Douglas and 2> He's married to Catherine Zeta Jones. Aaaand Garfield (as cute as he is) is a space filler. I'd rather see Joseph Gordon Levitt as a space filler.

Best Animated Feature Film
Despicable Me, How To Train Your Dragon, The Illusionist, Tangled, Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3 will win, because it's Pixar and is part of the Toy Story franchise. However, I do think Despicable Me was good enough to pull off an upset.

Best Foreign Language Film
Biutiful (Mexico, Spain), The Concert (France), The Edge (Russia), I Am Love (Italy), In A Better World (Denmark)
I'm saying Denmark just 'cause.

Best Director - Motion Picture
Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan, David Fincher – The Social Network, Tom Hooper – The King's Speech, Christopher Nolan – Inception, David O. Russell – The Fighter
Nolan has a huge chance of pulling an upset- just look at what he's done, and it will count as compensation for the Dark Knight. David Fincher and Darren Aronofsky are both names that have been around for a while and are long overdue with two immensely popular films, so either one will win. I'm going to say Fincher because of Network's mass appeal that has already stricken the public. But to be honest, I wouldn't mind if either of them won.

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Simon Beaufoy, Danny Boyle - 127 Hours
Christopher Nolan - Inception

Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko - The Kids Are All Right

David Seidler - The King's Speech

Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network

Aaron Sorkin will win for his quick, witty dialogue that is sometimes ahrd to follow because Jesse Eisenberg spoke rapidly to come off as "smart." However, I really think it should go to the King's Speech or the Kids Are All Right- superbly paced and characters really fleshed out. Lovely.

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat - The King's Speech, Danny Elfman - Alice in Wonderland, A. R. Rahman - 127 Hours, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network, Hans Zimmer - Inception
I like Hans. No surprise there. But I also love Reznor. As much as I didn't feel too much for the Social Network, the music was definitely outstanding. Rez, you've come a long way.

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
"Bound To You" – Burlesque, "Coming Home" – Country Strong, "I See The Light" – Tangled, "There's A Place For Us" – Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader, "You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me" – Burlesque
I'm going to say Tangled, just because Alan Menken wrote it. I refuse to support Narnia because it's a blatent, meaningless, cheap rip off of West Side Story. And Burlesque, you just suck. Why is Country Strong here? That came out last week. And if so, I would much rather see that nominated than Burlesque.

I can't wait for the real awards to roll around.