Sunday, January 15, 2012

My 2012 Golden Globes Picks

I don't know if anyone wants to hear my completely biased opinions, but here they are! A few caveats: When I haven't seen anything nominated in a category, or have seen only one thing but didn't particularly like it, my pick may be based on someone's previous work, fondness for a writer . . . whatever. Also: once again, given how much TV I watch, I'm always surprised at how little of it is nominated for things. Sign of my bad taste? Wrong things being nominated? Probably both! And: I'm baffled that Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy wasn't nominated for anything, and am wondering if it wasn't eligible for some reason I don't see. I'm acting as though it were eligible, though. And finally: I am abandoning italics for the rest of this post because otherwise it will take forever.

Best Motion Picture - Drama
The Nominees: The Descendants, The Help, Hugo, The Ides Of March, Moneyball, War Horse
I've Seen: None? Weird.
I Pick: Moneyball. In lieu of other data, I fall back to Sorkin loyalty.
My Dream Pick: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
The Nominees: Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs, Viola Davis – The Help, Rooney Mara – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Meryl Streep – Iron Lady, Tilda Swinton – We Need To Talk About Kevin
I've Seen: Dragon Tattoo.
I Pick: Rooney Mara, though I've heard great things about Swinton in that role.
My Dream Pick: Rooney Mara, actually.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
The Nominees: George Clooney – The Descendants, Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar, Michael Fassbender – Shame, Ryan Gosling – The Ides Of March, Brad Pitt – Moneyball
I've Seen: J. Edgar
I Pick: DiCaprio did a good job in J. Edgar, but I wanted Fassbander to get All The Awards for Jane Eyre last year, so I'd be happy if he won, too.
My Dream Pick: Gary Oldman for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
The Nominees: 50/50, The Artist, Bridesmaids, Midnight In Paris, My Week With Marilyn
I've Seen: Midnight in Paris
I Pick: Midnight in Paris was fun! But I've heard good things about all the rest as well, and they're all on my to-see list.
My Dream Pick: ...I guess Midnight in Paris? I can't think of anything else offhand.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
The Nominees: Jodie Foster – Carnage, Charlize Theron – Young Adult, Kristen Wiig – Bridesmaids, Michelle Williams – My Week With Marilyn, Kate Winslet – Carnage
I've Seen: None.
I Pick: Michelle Williams.
My Dream Pick: Uh... I'm just not big on comedies, I guess. I can't even think of any others I saw.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
The Nominees: Jean Dujardin – The Artist, Brendan Gleeson – The Guard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt – 50/50, Ryan Gosling – Crazy, Stupid, Love., Owen Wilson – Midnight In Paris
I've Seen: Midnight in Paris.
I Pick: I'm not an Owen Wilson fan in general, but I thought he was really good in that. I would also never object to a win by Gordon-Levitt or Gosling.
My Dream Pick: ...meh?

Best Animated Feature Film
The Nominees: The Adventures Of Tintin, Arthur Christmas, Cars 2, Puss In Boots, Rango
I've Seen: None.
I Pick: Tintin! Because I love the books and show.
My Dream Pick: I'm not sure I saw a single animated feature this year. Why are you guys even reading this? This is so boring! I have seen nothing!

Best Foreign Language Film
The Nominees: The Flowers Of War (China), In The Land Of Blood And Honey (United States), The Kid With A Bike (Belgium), A Separation (Iran), The Skin I Live In (Spain)
I've Seen: None. I really need to work on this before the Oscars.
I Pick: I've heard really good things about A Separation.
My Dream Pick: We'll go with A Separation.

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
The Nominees: Berenice Bejo – The Artist, Jessica Chastain – The Help, Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs, Octavia Spencer – The Help, Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
I've Seen: None.
I Pick: Shailene Woodley, because how awesome would it be to see the kid from Secret Life make good?
My Dream Pick: Maybe Maggie Smith for Harry Potter. Unless Emma Watson would count as supporting? Because then her, definitely.

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
The Nominees: Kenneth Branagh – My Week With Marilyn, Albert Brooks – Drive, Jonah Hill – Moneyball, Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method, Christopher Plummer – Beginners
I've Seen: None.
I Pick: Christopher Plummer, because I think he deserved a nomination for Dragon Tattoo.
My Dream Pick: Benedict Cumberbatch for Tinker, Tailor.

Best Director - Motion Picture
The Nominees: Woody Allen – Midnight In Paris, George Clooney – The Ides Of March, Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist, Alexander Payne – The Descendants, Martin Scorsese – Hugo
I've Seen: Midnight in Paris.
I Pick: Yeah, that was well-directed.
My Dream Pick: Thomas Alfredson for Tinker, Tailor.

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
The Nominees: Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist, Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne, Jim Rash - The Descendants, George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon - The Ides Of March, Woody Allen - Midnight In Paris, Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian - Moneyball
I've Seen: Midnight in Paris.
I Pick: Moneyball. I don't have to see it to know Sorkin's my favorite writer.
My Dream Pick: Yep. That. Plus: I'm not sure if they include adapted screenplays, but I thought Dragon Tattoo and Tinker Tailor were both quite good adaptations.

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
The Nominees: Ludovic Bource - The Artist, Abel Korzeniowski - W.E., Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Howard Shore - Hugo, John Williams - War Horse
I've Seen: Dragon Tattoo.
I Pick: The Dragon Tattoo score was really good.
My Dream Pick: That was good, and the Tinker, Tailor score was good too. So was Harry Potter, actually.

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
The Nominees: "Hello Hello" – Gnomeo & Juliet, "Keeper, The" – Machine Gun Preacher, "Lay Your Head Down" – Albert Nobbs, "Living Proof, The" – The Help, "Masterpiece" – W.E.
I've Seen: None. Whatever happened to W.E.? Did that even get into wide release?
I Pick: Of the musicians, I like Chris Cornell's stuff best in general, so I'll go with "The Keeper."
My Dream Pick: I wish Muse had written a song for the latest Twilight, because then I could say that.

Best Television Series - Drama
The Nominees: American Horror Story (FX), Boardwalk Empire (HBO), Boss (STARZ), Game Of Thrones (HBO), Homeland (SHOWTIME)
I've Seen: Some of Game of Thrones.
I Pick: Game of Thrones or Homeland (which is on my DVR waiting for me).
My Dream Pick: The Vampire Diaries or Justified.

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama
The Nominees: Claire Danes – Homeland (SHOWTIME), Mireille Enos – The Killing, Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife (CBS), Madeleine Stowe – Revenge, Callie Thorne – Necessary Roughness
I've Seen: The Good Wife, Revenge, some of Necessary Roughness.
I Pick: Julianna Margulies.
My Dream Pick: Nina Dobrev, who consistently makes me forget that two characters are being played by the same actress.

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama
The Nominees: Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire (HBO), Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad, Kelsey Grammer – Boss (STARZ), Jeremy Irons – The Borgias, Damian Lewis – Homeland (SHOWTIME)
I've Seen: Some of The Borgias.
I Pick: Jeremy Irons.
My Dream Pick: Timothy Olyphant for Justified.

Best Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
The Nominees: Enlightened (HBO), Episodes (SHOWTIME), Glee (FOX), Modern Family (ABC), New Girl (FOX)
I've Seen: Some of New Girl, past seasons of Glee.
I Pick: Uh, anything but those two I've seen, really.
My Dream Pick: Community.

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
The Nominees: Laura Dern – Enlightened (HBO), Zooey Deschanel – New Girl (FOX), Tina Fey – 30 Rock (NBC), Laura Linney – The Big C (Showtime), Amy Poehler – Parks And Recreation
I've Seen: Some of New Girl, some of past seasons of 30 Rock and Parks and Rec.
I Pick: Anyone but Zooey? I guess Amy Poehler.
My Dream Pick: Maybe Alyson Hannigan. Is that a lead role? I only watch two comedies and I'm not sure either of them have female lead roles.

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical
The Nominees: Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock (NBC), David Duchovny – Californication (SHOWTIME), Johnny Galecki – The Big Bang Theory (CBS), Thomas Jane – Hung (HBO), Matt LeBlanc – Episodes (SHOWTIME)
I've Seen: Some of past seasons of 30 Rock and The Big Bang Theory.
I Pick: Don't make me?
My Dream Pick: Joel McHale.

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
The Nominees: Cinema Verite (HBO), Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) (PBS), The Hour (BBC America), Mildred Pierce (HBO), Too Big To Fail (HBO)
I've Seen: Downton Abbey, The Hour
I Pick: Downton Abbey, though The Hour is a close second.
My Dream Pick: Downton Abbey.

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
The Nominees: Romola Garai – The Hour (BBC AMERICA), Diane Lane – Cinema Verite (HBO), Elizabeth McGovern – Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) (PBS), Emily Watson – Appropriate Adult, Kate Winslet – Mildred Pierce (HBO)
I've Seen: The Hour, Downton Abbey
I Pick: Romola Garai.
My Dream Pick: Romola Garai.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
The Nominees: Hugh Bonneville – Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) (PBS), Idris Elba – Luther, William Hurt – Too Big To Fail (HBO), Bill Nighy – Page Eight (Masterpiece), Dominic West – The Hour (BBC AMERICA)
I've Seen: Downton Abbey, The Hour.
I Pick: Dominic West.
My Dream Pick: Rufus Sewell for Zen.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
The Nominees: Jessica Lange – American Horror Story (FX), Kelly MacDonald – Boardwalk Empire (HBO), Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) (PBS), Sofia Vergara – Modern Family (ABC), Evan Rachel Wood – Mildred Pierce (HBO)
I've Seen: Downton Abbey.
I Pick: Maggie Smith.
My Dream Pick: Maggie Smith, or Archie Panjabi for The Good Wife.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
The Nominees: Peter Dinklage – Game Of Thrones (HBO), Paul Giamatti – Too Big To Fail (HBO), Guy Pearce – Mildred Pierce (HBO), Tim Robbins – Cinema Verite (HBO), Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family (ABC)
I've Seen: Some of Game of Thrones.
I Pick: Peter Dinklage.
My Dream Pick: Any of three guys from The Good Wife: Josh Charles, Alan Cumming, Matt Czuchry. Each deserves it, really.

1 comment:

  1. I agree about Tinker, Taylor. The fact that Gary Oldman and John Hurt were not recognized is baffling. Likewise, Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Demi Moore, and Stanley Tucci were all outstanding in Margin Call. I saw The Artist yesterday. It is a delight. One of the more original movies that I have seen in a long time. Though it is silent, it is not difficult to watch and is very entertaining in additional to being very well done. If you haven't seen it yet, is well worth your time and money.

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