The Golden Globes

The 2005 Golden globe awards nominations was announced on December 12th. I've been wanting to mention it earlier but it must've somehow slipped my mind.

Honestly, I don't care much for the Golden Globes. Too many categories, too many nominations and EVERYBODY is invited, very similar to a Indian/Bollywood movie awards ceremony where invariably anybody who attends goes home with an award. Golden globes nominations kickstarts what promises to be another long, gruelling awards season leading upto the Oscars. The period in between follows the annual ritual of bitter, aggressive, non-stop campaigning of movies to voters and members, countless T.V appearances, magazine write-ups, unbelivable media hype and coverage, high-stake parties to woo influencial opinion generators such as movie critics& editors, endless politics, backstabbing, photo-ops and the works. Whoever said the life of a movie star is easy?
The Golden globe nominations are usually carefully monitored cos it's a precursor to the Oscar Nominations, which only goes to show how the Oscars have dropped their standards. I feel that the MTV movie awards have more credibility than Golden globes. It's most likely I won't bother watching the Golden globes. Maybe check online to look at the winners.

That being said here are the nominations (courtesy -HPPA) and below each category you'll find my choice of who I think should..or in most cases would win.
Note - All these predictions are as of 12/18/05 cos I've yet to watch potential Oscar heavy-weights such as Munich, Brokeback mountain, Memoirs of a Geisha and a few others.

1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

a. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Focus Features/River Road Entertainment; Focus Features
b. THE CONSTANT GARDENER Potboiler Prods./Scion Films; Focus Features
c. GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK Section Eight/2929 Entertainment/Participant Productions; Warner Independent Pictures
d. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE New Line Cinema; New Line Cinema
e. MATCH POINT Jada Productions; DreamWorks Pictures

MY THOUGHTS - i've yet to watch Brokeback mountain and Matchpoint...both movies have received rave reviews. So my choice as of now would be - Constant Gardner.

2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

a. MARIA BELLO - A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
b. FELICITY HUFFMAN - TRANSAMERICA
c. GWYNETH PALTROW - PROOF
d. CHARLIZE THERON - NORTH COUNTRY
e. ZIYI ZHANG - MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

MY THOUGHTS - Most likely charlize theron. Unless Ziyi Zhang or felicity huffman deliver a spectacular perfomance which I doubt.

3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

a. RUSSELL CROWE - CINDERELLA MAN
b. PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN - CAPOTE
c. TERRENCE HOWARD - HUSTLE & FLOW
d. HEATH LEDGER - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
e. DAVID STRATHAIRN - GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK

MY THOUGHTS - Philip. S. Hoffman - Hands down.

4. BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY

a. MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS Heyman Hoskins Prods.; The Weinstein Company

b. PRIDE & PREJUDICE Working Title Prods.; Focus Features/StudioCanal

c.THE PRODUCERS Brooksfilms; Universal Pictures/Columbia Pictures

d.THE SQUID AND THE WHALE American Empirical/Peter Newman – Internal; Samuel Goldwyn Films/Sony Pictures Releasing International

e. WALK THE LINE Twentieth Century Fox; Twentieth Century Fox

MY THOUGHTS - Mrs.Henderson presents although Walk the line also stands a good chance, may swing either way.

5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY

a. JUDI DENCH MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS

b. KEIRA KNIGHTLEY PRIDE & PREJUDICE

c. LAURA LINNEY THE SQUID AND THE WHALE

d. SARAH JESSICA PARKER THE FAMILY STONE

e. REESE WITHERSPOON WALK THE LINE

MY THOUGHTS - Laura linney.

6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE -MUSICAL OR COMEDY

a. PIERCE BROSNAN- THE MATADOR

b. JEFF DANIELS- THE SQUID AND THE WHALE

c. JOHNNY DEPP- CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

d. NATHAN LANE -THE PRODUCERS

e. CILLIAN MURPHY- BREAKFAST ON PLUTO

f. JOAQUIN PHOENIX -WALK THE LINE

MY THOUGHTS - 6 nominations? Anywho- Joaquin phoenix.

7. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

a. KUNG FU HUSTLE (CHINA)Columbia Pictures Film Prod. Asia Ltd/Huayi Brothers/Taihe Film Investment Co. Ltd/Star Overseas; Sony Pictures Classics

b. MASTER OF THE CRIMSON ARMOR aka THE PROMISE (CHINA)Beijing 21st CenturySheng Kai/China Film Group/Capgen Investment Group/Moonstone Prods.; The Weinstein Company

c. JOYEUX NOEL (MERRY CHRISTMAS) (FRANCE)Nord Quest Prods. Senator Film Prods./The Bureau Artemis Prods/Media Pro Pictures/TF1 Films/Les Productions de la Gueville; Sony Pictures Classics

d. PARADISE NOW (PALESTINE)Augustus Film/Lama Films/Razor Films/Lumen Films/Arte France Cinema/Hazazah Film; Warner Independent Pictures

e. TSOTSI (SOUTH AFRICA)UK/South African Prods.; Miramax Films

MY THOUGHTS - I found kung-fu hustle to be a real entertaining movie. Although Paradise now is an equally engrossing motion picture.

8. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

a. SCARLETT JOHANSSON- MATCH POINT

b. SHIRLEY MacLAINE- IN HER SHOES

c. FRANCES McDORMAND -NORTH COUNTRY

d. RACHEL WEISZ -THE CONSTANT GARDENER

e. MICHELLE WILLIAMS- BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

MY THOUGHTS - Rachel Weisz.

9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

a. GEORGE CLOONEY -SYRIANA

b. MATT DILLON- CRASH

c. WILL FERRELL- THE PRODUCERS

d. PAUL GIAMATTI- CINDERELLA MAN

e. BOB HOSKINS -MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS

MY THOUGHTS - Paul Giamatti.

10. BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE

a. WOODY ALLEN MATCH POINT

b. GEORGE CLOONEY -GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK

c. PETER JACKSON -KING KONG

d. ANG LEE -BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

e. FERNANDO MEIRELLES -THE CONSTANT GARDENER

f. STEVEN SPIELBERG- MUNICH

MY THOUGHTS - i've not not watched Munich, Brokeback mountain...So my choice would be Fernando Meirelles although I'm conviced that Spielberg will win it.

11. BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE

a. WOODY ALLEN- MATCH POINT

b. GEORGE CLOONEY & GRANT HESLOV- GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK

c. PAUL HAGGIS & BOBBY MORESCO -CRASH

d. TONY KUSHNER & ERIC ROTH-MUNICH

e. LARRY McMURTRY & DIANA OSSANA-BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

MY THOUGHTS - Syriana is not even nominated? Ridiculous. Munich.

12. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE

a. ALEXANDRE DESPLAT -SYRIANA

b. JAMES NEWTON HOWARD -KING KONG

c. GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA- BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

d. HARRY GREGSON-THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE WILLIAMS LION, THE WITCH AND THEWARDROBE

e. JOHN WILLIAMS- MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

MY THOUGHTS - Does anybody really care? Syriana.

Umm I skipped the Television shows nominations.

I've probably post my list of potential nominees for Oscar 2005 soon.

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