My thoughts on Globes

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
The Fighter (Paramount Pictures)
Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures)
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company)
The Social Network (Sony Pictures)

I've only seen Inception and Social Network, and I'm great with both of those. If Black Swan, The Fighter and The King's Speech are all better than 127 Hours, then great! I thought True Grit might be able to sneak in. So far so good.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Halle Berry - Frankie & Alice
Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence - Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman - Black Swan
Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine

No glaring omissions here, looks good...

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

As expected...

BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney Pictures)
Burlesque (Screen Gems)
The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features)
Red (Summit Entertainment)
The Tourist (Sony Pictures)

And here's where the Globes are a complete joke. I haven't seen Burlesque or The Tourist, but I've read the reviews. Why nominate those when they could've nominated Scott Pilgrim vs. the World or even Date Night? Heck, any comedy that remotely got a handful of laughs would've been better. This is where it's clear the HFCA just wanted to make sure Cher and Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie all knew they were invited to the party.

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

Not a bad list, considering. Ignoring Jolie, since every review I've read says she has zero chemistry with Depp.

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

Depp twice? They didn't want to nominate Robert Downey Jr. for Due Date? Not saying he deserves it for Due Date, just that HFCA likes to nominate people they want to hang out with.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Despicable Me (Universal Pictures)
How to Train Your Dragon (DreamWorks Animation)
The Illusionist (Sony Pictures Classics)
Tangled (Walt Disney Pictures)
Toy Story 3 (Disney•Pixar)

Fine and good. Toy Story 3 and How to Train Your Dragon might both make my top ten list.

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Biutiful (Mexico /Spain)
The Concert (France)
The Edge (Russia)
I Am Love (Italy)
In a Better World (Denmark)

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

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

Loving that Bale finally found a role to get him award recogntion, his work in The Machinist and Rescue Dawn notwithstanding. Also glad that Renner's work in The Town is not being forgotten.

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

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy - 127 Hours
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg - The Kids Are All Right
Christopher Nolan - Inception
David Seidler - The King’s Speech
Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
Alexander Desplat - The King’s Speech
Danny Elfman - Alice in Wonderland
A.R. Rahman - 127 Hours
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Social Network
Hans Zimmer - Inception

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"Bound to You"; Music by Samuel Dixon, Lyrics by Christina Aguilera, Sia Furler - Burlesque
"Coming Home"; Music & Lyrics by Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges - Country Strong
"I See the Light"; Music by Alan Menkin, Lyrics by Glenn Slater - Tangled
"There's a Place for Us"; Music & Lyrics by Carrie Underwood, David Hodges, Hillary Lindsey - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me"; Music & Lyrics by Dianne Warren - Burlesque

No real thoughts on any of these. They're either expected or unsurprising.

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
"Boardwalk Empire" (HBO)
"Dexter" (Showtime)
"The Good Wife" (CBS)
"Mad Men" (AMC)
"The Walking Dead" (AMC)

Haven't seen Boardwalk Empire but the other four are good shows.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Juliana Margulies - "The Good Wife"
Elizabeth Moss - "Mad Men"
Piper Perabo - "Covert Affairs"
Katie Segal - "Sons of Anarchy"
Kyra Sedgwick - "The Closer"

Piper Perabo? Really?

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
Steve Buscemi - "Boardwalk Empire"
Bryan Cranston - "Breaking Bad"
Michael C. Hall - "Dexter"
Jon Hamm - "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie - "House"

Hard to argue with any of these.

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
"30 Rock" (NBC)
"The Big Bang Theory" (CBS)
"The Big C" (Showtime)
"Glee" (FOX)
"Modern Family" (ABC)
"Nurse Jackie" (Showtime)

Okay, I've seen one episode each of The Big C and Nurse Jackie and was not impressed. And NBC has three other shows on Thursday (Community, Parks & Recreation, The Office) that are funnier than 30 Rock. Happy for Big Bang Theory, Modern Family and Glee, though I don't watch Glee anymore.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Toni Collette - "United States of Tara"
Edie Falco - "Nurse Jackie"
Tina Fey - "30 Rock"
Laura Linney - "The Big C"
Lea Michele - "Glee"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Alec Baldwin - "30 Rock"
Steve Carell - "The Office"
Thomas Jane - "Hung"
Matthew Morrison - "Glee"
Jim Parsons - "The Big Bang Theory"

No Ed O'Neill?

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
"Carlos" (The Sundance Channel)
"The Pacific" (HBO)
"Pillars of the Earth" (Starz)
"Temple Grandin" (HBO)
"You Don't Know Jack" (HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Hayley Atwell - "Pillars of the Earth"
Claire Danes - "Temple Grandin"
Judi Dench - "Return to Cranford"
Romola Garai - "Emma"
Jennifer Love Hewitt - "The Client List"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Idris Elba - "Luther"
Ian McShane - "Pillars of the Earth"
Al Pacino - "You Don't Know Jack"
Dennis Quaid - "The Special Relationship"
Edgar Ramirez - "Carlos"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Hope Davis - "The Special Relationship"
Jane Lynch - "Glee"
Kelly MacDonald - "Boardwalk Empire"
Julia Styles - "Dexter"
Sofia Vergara - "Modern Family"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Scott Caan - "Hawaii 5-0"
Chris Colfer - "Glee"
Chris Noth - "The Good Wife"
Eric Stonestreet - "Modern Family"
David Strathairn - "Temple Grandin"

I like the Scott Caan nom.




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