The 2010 Golden Globes – WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE NOT
I can’t help but think it has been a some-what off year for film. With the release of the nominations for the 2010 Golden Globes Awards, the count down to the Oscars has officially begun. NOW usually I am on my game, and have by now seen everything that is nominated—this year however is different, I actually struggled to find many films I desperately wanted to see, or even had the time to see. Top of my list was definitely WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE; A SERIOUS MAN; INGLORIOUS BASTERDS; WATCHMEN; THE FANTASTIC MR FOX; BRIGHT STAR; NINE and BROKEN EMBRACES… The rest have been pretty disappointing, with films like THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS; DUPLICITY and INVICTUS. And why wasn’t MOON nominated? Surely Sam Rockwell deserved a nomination for lead actor, and WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE for best picture?
So I have decided to cross out the ones I’m not sure of and instead compile a list of films that I feel should have been included, these are in pink. Let me know your thoughts…
2010 OFFICIAL GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINATIONS
1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. AVATAR
b. THE HURT LOCKER WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
c. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
d. PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE DISTRICT 9
e. UP IN THE AIR
2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. EMILY BLUNT THE YOUNG VICTORIA CHARLIZE THERON THE BURNING PLAIN
b. SANDRA BULLOCK THE BLIND SIDE ABBIE CORNISH BRIGHT STAR
c. HELEN MIRREN THE LAST STATION PENELOPE CRUZ BROKEN EMBRACES
d. CAREY MULLIGAN AN EDUCATION
e. GABOUREY SIDIBE PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL
PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. JEFF BRIDGES CRAZY HEART BEN WHISHAW BRIGHT STAR
b. GEORGE CLOONEY UP IN THE AIR
c. COLIN FIRTH A SINGLE MAN
d. MORGAN FREEMAN INVICTUS SAM ROCKWELL MOON
e. TOBEY MAGUIRE BROTHERS
4. BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
b. THE HANGOVER SHERLOCK HOLMES
c. IT’S COMPLICATED A SERIOUS MAN
d. JULIE & JULIA FANTASTIC MR FOX
e. NINE
5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. SANDRA BULLOCK THE PROPOSAL
b. MARION COTILLARD NINE
c. JULIA ROBERTS DUPLICITY AMY ADAMS JULIE & JULIA
d. MERYL STREEP IT’S COMPLICATED
e. MERYL STREEP JULIE & JULIA
6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. MATT DAMON THE INFORMANT!
b. DANIEL DAY-LEWIS NINE
c. ROBERT DOWNEY JR. SHERLOCK HOLMES BRAD PITT INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
d. JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
e. MICHAEL STUHLBARG A SERIOUS MAN
7. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
a. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 9
b. CORALINE
c. FANTASTIC MR. FOX
d. THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
e. UP
8. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
a. BAARIA (ITALY)
b. BROKEN EMBRACES (SPAIN)
c. THE MAID (CHILE)
(LA NANA)
d. A PROPHET (FRANCE)
(UN PROPHETE)
e. THE WHITE RIBBON (GERMANY)
(DAS WEISSE BAND – EINE DEUTSCHE KINDERGESCHICHTE)
9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
a. PENÉLOPE CRUZ NINE
b. VERA FARMIGA UP IN THE AIR RACHEL WEISZ THE LOVELY BONES
c. ANNA KENDRICK UP IN THE AIR
d. MO’NIQUE PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL
PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
e. JULIANNE MOORE A SINGLE MAN
10. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
a. MATT DAMON INVICTUS RICHARD KIND A SERIOUS MAN
b. WOODY HARRELSON THE MESSENGER
c. CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER THE LAST STATION
d. STANLEY TUCCI THE LOVELY BONES PAUL SCHNEIDER BRIGHT STAR
e. CHRISTOPH WALTZ INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
11. BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
a. KATHRYN BIGELOW THE HURT LOCKER
b. JAMES CAMERON AVATAR WES ANDERSON THE FANTASTIC MR FOX
c. CLINT EASTWOOD INVICTUS SPIKE JONZE WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
d. JASON REITMAN UP IN THE AIR
e. QUENTIN TARANTINO INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
12. BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
a. NEILL BLOMKAMP, DISTRICT 9
TERRI TATCHELL
b. MARK BOAL THE HURT LOCKER
c. NANCY MEYERS IT’S COMPLICATED JANE CAMPION BRIGHT STAR
d. JASON REITMAN, UP IN THE AIR
SHELDON TURNER
e. QUENTIN TARANTINO INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
13. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
a. MICHAEL GIACCHINO UP
b. MARVIN HAMLISCH THE INFORMANT!
c. JAMES HORNER AVATAR
d. ABEL KORZENIOWSKI A SINGLE MAN
e. KAREN O, CARTER BURWELL WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
December 17th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
I still think it’s hilarious that you crossed off PRECIOUS for DISTRICT 9! And even though I haven’t seen it yet, I can say with a fair degree of certainty that THE HANGOVER is waaaaaay better than SHERLOCK HOLMES.
December 19th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Yeah your probably right, I haven’t actually seen PRECIOUS so I shouldn’t be so harsh on it. After seeing AVATAR last night I had to put it back on the best picture list… haha brilliant.
December 20th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Karina Longworth chooses “Punch Drunk Love” as her Top Of The Naughts in a great review. Check it out. It’s in line with your choices, Paige.
January 7th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Yes very good film… I have actually just compiled my top 50 films of the decade. It was a hard list to compile! Here’s my top ten http://paigegregor.tumblr.com/
January 20th, 2010 at 12:44 am
well,
I also had to laugh at push being replaced with District 9.
Other than that, almost agreed with everything.
Where the Wild Things are, DEFINITELY should have taken best original score. In fact, I feel quite strongly it’s the most original-original score I’ve heard in years, and was tremendously disappointed with the loss.
The Hangover was also one of the funniest movies I’ve seen in a long time, and to make an audience laugh is the undeniable objective of a ‘comedy’ (hence the category)