Golden Globe Results

It was a fun show. Tina and Amy were funny as usual. I only got 60% correct again thanks to some left-field supporting television actors and music categories. It was all worth it though to have Andy Samberg and Amy Poehler win their categories. Michael Shur, the producer of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Parks & Rec, had a good night. Jacqueline Bisset had the worst speech ever and the Brooklyn Nine-Nine people had the best. Anyway, here are the winners.

Best Motion Picture – Drama

12 Years a Slave (predicted & wanted)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) (predicted)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical

American Hustle (predicted & wanted)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical

Amy Adams (American Hustle) (predicted & wanted)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street) (predicted)

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) (predicted & wanted)

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) (predicted)

Best Animated Feature Film

Frozen (predicted)

Best Foreign Language Film

The Great Beauty (Italy)

Best Director – Motion Picture

Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) (predicted & wanted)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Spike Jonze (Her)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture

All Is Lost

Best Original Song – Motion Picture

“Ordinary Love” (Mandela – U2)

Best Television Series – Drama

Breaking Bad (predicted & wanted)

Best Actress In A Television Series – Drama

Robin Wright (House of Cards)

Best Actor In A Television Series – Drama

Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) (predicted)

Best Television Series – Comedy

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Best Actress In A Television Series – Comedy

Amy Poehler (Parks & Recreation) (wanted)

Best Actor In A Television Series – Comedy

Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) (wanted)

Best Mini-Series or TV Movie

Behind the Candelabra (predicted & wanted)

Best Actress In A Mini-series or TV Movie

Elisabeth Moss (Top of the Lake)

Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie

Michael Douglas (Behind the Candelabra) (predicted & wanted)

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie

Jacqueline Bisset (Dancing on the Edge)

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie

Jon Voight (Ray Donovan)

Film: Her

GENRE: Drama, Romance

RATING: 14A for language and sexual content
RUNTIME: 2 hour and 6 minutes

STARRING: Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line, Gladiator, Signs)

Scarlett Johansson (The Avengers), Amy Adams (American Hustle)

DIRECTOR: Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation)

WRITER: Spike Jonze (Where The Wild Things Are)

PLOT: A recently separated man starts a relationship and falls in love with his newly purchased operating system.

FIVE OBSERVATIONS:

1 Well, that was interesting. Jonze explores love and relationships in a very unique way that is sometimes beautiful, sometimes misplaced and sometimes creepy. If you’ve seen his other stuff, you probably won’t be too surprised.

2 There are a couple phone sex scenes that are incredibly awkward to watch. Sure, you might not see much but the audio is plenty. Don’t watch this with your mother.

3 The acting is quite strong in this film. Phoenix does an impressive job emoting to just a voice. And Johansson is pretty captivating as the voice of the operating system. She definitely puts Siri to shame.

4 The fashion in the near future is horrendous. Lots of stripes, basic earth tones and high-waisted pants. Why the throwback to the forties?  

5 While the concept is original, the story plays out a little long. I like my slow dramatic movies to be 90 minutes thank you.

RECOMMENDATION: Watch by yourself if curious

UPCOMING REVIEWS: Labor Day

Golden Globe Predictions

The Golden Globes are hard to predict. There are not that many people voting for this thing. The Hollywood Foreign press has less than 100 members; it’s like Family Feud. The Globes used to be considered a good predictor of the Oscars but lately they’ve been picking completely random people, just to see what they’re going to say. The two things I like most about the Golden Globes is that they try to honour comedies and because of the free alcohol, the winners are often a little tipsy. Looking forward to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler leading the festivities once again. It’s gonna be a fun show. Here’s who I think will win and want to win. Oh yeah, and I don’t do miniseries (but if I were betting, I would probably go for Behind the Candelabra.)

  

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

12 Years a Slave | Captain Phillips | Gravity | Philomena | Rush

Will Win: 12 Years a Slave

Want to Win: Gravity

BEST ACTOR – DRAMA

Chiwetel Ejiofor [12 Years a Slave] | Idris Elba [Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom] | Tom Hanks [Captain Phillips] | Matthew McConaughey [Dallas Buyers Club] | Robert Redford [All is Lost]

Will Win: Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)

Want to Win: Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)

BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA

Cate Blanchett [Blue Jasmine] | Sandra Bullock [Gravity] | Judi Dench [Philomena] | Emma Thompson [Saving Mr. Banks] | Kate Winslet [Labor Day]

Will Win: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Want to Win: Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY

American Hustle | Her | Inside Llewyn Davis | Nebraska | The Wolf of Wall Street

Will Win: American Hustle

Want to Win: American Hustle

BEST ACTOR – COMEDY

Christian Bale [American Hustle] | Bruce Dern [Nebraska] | Leonardo DiCaprio [The Wolf of Wall Street] | Oscar Isaac [Inside Llewyn Davis] | Joaquin Phoenix [Her]

Will Win: Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Want to Win: Christian Bale (American Hustle)

BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY

Amy Adams [American Hustle] | Julie Delpy [Before Midnight] | Greta Gerwig [Francis Ha] | Julia Louis-Dreyfus [Enough Said] | Meryl Streep [August: Osage County]

Will Win: Amy Adams (American Hustle)

Want to Win: Amy Adams (American Hustle)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - FILM

Barkhad Abdi [Captain Phillips] | Daniel Bruhl [Rush] | Bradley Cooper [American Hustle] | Michael Fassbender [12 Years a Slave] | Jared Leto [Dallas Buyers Club]

Will Win: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Want to Win: Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - FILM

Sally Hawkins [Blue Jasmine] | Jennifer Lawrence [American Hustle] | Lupita Nyong’o [12 Years a Slave] | Julia Roberts [August: Osage County] | June Squibb [Nebraska]

Will Win: Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Want to Win: Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

BEST DIRECTOR

Alfonso Cuaron [Gravity] | Paul Greengrass [Captain Phillips] | Steve McQueen [12 Years a Slave] | Alexander Payne [Nebraska] | David O. Russell [American Hustle]

Will Win: Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)

Want to Win: Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

The Croods | Despicable Me 2 | Frozen

Will Win: Frozen

Want to Win: Despicable Me 2

BEST FOREGIN LANGUAGE FILM

Blue is the Warmest Color [France] | The Great Beauty [Italy] | The Hunt [Denmark] | The Past [Iran] | The Wind Rises [Japan]

Will Win: Blue is the Warmest Color (France)

Want to Win: Blue is the Warmest Color (France)

BEST SCREENPLAY

Spike Jonze [Her] | Bob Nelson [Nebraska] | Jeff Pope & Steve Coogan [Philomena] | John Ridley [12 Years a Slave] | Eric Warrant Singer & David O. Russell [American Hustle]

Will Win: Eric Singer & David O Russell (American Hustle)

Want to Win: Eric Singer & David O Russell (American Hustle)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

All is Lost | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | Gravity | The Book Thief | 12 Years a Slave

Will Win: The Book Thief

Want to Win: Gravity

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Atlas” - Coldplay [Catching Fire] | “Let It Go” – Idina Menzel [Frozen] | “Ordinary Love” – U2 [Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom] | “Please Mr. Kennedy” – Justin Timberlake [Inside Llewyn Davis] | “Sweeter Than Fiction” – Taylor Swift [One Chance]

Will Win: “Let it Go” – Idina Menzel (Frozen)

Want to Win: “Let it Go” – Idina Menzel (Frozen)

BEST TV SERIES – DRAMA

Breaking Bad | Downton Abbey | The Good Wife | House of Cards | Masters of Sex

Will Win: Breaking Bad

Want to Win: Breaking Bad

BEST ACTOR – DRAMA

Bryan Cranston [Breaking Bad] | Liev Schreiber [Ray Donovan] | Michael Sheen [Masters of Sex] | Kevin Spacey [House of Cards] | James Spader [The Blacklist]

Will Win: Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)

Want to Win: Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)

BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA

Julianna Margulies [The Good Wife] | Tatiana Maslany [Orphan Black] | Taylor Schilling [Orange is the New Black] | Kerry Washington [Scandal] | Robin Wright [House of Cards]

Will Win: Kerry Washington (Scandal)

Want to Win: Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black)

BEST TV SERIES – COMEDY 

The Big Bang Theory | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Girls | Modern Family | Parks & Recreation

Will Win: Modern Family

Want to Win: The Big Bang Theory

BEST ACTOR – COMEDY

Jason Bateman [Arrested Development] | Don Cheadle [House of Lies] | Michael J Fox [The Michael J Fox Show] | Jim Parsons [The Big Bang Theory] | Andy Samberg [Brooklyn Nine-Nine]

Will Win: Michael J Fox (The Michael J Fox Show)

Want to Win: Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY

Zooey Deschanel [New Girl] | Lena Dunham [Girls] | Edie Falco [Nurse Jackie] | Julia Louis-Dreyfus [Veep] | Amy Poehler [Parks & Recreation]

Will Win: Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)

Want to Win: Amy Poehler (Parks & Recreation)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - TELEVISION

Josh Charles [The Good Wife] | Rob Lowe [Behind the Candelabra] | Aaron Paul [Breaking Bad] | Corey Stoll [House of Cards] | Jon Voight [Ray Donovan]

Will Win: Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)

Want to Win: Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – TELEVISION

Jacqueline Bisset [Dancing on the Edge] | Janet McTeer [White Queen] | Hayden Panettiere [Nashville] | Monica Potter [Parenthood] | Sofia Vergara [Modern Family]

Will Win: Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)

Want to Win: Monica Potter (Parenthood)

Let’s see how I do this year.