• HOMELAND won! So deserving although I wished Damien a.k.a. Sergeant Brody had won too.
• Yay for Game of Thrones and Mildred Pierce winning! Yay for IDRIS ELBA!
• Laura Linney should’ve won for best actress comedy though.
• Glad to see Octavia Spencer and Michelle Williams be recognized.
• Tintin? Over Rango? Seriously? Fuck off Golden Globes.
• I love Meryl Streep but even she knew she wasn’t supposed to win. Hopefully this doesn’t hurt Viola Davis’ chances at the Oscars, but if so then I hope the award goes to Michelle Williams who by the way gave the best speech of the night. How can you not love how sweet, shy and sincere she is?
• Rickey Gervais was okay.
• I don’t know if that was his wife or a hooker, but Sir Ben Kingsley need to place that bitch on a leash. Every time someone made a speech there would a be creepy shot of that woman riding/crawling on Sir Kingsley. Now that’s how you class up a show.
• Harvey “The Punisher” Weinstein must be soar from everyone sucking his dick tonight.
• Madona should really shut the fuck up. Firstly, pick an accent and stay with it. Secondly, just because Weinstein humoured you by “supporting” your film doesn’t mean we believe you are a legit filmmaker. Oh yeah, you know so much about foreign films… Bitch please, you ain’t fooling anyone.
• The show overall was okay, but twitter on the other hand was a million times more entertaining. Here are my favourite tweets of the night:
• “Once upon a time, Tilda Swinton destroyed our planet because we refused to pay tribute to her alien tribe.”
• “Jesus, was Michael Fassbender there the whole time? His penis is so big it has a cloaking device.”
• “I like how Ben Kingsley brought an over-enthusiastic hooker.”
• “Madonna livens up an otherwise dull Golden Globes by spreading her legs and unleashing a torrent of hungry spiders.”

So the Golden Globes are this sunday and I don’t know about you, but I am pretty excited. As far as award shows go, the Golden Globes don’t have much merit but I like that they usually tend to award people who get ignored in other shows. While the possible winners won’t tell us exactly how the Oscars will pan out, winning a Golden Globes does raise the chances of the contenders come Oscar time. If nothing else, compared to the Oscars at least the Golden Globes are a bit more ballsy when it comes to selecting the winners. I should note that these predictions will only focus on movies, as that is the area this whole blog primarily focuses on. Anyway, here are my predictions as to who the winners might be:

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA.

Nominees: The Descendants, The Help, Hugo, The Ides of March, Moneyball, War Horse.

Who Will Win: The Help. While I don’t think The Help is as majestic as everyone seems to say, the film is nevertheless good fun and the fact that it has found universal praise increases its chances at coming out victorious. It also helps that this is the only female driven film of the bunch and awarding it will decrease to an extent the overall sexism that plagues Hollywood.

Who Should Win: Hugo. This film is without a doubt the best of these nominees. Martin Scorsese has delivered another masterpiece that celebrate the new facets of cinema while paying homage to how it all started. It’s a beautiful film that makes all the other nominees look like pussies.

BEST ACTRESS - DRAMA.

Nominees: Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs, Viola Davis for The Help, Rooney Mara for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady, Tilda Swinton for We Need To Talk About Kevin.

Who Will Win: Viola Davis for The Help. Viola Davis seems like the frontrunner of the actresses and while Meryl Streep is a strong contender, I feel that The Help will sweep this whole award show.

Who Should Win: Glenn Close for Albert Nobbs. Close gives the best performance in this category, but because the performance is so secluded and the film isn’t really liked her chances of winning are slim. However, awarding Close will give recognition to her astonishing career and give her much in development passion project a necessary push towards securing an Oscar nomination.

Possible Upset: Rooney Mara for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. While I admit that this is very unlikely, the Golden Globes have been famous for some of their out of the box winners and Mara’s win would certainly prove that. It doesn’t hurt that her performance is quite remarkable and she is just as deserving of the award as the rest.

BEST ACTOR - DRAMA.

Nominees: George Clooney for The Descendants, Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar, Michael Fassbender for Shame, Ryan Gosling for The Ides of March, Brad Pitt for Moneyball.

Who Will Win: George Clooney for The Descendants. Even though I haven’t seen The Descendants yet, the film has received overtly strong review from every critic and looking at all the nomination it has received here, it seem the Golden Globes really love it. Moreover, this apparently is George Clooney’s best performance to date and if you add the likability factor there’s really no competition.

Who Should Win: Michael Fassbender for Shame. I still hold the belief that if anyone saw Shame they would know without a doubt that the strongest mail performance of the year came from Michael Fassbender. He gives himself completely to the material and gives a layered, heartbreaking and self-destructive performance that deserves all the awards.

BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY/MUSICAL.

Nominees: 50/50, The Artist, Bridesmaids, Midnight in Paris, My Week With Marilyn.

Who Will Win: The Artist. This seems to be the frontrunner and since it is universally love, I’m fairly certain the film already has this award on the bag.

Who Should Win: Bridesmaids. Not only is this one of the funniest films to come in years, but it further proves how women are in fact a million times funnier and more iterating than men. The film is disguised as a straight forward comedy that in fact is more of a character study and I dar you to find a film with more hilarious moments than in Bridesmaids.

BEST ACTRESS - COMEDY/MUSICAL.

Nominees: Jodie Foster for Carnage, Charlize Theron for Young Adult, Kristen Wigg for Bridesmaids, Michelle Williams for My Week With Marilyn, Kate Winslet for Carnage.

Who Will/Should Win: Michelle Williams for My Week With Marilyn. With all due respect to the other nominees, Williams performance makes all them look like amateurs. Williams perfectly captures the essence of Marilyn Monroe and is able to gives a captivating and layered portrait of an enigmatic but widely admired icon. This is the best performance of the year in my opinion and there’s really no competition.

BEST ACTOR - COMEDY/MUSICAL.

Nominees: Jean Dujardin for The Artist, Brendan Gleeson for The Guard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt for 50/50, Ryan Gosling for Crazy Stupid Love, Owen Wilson for Midnight in Paris.

Who Will/Should Win: Jean Dujardin for The Artist. For Durjadin to be able to blow everyone’s mind and make them feel an insurmountable amount of emotions and thoughts without ever speaking is an incredible achievement. This is a breakthrough performance for him and among these contenders, it’s obvious he is the most deserving of the award.

Possible Upset: Ryan Gosling for Crazy Stupid Love. 2011 was Gosling’s year and while the Golden Globes made a massive mistake for nominating him for the wrong movie (in the drama category), I believe that if there’s anyone who can take the award from Dujardon is Gosling’s scene stealing performance in Crazy Stupid Love. He was the main draw of the film, the best part of it and absolutely hilarious.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS.

Nominees: Berenice Bejo for The Artist, Jessica Chastain for The Help, Janet McTeer for Albert Nobbs, Octavia Spencer for The Help, Shailene Woodley for The Descendants. 

Who Will/Should Win: Octavia Spencer for The Help. Spencer has been doing films for a long time and with The Help she has finally proven why she is someone we must pay attention to. Not only does she become the centre of attention in ever scene she inhabits, but she able to gives us a sincere, humorous and relatable performance. For me, Octavia Spencer is the strongest aspect of The Help and she must be awarded.

Possible Upset: Jessica Chastain for The Help. The other great aspect of The Help is Jessica Chastain and while her performance is not as layered as Spencer’s, Chastain gives Spencer a run for her money with this very showy but likeable performance. Plus, awarding Chastain would also recognize the unbelievable amount of brilliant work she has delivered in 2011.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR.

Nominees: Kenneth Branagh for My Week With Marilyn, Albert Brooks for Drive, Jonah Hill for Moneyball, Viggo Mortensen for A Dangerous Method, Christopher Plummer for Beginners.  

Who Will Win: Christopher Plummer for Beginners. Plummer has been delivering great performance after the next in this latter part of his career, and this might be the one that will finally give him some award love. Without him, Beginners would not have been the emotional and nostalgic beauty that it is.

Who Should Win: Albert Brooks for Drive. Brooks’ Bernie Rose displayed such a palpable sense of menace, intimidation and outright villainess intensity that he became the perfect counterpart to Gosling’s Driver. Bernie Rose is one of the best villains to come in a while and Brooks truly makes the most of it. Plus, it’s time for Drive to finally receive some award recognition in this side of the world.

BEST DIRECTOR.

Nominees: Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris, George Clooney for The Ides of March, Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist, Alexander Payne for The Descendants, Martin Scorsese for Hugo.

Who Will Win: Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist. The Artist is one of the major frontrunners and much of its praise has been centred on Hazanavicius direction. I’m sure the Golden Globes will play it safe here.

Who Should Win: Martin Scorsese for Hugo. Again, Hugo is the best film of the bunch and it is all thanks to the genius and visionary brilliance of Scorsese. This will be a tense category to watch.

BEST SCREENPLAY.

Nominees: Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist, Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne, Jim Rash for The Descendants, George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon for The Ides of March, Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris, Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian for Moneyball.

Who Will/Should Win: Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian for Moneyball. With all due respect to Alexander Payne, Sorkin and Zaillian have delivered one of the best screenplays to come in years. Every piece of dialogue in Moneyball is effective, thoughtful and provides with a whole new perspective on baseball. Forget The Descendants, Moneyball is the definite winner.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM.

Nominees: The Adventures of Tintin, Arthur Christmas, Cars 2, Puss in Boots, Rango.

Who Will/Should Win: Rango. While I’m disappointed that the Golden Globes were dumb enough to nominate Cars 2 over Kung Fu Panda 2, Rango is easily the best here. It’s a totally original film that appeals to basically everyone and manages to be more creative and entertaining than the rest of the films in this category put together.

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE.

Nominees: Ludovic Bource for The Artist, Abel Korzeniowski for W.E., Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Howard Shore for Hugo, John Williams for War Horse.

Who Will Win: Ludovic Bource for The Artist. Like I said before, this film is the apparent frontrunner and I imagine one of the reason it worked so well is because of the music. Silent films might possess good direction and brilliant acting, but without the dynamic music a lot is lost. The Artist knows that fact and delivers a great and deserving score.

Who Should Win: Howard Shore for Hugo. As much as I would love Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross to win again, I can’t deny that Howard Shore’s score is superior. A lot of the magic and beauty of Hugo comes from all the great emotions and ideas this score evokes. What can I say, I love Hugo and believe it deserves all the awards.

And that’s it! I didn’t do the best original song category because let’s face it, who the hell cares about that one? Ricky Gervais is back so even if the people we want don’t win at least there’s the promise of a good somewhat awkward time.

Thanks for reading!

• To be honest and this is really odd especially when talking about the Golden Globes, but overall I am genuinely happy for all the people that got nominated.
• Most of the actors and actresses the SAG ignored were recognized in the GG. Notable recognitions went to: Michael Fassbender (FINALLY), Rooney Mara (FUCK YES!), Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (YES), and Albert Brooks.
• I know most of the ones I liked got in thanks to the separation of categories, but nevertheless their nominations can influence a bit how the Oscars will look like.
• I am still upset and frustrated by the fact that Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive is getting no love! Not even on the score department, which is downright insulting if you ask me. I thought this was going to be a strong contender this year but the more we progress the more Drive seems to fissile into obscurity.
• Also, I am really surprised by Melissa McCarthy’s omission from the best supporting actress nominees. If there was an award show who everyone expected to go for McCarthy it would be the GG.
• The GG seems to really love The Descendants, which still makes no sense to me. Yeah Alexander Payne is good, but let’s stop eating out of his ass please.
• The biggest insult however, is the omission of Kung Fu Panda 2. GG, what’s wrong with you? Are you seriously omitting the arguably the best animated film of 2011 for the universally hated Cars 2? GG, I know you’re all about celebrity grabs and that you love Angelina Jolie, so why not nominate the best film she’s been this year? GG, fuck you.
• In the score department I’m happy except for War Horse getting a nomination. I’m sorry, but that score is one of the most generic, annoying and uninspiring I have heard in ages. It’s like John Williams is forcing you to feel things in just a superficial way you just want stab your ears. C’mon GG! Why not nominate Cliff Martinez? Or Alberto Iglesias for his impeccable score for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy? How about Patrick Doyle for Thor? Again, fuck you GG.
• Besides that, I’m satisfied and pretty excited that awards season is in full force now.