Golden Globe Predictions

[Prince Eric]

Since in about a week, we'll be getting our first major precursor awards, I thought it'd be fun to post predictions for the Golden Globes, especially since they're so much more fun than the Oscars - a lot easier too. No alternates! (That takes away the excitement.)

Best Picture - Comedy/Musical

Bride and Prejudice (I know this is not going to happen, but it's wishful thinking. They honored Gurinder's Bend It Like Beckham last year, so it's not totally impossible. This spot will most likely go to Spanglish.)
Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind
The Incredibles
The Phantom of the Opera
Sidewaysi

Best Picture - Drama

Alexander
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Kinsey
Ray

Best Actor - Comedy/Musical

Gerard Butler - The Phantom of the Opera
Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind
Paul Giamatti - Sideways
Jude Law - Alfie
Bill Murray - The Life Aquatic will Steve Zissou

Best Actor - Drama

Javiar Bardem - The Sea Inside
Johnnie Depp - Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
Jamie Foxx - Ray
Liam Neeson - Kinsey

Best Actress - Comedy/Musical

Anette Bening - Being Julia
Tia Leoni - Spanglish
Emmy Rosum - The Phantom of the Opera
Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind
Renee Zellweger - Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Best Actress - Drama

Laura Dern - We Don't Live Here Anymore
Catalina Soldino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
Julia Roberts - Closer
Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
Kerry Washington - Ray

Best Supporting Actor - The category I'm least sure about.

Alen Alda - The Aviator
Alec Baldwin - The Aviator
Thomas Hayden Church - Sideways
Clive Owen - Closer
Patrick Wilson - The Phantom of the Opera

Best Supporting Actress

Minnie Driver - The Phantom of the Opera
Regina King - Ray
Virginia Madsen - Sideways
Sandra Oh - Sideways
Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland

[Luke]

I'd love to reply, but I've seen so few films, and I suspect many of the nominated people and films have yet to come, so it'd just be a shot in the dark. Then again, you're including films that haven't been released yet, so maybe you want us to take shots in the dark?

Hope <i>The Incredibles</i> gets a Best Picture nod like you predict.

[Prince Eric]

Yeah, that's basically what this is. Many films in supposed contention have not been released yet: Most of this is just pure speculation. Feel free and let your imagination (and longshot hopes) run wild!

More Predictions:

Best Director

Taylor Hackford, Ray
Mike Nichols, Closer
Alexander Payne, Sideways
Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
Oliver Stone, Alexander

Best Screenplay

Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind
Finding Neverland
Closer
Sideways
Spanglish

Best Original Score

Alexander
The Aviator
The Incredibles
The Motorcycle Diaries
Stage Beauty

Best Original Song

[Luke]

Well, I'll do Best Picture nominees at least, even if I'm mostly just echoing your predictions!

Best Picture (Comedy/Musical)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Incredibles
The Phantom of the Opera
Shaun of the Dead
Sideways

Best Picture (Drama)

The Aviator
Closer
Finding Neverland
Garden State
Ray

[Prince Eric]

Actually, Luke, I think you may go 10/10 on your predictions! The Foreign Press loves British comedies (they've nominated two in the Comedy/Musical category for two years running) and Shaun of the Dead seems to be the best bet this year. I don't know why I didn't think of that one. As for Drama, Closer and Garden State are excellent choices to my Predictions of Kinsey and Alexander. Kinsey seems to be too sexual in orientation to gain notice my major awards and The first reviews of Alexander are pretty severs, as suspected. Way to go! Anybody else?

[Prince Eric]

Here are the last batch of predictions:

Best Foreign Language Film

Bad Education
The House of Flying Daggers
The Motorcycle Diaries
Maria Full of Grace
The Sea Inside

Note: I have no idea how the determine which films are eligible. Unlike the Oscars, they don't have a master list with a film delegate from each country. Therefore, there's a possibility that countries can have more than one nomination, in this case Spain. I would have gone for Hero, but it was originally released more than two years ago, so I think they'll go with his latest martial arts masterpiece.

Best Original Score

The Aviator
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The House of Flying Daggers
The Incredibles
The Motorcycle Diaries

Best Original Song

Accidentally in Love, Shrek 2
Broken, The Punisher
Breakway, The Princess Diaries 2
Learn to be Lonely, The Phantom of the Opera
Lovers, The House of Flying Daggers

[Narfle the Garthok]

I really can't wait for The Aviator.

[Narfle the Garthok]

This may be a dumb question but I've never bothered to find the answer:

What's the difference between the Golden Globes and the Oscars?

[Prince Eric]

This may be a dumb question but I've never bothered to find the answer:

What's the difference between the Golden Globes and the Oscars?

Well, the Oscars are the highest honors in the American movie industry. They are given out by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

The Golden Globes are considered to be the second highest honor, although you really can't take them seriously because of some of their whacky and undeserving choices. They split all major categories into Comedy/Musical and Dram, which is a good thing, because there are a lot more nominess. They are given out by teh Hollywood Foreign Press. It's come to recen tlight that maybe people place to much emphasis on the Golden Globes. Many of the members are not respected journalist, just talking heads with websites. A lot of times, they just choose a winner that is a good predicter of the Oscar winners to gain credibility. Sometimes critics awards are better to have than a Golden Globe.