Thursday, December 15, 2011
They Announced the Golden Globe Nominees This Morning and I Have a Few Thoughts....
The Descendants? What the heck is that? Why is there a movie nominated for Best Motion Picture that I haven't even heard of?
Why does Tilda Swinton keep getting nominated for stuff?
Crazy, Stupid, Love really should have been nominated in the Comedy or Musical category. Lame that it wasn't.
And also, why wasn't The Muppets nominated?
Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet are both nominated for Best Actress for Carnage and I haven't heard of that either? What is going on here?
And speaking of Best Actress in a Comedy, Kristen Wiig? Seriously? The movie was funny, but she was just okay.
Ryan Gosling for Crazy, Stupid, Love?? Awesome!
The Best Animated Feature category is looking a little...unimpressive. Where were all the good animated flicks this year?
I really need to see more foreign films.
Octavia Spencer and Jessica Chastain were both nominated for The Help? That's fantastic! But really too bad they couldn't just nominate the whole cast.
Jonah Hill is nominated for a Golden Globe? Another sign that the world must surely be ending in 2012.
The directors and screenplays that were nominated just don't sound that exciting to me. This year is weird.
Same with Original Score, though I'm always a fan of Howard Shore and John Williams.
Best Original Songs...blah.
Dexter isn't nominated for Best Television Series? I think the apocalypse has already started.
Madeleine Stowe's Best Actress in a TV Drama is a semi-pleasant surprise. I love that show, I appropriately hate her character, but I wouldn't say she's the best.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE HFPA?? No nomination for Michael C. Hall? Seriously?
And why do I live in a world where Kelsey Grammar keeps getting nominated for stuff? Honestly.
Yay! New Girl is nominated! I love that show. And I love Zooey Deschanel.
And this is a surprise. Johnny Galecki was nominated over Jim Parsons?
And I'm pretty disappointed that Steve Carrell wasn't nominated for The Office. That's shameful.
I can't believe Sharktopus wasn't nominated for Best Motion Picture made for TV. Shocking.
Something's wrong. Judi Dench and Helen Mirren weren't nominated for anything?
Overall, the biggest surprise for me was how many of these movies I haven't even heard of, and how many new shows were nominated. It looks like they're finally mixing things up a little bit this year. Awards season is going to be strange in 2012.
The 69th Golden Globe Awards will air live on NBC on Sunday, January 15, 2012. You can find the entire list of nominees here.
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If there was a category for Best Craptastic Film, Sharktopus would be a shoe-in!
ReplyDeleteAnd you'll like my post tomorrow for the Deja vu Blogfest.
Wow, I'm surprised The kid who plays Jasper didn't get nominated.
ReplyDeleteB is convinced that Johnny Galecki is a better actor than Jim Parsons because he's naturally less dorky! Ha!
ReplyDeleteI've heard of The Descendants, but haven't seen it. I really want to see Moneyball. I love that New Girl was nominated. Michael C. Hall and the cast of Dexter were robbed. I get that Homeland is good, but come on!
ReplyDeleteWhy wasn't The Muppets nominated? :)
ReplyDeleteI hope the Oscars do better.
Wow, you know your stuff! I don't recognize most of the names or movies on there. Another indicator of how clueless I am when it comes to awards shows and pop culture: I thought the Golden Globes were just for TV shows?
ReplyDeleteMaybe much has changed since I last had cable...two years ago. Thanks for the rundown!
(We do catch Dexter though!)
I'm so happy that New Girl and Zooey were nominated! That show is so quirky and sweet, it always makes me smile. I'm also happy that Revenge was acknowledged, because it's a ton of fun.
ReplyDeleteThe Globes and Oscars can be frustrating for me, because there are so many films I'd love to see that don't open up near me because I don't live in a major city. I just pull for the ones I've seen, and often end up disappointed.
I'm glad Johnny Galecki was nominated. Jim Parsons is good but he's won 2 years in a row. It's time to give someone else a chance.
ReplyDeleteAnd if it wasn't for Johnny (the straight man), Jim wouldn't be as funny, imo.
I'm obsessed with New Girl! I LOVE that show! Zoey is the best. :)
ReplyDeleteHey Karen...you're wondering why you haven't even heard of some of these movies?? I'm wondering why I didn't hear the nominations were announced! :)
ReplyDeleteYa Kristen Wiig and Bridesmaids getting nominated makes me hate the GG even moreso than I did after The Hangover won for best comedy.
ReplyDeleteI agree about Kristin Wiig. The movie was funny but I didn't think she held a strong lead role.
ReplyDeleteYay! Award season!
The Descendants is actually really good. I liked it.
ReplyDeleteI only kind of half liked Crazy, Stupid, Love.
THE MUPPET'S WERE ROBBED!
Kristin Wiig didn't carry that movie. She is lucky she had a great supporting cast.
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