Golden Globes 2017
So, uh, I kinda let this blog die, didn’t I? Aaaaand a lot of my close friends have stopped using tumblr. Oh well. I’m still alive! Just gonna do a quick rundown of the Golden Globe nominees tonight while I’m watching the red carpet, because I did manage to see all the Best Picture nominees! In both categories! And almost all of them were good!
Here we go:
As usual, I’m not going over the TV, because I’m not nearly caught up enough.
Best Motion Picture — Drama
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Prediction: Moonlight. The only thing I didn’t love in this category was Hacksaw Ridge, which a) Mel Gibson, and b) is mostly a generic war movie that doesn’t deserve remarking. Manchester by the Sea could steal, but Moonlight deserves it.
Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
20th Century Women
Deadpool
Florence Foster Jenkins
La La Land
Sing Street
Prediction: La La Land. Pretty foregone conclusion. I really loved Sing Street and 20th Century Women too (Florence Foster Jenkins wasn’t much imo, but it was still good). I’m not sure I’d pick either of them over La La Land though.
Best Director — Motion Picture
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Prediction: Damien Chazelle, La La Land. Moonlight is so god damn incredibly, meticulously crafted in every respect, but I think that La La Land has the choreography and the flare that’ll stand out more to voters. If it was up to me, I’d have a hard time deciding.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama
Amy Adams, Arrival
Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Prediction: Natalie Portman. I’ve actually only seen one of these, so it’s a bit of a shot in the dark, but this is what I’m going with. Would love to see someone take home something for Arrival (which was my favorite of the year), but I don’t think this is Amy Adams’s year.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Joel Edgerton, Loving
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences
Prediction: Casey Affleck. Probably should be Denzel (although I haven’t seen Fences yet), but Manchester has a lot of momentum, and it really hinges on that performance.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical
Colin Farrell, The Lobster
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Jonah Hill, War Dogs
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
Prediction: Ryan Gosling. La La Land is so big right now, and I think he’s earned it. I’d LOVE to see Ryan Reynolds take it (or, wonder of wonders, Colin Farrell, because honoring The Lobster here would be AMAZING), but it’s not gonna happen.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Comedy or Musical
Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
Lily Collins, Rules Don’t Apply
Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Prediction: Emma Stone. See above. I would also love to see Annette Bening take this, because 20th Century Women is really some of her best work, but it’s honestly pretty close.
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Simon Helberg, Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel, Lion
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals
Prediction: Mahershala Ali. This could also conceivably go to Dev Patel, who’s excellent (although talk about category fraud, seriously), but I doubt it.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Prediction: Viola Davis. She won the Tony for the same role in the stage version, and she’s VIOLA DAVIS. This is a really packed category though, so it could conceivably go to someone else. Naomie Harris would be my next pick, but Michelle Williams and Nicole Kidman were also excellent, and Octavia Spencer’s always great (I haven’t seen Hidden Figures yet).
Best Motion Picture — Animated
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
Sing
Zootopia
Prediction: Moana. I’m actually weirdly behind on this as well, having not seen Kubo, Sing, or Zucchini, but I think Moana has the most momentum, and I loved it.
Best Screenplay — Motion Picture
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By the Sea
Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water
Prediction: Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea. I think it’s the most dialogue-driven of the big ones (Moonlight packs a lot into very few words, for instance), and it probably deserves it. Would love to see more for Hell or High Water, but I think that’s going to be sadly overlooked for the most part.
Best Original Score — Motion Picture
Nicholas Britell, Moonlight
Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Arrival
Volker Bertelmann and Dustin O’Halloran, Lion
Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams, and Hans Zimmer, Hidden Figures
Prediction: La La Land. I don’t think I really agree with this, but the score (as opposed to the full on songs) really stands out and works as connective tissue through the whole thing, so I think it’ll be the most noticeable, even if there are better compositions.
That’s it! I’m live-tweeting as usual. Bless the Drunk Oscars.
