Cinema Matters #12: My Golden Globe Predictions
December
2014
I
believe cinema matters. This is a
continuing monthly series of personal thoughts on film in no more than 750
words. From 2015, this series will be
published bi-monthly in no more than 1,500 words.
As per tradition, I will be predicting the Golden Globes
results. Based on past predictions, I
tend to do quite badly with the Golden Globes.
But it is fun.
Prediction Results: 7/14 = 50%; 11/14 = 79% (including dark horses)
The nominees are:
The nominees are:
BEST MOTION PICTURE –
DRAMA
“Boyhood” winner!
“Foxcatcher”
“The Imitation Game”
“Selma”
“The Theory of Everything”
Will Win: “Boyhood”
Dark Horse: “Selma"
Should Win: “Boyhood”
BEST MOTION PICTURE –
COMEDY OR MUSICAL
“Birdman”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“Into the Woods”
“Pride”
“St. Vincent”
Will Win: “Birdman”
Dark Horse: “The
Grand Budapest Hotel”
Should Win: “Birdman”
BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Ava Duvernay “Selma”
David Fincher “Gone Girl”
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu “Birdman”
Richard Linklater “Boyhood”
Will Win: Alejandro
Gonzalez Inarritu
Dark Horse: Richard
Linklater
Should Win: Alejandro
Gonzalez Inarritu
BEST ACTOR – DRAMA
Steve Carell “Foxcatcher”
Benedict Cumberbatch “The Imitation Game”
Jake Gyllenhaal “Nightcrawler”
David Oyelowo “Selma”
Eddie Redmayne “The Theory of Everything”
Will Win: Eddie
Redmayne
Dark Horse: David
Oyelowo
Should Win: Eddie
Redmayne
BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Jennifer Aniston “Cake”
Felicity Jones “The Theory of Everything”
Julianne Moore “Still Alice”
Rosamund Pike “Gone Girl”
Reese Witherspoon “Wild”
Will Win: Julianne
Moore
Dark Horse: Rosamund
Pike
Should Win: Julianne
Moore
BEST ACTOR – COMEDY OR
MUSICAL
Ralph Fiennes “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Michael Keaton “Birdman”
Bill Murray “St. Vincent”
Joaquin Phoenix “Inherent Vice”
Christoph Waltz “Big Eyes”
Will Win: Michael
Keaton
Dark Horse: Joaquin
Phoenix
Should Win: Michael
Keaton
BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY
OR MUSICAL
Amy Adams “Big Eyes”
Emily Blunt “Into the Woods”
Helen Mirren “The Hundred-Foot Journey”
Julianne Moore “Maps to the Stars”
Quvenzhane Wallis “Annie”
Will Win: Emily Blunt
Dark Horse: Amy Adams
Should Win: Julianne
Moore
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Duvall “The Judge”
Ethan Hawke “Boyhood”
Edward Norton “Birdman”
Mark Ruffalo “Foxcatcher”
J.K. Simmons “Whiplash”
Will Win: J.K. Simmons
Dark Horse: Mark Ruffalo
Should Win: J.K.
Simmons
BEST SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette “Boyhood”
Jessica Chastain “A Most Violent Year”
Keira Knightley “The Imitation Game”
Emma Stone “Birdman”
Meryl Streep “Into the Woods”
Will Win: Patricia
Arquette
Dark Horse: Keira Knightley
Should Win: Patricia
Arquette
BEST SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Gillian Flynn “Gone Girl”
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu et. al. “Birdman”
Richard Linklater “Boyhood”
Graham Moore “The Imitation Game”
Will Win: “The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Dark Horse: “Boyhood”
Should Win: “Boyhood”
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat “The Imitation Game”
Johann Johannsson “The Theory of Everything”
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross “Gone Girl”
Antonio Sanchez “Birdman”
Hans Zimmer “Interstellar”
Will Win: “Birdman”
Dark Horse: “Interstellar”
Should Win: “Birdman”
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Big Eyes “Big Eyes”
Glory “Selma”
Mercy Is “Noah”
Opportunity “Annie”
Yellow Flicker Beat “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1”
Will Win: "Selma"
Dark Horse: "Big Eyes"
Should Win: "Selma"
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Big Hero 6”
“The Book of Life”
“The Boxtrolls”
“How to Train Your Dragon 2”
“The Lego Movie”
Will Win: “The Lego
Movie”
Dark Horse: “The Book
of Life”
Should Win: “The Lego
Movie”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
FEATURE
“Force Majeure” (Sweden)
“Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem” (Israel)
“Ida” (Poland / Denmark)
“Leviathan” (Russia)
“Tangerines” (Estonia)
Will Win: “Ida”
Dark Horse:
“Leviathan”
Should Win:
“Leviathan”
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Comments
The pre-awards critic consensus over films like Birdman and Boyhood has very much decided which way the awards will swing.
I tend to be deviant so I cannot say I always agree haha! For example, I see that Boyhood seems to have 2 different camps of opinion. One congratulates on Linklater's greatest cinematic achievement thus far and the other condemns the heralding of Boyhood's labourious and floppy narrative. I must say I am more inclined to the latter... because I personally feel (very biased) that film is a visual story-telling device and hence the narrative is a core component of a film's artistic value. The idea is novel but it seems to be squandered. I remember being very excited at the start; the performances were strong, and the drama was engaging. Then somewhere in the middle (right when Lorelei Linklater blossomed into a less petulant brat) I felt the film went downhill. The acting seemed contrived, ironically, for a film that attempts to portray "life as is". But that's just me, and certainly not most of the critics sitting on that panel...
Hope you break your record for this round's prediction!