Barry's Beetchin Movies

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Golden Globe Predictions!

These are my (almost) final Golden Globe predictions. If I feel any changes need to me made in the next 2 days, I will do it. I am also including 6 nominees in each main category because the Globes are that crazy sometimes.

Best Motion Picture - Drama

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Revolutionary Road
The Wrestler

[Alternates: Frost/Nixon or Slumdog Millionaire]

Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
Last Chance Harvey
Mamma Mia!
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

[Alternates: Sex and the City - The Movie or Tropic Thunder]

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

[Alternates: Richard Jenkins - The Visitor or Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon]

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Kristin Scott-Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

[Alternates: Kate Beckinsale - Nothing but the Truth or Melissa Leo - Frozen River]

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

Javier Bardem - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Jim Carrey - Yes Man
George Clooney - Leatherheads
Ricky Gervais - Ghost Town
Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey
Ben Stiller - Tropic Thunder

[Alternates: Colin Farrell - In Bruges or James Franco - Pineapple Express]

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy

Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Scarlett Johansson - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Frances McDormand - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City: The Movie
Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!
Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey

[Alternates: Amy Adams - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day or Anna Faris - The House Bunny]

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
James Franco - Milk
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

[Alternates: Bill Irwin - Rachel Getting Married or Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire]

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The Reader

[Alternates: Vera Farmiga - Nothing but the Truth or Debra Winger - Rachel Getting Married]

Best Director

Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Jonathan Demme - Rachel Getting Married
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant - Milk

[Alternates: Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler or Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino]

Best Screenplay

The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Rachel Getting Married
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

[Alternates: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button or Milk]

Best Animated Film

Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E

[Alternates: Horton Hears a Who or The Tale of Despereaux]

Best Foreign Film

The Class (France)
Gomorra (Italy)
I've Loved You So Long (France)
Let the Right One In (Sweden)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)

Best Original Score

Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Revolutionary Road

[Alternates: Milk or Wall-E]

Best Original Song

Quantum of Solace
Sex and the City: The Movie
Synechdoche, New York
Wall-E
The Wrestler

[Alternates: The Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian or Hamlet 2]