'Bobby" gets a Best Drama nod, Ryan Gosling gets snubbed, Leonardo gets two lead nominations, Chiwetel Ejiofor for "Kinky Boots", "Babel" leads the race with nods, Toni Collette for lead actress, two Clint Eastwood director nominations missing, Foreign Film being the most exciting race, and the wide open nature of supporting actor are just a few of the strange developments that the Globe revealed.
Who gets help?
Babel gets a huge boost here and could likely defeat The Departed in Drama race. HFPA loves the type of movie Babel is (set internationaly with four languages).
Dicaprio and Eastwood get double nominations each which mean nothing other than they could split their own vote come voting time.
Dreamgirls could lose to Borat, which would be ridiculous and further proof that HFPA is a sucker for political commentary despite its cinematic merit.
Emily Blunt for Supporting Actress!!! I loved her performance in The Devil Wears Prada and was hoping it would get the type of recognition Will Ferrell got last year. Who knows, maybe it could be more for her?
United 93 gets completely shut out, but then again so did Munich, Capote, and Crash last year.
Big help for Peter O'Toole is was starting to fade from memory in the shadow of Forest Whitaker, same thing for Will Smith.
HUGE boost for Mark Wahlberg and Ben Affleck here, could Affleck walk away with a win? Eddie vs. Jack vs. Ben vs. Brad. WIDE OPEN here.
Big help for Adriana Barraza and Maggie Gyllenhaal who seemed to be all but forgotten in the major critic groups.
Dreamgirls and Little Miss Sunshine get snubbed from the Screenplay categories and Half Nelson gets shut out completely. Not a huge surprise there.
Flags of Our Fathers gets the snub that everyone was expecting and Little Children takes its place.
It is important to understand that the Globes are not exactly a precursor. The voting ballots for the Oscars will be turned in by the time the show airs, but the nominations have some effect, but a minimal one at best. The Globes are an awards show by themselves and the HFPA do not act to influence anything other than themselves. This is why so many view the Globe nominations as crazy, but they are only mixed up when viewed under the scope of the Oscars. So relax, and enjoy the circus
Updates coming soon with predictions. A LOT to think about.
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Ditto about Gosling being snubbed. I am still perplexed at his absence. Then, again, it is the Golden Globes and, really, what did I expect?
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