Globes 2006

[ZapRowsdower]

Picture, Drama:
"Babel"
"Bobby"
"The Departed"
"Little Children"
"The Queen"

Actress, Drama:
Penelope Cruz, "Volver"
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal"
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Sherrybaby"
Helen Mirren, "The Queen"
Kate Winslet, "Little Children"

Actor, Drama:
Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Departed"
Peter O'Toole, "Venus"
Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"

Picture, Musical or Comedy:
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
"The Devil Wears Prada"
"Dreamgirls"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"Thank You for Smoking"

Actress, Musical or Comedy:
Annette Bening, "Running With Scissors"
Toni Collette, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Beyonce Knowles, "Dreamgirls"
Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Renee Zellweger, "Miss Potter"

Actor, Musical or Comedy:
Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
Johnny Depp, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
Aaron Eckhart, "Thank You for Smoking"
Chiwetel Ejiofor, "Kinky Boots"
Will Ferrell, "Stranger than Fiction"

Supporting Actress:
Adriana Barraza, "Babel"
Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal"
Emily Blunt, "The Devil Wears Prada"
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"
Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"

Supporting Actor:
Ben Affleck, "Hollywoodland"
Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"
Jack Nicholson, "The Departed"
Brad Pitt, "Babel"
Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed"

Director:
Clint Eastwood, "Flags of Our Fathers"
Clint Eastwood, "Letters from Iwo Jima"
Steven Frears, "The Queen"
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel"
Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"

Screenplay:
Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel"
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, "Little Children"
Patrick Marber, "Notes on a Scandal"
William Monahan, "The Departed"
Peter Morgan, "The Queen"

Foreign Language:
"Apocalypto," USA
"Letters from Iwo Jima," USA/Japan
"The Lives of Others," Germany
"Pan's Labyrinth," Mexico
"Volver" Spain

Animated Film:
"Cars"
"Happy Feet"
"Monster House"

Original Score:
Alexandre Desplat, "The Painted Veil"
Clint Mansell, "The Fountain"
Gustavo Santaolalla, "Babel"
Carlo Siliotto, "Nomad"
Hans Zimmer, "The Da Vinci Code"

Original Song:
"A Father's Way" from "The Pursuit of Happyness"
"Listen" from "Dreamgirls"
"Never Gonna Break My Faith" from "Bobby"
"The Song of the Heart" from "Happy Feet"
"Try Not to Remember" from "Home of the Brave"

[frankenjohn]

This is what I say wins:

Best Picture Drama- The Departed
Best Actress Drama- Helen Mirren
Best Actor Drama- Forrest Whittaker
Best Picture Comedy/Musical- Dreamgirls
Best Actress Comedy/Musical- Meryl Streep
Best Actor Comedy/Musical- Sacha Baron Cohen
Best Supporting Actres- Jennifer Hudson
Best Supporting Actor- Jack Nicholson
Best Director- Martin Scorsese
Best Screenplay- William Monahan
Best Foreign Language Film- Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Animated Film- Happy Feet
Best Original Score- The Fountain
Best Original Song- Dreamgirls

[ZapRowsdower]

No major disagreements with the nominees here. In fact, I'm glad to see Adriana Barraza get nominated for Babel.

Although, did Johnny Depp REALLY need another nomination for Jack Sparrow? Don't get me wrong, the guy is brilliant and so was the performance, but he's already been nominated before for the same character. I had the same problem with Renee Zellweger getting a nomination for Bridget Jones 2.

And does Clint Eastwood REALLY need TWO nominations for Best Director? I know he directed two films and all, but they ARE counterparts to one another, and that's just one spot that could have gone to someone else. Say, Paul Greengrass or Robert Altman. Just putting it out there. I should point out that they nominated SIX people for best director last year, as opposed to FOUR this year (five nominations, but four directors).

Also, I'm glad to see them recognizing Animated films, but there were more than three released this year, that I thought were pretty good (Flushed Away, anyone?). Is there some unwritten rule that only three animated films can be nominated per year? Or is it written now? I don't know.

But other than that, good selections. I need to hear those songs.

I can't pick my favs until I've seen all the movies on the list.

[ZapRowsdower]

Ok, I found another problem with the nominees.

Best Original song.

How can the same people who nominated Die Another Day for Best Original Song four years ago (which in my opinion is the worst Bond theme ever) justify NOT nominating "You Know My Name" from Casino Royale this year? That song kicked ass (and was better than the song from Happy Feet). Just a thought.

[ZapRowsdower]

Picture, Drama
MY PICK: The Departed
NEED TO SEE: Little Children, The Queen

Actress, Drama
NEED TO SEE: Little Children, Notes on a Scandal, Sherrybaby, The Queen, Volver

Actor, Drama
MY PICK: Leonardo DiCaprio, either movie (Blood Diamond, preferably)
NEED TO SEE: The Last King of Scotland, Venus

Picture, Musical or Comedy
MY PICK: Little Miss Sunshine
NEED TO SEE: Dreamgirls

Actress, Musical or Comedy
MY PICK: Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
NEED TO SEE: Dreamgirls, Miss Potter, Running with Scissors

Actor, Musical or Comedy
MY PICK: Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat.
NEED TO SEE: Kinky Boots

Supporting Actress
MY PICK: Adriana Barraza, Babel
NEED TO SEE: Dreamgirls, Notes on a Scandal

Supporting Actor
MY PICK: Undecided. Of the four I've seen, they all deserve it.
NEED TO SEE: Dreamgirls

Director
MY PICK: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
NEED TO SEE: Letters from Iwo Jima, The Queen

Screenplay
MY PICK: William Monahan, The Departed.
NEED TO SEE: Little Children, Notes on a Scandal, The Queen

Foreign Language
MY PICK: Apocalypto
NEED TO SEE: Letters from Iwo Jima, Pan's Labyrinth, The Lives of Others, Volver

Animated Film
MY PICK: Happy Feet

Original Score
MY PICK: Hans Zimmer, The Da Vinci Code
NEED TO PAY CLOSER ATTENTION TO/SEE IN GENERAL: The Painted Veil, The Fountain, Babel, Nomad

Original Song:
MY PICK: "Never Gonna Break My Faith" from Bobby
NEED TO LISTEN TO: "A Father's Way", "Try Not to Remember"
SHOULD BE ON THE LIST BUT ISN'T: "You Know My Name" from Casino Royale

[ZapRowsdower]

And the winners are...

Picture, Drama: "Babel"
Should have gone to: "The Departed"
Am I complaining? No. I loved Babel.

Actress, Drama: Helen Mirren, "The Queen"

Actor, Drama: Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland"

Picture, Musical or Comedy: "Dreamgirls"

Actress, Musical or Comedy: Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada"

Actor, Musical or Comedy: Sacha Baron Cohen, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"

Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"

Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls"

Director: Martin Scorsese, "The Departed"

Screenplay: Peter Morgan, "The Queen"
Should have gone to: William Monahan, "The Departed"
Am I complaining? Yeah, actually. The Queen was really good, but Helen Mirren is what made it really good, not Peter Morgan.

Foreign Language: "Letters from Iwo Jima," USA/Japan

Animated Film: "Cars"
Should have gone to: "Happy Feet"
Am I complaining? Not really. I liked Cars quite a bit.

Original Score: Alexandre Desplat, "The Painted Veil"

Original Song: "The Song of the Heart" from "Happy Feet"
Should have gone to: "Never Gonna Break My Faith" from "Bobby" or "Listen" from "Dreamgirls"
Am I complaining? You better fucking believe it. That song SUCKED. I'm serious, there was no melody and the beat was God awful. Prince not showing up to accept it was an even bigger slap in the face. It was a terrible choice for a nomination and a worse choice for a winner. In my opinion, this was a bigger travesty than Three Six Mafia winning the Oscar last year. And that was a pretty big travesty.

[Phoenix]

Seeing the winners, I'm glad I didn't watch this. Blah. Talk about obscurity.

Babel hasn't even been shown here in Florida - and if it has it was only here for a week or so. Usually a quality indy sticks around.

And "The Queen?" *YAWN*

I've never even heard of "The Last King of Scotland!"

[ZapRowsdower]

When Babel comes around, you should check it out. It's an excellent flick.

The Last King of Scotland looks very good, and it's getting a wide release this weekend, so I look forward to checking it out.

And I also thought the Queen was a good movie, only it moves at a slow pace. Helen Mirren kept it going though. She DID deserve her award.

[frankenjohn]

iamthesmitty said:

And I also thought the Queen was a good movie, only it moves at a slow pace.

Let it not be forgotten that half of the film is TV clips. But still a good movie.