Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Well...I can try.........My Golden Globe Nominee Predictions

since the nominees come out tomorrow, I figured I'd go ahead and try and guess (now that those critics awards are pouring in)

Best Picture: Drama
- No Country For Old Men
- Atonement
- Away From Her
- There Will Be Blood
- Into the Wild

alternates: Michael Clayton, Eastern Promises, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, American Gangster, Gone Baby Gone, The Assassination of Jesse James, I'm Not There

Best Picture: Musical Or Comedy
- Sweeney Todd
- Juno
- Hairspray
- Enchanted
- Charlie Wilson's War

alternates: The Savages, Margot at the Wedding, La Vie En Rose, Waitress, Across the Universe, Knocked Up, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Best Director:
Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country For Old Men
Sidney Lumet - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Joe Wright - Atonement
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

alternates: Sean Penn - Into the Wild, Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd, David Cronenberg - Eastern Promises, Ben Affleck - Gone Baby Gone, Todd Haynes - I'm Not There

Lead Actor - Drama
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
James McAvoy - Atonement
Denzel Washington - American Gangster
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Before the Devil....
Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild

alternates: Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises, Josh Brolin - No Country

Lead Actress - Drama
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Angelina Jolie - A Might Heart (gaaaaaaaaaaaaah)
Keira Knightley - Atonement
Cate Blanchett - The Golden Age
Jodie Foster - The Brave One

alternates: Halle Berry - Things We Lost in the Fire

Lead Actor: Musical Or Comedy
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd (not a doubt in my mind)
Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
Tom Hanks - Charlie Wilson's War
John C. Reily - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - The Savages

alternates: Richard Gere - The Hoax, Johnny Depp - Pirates 3,

Lead Actress - Comedy Or Musical
Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Ellen Page - Juno
Helena Bonham Carter - Sweeney Todd
Nicole Kidman - Margot at the Wedding

alternates: Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray, Keri Russell - Waitress (PLEEEEEEEASE!!!!), Laura Linney - The Savages

Supporting Actor: (I have a feeling they'll pull some shockers here...)
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild

alternates: John Travolta - Hairspray, Armin muehller-Stahl - Eastern Promises, Sam Rockwell - The Assassination of Jesse James

Supporting Actress: (I expect surprises here as well)
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Vanessa Redgrave - Atonement
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

alternates: Julia Roberts - Charlie Wilson's War, Jennifer Jason-Leigh - Margot at the Wedding, Ruby Dee - American Gangster (please...no), Jennifer Garner - Juno, Nicole Kidman (Hollywood Foreign Press does like the Aussies) - The Golden Compass, Olympia Dukakis - Away From Her

Screenplay: I'll stop here
No Country For Old Men
Michael Clayton
Into the
Juno
Margot at the Wedding

alternates: Charlie Wilson's War, The Savages, There Will Be Blood, Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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