We have to admit that it’s just a touch disorienting to only now begin discussing the nominees for the 2021 Golden Globes, which is usually an early January staple. There really isn’t much that COVID-19 hasn’t shuffled around at the point. What does remain consistent, thankfully, is the steady stream of decent film and television. Sarah Jessica Parker and Taraji P. Henson took on the task of speedily announcing this year’s nominees on behalf of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and just like most years, 2021’s roster of potential statuette recipients includes some expected favorites (One Night In Miami…! Nomadland!), some puzzling additions (like HFPA’s inexplicable love for Emily In Paris and James Corden in The Prom), and at least one glaring omission (like this really phenomenal HBO series called I May Destroy You, in case you haven’t heard of it).
Netflix leads the pack across TV and film for another year with The Crown and Mank as frontrunners within their respective industries. (Both scored six nominations a piece.) The Trial Of The Chicago 7 followed with five nominations, including a Supporting Actor nod for Sacha Baron Cohen. The comedy side of also showed love to Cohen and his efforts in Amazon Prime’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. As expected, the Golden Globes marks the beginning of what will likely amount in robust, posthumous awards season love for the late Chadwick Boseman, who died prior to the premiere of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Also expected was the love for Regina King’s feature directorial debut for the beloved One Night In Miami. Speaking of directors: For the first time in the show’s history, three women in the typically male-dominated category—King, Chloe Zhao (Nomadland), and Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman). That’s quite a step forward. If only we could say that same about HFPA approach to Minari, Lee Isaac Chung’s American film about a distinctly American experience that was sequestered to the Foreign Language category, disqualifying it from competing in the other major categories. The A.V. Club’s TV Editor Danette Chavez and Senior Writer Katie Rife will dig into this years surprises and snubs later today.
For the first time, the Golden Globes are going bicoastal this year as returning duo Tina Fey and Amy Poehler virtually host from opposite sides of the country. After being pushed back almost two months from its usual January timeslot, the ceremony will air live on Sunday, February 28, at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET on NBC. Check out the list of nominees below.
BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
The Father
Mank
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial Of The Chicago 7
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States Vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces Of A Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Women
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Riz Ahmed, Sound Of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian
BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Hamilton
Music
The Prom
Palm Springs
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Kate Hudson, Music
Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit
Rosamund Pike, I Care A Lot
Anna Taylor-Joy, Emma.
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
James Corden, The Prom
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Dev Patel, The Personal History Of David Copperfield
Andy Samberg, Palm Springs
BEST MOTION PICTURE, ANIMATED
The Croods: A New Age
Onward
Over The Moon
Soul
Wolfwalkers
BEST MOTION PICTURE, FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Another Round, Denmark
La Llorona, Guatamela/France
The Life Ahead, Italy
Minari, USA
Two Of Us, France/USA
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Jodie Foster, The Mauritanian
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Helana Zengel, News Of The World
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial Of The Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas And The Black Messiah
Jared Leto, The Little Things
Bill Murray, On The Rocks
Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night In Miami
BEST DIRECTOR, MOTION PICTURE
Emerald Fennel, Promising Young Woman
David Fincher, Mank
Regina King, One Night In Miami…
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial Of The Chicago 7
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
BEST SCREENPLAY, MOTION PICTURE
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Jack Fincher, Mank
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial Of The Chicago 7
Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton, The Father
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, MOTION PICTURE
Alexandre Desplat, The Midnight Sky
Ludwig Göransson, Tenet
James Newton Howard, News Of The World
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Mank
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste, Soul
BEST ORIGINAL SONG, MOTION PICTURE
“Fight for You,” Judas and the Black Messiah
“Here My Voice,” The Trial Of The Chicago 7
“IO SI (Seen),” The Life Ahead
“Speak Now,” One Night In Miami
“Tigress & Tweed,” The United States Vs. Billie Holiday
BEST TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
The Crown
Lovecraft Country
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Ratched
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Emma Corrin, The Crown
Laura Linney, Ozark
Sarah Paulson, Ratched
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, DRAMA
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Josh O’Connor, The Crown
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Al Pacino, Hunter
Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Emily In Paris
The Flight Attendant
The Great
Schitt’s Creek
Ted Lasso
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Lily Collins, Emily In Paris
Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attendant
Elle Fanning, The Great
Jane Levy, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Don Cheadle, Black Monday
Nicholas Hoult, The Great
Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Jason Sudekis, Ted Lasso
Ramy Youssef, Ramy
BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Normal People
The Queen’s Gambit
Small Axe
The Undoing
Unorthodox
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Normal People
Shira Haas, Unorthodox
Nicole Kidman, The Undoing
Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen’s Gambit
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Bryan Cranston, Your Honor
Jeff Daniels, The Comey Rule
Hugh Grant, The Undoing
Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True
Ethan Hawke, The Good Lord Bird
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Gillian Anderson, The Crown
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
Julia Garner, Ozark
Annie Murphy, Schitt’s Creek
Cynthia Nixon, Ratched
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
John Boyega, Small Axe
Brendan Gleeson, The Comey Rule
Daniel Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Jim Parsons, Hollywood
Donald Sutherland, The Undoing
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I find Trial of the Chicago 7 to be, at best, intellectually dishonest, as it uses Abbie Hoffman as mouthpiece for Sorkin’s political views rather than making an effort actually give an honest portrayal of Hoffman’s Anarchist beliefs. Also I’ve been watching Ted Lasso and I heard someone say that every episode feels like a hug and that person is very correct.
Trashing Aaron Sorkin on an internet message board. Where do some people get their courage?
You’ll get fans replying back with 100 word sentences.
Started the West Wing I’m enjoying it. Wish I stated watching it last year.
Next you’re going to tell me everyone in the courtroom didn’t get up and slow clap during the sentencing speech.
Man, I did not wanna like Ted Lasso because, in theory, it’s a combo of subgenres I couldn’t care less about: Sports? Check. Soccer? Check. Male-lead drama? Check. Another story of a straight white guy failing upwards? Check.But, man, what a terrific damned show. It’s the epitome of sincere, feel-good comedy and that doesn’t come at the expense of it being thoughtless or plotless. Jason Sudeikis is just… charming af as the lead, and that’s not a complement I give, like, ever.
it’s the most aggressively charming thing i’ve ever seen on tv.
I cried so hard at his panic attack episode. Also nailed my original resistance to show as well.
Male lead drama is a…subgenre?
….of the drama category. Yes.
Alrighty. I think dodging a show based on gender is silly either way. But, we all have our things.
It is when you’re looking for a reason to complain.
I wouldn’t consider Ted Lasso failing upward though. He was incredibly successful as a college football coach and he lost at the end of the season and his team was demoted.
Well… ok, you’re right. I guess I just focused on the losing and then the team being dissolved aspect :-p I got the feeling from the first episode that he had become sort of a laughingstock?
We can also add “show based on a years-old television commercial”. It’s amazing it turned out as good as it was
They’re counting The Flight Attendant as a Comedy/Musical?
It was pretty funny I thought, with some tragic elements. It wasn’t perfect, but as someone in recovery I have to say I loved it’s depiction of substance abuse as a symptom of trauma, much more realistic and compassionate. Same with The Queens Gambit, you know both women are not magically cured of their demons with substances, but you know they finally have hope.
Funny, since I know some fans of the book complained that Beth’s addiction seemed resolved by the end of the series, whereas Tevis was more inspired by his own unresolved alcoholism to leave that in place (although supposedly he planned to write a sequel before he died).
I assumed we were just to see the potential of clarity that Beth has without substances, but maybe I was making my own assumptions in that she knows that her life is a painful one and the potential for relapse always lingers. Would have loved a second book to explore that 🙁
I would say it was funnier than it was dramatic.
It was funnier than Get Out.
Yeah, it’s funny! It’s also a pretty interesting mystery that goes to dark places, but I agree with the assessment it’s a black comedy first.
phew glad the only thing that got nominated for Hillbilly was a performance, fuck that desperate movie.Anyone else watch Young Promising Woman? Any other survivors trying to process it? I actually never really know what to do with the revenge premise since it’s a response I never felt towards my abuser, and it can be damaging because it’s the response family etc. expected me to have when I told them my story because that’s what they often see depicted. I wish it stuck with the original ending without the revenge being completed because now it doesn’t actually feel much different from other revenge rape movies. I feel the studio really fucked this movies ending and it confused me. But it definitely allowed conversation afterwards which is always good, and I’m alright with a nomination if it gets more people to see the insidious nature of sexual violence.
I haven’t watched it yet but am reading everything before I decide to watch it. I’ve heard from other survivors that it’s a pretty hard watch and I’m not sure I’m up for it right now.
Honestly it’s a good movie for those that don’t understand the complacency surrounding sexual violence, but mostly it made me wishing us survivors had someone like Mulligan’s character to avenge our pain and how ultimately everyone else gets to move on except us. Her character feels revolutionary for actually and truly giving a damn about what happened to her friend, and that kind of made me feel fulfilled at times during the movie but also sad that it’s not the reality.
No Renee Elise Goldsberry? No Leslie Odom, Jr?
Which Hamilton did these people watch?
I generally tend to stay away from criticizing Golden Globe nominations because . . . I’m its the Globes. But Emily in Paris getting a nomination for anything, much less best comedy series, is just the height of absurdity.
I’m sure this dead horse has been beat plenty, but it’s too bad the Golden Globes has the >50% English rule for Best Picture. While I haven’t seen Minari, it sounds like it’s gotten some really great reviews but is ineligible, while Inglourious Basterds which was supposedly 30% in English got a nod. Some consistency would be nice.
minari was decent but nothing special IMO
And that’s totally fair if the HFPA didn’t think it was Best Picture quality. I think the eligibility criteria are what need to be reconsidered. Looking briefly at past winners, it’s pretty much a contest among American and British films.
My thoughts on 2020 films in one phrase.
Minari is easily one of the best films of the year.
Alright, let’s get the narrative set: What from this list are we offended by?
emily in paris
mostly the stuff not on it.
My useless guess is that 5 Bloods will get more Oscars attention, considering who votes, and the “optics” of snubbing it in 2020. Needless to say, if it is ignored, I expect Spike Lee to react with his usual grace and good nature.
I love Spike, but I was thoroughly unimpressed with Da 5 Bloods. Likewise, I like Chadwick Boseman, but not enough in that movie to think it was special.
Agree on the film and his performance in it. I just think that the Academy will feel a moral imperative to nominate it for awards, since that will help fix things.
the movie was so bad.
Here’s my hot take: Lin-Manuel Miranda for Best Performance by An Actor in a blah blah blah.Not the best singer, and not the best actor by most standards. He’s a genius in other ways, but not as a musical theater performer.
I haven’t seen Hamilton, but have heard similar, both on the complimentary and negative sides.
I was going to post the same thing. I loved Hamilton when I really wasn’t expecting to (only saw it on Disney+) but thought LMM was bad in it. He’s clearly a genius and I don’t blame him for giving himself the lead in it, but he was noticeably worse than the rest of the cast.The fact Odom beat him to the Tony but LMM gets the Golden Globe nom feels like rewarding him for writing it more than anything.
This really reminds me of another one of my frequent peeves: Jerry Seinfeld getting nominated for all those Emmys for acting. He and Larry David definitely deserve accolades for creating it. I was a huge fan up until the last 3 or so seasons. But Seinfeld’s no actor and really shouldn’t have been ever nominated, but it felt like he was being rewarded for his other work.
Why is Hamilton even allowed to be nominated in the first place? It’s just the theater performance!HFPA doesn’t even get to have the excuse of wanting Lin-Manuel Miranda in the audience like they used for The Tourist.
I don’t think LMM is a particularly good actor or singer, but regardless of the quality of the performance, I don’t think he should’ve been nominated due to the nature of the performance. It’s not a film performance. It was a stage performance from 2016 that was filmed in 2016 and then released in 2016. He’s not changing his performance at all here from what it was on the stage show, and he already got a Tony nom for that performance. If a movie gets nominated for some Oscars and then later it gets re-broadcast on TV, you wouldn’t nominate it for an Emmy. Same rules here, in my opinion. It’s a stage performance recorded and released on film.
The comedy and musical catagories are usually a dumpster fire but especially this year.
Lin-Manual Miranda doesn’t even give the Best Performance by an Actor in Hamilton! There’s a reason he lost the Tony to Leslie Odom Jr. Hell Daveed Diggs and Jonathan Groff outperform Miranda by a wide mile.When I finally saw Hamilton a few years ago seeing someone who can actually act and sing in the title role was practically a revelation.
James Corden.
Yes. I haven’t seen The Prom. I haven’t even heard of The Prom until now. But i do know that James Corden is absolutely insufferable in it and doesn’t deserve to be on this list.
I dont know, I have seen the Prom and found it really awful, but James Corden was suprisingly one of the only things I enjoyed in it
I saw The Prom and was excited for it because I’ve been desperate for new musical theater stuff throughout the pandemic. But the movie was no good, and Corden made it worse, and the decision to focus on Corden and the rest of the adults (yes, including Streep who is less and less impressive to me nowadays) made the whole thing yet worse. Corden can fuck off.
It’s a funny thing because focusing on the adults was part of the meta joke of the movie – the adults are so self-centered that they don’t really care about the girl beyond what she can do for them, and the movie doesn’t care about her either as a result – but also it was a shit movie so understanding the choice isn’t something that makes the movie at all watchable.
On one hand, the character he plays in the movie is supposed to be insufferable so he was great casting. On the other hand it’s not like he had to go anywhere outside of his narrow range. On a third, mutant hand the movie wasn’t all that good anyway.
The lack of Rhea Seehorn.
Honestly, I think the biggest offense is that the only films on the list that I recognize are Borat, Soul, and the Croods sequel. I don’t know if that’s because 2020 was a shitshow and not much was released, or everything just slipped past me… because 2020 was a shitshow.
The inclusion of “Ratched” for anything other than set design.
BEST MOTION PICTURE, FOREIGN LANGUAGEMinari, USAForeign..USA..because Korean people
Its lack of “What we do in the shadows”.
Minari being in Foreign Language section even though it’s an American film that takes place in America about an American family.
I’ve been meaning to watch Mank – Fincher is one of my favorite directors – but just haven’t brought myself to see it yet. Felt like it kind of came and went without a lot of enthusiasm, so a bit surprised to see it show widely represented here.
I’m in the same spot. I do need to first rewatch Citizen Kane before I watch Mank. I’ve *seen* Citizen Kane, but a looong time ago and I don’t remember much about it. This whole thing feels like such a commitment, which explains why I haven’t gotten to it.Instead, last night I saw Terminator: Dark Fate and, man, was that mediocre.
Having seen both Citizen Kane and Terminator: Dark Fate, I can assure that Citizen Kane is a much better movie. But you don’t have to take my word for it; just look at the poster. It’s Terrific!
That poster is a great reminder of the bygone golden era when we knew the difference between its and it’s.
I will admit I have seen Plan 9 more times then Citizen Kane.
You people of Earth are stupid stupid stupid!
It was quite boring. I love Fincher but this was so filled with nonsense, endless political chit-chat.
Plus it says Jack Fincher wrote it? I have heard he really didn’t write it and my new movie about it is coming out on Netflix later this year. It will have double the digital cigarette burns.
If you’re huge into old Hollywood and want a very inside baseball view of old studio politics and crap you might enjoy it. I am not and was quite bored.
This is why I stopped watching it and giving a shit midway. Its a vanity project by Hollywood for Hollywood.
Yeah it’s truly just for them, maybe a hobbiest or Hollywood critics. I started reading midway through after trying very hard to focus and pay attention. I think I finished it?, but I don’t care.
Good luck trying to sit thru that shitshow.
Hollywood loves movies about movies. See also: The Artist and Argo.
Not to mention RKO 281…
I am really surprised at the reception to Mank in the comments in general, and comparing this movie to Artist or Argo seem to be completely missing the point of the film . Though i wouldn’t be surprised if the nominations are because it’s a love letter to Hollywood or something ; when in fact it is the opposite.I don’t think you even need to have seen Citizen Kane or be an old movie buff to appreciate it . It’s really relevant to what has been going on in 2020 and 2021 and the core of the movie is all about coming to terms with that role the media / industry / art has on current events .I think if you love Fincher as a director , you’ll definitely like this .
Legitimately surprised to see so much Ratched in the noms. I know it had some great actors doing their best with the least but, wow, what a cringey stinker of a show. I know it was a deliberate choice to mimic to melodrama of old movies/acting styles, but it just didn’t translate for me. Much as I really do try not to pigeon-shit all over things other people (and plenty of them, apparently) enjoy, I have nothing but scorn in my heart for this series… it’s like Murphy was trying to recapture the lightning in a bottle of Feud, with about a metric ton of CAMP thrown on top, and it just did. not. work.
The Globes love Ryan Murphy.
I actually have the opposite complaint – I loved the melodrama and camp and lush settings; I get that it’s a stylistic choice that not everybody will like but I was there for it. What I didn’t like was that Murphy didn’t seem able to fully commit to the camp and tried to rehabilitate the Ratched character like 2/3rds of the way through the season in a way that didn’t make any sense.At the beginning Ratched was this cartoon villain who had no morals whatsoever and would do whatever it took to get what she wanted. The show is ostensibly supposed to be about the “origin story” of nurse Ratched when the show starts she’s already there. The best example is when she drugged and lobotomized that guy who did nothing wrong just because he was inconvenient for her which happens in like the 2nd or 3rd episode. Then at some point Murphy just starts writing her like a traditional protagonist and we’re supposed to feel sympathy for her but she does nothing to earn the face-turn or atone for all the terrible behaviour we’ve seen from her up to that point. If they had just kept her a cackling supervillian the show would have been a lot more fun.
Totally agreed. You could tell at some point a higher-up saw the daily’s and sent down a note that probably read something like, “Ratched; can’t fuck her, so make her nicer.” It started off as a villain’s origin story, and was kinda fun and just interesting enough for the first two episodes. Somewhere in there, though, they chickened out over the premise. My suspicious side says they probably thought it was reading too much like a side season of AHS, and started going in a “softer” direction than they’d initially started in.
I don’t think anyone has the clout to give Ryan Murphy notes anymore.
Not to mention it’s fundamental and adolescent reading of the pre-existing character.
My guess is that straight-evil would be too one-dimensional and they gave her enough empathy to give her an arc that would last more than one season, to then bring the villain back at the end.
The problem with most of Murphy’s shows, and I say this as someone who’s actually a fan of most of these shows, is that he comes across as Dollar Store John Waters who’s trying too hard to shock and offend people with things that just aren’t very shocking or offensive anymore.
THAT PART!
The Golden Globes once again snub Rhea Seehorn.
No respect **in Rodney Dangerfield voice.**
And Tony Dalton was the best bad guy on TV in many years. Do these Globes people even watch these shows?
Not trying to be mean, but Lilly Collins/Emily in Paris being nominated for anything is bizarre. I’m not the target audience, but even my wife thinks it’s bad for a “junk food show.”
I saw some of these. Liked most of them. Seems like a good group.
EMILY IN PARIS! What a blessed day!
Hell yeah baby, awards complaint season is here. Nature is healing.
I’m looking at that best Drama category for TV and I’m just . . .baffled. Absolutely baffled that those are the nominees.
Can someone explain to me why, exactly, we keep pretending the Golden Globes are any more worthy of attention that the dozens of other ceremonies that hand out awards to whatever movies and TV shows caught the voters’ fancy over the past year?
Even with annual head-scratchers over nominees, the Globes get our attention because it’s the big litmus test to who and what have momentum going into the Oscars and Emmys. Think of it as a sports “regular season” to the Oscars/Emmys “playoffs” for film and TV, respectively. For instance, last year, the Globes Big Four acting winners were Phoenix, Zellweger, Pitt, and Dern, who all won the same categories at the Oscars.
Historically, the guild awards (SAG, DGA, WGA, etc.) are better predictors than the Globes because of the overlap between guild members and Academy members, but in recent years, the Globes and Oscars have become increasingly homogenous. It used to be pretty rare for a performance to sweep all five major televised awards shows (Oscars, Globes, SAG, BAFTA, and Critics’ Choice), but now it happens in at least one or two acting categories every year. It’s sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy where the Globes weren’t really an accurate predictor until people started treating them like they were and then they became one.
It’s the New Hampshire Primary/Iowa Caucus of award shows. It tells us very little.
I mean, with the Golden Globes it’s not even about the projects that caught the voters’ fancy; it’s about the projects the HFPA thought would earn them the most gift baskets and entice the biggest stars to attend their fancy awards show. It amazes me that every year people complain about the silly choices and snubs as if it were a real critical honor and not a completely unserious boondoggle by a bunch of anonymous wannabe starfuckers.
Because champagne.
Why do I pay attention to Better Call Saul and not She’s the sheriff reruns? Unimportant things that are enjoyable to watch on tv should get more attention. So what do I care about other ceremonies broadcast on SCIFY or whatever.
Because it’s the kickoff of “awards season” and we’re desperate to talk about it. It’s the playoffs for movies. We have several rounds, and Oscars are the Super Bowl/World Series. But we don’t CARE care. It’s EGOT. Those are the biggies.
Must be a thin year when Borat gets nominated.
2006 was a pretty lean year too, but it should be pointed out Cohen won Best Actor – Comedy and Borat was nominated for Best Picture – Comedy back then too, while also getting a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars. GAH REAT SACK CESS
I find it amusing that the film “Music” got so many nominations by virtue of being a musical… but none for song or score.
Biggest snub by far: Paul Mescal. His performance in Normal People, along with Daisy Edgar-Jones’ . . . stunning.
Where the hell is Succession? ….. Oh, wait.
A nomination for “best” anything for Emily in Paris, plus James fucking Corden being nominated for his awful performance in The Prom both illustrate what a completely befuddling year of television and film it was. So much stuff was pushed (particularly movies) that the pool of potential nominees was deeply strange, and you’re left with some clearly unworthy nominees (see also: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) alongside true standouts. I would be more up in arms about nominations for Emily in Paris, which is abjectly terrible by pretty much any metric, but I comfort myself in the knowledge that it will get a prodigious trouncing (shout-out to Moira) from Schitt’s Creek. Schitt’s Creek and Ted Lasso were really the best comedies released for TV this year. Everything else, at least that I saw, was just kind of uninspired.
This might be the weakest award field ever due to the pandemic. Promising Young Woman as best picture? Really? It wasn’t even good not alone great. Standard woman revenge thriller. “Mank” seems to be nominated because it is in black and white and um…?And “Ratched” I am pretty sure made every “worst of” TV list there is. “Hunter” was also terrible..another revenge show with the oldest baddies there are. It has been done to death. Ugh, and please stop with “Schitt’s Creek”, it really is not that good. I watched the first season and the best description of it is “mildly funny”
>Ugh, and please stop with “Schitt’s Creek”, it really is not that good. I watched the first season and the best description of it is “mildly funny”It’s being nominated for the excellent 6th season not the mediocre 1st season. What a strange criticism lol.
I do not doubt it, but I am not watching six seasons until a show gets good when I tried it and did not get it. Just my opinion though!
You had me up until the Schitt’s Creek disparaging!
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Yeah, everyone says it gets better, but I watched it and really did not get what the big deal was about it. The cast is super talented, sure, but I did not think it was all that funny
I thought Promising Young Woman was good. “Best Picture” material, is kind of pushing it, though. Hunters wasn’t great, but Pacino was the most interesting he’s been in some time. I’m fine with a lone nomination for him.I haven’t seen Schitt’s Creek, so I can’t comment on it’s quality, but I must say watching them sweep the Emmys reminded me how unwatchable the Virtual Emmys were and I hope the Globes try a different approach for the show.
Ratched getting nominated for anything is fucking ridiculous. That entire show was cookie-cutter, including the performances (and I like SP, don’t get me wrong).
Where the fuck is I May Destroy You?? The Emily lede gets a nod but Michaela Coel leaves her heart on the floor for nothing? Nonsense.
So many typos, and so much time to correct them.
Happy for Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, and Matthew Rhys…don’t really care about watching this though, unless Amy and Tina have a strong opener.
I am happy for Palm Springs and Andy Samberg to be nominated, but Cristin Milioti was equally deserving & I hope she does not show up with an eyepatch, hook hand, and French accent & take deserved revenge for the snub
Yes. It’s a shame. Considering how shoddy the Globes are she should probably take it as a compliment.
French accent?
well, “based on the accent, from origins unknown” is what they say in the movie. It starts at 1:36
Huh, I forgot about that bit.
well it is part of the “fun montage,” in which everything goes by really fast
I would love to see Regina King get Best Director. She got an incredible performance out of a small cast.
Mank has gotta be the worst thing ever. Perhaps the most forgettable movie of all-time.
I guess you are not a old movie buff.
The worst movies aren’t forgettable. Mediocre ones are.
Is that Bob Odenkirk nom a misprint? I thought that show was from last year (maybe it missed the cutoff). If its not a misprint, how did BCS not get any other noms for what was a fantastic season?
1. Its not. The latest season of BCS aired in in spring 2020.2. The awards people, especially the Golden Globes, love to snub BCS, especially Rhea Seehorn and Michael Mando among others. Nothing new here.
Al Pacino, Hunter This should be Hunters, plural. And he did a lot of great scenery chewing in it.
I figured I’d point out a typo, because why not… Al Pacino was nominated for “Hunters” not “Hunter”
There’s only one Fred Dryer.
Lots of baffling noms and snubs, but man, did they really whiff it by shutting out Da 5 Bloods completely. The movie has its flaws for sure, but it was such a thematically rich film to me, and it makes something like Mank (which I thought was fine!) look empty by comparison. Even if you’re not gonna nominate the film, Delroy Lindo gave one of the best performances of the year and it’s a shame to see him left off in favor of Oldman and Leto (who was in supporting, but still, odd choice)
What even is the Golden Globes, and why would anyone care about it?
He won’t win (I expect lots of love for Schitt’s Creek this year, which, fine), but Nicolaus Hoult was FANTASTIC in The Great. He totally commits to deplorable buffooneries in a way that makes you wish that Trump were at least funnier.