Slog - Comments on Golden Globe Nominations Are Out http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out Full press release here. There are seven nominees for best motion picture drama (there were a couple of ties), so with all the siphoning, the winner will be even less predictive of the Oscar winner than usual. The movie with the most nominations is Atonement. The awards ceremony will be broadcast on January 13, probably sans any funny jokes.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:00:07 -0800 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:53:09 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe Eastern Promises? Oh please. That movie was like half of a movie, and it wasn't really all that interesting.

Michael Clayton was fucking dumb.

American Gangster was fucking boring.

I loved No Country For Old Men. I hope it wins.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873207 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873207 Film Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:03:56 -0800 Comment by Ryan It sucks that Marion Cotillard didn't get nominated for her role as Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose. That was one of the better acting performances I've ever seen.

]]> Ryan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873244 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873244 Film Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:35:21 -0800 Comment by left coast Very happy to see that Julie Christie was nominated for Away from Her, but Gordon Pinsent was masterful in it and I sure wish he'd been nominamted too.

]]> left coast http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873252 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873252 Film Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:38:43 -0800 Comment by Darrell Marion Cotillard DID get nominated. She's in the musical or comedy category, I believe, along with Helena Bonham Carter for Sweeney Todd. I can't believe John Fucking Travolta got nominated for Hairspray. And Amy Adams for Enchanted? It was cute, but COME ON!

]]> Darrell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873272 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873272 Film Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:56:32 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I agree with Darrell. I can see the Amy Adams nomination, but John Travolta for Hairspray? Nice to see all the Sweeney Todd nominations, it was a great film!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873354 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873354 Film Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:05:12 -0800 Comment by Ryan Ah, thanks Darrell.

]]> Ryan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873366 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873366 Film Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:17:36 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways sigh. I have such mixed emotions about John Travolta in Hairspray. On my first viewing, I HATED the performance; the accent, the coyness, the makeup, EVERYTHING. But, on a second viewing, I did come to appreciate what he was trying to do; he WAS trying to create a unique performance AS a woman and if he had a better, stronger director who could have watered down the excessive Bal'more accent and some of the mannerisms, (and insisted on that awful make-up being redesigned)it might have been really great. (Oh, and recast Christopher Walken; I think he's great and he MIGHT have worked for this role, but he and Travolta just don't fit together; it was dumb casting...)

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873367 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873367 Film Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:19:33 -0800 Comment by josh I hate the combination of "musical" and "comedy" into a single category. It means that the dramatic musical usually wins, robbing good comedies of statues.

]]> josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873413 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873413 Film Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:51:31 -0800 Comment by Jewritto Diablo Cody is the next big thing, kids.

]]> Jewritto http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873452 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873452 Film Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:16:59 -0800 Comment by JonJ Is that why I'm already sick of hearing her name?

]]> JonJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873475 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873475 Film Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:28:53 -0800 Comment by left coast I went to a Silvertips game over Thanksgiving, and in the list people having birthdays was El Diablo. I thought it was a joke, but maybe Diablo Cody was at the game.

]]> left coast http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873540 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873540 Film Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:02:45 -0800 Comment by Kathy Fennessy I'm with you, left coast. Pinsent may not have Christie's name recognition--outside Canada--but it's really Grant's story. Not that she isn't great, too. As she told the LA Times, "I think it's him that's making the changes, not her. And I think it's him the film is about... What happens to her is almost arbitrary."

]]> Kathy Fennessy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873625 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/golden_globe_nominations_are_out#c873625 Film Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:53:09 -0800