I have been an avid award show viewer for the last 10 years now, and this, of course, includes the red carpet, because who doesn't like seeing who came dressed like an idiot...cough...Bjork! I like to begin the season researching upcoming films, learning which are predicted to be nominated, and of course watching as many of them as I can and making my own assumptions on whether or not that one should have been snubbed or not snubbed. You might be wondering how I make time for all of this research and movie watching. Answer: a true movie-lover will always make time. Some might see it as pointless, but hey, movies are something that have always made me happy. If just for two or three hours they allow us to escape from reality into new worlds of endless possibilities created by brilliant imaginations. As far as I'm concerned, movies wouldn't even exist if we didn't have to take a break from our own lives every once in a while and delve into someone else's. I suppose it's as close as we'll ever get to body-snatching. Moving on...I know most people don't even watch the award ceremonies anymore, which is why the the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences has been making so many changes to their program of late. The expansion of the Best Picture category from five nominees to ten, and the interesting new choices of hosts over the last few years, such as Hugh Jackman at 2009's "musical Oscars" and the Steve Martin/Alec Baldwin duo at last year's show, are all attempts to pull in viewers. This year will be no different. The ten-film category is back along with James Franco and Anne Hathaway co-hosting, which seems like a totally random selection. But they are two of Hollywood's younger and more popular actors, so perhaps the Academy's ploy will work to bring in viewers from the younger generation. They don't have to worry about me. In fact, I am here writing about this stuff to try to get more people as excited as I am about the movies nominated this year, because there are some great ones!
I will be writing more reviews about nominated films as soon as they become available for me to watch. I have already written reviews on four films that are nominated for Golden Globes this year: Red, Love and Other Drugs, 127 Hours, and Burlesque. I will write about my predictions and just anything related to the subject of the awards that I feel the need to mention. So I hope this will encourage, rather than discourage you from going to see nominated films of the year and deciding for yourself which should win. Then, tune in on Jan. 16th for the 68th Annual Golden Globe awards. This is the first big movie award show of the season and more often than not the winners of Golden Globes go on to win Oscars. But the Globes are my favorite of the award shows because A: the Foreign Press Association members who vote for the nominees have similar tastes as I do so I get to see my favorites win more often, B: the hilarious Ricky Gervais is hosting again and C: it is the only award show where the nominees are allowed to drink booze, which always makes for some great speeches!
Below is a link to the list of this year's Golden Globe nominees! Enjoy!
GG nominees
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