Fluff and Toenails: Mainstream Media, Indie Opinion
Above all of the fluff and the toenails floats a melody, some rhythms, flickering pictures, a sensation to be had. Capture it in your computer, buy it on your high street or cram it in your senses from hijacked radio waves. Our subject is everywhere so let us pick at it like a favourite scab.
Monday will find me blogging on TV, Thursday on Film and the Weekends on Music.
Sunday, 16 January 2011
Golden Globe Guesses
It is award season. Oh yes, so in keeping with the traditions of such things here are my mindlessly uninformed guesses on who is going to win what note not necessarily who I would like to win but my prediction of who will win. Feel free to post your own guesses.
Here are the nominations for the key categories, my predicted winner is marked with a (*) I must also say that I am yet to see Black Swan or The Kings Speech so am betting blind. Actual winners will be displayed soon. (EDIT) Winners are marked with a (W) I didn't exactly do well.
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Black Swan
The Fighter
The Kings Speech
Inception (*)
The Social Network (W)
Best Actress
Halle Berry – Frankie and Alice
Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence – Winters Bone (*)
Natalie Portman – Black Swan (W)
Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine
Best Actor
Jessie Eisenberg – The Social Network
Colin Firth – The Kings Speech (*)(W)
James Franco – 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine
Mark Wahlberg – The Fighter
Best Comedy/Musical
Alice in Wonderland (This is neither a Comedy or a Musical)
Burlesque (*) (I predict this to be the winner as it is the only one that is even close to being a musical.
The Kids are Alright (erm again not a comedy or a musical)(W)
Red (I really want to see the criteria for what makes a comedy or a musical)
The Tourist (Again, I have no idea why this is on this list.)
Best Animated Film
Despicable Me
How To Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3 (*)(W)
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
David Fincher – The Social Network (*)(W)
Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan – Inception
David O. Russell – The Fighter
Best Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy, Danny Boyle - 127 Hours
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko - The Kids Are All Right
David Seidler - The King's Speech
Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network (*)(W)
Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat - The King's Speech
Danny Elfman - Alice in Wonderland
A. R. Rahman - 127 Hours
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network (W)
Hans Zimmer - Inception (*)
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