Golden Globe Nominations are out!

[Mr. Hamrick]

66th Annual Golden Globe Awards
Winners to be announced on Sunday, January 11th.

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:
[spoiler]The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
The Reader (2008)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)[/spoiler]

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:
[spoiler]
Burn After Reading (2008)
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
In Bruges (2008)
Mamma Mia! (2008)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)[/spoiler]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:
[spoiler]Leonardo DiCaprio for Revolutionary Road (2008)
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon (2008)
Sean Penn for Milk (2008)
Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)[/spoiler]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Nominees:
[spoiler]Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Angelina Jolie for Changeling (2008)
Meryl Streep for Doubt (2008)
Kristin Scott Thomas for Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008)
Kate Winslet for Revolutionary Road (2008)[/spoiler]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:
[spoiler]Javier Bardem for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Colin Farrell for In Bruges (2008)
James Franco for Pineapple Express (2008)
Brendan Gleeson for In Bruges (2008)
Dustin Hoffman for Last Chance Harvey (2008)[/spoiler]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:
[spoiler]Rebecca Hall for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
Frances McDormand for Burn After Reading (2008)
Meryl Streep for Mamma Mia! (2008)
Emma Thompson for Last Chance Harvey (2008)[/spoiler]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Nominees:

[spoiler]Tom Cruise for Tropic Thunder (2008)
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder (2008)
Ralph Fiennes for The Duchess (2008)
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt (2008)
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008)[/spoiler]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Nominees:
[spoiler]Amy Adams for Doubt (2008)
Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Viola Davis for Doubt (2008)
Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (2008)
Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008)[/spoiler]

Best Director - Motion Picture
Nominees:
[spoiler]Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Stephen Daldry for The Reader (2008)
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon (2008)
Sam Mendes for Revolutionary Road (2008)[/spoiler]

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Nominees:
[spoiler]The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Doubt (2008): John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon (2008): Peter Morgan
The Reader (2008): David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Simon Beaufoy[/spoiler]

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Nominees:
[spoiler]Bolt (2008)("I Thought I Lost You")
Cadillac Records (2008)("Once in a Lifetime")
Gran Torino (2008)("Gran Torino")
WALL·E (2008)("Down to Earth")
The Wrestler (2008)("The Wrestler")[/spoiler]

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Nominees:
[spoiler]Changeling (2008): Clint Eastwood
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Alexandre Desplat
Defiance (2008): James Newton Howard
Frost/Nixon (2008): Hans Zimmer
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman[/spoiler]

Best Animated Film
Nominees:
[spoiler]Bolt (2008)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
WALL·E (2008)[/spoiler]

Best Foreign Language Film
Nominees:
[spoiler]Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008)
Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick (2008)
Gomorra (2008)
Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008)
Waltz with Bashir (2008)[/spoiler]

Best Television Series - Drama
Nominees:
[spoiler]"Dexter" (2006)
"House M.D." (2004)
"In Treatment" (2008)
"Mad Men" (2007)
"True Blood" (2007)[/spoiler]

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:
[spoiler]"Californication" (2007)
"Entourage" (2004)
"The Office" (2005)
"30 Rock" (2006)
"Weeds" (2005)[/spoiler]

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:
[spoiler]Bernard and Doris (2007)
"Cranford" (2007)
"John Adams" (2008)
A Raisin in the Sun (2008) (TV)
Recount (2008) (TV)[/spoiler]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:
[spoiler]Ralph Fiennes for Bernard and Doris (2007)
Paul Giamatti for "John Adams" (2008)
Kevin Spacey for Recount (2008) (TV)
Kiefer Sutherland for 24: Redemption (2008) (TV)
Tom Wilkinson for Recount (2008) (TV)[/spoiler]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:
[spoiler]Judi Dench for "Cranford" (2007)
Catherine Keener for An American Crime (2007)
Laura Linney for "John Adams" (2008)
Shirley MacLaine for Coco Chanel (2008) (TV)
Susan Sarandon for Bernard and Doris (2007)[/spoiler]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:
[spoiler]Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)
Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)
Kevin Connolly for "Entourage" (2004)
David Duchovny for "Californication" (2007)
Tony Shalhoub for "Monk" (2002)[/spoiler]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Nominees:
[spoiler]Christina Applegate for "Samantha Who?" (2007)
America Ferrera for "Ugly Betty" (2006)
Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)
Debra Messing for "The Starter Wife" (2008)
Mary-Louise Parker for "Weeds" (2005)[/spoiler]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Nominees:
[spoiler]Gabriel Byrne for "In Treatment" (2008)
Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)
Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)
Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers for "The Tudors" (2007)[/spoiler]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Nominees:
[spoiler] Sally Field for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)
Mariska Hargitay for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)
January Jones for "Mad Men" (2007)
Anna Paquin for "True Blood" (2007)
Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)[/spoiler]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:
[spoiler]Neil Patrick Harris for "How I Met Your Mother" (2005)
Denis Leary for Recount (2008) (TV)
Jeremy Piven for "Entourage" (2004)
Blair Underwood for "In Treatment" (2008)
Tom Wilkinson for "John Adams" (2008)[/spoiler]

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominees:
[spoiler]Eileen Atkins for "Cranford" (2007)
Laura Dern for Recount (2008) (TV)
Melissa George for "In Treatment" (2008)
Rachel Griffiths for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)
Dianne Wiest for "In Treatment" (2008)[/spoiler]

[GogglesPizanno]

The golden Globes seem more and more like the oscars each year to me... irrelevant and pointless.
I think the whole notion of these awards shows has lost their appeal to me. They used to be like a sporting event for me... now they just come across as a big marketing plug for the Holiday "prestige" movies that are either in theaters or being released on Video.

For fun, just once I would like to see them abruptly change the rules mid year and exclude all movies released after Halloween from that year and watch the lists just dry up and the studios freak out.

[BWPS]

This list made me sick to my stomach. Where the hell is The Dark Knight (other than the obligatory Heath Ledger nom)? And no amount of nominations will ever have me believe that that Benjamin Button movie isn't the biggest piece of crap I will ever not see. How I met Your Mother is the best comedy on TV right now, and NPH definitely deserves to win. But of course they won't ever judge a comedy on how actually FUNNY it is, so just give it to The Office because Steve Carrell is just sooooo funny. THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!? HAHA I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT JOKE USED ON TV BEFORE! At least House is nominated for everything. And NPH is the best guy on HIMYM (though everyone contributes to the show's greatness) so I guess they weren't too bad at the TV section. But seriously, Tropic Thunder was barely even funny (Tom Cruise was the best part, though, definitely), and there have been some amazing comedies this year. And Benjamin Button... wtf? That looks like such total garbage, it's like a setup to a joke or something. It's like that "he should have quit while he was a head joke", only a long and terrible movie instead of a joke. I hate awards shows, let's hope the Oscars don't make the same stupid mistake and only nominate Ledger because he's dead. I don't want to see a repeat of 1997 in which Good Burger got ignored while Titanic won everything. It seems like the Oscars will always nominate Titanic, in whatever form its in. Inaccurate historical movie + romance = nomination every time. Do any of those types of movies ever NOT get nominated?

Martin Scorsese: Do you think Leonardo DiCaprio looks like Howard Hughes?
Other Guy: No sir, not even a tiny bit.
Martin Scorsese: Ah, frell it, no one knows who he is, let's make a 3 hour movie about him and get some Oscars
Other Guy: You know, you might actually win one if you made an interesting crime type of movie with an undercover cop.
Martin Scorsese: Hmmm... sounds like a good role for Leonardo DiCaprio. Maybe next time!

[GogglesPizanno]

Dissin on Scorsese... come on.
Hes one of the few old school guys who isn't coasting entirely on Auto Pilot these days. And The Departed was fantastic....

And regardless of how Benjamin Button turns out, its a David Fincher movie. That guy will always get my opening weekend money even if the movie is a complete dud.

[Mr. Hamrick]

Generally speaking, I am happy with the list. 

I wasn't expecting Dark Knight to get anything besides a nomination for Heath though it would've been cool to see Christopher Nolan get a nod for Best Director or the screenplay get nominated.

In Bruges (which got two nods in the best actor category and the best comedy nod) was released back in the Spring around the time of the Atlanta Film Festival.  I was pleasantly surprised to  see it get the nods it did.  It seemed like a very underrated film. 

Anne Hathaway getting the nod for "Rachel Getting Married" doesn't completely surprise me. 

The Wrestler getting three nods is cool.

Goggles, funny thing is that a decent amount of these movies were from the Sundance and Venice film festivals.  Cannes too, if I recall.  And more than I expected given talk that I'd heard about an increase in focus on "studio" films.  There is a definite backlash coming off the WGA strike and the possible (again) SAG strike against the smaller budget films and a desire to highlight some of the big budget studio material.

It's an odd thing to watch.

[BentonGrey]

I'm not surprised, per se, that "Pushing Dasies" isn't nominated for anything, but I am annoyed by it.  That is one of the best shows on....as a matter of fact, it is the only thing my wife and I actually go out of our way to watch.

[GogglesPizanno]

I wasn't expecting Dark Knight to get anything besides a nomination for Heath though it would've been cool to see Christopher Nolan get a nod for Best Director or the screenplay get nominated. 

I think its a given that Heath Ledger is going to get an honorary nomination in most awards. I think the role was definitely nomination worthy (especially after watching it again on DVD) -- but I think the whole death thing really puts a weird dynamic on it in terms of actually winning. As for Nolan. I think hes a good technical filmmaker, and he has started to develop a look, but at the same time,  I don't feel like him being excluded there is that big of a deal. I think as a director (again my own personal preference) some of his other films were better examples of craft than this one.

In Bruges (which got two nods in the best actor category and the best comedy nod) was released back in the Spring around the time of the Atlanta Film Festival.  I was pleasantly surprised to  see it get the nods it did.  It seemed like a very underrated film. 

What gets me about that one is that I really wouldn't consider it a comedy. There are parts of the film that skirt the line of being a dark comedy... but I don't know. What i do know is that I was excited about seeing it, and really disliked it a lot when I did. I dont think its underrated at all, it was a film that the pieces amounted to more than the whole (for me anyway).