Fun, Sexy Golden Globe Reactions - Movie Style

Unfortunately, due to it being frowned upon for me to take my whiny infant into a theater and the fact that movie Powers That Be feel that we here in Chicago can't handle seeing Award Worthy movies before early January, I haven't seen as many of the Golden Globe nominees as I'd have liked. However, the husband has taken it upon himself to see almost everything (mostly via 10 PM double features on the weekends) and has given me a pretty good rundown of what's what. I'll let him comment where he sees fit.

On the other hand, I watch a crap load of TV.

Here are my thoughts on the Golden Globe nominations:

Best Picture Nominations

I'm kind of a fan of how the Globes have a comedy/musical category and a drama category. I am not a fan of them feeling they need to nominate a musical just because it stars Meryl Streep. Mamma Mia! is garbage. You don't even have to see the movie to know that. Listen to the one minute song snippets on iTunes. Yuck.

Sorely missing from either category (though it certainly isn't a comedy) is The Dark Knight. Yes, it's a "popcorn movie." Yes, it's about "superheroes." But also, yes, it's the best movie of the year. It should have a buttload of nominations (picture, director, cinematography, supporting actor, at the very least). But it doesn't. Because the Globe Heads needed to make room for more Meryl Streep butt licking.

Milk is also absent from the list. Now, I feel that in any other year Milk would be an also-ran. It's a very good biopic, but it's not great. Milk is not a movie you'll be reminiscing to your kids about in ten years. However, thirty years after the murder of Harvey Milk and during the year where so many anti-gay laws were put into effect, there is no movie more timely.

But back to Meryl Streep bashing. It's criminal to include the much maligned Mamma Mia! in the best comedical category in a year of some very good to excellent comedies. This missing films: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Pineapple Express, Role Models, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I hated Tropic Thunder.

A few nomination kudos, though.

I love, and keep loving, In Bruges. Rent it immediately if you haven't seen it. Burn After Reading is an underrated film, and I'm glad it's on the list (even though it's probably only there due to Coen brothers' name recognition). And John keeps telling me I need to get out there and see Slumdog Millionaire immediately.

Film Acting Nominations

First of all, Meryl Freaking Streep. Again. And again. And again. It needs to stop. She's a travesty in Mamma Mia!. You know, though, I don't even know who's missing from the actress lists because there were SO FEW DECENT PARTS for actresses this year. And every year. It needs to stop. And Angelina Jolie is perhaps the most overrated actress, nay person, on the planet.

Missing actors: Colin Farrell and Ralph Finnes for In Bruges, Richard Jenkins and Haaz Sleiman for The Visitor. Brad Pitt for Burn After Reading. Emile Hirsch for Milk, should've gotten a nomination as well.

I am very excited, however, for James Franco's Pineapple Express nod.

TV later.