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Dec122016

Team Experience: Golden Globe Snubs & "WTF?"s

We polled Team Experience on the Golden Globe nominations this morning. Here is part one in which we dispense  quick thoughts about the most head scratching nominations and the 'I know they di't' dismissals (I know we're not supposed to call them snubs anymore but the word is such convenient shorthand). 

WHAT'S THE SNUB THAT MAKES YOU THE CRAZIEST?

Manuel: Mica Levi's Jackie score. Okay, when you think about it for two seconds the snub makes sense. The HFPA isn't known for its off-kilter choices but I was really hoping they'd warm up to Larraín's histrionic film and Levi's score seemed like a way to do so even if they ignored it in the top categories.

Murtada: Michael Shannon in Nocturnal Animals. If they loved it so much why not its best element? I bet though Shannon is relieved he doesn't have to attend the ceremony. 

Jose: No Janelle Monae anywhere! 

Eric: No nod for The Lobster in Picture or Screenplay?  It's the most original idea of the year, executed better than arguably any of the nominees in either category.

Nathaniel: Am extremely displeased to not see Denis Villeneuve in the Best Director category though I guess I was expecting it given that I thought Arrival would miss Best Picture with the HFPA. Villeneuve has done such heavy lifting with such remarkable form for two years straight (Sicario and Arrival). But the HFPA is so erratic. Remember when they gave us the most beautiful Best Director lineup of the year in 2014 which the Oscars and the DGA then peed on with far worse shortlists? It's unlikely Best Director can be dumbed down from here so the only way is up :knocksonwood: 

Dancin' Dan: No Sing Street in Best Original Song. The year's most adorable movie got in for Best Comedy/Musical but misses here, when all the songs are better than most of the songs nominated?!? NO, I say. NO.

and a mini-medley of corset ripping from Love & Friendship fans... 

Tim Love & Friendship in all categories, but especially Actress in a Comedy. There's a sharpness to Beckinsale's performance that goes well beyond "say shitty things in a funny way", and includes some of the best character work of the year, irrespective of genre or gender.

Margaret: Kate Beckinsale for Love and Friendship. The movie is a masterfully crafted delight that deserves to be recognized in the Best Picture category, but Beckinsale's virtuosic star turn is the most egregious omission. She is to Love and Friendship what Denzel is to Fences: she's the soul and wit of the movie, every character and plot advance is fully in her orbit and she steamrolls all before her with deft line readings and sheer force of charisma. Lady Susan Vernon would dispense with her competition with one nod of her enormous feathered hat-- Lily Collins wouldn't stand a chance.

Bill: No love for Love & Friendship, at all. This is a comedy, and a good one at that. Deadpool needs no love from any group of film lovers. No one will remember this film in four years time. The most egregious case of serious, smug marketing pressure winning the day we've seen in quite some time. 

Joe: I'm sure I won't be alone, but: Kate Beckinsale! For Pete's sake! We don't get that many chances to throw her a nomination. But no, we had to include Lily god damn Collins.

 

BIGGEST "WHAT THE F***?" INCLUSION?
[Editors Note: We're also doing themes here apparently with two distinct targets of ire]

Lynn: Deadpool gets a nod for comedy/musical while The Lobster and Hail Caesar get shafted?

Jose: Deadpool keeps sticking out like a sore thumb. Reynolds wears a mask all throughout, how is that acting and not voiceover? What does this man know about Hollywood that he keeps popping up places? 

Tim: So many, but Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool (and the film for Best Comedy) is particularly annoying. Superficial sarcasm is not the same as deft comic timing.

 

 

Nick: Nocturnal Animals is gross, desperate, largely inept nonsense. All three of its nominations are howlers, but Ford's for directing most of all. Also, I am SO DONE with category fraud discussions, but the "Dev Patel as Supporting Actor" thing is cray. 

John: The inclusion of Nocturnal Animals is unsurprising but so frustrating. It features career-worst performances from some cast members and, what's worse, is a cruel, inept film hell-bent on punishing women for questioning the masculinity of its main character. It's awful and hateful and I'm flabbergasted by the reception. It's the worst film I've seen all year, followed by the laughable mess of Rules Don't Apply, but that's a whole other answer. 

Murtada: Double noms for Tom Ford. Those fragrance gifts must have been magic.

Joe: I appreciate his charms more than 99% of the general population, but even I am scratching my head at that Aaron Taylor-Johnson nomination. Supporting Actor could be shaping up to be just as all-over-the-place as last year. 

Bill: The Jonah Hill nomination is very confusing. Out of other comedies that performed well this year, either at the box office or with better reviews, wouldn't Russell Crowe or double-dosed Ryan Gosling (The Nice Guys), Josh Brolin (Hail, Caesar!), or, heck, even Kevin Hart for either Central Intelligence or Ride Along 2 make more sense? (Dwayne Johnson did grab a Comedy Actor nomination at the Critics' Choice for Central Intelligence, it should be noted.) Or better yet, put Captain Fantastic where it belongs, as a (condescending, insufferable, epitome of bad "quirky") comedy, give Mortensen a nomination, and then have room for deserved nomination for Tom Hanks for yet another box office and critical success, Sully. Just saying.

Margaret: Though I am way behind on the season's movies, I have already seen more than enough movies to make a top-ten list that wipes the floor with the best of 2015. Truly, then, there is no reason to validate Mel Gibson's play for a comeback. Hatefulness and misogyny and antisemitism have already crawled much too far out of the swamp into our cultural narrative-- must we buy it a first class seat? 

Manuel: Simon Helberg Florence Foster Jenkins. I mean, they do love familiar faces and Meryl will be the belle of the ball on January, but this is just absurd. Such a mannered performance that boiled down to ::widens eyes, sweats:: 

Nathaniel: PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ONE IS NOT A COMPLAINT. Octavia Spencer is wonderful in Hidden Figures. But I'll admit that that was a head scratcher in that awards groups are just refusing to settle on 'who's in fifth?' in Best Supporting Actress. Greta Gerwig should be higher than fifth but she's apparently not (sigh). It's quite a nailbiter after Davis-Harris-Kidman-Williams. Who is it going to be: Gerwig? Monae? Gladstone? Spencer? Shannon? They've all been mentioned by awards groups. SAG could be telling on Tuesday or further confuse the issue. 

How about you dear readers? How would you answer these two questions?  

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Most annoying snub: Ralph Fiennes from "A Bigger Splash."

Most WTF inclusion: BOTH Andrew Garfield and Mel Gibson getting included. I am in shock.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterPatryk

I don't see how Gibson's drunken anti-Semitic ramblings should impact on assessing the picture. What he said was disgusting, but he has unreservedly apologised and his battle with alcohol is well known.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterJonathan

SAG'S probably going to give us the annual Mirren nomination.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered Commentermarkgordon

Biggest snub: Villeneuve for Best director.

Happiest shock inclusion: MY MAN JONAH <3

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterEmma

Love & Friendship? I really fail to undestand all the outrage over this snub. Beckingsdale is really good. I am not offended, initially, that she was overlooked but I haven't seen Steinfeld's or Collins' performances. I'd have to decide. In any case, Love & Friendship in ALL categories? Say what? I must have seen a heavily edited version down here in Argentina, but there are gaps in the narrative and, when the titles roll, you can see footage that is not in the final movie. Does anyone have information regarding cuts?

The film has a 98% rating from critics in Rotten Tomatoes, but a 62% from audiences. And 6.6 at Amazon. Now, that's a bit weird!

* I hope Tom Hanks get nominated for an Oscar.
* Aaron Taylor-Johnson is very good in the film, but a nomination is a bit too much.
* No Claire Foy in The Crown?
* Happy for Simon Helberg, Isabelle Huppert, This is Us, Billy Bob Thornton, Riz Ahmed and Chrissy Metz.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterMarcos

O, come on! "Nocturnal Animals" is AWESOME. And Taylor-Johnson is GREAT in it.
I agree that they should have nominated Shannon but next to Taylor-Johnson not instead of him. (And Gyllenhaal, and Korzeniowski's score, and movie in the best drama category - instead of LION! And Adams for her better performance - not the one in ARRIVAL!).
And Helberg is also fantastic. One of the best supporting roles of the year, surely. I haven't seen MOONLIGHT yet but Taylor-Johnson, Bridges and Helberg is one of the best line-ups EVER (I'd change Patel to Shannon or John Goodman for "Cloverfield Lane 10", though).

Gibson as best director? Why not? Wasn't HACKSAW RIDGE directed well? Yes, it was. So why the complaints?

(But I agree that nominations for DEADPOOL are wrong - the only REAL MISTAKE I see here)

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterSomeone

I though on other occasion someone said Captain Fantastic is not a comedy? I am confused.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterChinoiserie

I'm sorry but "Deadpool" is - rightfully - a game changer for a number of reasons. Filmmaking wise, it could have been better.

As a comic-book adaptation is BEYOND PERFECTION. And Reynolds not only owns this shit. He has fought for a decade to get this film done, in this way, and everything is nailed in this film. If there's a film that shouldn't have been nominated - or an actor - , look in another direction, these two nominations were extremely deserved - and ballsy.

By the way, I called them, back when the film was released, one of the easiest shoo-ins of the year... I guess people is to blinded with the trees, to actually pay attention to the forest. The Globes love nominating something that is praised, was a hit, and will increase their ratings. A Deadpool BP nom at Comedy was safer, way safer, than any other nom tonight, beyond La La Land. I never doubted about this outcome... and if La La Land didn't compete this year, Reynolds would walk away with the Globe, in a heartbeat (think Sacha Baron Cohen, for Borat)

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterJesus Alonso

I swear, if NONE of Greta, Janelle or Molly get a supporting actress nomination in January, I'm holding Viola Davis' campaign PERSONALLY responsible.
Those are some fabulous women, and we need them on our red carpets!

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterMike in Canada

Chinoiserie -- Captain Fantastic is absolutely not a comedy but i dont censor our contributors and i guess Bill hates it! who knew.

mark -- lol. EYE IN THE SKY here they come.

someone -- normally i can totally see that we each have our own opinions and that's cool but i am beyond mystified what anyone sees in Amy's performance in Nocturnal Animals. She literally is given nothing to do in that movie other than look sad and horried whilst reading a book. UGH. I also thought Gibson's direction was the absolute worst part of Hacksaw Ridge but there i can just say 'agree to disagree' and i get it that some peopel feel differently. Amy being great in Nocturnal Animals... i really cannot fathom that this is an opinion that exists unless an entire other version of Nocturnal Animals exists which i was not privvy to. The movie detests her character and the role requires nothing of her as an actress.

marcos -- this is sometimes why i hate critics. 98% approval rating and you cant be bothered to nominate it for shit? OY.

December 12, 2016 | Registered CommenterNATHANIEL R

Nathaniel- Yay for Streep's 30th Golden Globe nomination. It lies with SAG and BAFTA now....although AOC and ITW made SAG but not BAFTA.
Do you know if anyone, or who was the last, that earned a competitive nomination the same year they awarded the Demille?

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterJamie

I'm laughing at the differences of opinion in the post and the comments, but I couldn't agree with Margaret more. 2016: great; Gibson: WTF?

@ Jonathan: My "battle with alcohol" is also well known (in some circles, anyway), but you don't see me behaving the way Gibson did and spewing the heinous things he said.

Deadpool? Hell, yeah.

My husband quizzes me every nomination morning (all awards) to see how many I can guess. I do very well, but when we got to Best Supporting Actor, I had never heard of a film "with a two-word title starring a young actor who has been nominated for comedy and drama in the past." That was the hint. And when he said War Dogs, I had never heard of it nor knew who was in it...

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterPaul Outlaw

Why everybody hate Nocturnal Animals????

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterPaolo

Yeah, the Golden Globes don't mean much to me anymore. I used to be wrapped up in how they were great predictors of the Oscar nominations, but the organization is more of a joke lately. I figure at least two actors will get nominated for an Oscar (Tom Hanks and Michael Shannon) that weren't nominated here, but i put more weight on the SAG nominees than GG nods. Yes the SAG awards also throw prognosticators for a loop too, but if Octavia Spencer gets in there, shell get in on Oscar day.

I'm a little surprised by the Deadpool disappointment above and I had to laugh at the Shrek comparison. Most comic book movies will be rated R for the next few years (for better or worse), and we have Deadpool to thank for that. Love & Friendship was good but not that good.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterJames

Paul -- yeah, i hate that Gibson gets a pass because he's an alcoholic. A lot of people who struggle with addiction manage to not be racist.

December 12, 2016 | Registered CommenterNATHANIEL R

Also happy with Nocturnal Animals - it's clearly divisive, but I saw it as an Amy double bill and had the converse reaction to it versus Arrival (which I didn't much like). That said Shannon is the supporting actor you nominate if you're going for that movie.

Disappointed they couldn't find any room for American Honey, and concur with the unfathomable exclusion of Love & Friendship - Beckinsale a no-brainer nod in my view, but if I were that studio I'd have Tom Bennett so locked in the Supporting Actor race that he'd have an Oscar night limo booking.

I've not seen any of the foreign language nominees, so not well placed to whine about the lack of Julieta there, BUT I loved it more than most of the Best Picture nominees.

In TV - I'm not sure if "Happy Valley" is screened in the US, but Sarah Lancashire should be winning everything for that if so. I also thought, based on the last season, that Robin Wright should've been there ahead of the actresses (new toys) they switched for.

Just off to shower off the international stench of that John Travolta nomination now.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterRobUK

Yey for Viggo and Gael Garcia Bernal.

No love for 'A Bigger Splash'. No Ralph, no Tilda.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterJC

Jesus Alonso: And someone is seriously arguing for The Lobster as a better overall movie? It tries to be mid-way between two directions that could have been great and fails utterly because of it. The actors are trying to save it as hard as possible (again, in spite of HOW the movie is terrible, I actually agree Ferrell is a good choice, as would the ensemble getting a surprise nomination at SAG), but no performance can save the overall result of a script/direction that is that messed up. (As I said earlier, those potentially great directions were either A: Lobsters or B: The Lobster is a world of Mad Science.) As far as Mus/Com goes? I'd probably toss Hill and Reynolds for Gosling #2 and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Collins for Beckinsale and toss Sing Street and Florence Foster Jenkins in Picture for Love & Friendship and The Nice Guys. (I'm liking the acting in Sing Street a little more than Deadpoo (and really liking the music, even as I also acknowledge that it probably isn't bold enough for the main character to actually throw around "futurist" (it's set in 1985, so a truer vision of a "futurist"'s music should sound like rock from 5-10 years in the future, like Primus or Radiohead or something of that era, and, unless the music style changes wildly after Riddle of the Model, the music in Sing Street sounds firmly of it's own era) claims), but even 38 minutes in and I'd say it's a pretty weak script/overall film for a full Mus/Com film nod. Not as bad a script/overall film as The Lobster, just...weaker than either of Carney's other modern performance musicals by a significant enough margin that an overall film nod doesn't make sense.)
Jose: Stop it. Just...stop it. Bad VO is bad acting. Good VO is good acting. And, sorry, even if it is, mostly, VO, Reynolds is giving good VO. Not Amy Poehler in Inside Out/Peter O'Toole in Ratatouille level VO, but good VO.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterVolvagia

Do you all want a list of bad things done and said by people who are capable of doing great movies?

I saw Hacksaw Ridge and in spite of sharing none of Gibson' ideology I can see a beautifully crafted movie that dares to approach the violence of war with energy and pathos: this movie reminded me the works of people like Samuel Fuller and specially Sam Peckinpah in a way that it refuses to simplify pacifism. Sometimes you can be a pacifist and still defend the fairness of a war. It's not cynicism: the movie is brutal but distanced; violence is not cathartic, it is a fact.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered Commentercal roth

Do you all want a list of bad things done and said by people who are capable of doing great movies?

I saw Hacksaw Ridge and in spite of sharing none of Gibson' ideology I can see a beautifully crafted movie that dares to approach the violence of war with energy and pathos: this movie reminded me the works of people like Samuel Fuller and specially Sam Peckinpah in a way that it refuses to simplify pacifism. Sometimes you can be a pacifist and still defend the fairness of a war. It's not cynicism: the movie is brutal but distanced; violence is not cathartic, it is a fact.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered Commentercal roth

After Trump nothing shocks me anymore.

But I'm sad that Sally Field got snubbed for "Hello my name is Doris". I really enjoyed that movie.

"Love and Friendship" and "Deadpool" were good but I never saw them as big awards player.

I loved "La la Land"
I loved "Manchester by the sea"
I enjoyed "Moonlight" but wasn't satisfied with the ending
I liked "Hell or high water" but don't get what's so special about it, it's a bit like "no country for old men" for the poor.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered Commentersteolicious

Jose: Deadpool keeps sticking out like a sore thumb. Reynolds wears a mask all throughout, how is that acting and not voiceover?

Whatever you think of the movie, this is a ridiculous statement. Even if Deadpool wasn't a role with a large element of physical comedy, which it is, it's acting because Reynolds is onset in costume.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterSean C.

@ Marcos - Claire Foy was nominated for The Crown.

People seem to forget that Mel Gibson's transgressions didn't start and end with his anti-Semitic remarks to the cop who pulled him over. He'd done and said some dodgy things prior to that, and plenty more since then.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterEz

@Nathaniel: To me her role in "NA" was far more complicated. Obviously, she did far more than 'reading a book'. :) She did talk with Gyllenhaal, Linney, people in her work, with her friends, with her new husband, with her daughter. And in every scene she was different. In "Arrival" she's just sad. And talks with some octopussies. She's quite convincing and octopussies are sometimes fascinated - but I'd say that she's the same for the whole movie. In "NA" she's frustrated, in love, disappointed, excited - in every scene she is totally different. But I guess that Ford's brilliant movie simply isn't for everyone.
"Arrival" is just the more intimate (and more stupid) version of "Interstellar". I don't understand the hype, to be honest. Villeneuve has his moments (and is sometimes great in this movie) but the screenplay is a hogwash

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterSomeone

Snub That Made Me Crazy: Sally Field in Hello, My Name Is Doris. My jaw literally dropped.

WTF inclusion: Simon Helberg in Florence Foster Jenkins. I haven't even seen the film but I've heard he's terrible. The fact he got in over Lucas Hedges (the actual best supporting actor of the year imo) still makes my blood boil.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterMatt St.Clair

Tom Ford - twice!

Jonah Hill - no!

Mel Gibson - his movie, which means he will attend - no!

Ryan Reynolds - whatever! He is a funny guy but he was behind a mask or wearing prosthetics for 99% of the movie.

Kate Beckinsale - Lily Collins and Hallie Stanfield over her? WTF!

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterMarie

Also how anyone picks out Charlotte Rampling in "London Spy" but misses Ben Whishaw is really quite something. Whishaw's dramatic achievement embarrassingly outperforms Hiddleston's, though I realise it's all about the red carpet.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterRobUK

@Matt St. Clair: Helberg is fun. I actually quite enjoy his nomination. He was as good as Grant and Streep but did not have the same amount of buzz as they did.

@calroth: I totally agree with you. I don't care who Gibson is. He did direct a good movie and this movie should be evaluated separately from its director.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterSomeone

cal roth: The problem some have with Gibson's violence in Hacksaw Ridge isn't catharsis (see: The end of Green Room) OR fact (see: The rest of Green Room), from what I heard. The problem is more that it's idolized and stylized, even using the anime "delayed separation" moment with a decapitation. And in most war movies (up to and including Braveheart), that would probably be...fine. Not great, culturally, but not really ammo to use against the movie's quality level. But when the subject of the movie is a conscientious objector? Don't be surprised that some decry the director getting off on the violence as the worst thing ever, because it kind of is in this context.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterVolvagia

I'm definitely shocked by Kate Beckinsale's omission...as well as Love & Friendship as a whole.

Lily Collins must've had some tea spilled to her by Warren or someone who was working it for her because she was caught on camera watching the nominations...I mean, why would she ever think she'd be nominated otherwise?

Nocturnal Animals has stayed with me. I think it's the best thriller I've seen in years...but it's clearly controversial around here!

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBia

Sean C - thanks for calling out Jose's comment about Ryan Reynolds not acting in DEADPOOL just because he wears a mask.

I had a strong adverse reaction to TONY AND SUSAN, the novel that NOCTURNAL ANIMALS is based on, but I was mostly impressed by the movie - probably cause some time had passed before I saw it. I don't think the story is about punishing Susan (Amy Adams), though I guess you can read it that way if you want. I think our reaction to the violence in the story-within-the-story (whether as reader or viewer) is supposed to reflect Susan's response to the book. When I read the book I was repulsed but couldn't stop reading; I was less repulsed by the film and just as gripped as the story-within-the-story approached its conclusion.

When WAR DOGS came out, I remember Jonah Hill getting some strong reviews (even if the film didn't), so I'm not that surprised to see him mentioned. I will check out the film as a result.

HACKSAW RIDGE is very much 'a Mel Gibson movie' so it makes sense they would nominate him if they liked the film that much. I suspect the Oscars will snub Gibson but I see the film getting into Picture, Actor, Sound and maybe Editing. And - who knows - maybe even Costumes? Kris Tapley at Variety is listing it as Adapted Screenplay but I am sure it is Original (unless it's 'based on Desmond Doss's life'). And Original is too crowded for it to break in there. But be thankful the Globes didn't nominate Vince Vaughan or Sam Worthington for Supporting Actor, lol! Supporting Actor could be a LOT worse than that Globes line-up.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterSteve G

Michael Keaton The FOUNDER....
Whats up Miramax? You certainly screwed up his chances.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterDO

Very disappointed in the lack of attention to Love and Friendship although it seems Amazon must be solely focused on Manchester by the Sea. At the very least the Whit Stillman screenplay deserves some love. Lady Susan is plotting her comeback as we speak.

I still can't fully grasp the near universal dislike here for Nocturnal Animals. Tom Ford swings for the fences and doesn't play it safe from the title sequence to an ending that no test screening audience would stand for. He has the cinematographer, costumes, composer, all working at a high level, and the film is an improvement on the novel.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterAdamA

@Ez. How can I have misread the list! Yay for Claire Foy!

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterMarcos

I'm glad Nocturnal Animals gives you terrible fucking white people such trauma.

Also incredibly rich in irony and hypocrisy considering everyone's deafening silence regarding Casey Affleck. Keep on starfucking - pretty obvious the contributors to this site only give props to the celebrities that throw them a bone. Sad and embarrassig.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterRahul

Rahul -- some advice: if you want to insult people it's best that you make sure they understand what you want them to feel bad about. I have no idea what you're talking about or how Casey Affleck relates to Nocturnal Animals (I'm not really a Manchester fan either though I don't hate it) or what it means for "celebrities to throw us a bone"... does it mean boner? does it mean we have a relationship with the celebrity? i have no idea what you want us to feel embarrrassed about :) but none of the interpretations I can come up with of your insult make any sense

everyone -- i do actually think Mel Gibson's fascination with pacifists (Jesus Christ and now Desmond Doss) is kind of, um, interesting in its incongruities because he so clearly fantastizes about and loves illustrating and wallowing in violence. But by that same token, I don't think it makes for good movies because they're very at war with themselves. I actually think he's quite a bad director overall (just relentlessly over the top) because he has no ability to modulate himsellf and he's always dialing everything up to 11.

December 12, 2016 | Registered CommenterNATHANIEL R

I would say that Hacksaw Ridge was a solid war film and many battle scenes were powerfully directed. I don't blame Gibson's personal behavior on his alcoholism, but I also don't care about his personal behavior if he makes a great movie (which I think, as a war film, Hacksaw Ridge is both great and different, given the main character's conflict and commitment toward nonviolence). But then that's a whole other conversation.

I wish more recognition for A Bigger Splash and Everybody Wants Some, and I feel like Cafe Society is slightly underrated and deserves at least a little love for Kristen Stewart.

As for my Oscar hopes, Huppert better get in!

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterJoseph

Nocturnal Animals is a Sad White Person movie, but it's a good movie, and the lead's a bitchy privileged Catholic. We need more of that. We need more roles portraying women as unlikable opportunistic creatures. We need society to understand that women have the right to be Jasmines and Miranda Priestlies.

I really liked the direction as well. No, not better than Arrival. But any notion suggesting that "it's an awful" movie implies you're limited. If it comes from a film critic, find another job.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterYavor

Dancin' Dan -- Co-sign

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterPeggy Sue

lol Margaret REALLY hates Mel Gibson

Anyway, Best Thing - Viggo and Westworld lady love

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterWhat what

No Nice Guys in comedy or Crowe or Gosling for actor. What?! I liked Deadpool, but come on, Nice Guys was better.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBrittani

Rampling's nom is a make up for 45 yrs snub last yr.

As much as I'm happy for Chastain, i wish they have gone on a limb more n nom Rebecca Hall or Sasha Lane for tt fifth spot.

Really Puzzled over Collins nom over Beckingsale, n Taylor Johnson over Shannon

If they dun dig Lady Susan, thr r still The Meddler n Doris, def betta perf than Collins. Guess they wanna keep their lineup fr lookin too old huh? Lol

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterClaran

No Kate Beckinsale or anything for Love & Friendship...... FUCK YOU GOLDEN GLOBES! You never have any cred to begin with ever since you gave one to Pia Zadora and all of those nods to the fucking Tourist!

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterSteven

Rebecca Hall's snub for "Christine," an excellent performance and film everyone has decided to pretend doesn't exist.

December 12, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterMike

If Nocturnal Animals is a film that "punishes women for questioning the masculinity of its main character" then sadly, it sounds perfect for 2016.

December 13, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterSteph

@Steve G: Jonah Hill is indeed very impressive in WAR DOGS. Nails the comedy (which he's known to be strong at), as well as the drama. His rapport with Miles Teller is also very watchable, hence elevating Teller's performance as a result, too.

Hope you enjoy! :)

December 13, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterEmma

Susan Saandon was impressive in "The Meddler" but then she decided to campaign for Jill Stein & that killed her chances. I abhor her politics,.but as an actress, her performance was worthy of attention.
Older women like Sarandon & Field have a much tougher time.
While Mel Gibson gets a pass for being racist - go figure.

Btw. I agree with @RobUK about Sarah Lancashire - I think the second season of Happy Valley is available on a US streaming service. If you haven't seen this series do yourself a favour take a break form Westworld and see something down to earth and extraordinary. Lancashire will probably win another BAFTA.

December 13, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterLadyEdith

LadyEdith - would the the Hollywood Foreign Press - all those foreign journalists - really care have that much of investment in someone supporting Stein?

Also bummed about Field. She was just great - that should've been a shoo-in.

Still bummed Rhodes is getting ignored for Moonlight.

Can't believe Fleabag was so overlooked. That show is just so great and seems like something the Globes would normally be all over.

And no Colman for Fleabag OR The Lobster? Ugh. Disappointing.

I also really thought some of the supporting cast of Transparent would get in this year but the TV categories are just so stacked.

I wonder if Fiennes is getting ignored for A Bigger Splash because people disagree if he's lead or supporting. Either way it's disappointing as he was so, so good in that.

December 13, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterDJDeeJay

LadyEdith - would the the Hollywood Foreign Press - all those foreign journalists - really care have that much of investment in someone supporting Stein?

They nominated Viggo, so no. In fact, Viggo is getting a pass on that, it seems...so far.

December 13, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterPaul Outlaw

Eva Green for Penny Dreadful. Her work has been consistenly phenomenal. Thankfully she got a nom last year.
Olivia Colman for The Lobster.
I will never get it about Ryan Reynolds or Deadpool so I'm glad I'm not alone in that.

December 13, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterElizabeth
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