As ever we’ve polled members of Team Experience about the latest big awards announcements. We’ve had 24 hours to think about the Globe nominations so we asked a few questions.
1. What was your favourite Golden Globe nomination?
2. What was the biggest surprise for you?
3. Which omission made you saddest and how will you mourn?
Team Experience answers are after the jump and yours should add yours too in the comments section. Ready? Let’s go…
FAVOURITE GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATION?
MARK: Kirsten Dunst, On Becoming a God in Central Florida. The (terrific) show otherwise got blanked, so it’s heartening that the HFPA at least recognized Dunst’s award-worthy work.
TRAVIS: Annette Bening. I had pretty much given up all hope of Bening getting the Oscar nomination, and so this breathes a little bit of life back into the campaign.
PAOLO: ILYA getting nominated for helping Beyoncé write "Spirit". Anyway, Beyoncé should have directed the movie. She would have had a better concept than Jon Favreau.
CHRIS: Ana de Armas for Best Actress - Musical/Comedy. I'd been keeping my fingers crossed for de Armas, who'd seemed like an outside shot given the more famous names (and less interesting performances) who could have possibly made the lineup. She's instrumental to the film's success and should be rewarded as such! And the Globes get some cool points for nominating her now before she's likely to be on everyone's predictions next year for playing Marilyn Monroe…
ABE: Ramy Youssef for TV Comedy Actor. It's hardly a laugh-out-loud performance, but one that's nuanced and perfect for the show, which has flown way too far under the radar.
CAMILA: Beanie Feldstein! That (almost) makes up for the Olivia Wilde snub we all knew would happen.
GINNY: Anything involving Knives Out. I was afraid it would get shut out for some of the more “prestigious” films, but it was so clever and funny and I’m so glad it’s gets recognition for its actors as well. Ana De Armas killed it. (No pun intended)
DAN: Daniel Craig is serving up a whole honey-glazed Virginia ham in Knives Out, and I couldn't possibly be more here for it. It's a huge uphill battle for him to get recognition at the Oscars simply because it's a comedic performance (sad, but true), so I'm very happy he has this nomination to show for his brilliant work.
NATHANIEL: Emma Thompson wasn't a sure thing but she's always aces on live television and she's great in the movie so I'm thankful for that one. And Antonio Banderas, too, who needs as much attention as he can get given the stacked Best Actor field heading into Oscar voting next month.
BIGGEST SURPRISE?
NATHANIEL: That there weren't any, really. Usually the Golden Globes throw a few real shocks into the mix. Not so this time around.
TONY: Ramy Youssef for Ramy. I began watching the Hulu show on a random recommend from a co-worker and, lo and behold, it's a funny, insightful descendant of the Apatow era.
CHRIS: No Robert DeNiro. Though I suppose a crowded Best Actor - Drama race is less likely to reward a very subtle performance such as the one he gives while surrounded by bigger characters.
SPENCER: Across any medium, Merritt Wever gave the most layered and lived-in performance I’ve seen this year on Unbelievable. I was initially worried it was too subtle to notice, but thank heavens she made it.
ABE: Rami Malek scoring another nomination for Mr. Robot. He missed his chance for a Globe win for his breakout role when Jon Hamm got a farewell prize a few years ago, and it's nice to see Globe voters acting in an unusually nostalgic way and recognizing an actor who continues to do excellent work.
PAOLO: I normally don't have time to do television, but I'm happy that the HFPA recognized both Rami Malek and Ramy Youssef for their work this year. More MENA representation please.
CLAUDIO: The Lion King being nominated as an animated feature is a great bit of trolling on the part of the HFPA towards the all-powerful House of Mouse. Though any delight in such a happening is soured by the simple fact nobody should be nominating this monstrosity for any sort of award.
CAMILA: Blanchett being remembered for Where'd You Go, Bernardette, but hey, the HFPA has done weirder things.
OMISSION THAT UPSET YOU? HOW WILL YOU MOURN?
CHRIS: Lorene Scafaria for Hustlers. The HFPA's indifference to female stories and storytellers is an embarrassment, full stop. But the continued reduction of Scafaria's accomplishment remains one of this season's biggest frustrations. Both her adaptation and direction mold Hustlers into one of the most complex cinematic depictions of the Aughts financial crisis, with a deep compassionate understanding of female relationships and capitalism's power to turn blue collar comrades against one another. Oh and it's still somehow the most entertaining movie of the year.
KYNDALL: I was sad that Hustlers didn’t get nominated for Best Picture - Musical or Comedy. In a post-Burlesque world, it felt like a sure thing. After I got off work, I rewatched it for the 8th time with a giant bowl of cereal.
EUROCHEESE: We get it - it's a boy movie year. You don't have to rub it in our faces with Little Women, Bombshell, The Farewell and Hustlers ALL getting the short end of the stick.
GINNY: 3 way tie between Elisabeth Moss for Her Smell, Stranger Things 3 and Female Directors. I will mourn by doing a rendition of “Heaven” by Bryan Adams for the fallen.
CAMILA: I will mourn the snub of The Invisible Life in foreign film by dressing up as a bride and smoking, locked up in my bathroom.
CLAUDIO: Alfre Woodard’s absence stung. As a fan of the actress, I want to watch it badly and the only way Portuguese distributors pay attention to African-American centered stories is if they are showered with awards. I’ll rewatch Crooklyn as a coping mechanism and think of how she should have won the Oscar in 1994.
DAN: I'll be over here, zipping my cardigan up and down while I cry over Marielle Heller's continued lack of nominations for her perfectly judged direction of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
ABE: Kaitlyn Dever missing out on a nomination for Booksmart to go along with costar Beanie Feldstein. Fortunately, I'll celebrate her less expected bid for her TV work on Unbelievable!
MARK: Lupita Nyong’o. Is she the Toni Collette of 2019? I’ll rewatch Us in her honor.
SPENCER: Cats being nominated in the Comedy/Musical category would have had people steaming from their ears in anger, and frankly, we deserved to see that discourse!
Your turn readers. Do you agree with these takes? Do you have your own answers?