[Edwin Pereyra]

The nominees:

Motion Picture, Drama
The Aviator
Closer
Finding Neverland
Hotel Rwanda
Kinsey
Million Dollar Baby

Actor - Drama
Javier Bardem, The Sea Inside
Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda
Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland
Leo Dicaprio, The Aviator
Liam Neeson, Kinsey

Actor - Musical/Comedy
Jim Carrey, Eternal Sunshine
Jamie Foxx, Ray
Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Kevin Kline, De-Lovely
Kevin Spacey, Beyond the Sea

Best Director:
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Mike Nichols, Closer
Alexander Payne, Sideways
Martin Scorsese, The Aviator

Actress - Drama:
Scarlett Johansson, The Love Song for Bobby Long
Nicole Kidman, Birth
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Uma Thurman, Kill Bill Vol. 2

Actress - Musical/Comedy:
Annette Bening, Being Julia
Ashley Judd, De-Lovely
Emmy Rossum, Phantom of the Opera
Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine
Renee Zellweger, Bridget Jones II and the Edge of Reason

Movie Musical Comedy:
Eternal Sunshine
The Incredibles
Phantom of the Opera
Ray
Sideways

Actress - Supporting role:
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Laura Linney, Kinsey
Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Natalie Portman, Closer
Meryl Streep, Manchurian Candidate

Actor - Supporting Role
David Carradine, Kill Bill Vol. 2
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Jamie Foxx, Collateral
Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
Clive Owen, Closer

Screenplay:
Eternal Sunshine
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Closer
Sideways

Song:
Shrek 2
Polar Express
THe Phantom
Hotel Rwanda
Alfie

Foreign:
The Chorus
House of Flying Daggers
Motorcycle Diaries
Sea Inside
A Very Long Engagement

Score:
Million Dollar Baby
Finding Neverland
Sideways
The Aviator
Spanglish

~Edwin

[ZacharyTait]

Surprises for me:

No Clint Eastwood for Best Actor for M$B.
David Carradine and Uma Thurman for Kill Bill Volume 2.
Jamie Foxx for Collateral. He got 2 other nominations (Best Actor in a Made for TV Movie - Redemption and ,of course, Best Actor in a Comedy for Ray).
No The Incredibles score nomination.
Meryl Streep for Manchurian Candidate.
Renee Zellweger for Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason.
Nicole Kidman for Birth.
Scarlett Johannson for The Love Song for Bobby Long.

Hopes that were dashed:
Michael Mann and Tom Cruise for Collateral.

I liked how Brendan Fraser actually wanted to be there. Mira looked lovely, but tired, and Drea looked like she didn't want to be there at all. I know it was 5:30 a.m., but still.

[ThomasC]

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I liked how Brendan Fraser actually wanted to be there.

Well, considering he hasn't had much going for him since The Quiet American, I'm sure he was glad to get some exposure.

[Joel C]

Ew, the song from Polar Express. Ew.

Looks like there's no hope for my dark horse awards choice, Bryce Dallas Howard in The Village. Too bad, since she MADE that movie.

[Ernest Rister]

No comment on The Village.

What in the world is "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" doing in the Comedy/Musical category?

[Haggai]

Not sure how Eternal Sunshine counts as a comedy, aside from the blurb on the DVD cover ("a sexy, romantic comedy!" or something like that). Then again, I don't know how exactly I'd classify it. Is Sideways any more of a comedy than Eternal Sunshine?

[Ernest Rister]

The biggest surprise for me - well, not really a surprise, I suppose, but I'm trying not to be cynical...no nod for Jim Caviezel for what I feel is far and away the performance of the year.

[Edwin Pereyra]

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The biggest surprise for me - well, not really a surprise, I suppose, but I'm trying not to be cynical...no nod for Jim Caviezel for what I feel is far and away the performance of the year.

Ditto what I said in another thread.

~Edwin

[Elizabeth S]

Don't really understand the love for Renee Zellweger. Her performance in "BJ Edge of Reason" was nothing special in a mediocre film.

Looking forward to more of those films coming to town.

[Dave Miller]

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The biggest surprise for me - well, not really a surprise, I suppose, but I'm trying not to be cynical...no nod for Jim Caviezel for what I feel is far and away the performance of the year.

I was really surprised at this too. I thought Maia Morgenstern who played Mary, the mother of Jesus, might be nominated as well for her performance.

As I look over those nominations, I'm guessing the Globes doesn't give an award for cinematogrophy.

Hannity & Colms had a guy on last night that was making the case as to why "The Passion" received no nominations. He said something like 60% of film critics panned "The Passion." If true, that is surprising. I guess I only paid attention to what Ebert and Roeper had to say about it in giving it two thumbs up.

Peace,

DM