Warning Major Spoilers/Winners Being Discussed: 2003 Golden Globe Awards (1 Viewer)

[Vickie_M]

The Golden Globes may be considered a joke among many, but they are an interesting pointer to the Academy Awards. I personally always look forward to the nominations.

Next year the Academy Awards will move up by one month. It'll be interesting to see if the GGs move up too. I've gotten used to seeing the Golden Globes announce their winners BEFORE the Academy Award nomination ballots are due.

The nominees:

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

About Schmidt
Gangs Of New York
The Hours
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
THe Pianist

BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL/COMEDY

About A Boy
Adaptation.
Chicago
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Nicholas Nickleby

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

Adrien Brody, The Pianist
Michael Caine, The Quiet American
Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs Of New York
Leonardo DiCaprio, Catch Me If You Can
Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

Salma Hayek, Frida
Nicole Kidman, The Hours
Diane Lane, Unfaithful
Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven
Meryl Streep, The Hours

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY/MUSICAL

Nicolas Cage, Adaptation.
Kieran Culkin, Igby Goes Down
Richard Gere, Chicago
Hugh Grant, About A Boy
Adam Sandler, Punch-Drunk Love

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY/MUSICAL

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Secretary
Goldie Hawn, The Banger Sisters
Nia Vardalos, My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Renee Zellweger, Chicago
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Chris Cooper, Adaptation.
Ed Harris, The Hours
Paul Newman, Road To Perdition
Dennis Quaid, Far From Heaven
John C. Reilly, Chicago

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Kathy Bates, About Schmidt
Cameron Diaz, Gangs Of New York
Queen Latifah, Chicago
Susan Sarandon, Igby Goes Down
Meryl Streep, Adaptation.

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE

Stephen Daldry, The Hours
Peter Jackson, The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
Spike Jonze, Adaptation.
Rob Marshall, Chicago
Alexander Payne, About Schmidt
Martin Scorsese, Gangs Of New York

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE

Bill Condon, Chicago
David Hare, The Hours
Todd Haynes, Far From Heaven
Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman, Adaptation.
Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, About Schmidt

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

City Of God (Brazil)
Hero (China)
Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress (France)
Nowhere In Africa (Germany)
El Crimen Del Padre Amaro (Mexico)
Talk To Her (Spain)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE

25th Hour
Far From Heaven
Frida
The Hours
Rabbit-Proof Fence

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE

"Die Another Day", Die Another Day
"Father And Daughter", The Wild Thornberrys Movie
"The Hands That Built America", Gangs Of New York
"Here I Am", Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron
"Lose Yourself", 8 Mile

 

[Nick Sievers]

Vickie,
Yes, they may well be considered a bit of a joke among some people. But I consider myself a bit of an award show junkie - so i'll be tuning in for the ceremony next year. I look forward to seeing the nominations.
It gives me the right to watch all of the award shows and then complain when they give it to a film I didn't want to win.

 

[Seth Paxton]

Vickie, I included them in my formula for picking the Best Pix winner (which was accurate last year). I also used the Guilds and the Oscar noms in several catagories too, it wasn't just Globes of course.
Still, that at least makes them of some value to me.
And I think awards shows can be fun (or obnoxious, not much middle ground).

 

[Nathan V]

Count me in.
Sure there's only 60-some people on the board (I might very well be wrong on this), but who cares?
I look at it as the big precursor, and usually a good measure for predicting the oscars.
And anyway, for us hardcore film fans, it's loads of fun to bicker about Oscar predictions and nominations!

Let the guessing begin!

 

[Ted Lee]

funny i caught this thread.
i was just talking with a friend of mine tonight about this. his brother-in-law's mother is the board.
guess how she chooses her selections?

1. she goes to the movie with her son
2. she lets her son make the selections.

yikes!
the son says he does this all the time. obviously i doubt everyone on the board does this (my friend said there's about 100) but it sure does surprise me a little.

 

[Vickie_M]

Dang, I wish I knew someone who'd let me fill out their ballot!

I don't think of the GGs as a joke at all, I just know that there are people who do. Every year there's some article about how "meaningless" they are. What I never read is that, like it or not, how can the Golden Globes be meaningless when so many people pay so much attention to them?

Seth, Nathan and Nick, I'm with you all the way! I've always liked to watch them and think and read about how they may (or may not) portend what the Academy will do. It's most interesting when the Academy turns around and does something unexpected (based on what was expected because of the GGs). For instance, when John Travolta won a GG for Get Shorty, and Nicole Kidman won a GG for To Die For, it was a "given" that one or both of them would be nominated for an Oscar, but neither was nominated. I laughed at Travolta, who was sooooo cocky that year when it seemed like he was winning everything, but felt bad for Nicole, who, I thought, deserved an Oscar nom.

I'm an awards show junkie too. It's all fun!

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

The nominees:

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

About Schmidt
Gangs Of New York
The Hours
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
THe Pianist

BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL/COMEDY

About A Boy
Adaptation.
Chicago
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Nicholas Nickleby

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

Adrien Brody, The Pianist
Michael Caine, The Quiet American
Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs Of New York
Leonardo DiCaprio, Catch Me If You Can
Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

Salma Hayek, Frida
Nicole Kidman, The Hours
Diane Lane, Unfaithful
Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven
Meryl Streep, The Hours

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY/MUSICAL

Nicolas Cage, Adaptation.
Kieran Culkin, Igby Goes Down
Richard Gere, Chicago
Hugh Grant, About A Boy
Adam Sandler, Punch-Drunk Love

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY/MUSICAL

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Secretary
Goldie Hawn, The Banger Sisters
Nia Vardalos, My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Renee Zellweger, Chicago
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Chris Cooper, Adaptation.
Ed Harris, The Hours
Paul Newman, Road To Perdition
Dennis Quaid, Far From Heaven
John C. Reilly, Chicago

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Kathy Bates, About Schmidt
Cameron Diaz, Gangs Of New York
Queen Latifah, Chicago
Susan Sarandon, Igby Goes Down
Meryl Streep, Adaptation.

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE

Stephen Daldry, The Hours
Peter Jackson, The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
Spike Jonze, Adaptation.
Rob Marshall, Chicago
Alexander Payne, About Schmidt
Martin Scorsese, Gangs Of New York

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE

Bill Condon, Chicago
David Hare, The Hours
Todd Haynes, Far From Heaven
Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman, Adaptation.
Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, About Schmidt

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

City Of God (Brazil)
Hero (China)
Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress (France)
Nowhere In Africa (Germany)
El Crimen Del Padre Amaro (Mexico)
Talk To Her (Spain)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE

25th Hour
Far From Heaven
Frida
The Hours
Rabbit-Proof Fence

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE

"Die Another Day", Die Another Day
"Father And Daughter", The Wild Thornberrys Movie
"The Hands That Built America", Gangs Of New York
"Here I Am", Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron
"Lose Yourself", 8 Mile

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

Leaders:

Chicago: 8 nominations
The Hours: 7
Adaptation: 6

Note: Y Tu Mama Tambien was nominated last year for Best Foreign film thus its absence from this year's list.

The Globes also has an early cutoff than the Oscars thus the exclusion of Black Hawk Down for consideration from last year. I wonder who got left off this year.

~Edwin

 

[Chris Atkins]

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"DIE ANOTHER DAY"

 

[Patrick Sun]

No nominations for Antwone Fisher?

 

[Bryan Tuck]

I actually haven't seen a lot of the big ones yet. I really want to, though. It seems like a decent list. Except for:

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"Die Another Day", Die Another Day

???????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????!! !!!!!!!

How in the name of John Barry.......? Is this just the Foreign Press making a feeble attempt at seeming hip?
Sorry to flip out like that. This just really blew my mind. This over "Gollum's Song" from Two Towers? Even the mediocre songs this year that were far better than this.
Just my opinion, though.
Of the nominated dramas, I've only seen Two Towers so far, and of the comedies, Greek Wedding. Working on the rest
I agree that the popularity of the Globes is astounding considering the size of the board, but it's still usually a fun show to watch. I guess we'll see what happens.

 

[Ruth_F]

No nominations for Antwone Fisher?

that is exactly what i was coming to the thread to complain about. i was sure that it would at least get a nomination for derek luke.

well, i guess this sends the film's oscar potential plummeting uh?

 

[TerryRL]

"The Cider House Rules" didn't fare all that well either with the Golden Globes back in '99 (only receiving nods for Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay) before it garnered 7 Oscar nods. I think "Antwone Fisher" will do much better with the Acadamy than it did with the Hollywood Foreign Press.

 

[Elizabeth S]

Kieran Culkin for "Igby Goes Down"
Diane Lane for "Unfaithful"

 

[Mark Pfeiffer]

Here's an article about the Golden Globes that might be worth your while.
All I'll say is, Goldie Hawn for The Banger Sisters????????????

 

[Patrick Sun]

Heh, the GGs never did strike me as a highly credible/critical assessment of the best that films have to offer in a given year (more like a very small version of the people's choice awards). At least it appears that they (HFPA) are trying to not appear as sell-outs anymore, and to be more upstanding within the film press community.

 

[Julian Lalor]

Remember, these were the people who gave Pia Zadora an award. I think they are a joke and little better than a junket for those involved, but the Academy has followed their tune for several years now, which speaks volumes about how poorly quality cinema in America has been treated. Expect the mediocrity to continue in February.

 

[Vickie_M]

At least it appears that they (HFPA) are trying to not appear as sell-outs anymore, and to be more upstanding within the film press community.

Yes, I agree. It's working. It took a whole 17 posts for someone to bring up Pia Zadora. (Speaking of, has anyone ever actually SEEN Butterfly?? I know her award was considered a joke. I know her award was considered "bought." I know her award came at the expense of some brilliant actors. I know that the movie is considered a stinker. What I honestly don't know is if she was actually any good in the movie. For all I know, she could have been a budding Emily Watson, but laughed out of the business because of her husband's meddling and the GG award. I don't know. I've always wanted to see the movie just to judge for myself and see if perhaps they might have seen real raw talent. Look, suppose Kathleen Turner had been married to what'shisname instead of Pia, and Turner had won? You never know where talent might lurk.)

 

[Vickie_M]

All I'll say is, Goldie Hawn for The Banger Sisters????????????

Did you see it??

She was great. The movie was but a trifle, but she was great. Very funny, but also emotional and touching. The character was no fool, she knew she was ridiculous, but the lifestyle she loved was so deeply ingrained in her. How could she possibly be a "normal" person without giving up her love of life and music and fun? It was a dilemma for her, and she didn't know how to meld the two. I cried for her character a couple of times, which surprised me.

 

[Lew Crippen]

I think that the point is, that the votes have been for sale (or very heavily influenced). Just because the outcome is acceptable does not mean that the voting was clean.

I think that the point is, that the votes have been for sale (or very heavily influenced). Just because the outcome is acceptable does not mean that the voting was clean.

There are many performances every year that would be the equal of Goldie in the ‘Banger Sisters’. It is not so much that this was a bad performance. But could it possible be considered one of the half-dozen best.