Golden Globe Nominations Announced

So, the Golden Globe nominations came out today.  Do they help me with planning my proposed winter movie spree?  Well...

Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock each received two nominations - Streep for "Julie and Julia" and "It's Complicated" and Bullock for "The Blind Side" and "The Proposal".  I've only seen one of these three films, but I probably should add the others to my list.

Colin Firth is BACK in "The Single Man" and getting rave reviews.  This isn't out in Ohio yet, but I guess I need to add it to the list as well.

Several nominations for "500 Days of Summer".  This seems surprising.  I didn't see it, but don't remember it getting great reviews.

"Up in the Air" (also not released yet?) seems to be in the lead with the most nominations, including one for "Twilight" supporting actress, Anna Kendrick.  But sadly for me that's the closest "The Twilight Saga:  New Moon" got to a nomination.  Are we really saying that Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson don't hold a candle to Meryl and Colin Firth?  OK, I guess I have to give them that one...

(Oh, and note to self:   must see Jeff Bridges in "A Crazy Heart", particularly as I don't get to see "TRON Legacy" until NEXT Christmas.)

And sorry, Tim, none of your UCC movies made the list this year either...

Comments

[Tim Zinnecker]

What?!?!?!? I'm shocked!!!! SHOCKED!!!!

[Colin Miller]

The critics actually loved (500) Days of Summer. It has an 86% fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/500_days_of_summer/

I can't wait to see Crazy Heart. I see that "The Weary Kind {Theme From Crazy Heart)" was nominated for Best Original Song. It would be great if it gets nominated at the Oscars and Bridges gets to perform it at the ceremony.

[Matt]

I'm even more behind than normal and haven't seen any recent movies in many months, but if you like Colin Firth you should certainly see him in one of his best roles (back when he was young, even), a law related one: The Advocate. It's a very nice film for lawyers and law professors.

[Jacqueline Lipton]

I think I saw The Advocate some years ago. Is that the one set in medieval England involving some very strange legal cases? I do remember something about a contract involving a pig at one point. Is that the same movie?

[Matt]

The Advocate is set in medieval France (though it's in English, so perhaps easy to mistake) and does involve Firth's character (whom I believe is based on a real lawyer) defending animals in several cases. I found it to be quite an enjoyable law movie.