Golden Nonsense
The Golden Globes nominations came out yesterday, and, as always, I’m annoyed. This is my annoyed face: *grrrrrrrrr*…
Up in the Air confirmed its place as a heavy awards-season favorite during Tuesday morning’s Golden Globe nominations announcement, garnering six honors, including a slot in the Best Picture - Drama category, but the big winners may have been Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep. Streep’s performances in Julie & Julia and It’s Complicated got her named twice in Best Actress - Comedy or Musical, while Bullock was nominated once each in both Best Actress categories, forThe Proposal (Comedy or Musical) and The Blind Side (Drama). The other Best Picture - Drama nominees included Inglourious Basterds, The Hurt Locker, Precious and Avatar. Musical Nine received five nominations—three of them for acting—while Precious and The Hurt Locker, two other Oscar frontrunners, only gathered three and two nominations, respectively. The television nominees included Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock, Neil Patrick Harris for How I Met Your Mother, and Mad Men for Best Television Series - Drama. The Golden Globes are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. (The Associated Press)
Don’t get me wrong, I’m psyched that, Glee, Inglourious Basterds and The Hurt Locker were nominated, but here is my list of the top ten movies, shows and people snubbed:
- “Lost” - The best show on television, hands down. Come on, bring it haters.
- Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory’s” Sheldon) - The show has it’s ups and downs, but he is routinely solid and awesomely hilarious.
- “District 9” - Hollywood, you’re going to be punched in the face. Did you see this film? Huh, did you? No? That’s what I thought…jerks.
- Anyone on “Modern Family” - This show has the best cast on tv, and yet, not a single actor nomination. For shame.
- John Noble (“Fringe’s” Walter Bishop) - Hilarious, quirky and sad. His range on gets to me, and it should have gotten to the voters too.
- “Star Trek” - This one may get me yelled at, but I loved it as a film. I has such low expectations and walked out with such high praise.
- Lee Daniels (Director of “Precious”) - I didn’t see the film yet, which is why it’s so low on this list, but his film and stars were nominated and not him? That’s cold, Hollywood.
- Jonathan Slavin (“Better off Tedd’s” Phil) - An underrated actor on an underrated show. Both hilarious.
- Zooey Deschanel (“500 Days of Summer’s” Summer). Psh, if Joseph Gordon-Levitt was nominated, then she certainly should have been. I loved her in this film…of course, I love her in everything.
- Dollhouse - Except for perhaps Whedon himself, no one person deserved a nomination. However, it is still the most interesting program out there (for at least a little while longer) and it’s made me think more than any other show. Can you say the same, “Entourage?” I thought not.
Any snubs you’re angry about or want to yell at me about my choices? Throw them in the comments. Go on, do it! You know you want to.
