Thursday, December 11, 2014

Last minute Golden Globe predictions

I'm a sucker for awards season, though the prediction game is always really tough for me. Most of the time, I haven't even seen any of the movies that will win nominations yet - it's the same this year. This is in part due to some of the movies not coming to the theatre before the Oscars are over here in Germany, and in part due to me not going to the movie theatre nearly as often as I would like to. I most regret not seeing "Gone Girl", because it really sounds like a great suspenseful movie that I could totally love from what I've heard. Therefore I will include a picture of this film, just to make the post more colorful.

Another reason is that I don't experience any of the buzz, campaigning etc. first hand, like people living in the US seem to do. So all I can rely on is what I read on websites dedicated to the subjects. Still, normally I kind of get drawn in early on, but this year I resisted to get involved the least bit, and just read the guesses on my favorite blog from time to time.

But now, with the Golden Globe nominations only a few hours away, I can't resist anymore.

The Golden Globes are extremely tricky, with the Comedy/Musical categories, because some of the movies that will land here eventually are not in the awards conversation at all before. With the limited exposure to the conversation and to some of the movies, there is also a danger that I put the movies or actors in the wrong category in my guesses. But they are also extreme fun, because sometimes the Globes nominate people that the Oscars would never nominate.

So enough babbling already, here are my rather uneducated last minute guesses: