The Golden Globe award nominations were announced at a ridiculous time this morning
So there you have it…
There were some interesting things about the Golden Globes
this year, here are a few point form thoughts:
- No love for Mad Men at all. Not too surprising I guess but it’s still a little sad. The most surprising of the whole no love for Mad Men thing is that instead of Jon Hamm getting a nomination we get both Leiv Schreider and James Spader getting nods. That’s kind of ridiculous considering there are so many great performances and those two aren’t in that special category of great actors and it feels like they are there only because of the HFPA liking shiny new things. So wonderful I guess.
- The lack of Mad Men and Game of Thrones did leave room for the other period drama Masters of Sex to come in and grab a nomination for best drama and for Michael Sheen to get a best actor nod. Good to see at least that the HFPA are at least nominating good new TV Dramas.
- Quick note that not a lick of Homeland everywhere, it’s new show sheen has worn off permanently I guess
- Lots of nominations I do like though. Taylor Shilling and Tatiana Maslany got nominations for best actress in a television drama and July Delpy got a nomination for best actress in a Comedy Musical (sadly the only Before Midnight nomination because apparently shiny new things are more important). Parks and Recreation got a lot of nominations which is nice, but the lack of Nick Offerman is still glaring.
- The film nominations aren’t surprising at all, with pretty much every film that was anticipated to win awards winning awards. The most award nominations went to American Hustle, and Nebraska on the comedy side and 12 Years a Slave on the drama side. This year especially I’m a little bit skeptical about how each category is defined (comedy and drama) as there seems to be inherently dramatic films on the comedic side but if it gets these films (which is a decent collection of films) nominations that’s what counts I guess.
- Finally, other than July Delpy no nominations for Before Midnight at all. Not even screenplay. Oh well…
That’s all for now I’ll write a more detailed piece once the
actual awards air in January and the winners are announced.
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