Did you hear? The 67th Annual Golden Globes are this Sunday night at 8pm EST on NBC. That is if NBC is still standing after the fallout from their most recent late night fiasco. At any rate, if you’re like me, you love picking apart awards shows like the Globes. Especially when it comes to the nominees. While scanning this year’s crop of chosen flicks and performers, I couldn’t help but notice a few glaring omissions. So, before settling in to watch a bunch of inebriated Hollywood types stumble onto the stage and slur their way through some boring ass acceptance speeches, check out my list of films and folks who won’t feel the ebullience of capturing a testicle-shaped statue, or the agony of losing said testicle-shaped statue.
10 – Emily Blunt in Sunshine Cleaning
I realize Emily is already nominated for The Young Victoria, but I preferred her spin in the little seen Sunshine Cleaning. She displays enormous depth portraying a young woman searching to escape the shadow of her doting big sister.
9 – Joaquin Phoenix in Two Lovers
I admit, Joaquin is a freaking weird dude, but you can’t deny his acting ability. His co-star Gwyneth Paltrow got a nom, but Phoenix was inexplicably ignored. He kills it as a suicidal man-child desperate to find love. Great performance in a great film.
8 – Sin Nombre as Best Foreign Language Film
Hands down one of the best films of 2009. Sin Nombre details the fascinating journey of two downtrodden teens attempting to escape the gangs and poverty of Honduras. Writer/director Cary Joji Fukunaga doesn’t miss a step in his stunning debut.
7 – Russell Crowe in State of Play
Crowe has always struck me as a brutish douchebag. However, he’s got some serious big screen chops. State of Play isn’t a memorable movie, but Crowe’s turn as old school newspaper scribe Cal McAffery makes it watchable. For such a massive star, he’s still capable of being understated when the cameras roll.
6 – 500 Days of Summer for Best Screenplay
Writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber crafted an intelligent and endearing script that is worthy of accolades. Okay, so the ending was a little too cute, but that doesn’t take away from all the goodness that preceded it.
5 – Sam Rockwell in Moon
One of these years the jokers in the foreign press and Hollywood will stop sniffing glue and give Sam Rockwell his due. The guy has been kicking ass for fifteen years. In my mind, he’s never been better playing the conflicted Sam Bell in the superbly eerie 2001-esque, Moon.
4 – 35 Shots of Rum as Best Foreign Language Film
3 – Land of the Lost for Best Comedy/Musical
Sorry! This got mixed in from my notes for the Razzies. To be clear, Land of the Lost is a steaming pile of shit.
2 – Zooey Deschanel in 500 Days of Summer
How the hell do you not throw her a nod? Joseph Gordon-Levitt got his. Why no love for the apple of his eye? As Charles Barkley is fond of saying, “That’s turible. Just turible.” Zooey shines playing the unattainable girl.
1 – Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker
Renner, who’s been rock solid since 2002’s Dahmer, needed a role like this one to call attention to his skills. He plays the daring and driven SSgt. William James with controlled abandon. Instead of Tobey Maguire in Brothers, Renner should have received a Best Actor nomination. For shame.
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