2018 Golden Globe nominations

This was the first year since I started tweeting that I didn't get to live tweet the Globe nominations. But I have strep throat so I slept in. Here are a list of nominees + my belated thoughts. 

Best Motion Picture - Drama
"Call Me by Your Name"
"Dunkirk"
"The Post"
"The Shape of Water"
"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
The usual suspects here. I think all of these will be nominated come Oscar morning too.  It's too bad Wind River or Mudbound couldn't sneak in. 

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
"The Disaster Artist"
"Get Out"
"The Greatest Showman"
"I, Tonya"
"Lady Bird"
I knew The Greatest Showman would get nominated here despite looking like a hot mess, but leaving out The Big Sick is some old bullshit. I'm happy for Lady Bird and Get Out and I really want to see The Disaster Artist and I, Tonya.


Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Jessica Chastain, "Molly's Game"
Sally Hawkins, "The Shape of Water"
Frances McDormand, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Meryl Streep, "The Post"
Michelle Williams, "All the Money in the World"
Wait, they saw All The Money In The World? 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Timothée Chalamet, "Call Me by Your Name"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Phantom Thread"
Tom Hanks, "The Post"
Gary Oldman, "Darkest Hour"
Denzel Washington, "Roman J. Israel, Esq."
I expected Jake Gyllenhaal to get in for Stronger, so Denzel was a surprise. I haven't seen any of the films in this category yet. 

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Judi Dench, "Victoria & Abdul"
Margot Robbie, "I, Tonya"
Saoirse Ronan, "Lady Bird"
Emma Stone, "Battle of the Sexes"
Helen Mirren, "The Leisure Seeker"
What the fuck is The Leisure Seeker? Aside from Ronan and Robbie who will likely (hopefully) be here Oscar morning this category feels a bit weak. 

Best Director
Guillermo del Toro, "The Shape of Water"
Martin McDonagh, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Christopher Nolan, "Dunkirk"
Ridley Scott, "All The Money in the World"
Steven Spielberg, "The Post"
So the Globes went for star power (Spielberg, and Scott) over a first time directors in Greta Gerwig or Jordan Peele. Okay. 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Steve Carell, "Battle of the Sexes"
Ansel Elgort, "Baby Driver"
James Franco, "The Disaster Artist"
Hugh Jackman, "The Greatest Showman"
Daniel Kaluuya, "Get Out"
Elgort for Baby Driver is a massive joke. Kumail was better in The Big Sick. All I care about is Franko and Kaluuya. 

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Mary J. Blige, "Mudbound"
Hong Chau, "Downsizing"
Allison Janney, "I, Tonya"
Laurie Metcalf, "Lady Bird"
Octavia Spencer, "The Shape of Water"
When I first glanced at this category I thought they snubbed Allison Janney and almost wtf'd hard over it. I guess this is going to be Mudbound's only awards love all season? Blige deserves it but there is so much talent in that film. They should be getting more noms. 

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Willem Dafoe, "The Florida Project"
Armie Hammer, "Call Me by Your Name"
Richard Jenkins, "The Shape of Water"
Christopher Plummer, "All the Money in the World"
Sam Rockwell, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Kevin Spacey is weeping somewhere. I"m really happy for Rockwell and Dafoe here. I'm still having a really hard time believing Armie Hammer is giving an awards worthy performance in anything. I hope that film opens up near me soon so I can be surprised. I really wish Rob Morgan or even Jason Mitchell could've gotten in here for Mudbound. They were fantastic. 

Best Original Score in a Motion Picture
"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
"The Shape of Water"
"Phantom Thread"
"The Post"
"Dunkirk"


Best Screenplay in a Motion Picture
"The Shape of Water"
"Lady Bird"
"The Post"
"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
"Molly's Game"
I've seen Lady Bird and Three Billboards so I'm happy to see them here. I want to see the others as well.

Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language
"A Fantastic Woman"
"First They Killed My Father"
"In the Fade"
"Loveless"
"The Square"
The Globes love Angelina so I'm not surprised they nominated her film. I haven't seen any of these. I rarely get to see the foreign nominees before awards season.

Best Animated Film
"The Boss Baby"
"The Breadwinner"
"Ferdinand"
"Coco"
"Loving Vincent"
Boss Baby was fucking cancer, did y'all forget Lego Batman came out this year?



Best TV series - Drama
"The Crown"
"Game of Thrones"
"The Handmaid's Tale"
"Stranger Things"
"This Is Us"
I'm really surprised The Crown qualified. The HFPA must have gotten early screeners. If I were Netflix I wouldn't have even bothered, all their Crown categories are going to lose to the Handmaid's tale this year anyways. They could've sat a year out and came back strong next year. The only show I don't watch here is This Is Us, I'm happy with the other nominees.

Best performance by Actress in a TV series - Drama
Caitriona Balfe, "Outlander"
Claire Foy, "The Crown"
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "The Deuce"
Katherine Langford, "13 Reasons Why"
Elisabeth Moss, "The Handmaid's Tale"
SO happy for Katherine Langford in 13 Reasons Why. The Globes are good about picking freshman shows/performances so I'm glad she got in here. 

Best performance by an Actor in a TV Series - Drama
Sterling K. Brown, "This is Us"
Freddie Highmore, "The Good Doctor"
Bob Odenkirk, "Better Call Saul"
Liev Schreiber, "Ray Donovan"
Jason Bateman, "Ozark"
Rami Malek should be here for Mr. Robot. 

Best TV series - Musical or Comedy
"Black-ish"
"Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
"Master of None"
"SMILF"
"Will & Grace"
Okay this is going to sound weird but I'm really happy for SMILF despite not watching the show. I don't get Showtime so I can't watch it, but I love Frankie Shaw and I'm so happy for her. Going by the normal freshman routine with the Globes too, it might actually have a shot. 

Best performance by an Actor in a TV series - Musical or Comedy
Anthony Anderson, "Black-ish"
Aziz Ansari "Master of None"
Kevin Bacon, "I Love Dick"
William H. Macy, "Shameless"
Eric McCormack, "Will and Grace"
There's a show called I Love Dick?

Best performance by an Actress in a TV series - Musical or Comedy
Pamela Adlon, "Better Things"
Alison Brie, "Glow"
Issa Rae, "Insecure"
Rachel Brosnahan, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Frankie Shaw, "SMILF"
Aside from Issa Rae, everyone in this category is a first time nominee. You've got to love that. 

Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
"Big Little Lies"
"Fargo"
"Feud: Bette and Joan"
"The Sinner"
"Top of the Lake: China Girl"
Limited Series were on fire this year. You all know how much I love Big Little Lies, Fargo, and Feud. 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Robert De Niro, "The Wizard of Lies"
Jude Law, "The Young Pope"
Kyle MacLachlan, "Twin Peaks"
Ewan McGregor, "Fargo"
Geoffrey Rush, "Genius"
I really wish I could've gotten into The Young Pope because Law was legitimately good in it from the episodes I did manage to get through. 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jessica Biel, "The Sinner"
Nicole Kidman, "Big Little Lies"
Jessica Lange, "Feud: Bette and Joan"
Susan Sarandon, "Feud: Bette and Joan"
Reese Witherspoon, "Big Little Lies"
Jessica Biel for The Sinner seems way out of left field. Especially when you have Mary Elizabeth Winstead for Fargo qualifying. 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alfred Molina, "Feud"
Alexander Skarsgard, "Big Little Lies"
David Thewlis, "Fargo"
David Harbour, "Stranger Things"
Christian Slater, "Mr. Robot"
There's a Mr. Robot nomination! I wish Noah Schnapp would've gotten the Stranger Things nomination, that kid was wonderful. 


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Laura Dern, "Big Little Lies"
Ann Dowd, "The Handmaid's Tale"
Chrissy Metz, "This is Us"
Michelle Pfeiffer, "The Wizard of Lies"
Shailene Woodley, "Big Little Lies"