And so it begins....

One of my lovely Telluride Student Symposium-ites brought it to my attention that the SAG (Screen Actors Guild of AMURICAH) Award nominations came out yesterday. The ceremony which takes place on January 29th is one of the main indicators of what the Oscars will have in terms of the acting category. There are some surprises and some not so much. Megan McCarthy recognized in the supporting actresses category and the whole cast of Bridesmaid being recognized for Outstanding Cast. There is a Best Actor nod given to Carlos Galindo for A Better Life which  I have heard little to nothing about but based on the trailer it seems as though it could get some Oscar sympathies later on in the season. I'm going to assume that The Artist will clean up these awards though but we shall see.

Out this morning as well are the Golden Globes' nominations and this year they have further proved how much I think that it's not even worth my time. Somehow in the crazy universe that is the Globes, Megan McCarthy does not get a supporting actress nod and Jessica Chastain gets one for The Help? Can someone please explain this logic to me? I mean Jessica was good but it further proves how much award shows really don't appreciate comedy. No surprises with the Best Picture nominations in either category with the exception of switching out My Week with Marilyn for Crazy, Stupid, Love in the Best Comedy/Musical category. I'm also loving the double nominations for Ryan Gosling for Ides of March and Crazy, Stupid, Love (watch out Clooney!) and for Kate Winslet for both the TV mini series Mildred Pierce (quite possibly the most depressing thing I have ever seen) and Carnage.

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No Fincher nomination for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo which I have no problem with since Fincher seems like a complete jerk but I guess I shouldn't judge a director by his over inflamed ego.

I am also confused as to why Cars 2 got a nomination at all. Everyone knows that Pixar dropped the ball with this one, maybe to give others a chance at winning animation awards. I think it was a pity nomination on the part of the Globes and will definitely not be winning with other wonderfully made films such as Arthur Christmas and The Adventures of Tin Tin (Spielberg directed = surefire win).

Little to nothing for A Dangerous Method, thank god. Keira Knightly thoroughly crushed my love for her with that ridiculous Russian accent. My old apartment use to do Russian accents for kicks and giggles (an incredibly long and silly story) so seeing as our silly, non-trained accents sound similar if not better than Keira's means there is a problem. Cronenberg, where were you to rein her in?!

Recently saw War Horse another potential nominee and I am hoping to also catch Beginners and Midnight in Paris within the coming weeks.