Golden Globe (Movie) Predictions

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Little Children
The Queen

Babel has the most nominations of any film but I can't really see it winning here. Without Dreamgirls or Little Miss Sunshine in the competition this seems like it will go to The Departed.

My Pick - The Departed
My Preference - The Departed

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Penélope Cruz – Volver
Judi Dench – Notes On A Scandal
Maggie Gyllenhaal – sherrybaby
Helen Mirren – The Queen
Kate Winslet – Little Children

Helen Mirren has won almost (if not all) of the critics awards up to this point, I don't see anything changing here.

My Pick - Mirren
My Preference - Mirren

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
Peter O'Toole – Venus
Will Smith – The Pursuit Of Happyness
Forest Whitaker – The Last King Of Scotland

Whitaker, like Mirren, has won the majority of the of the critic's awards up to this point. But the Hollywood Foreign Press usually likes to give their awards to movie stars other than actors. I don't think Leonardo DiCaprio will split votes with himself so I predict the award will go to him, but not for The Departed. I am only guessing this because well, the HFPA are wacky.

My Pick - DiCaprio (Blood Diamond)
My Preference - DiCaprio (The Departed)

Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy

Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
Thank You For Smoking


This category probably comes down to Little Miss Sunshine or Dreamgirls. If I had to guess I would pick...

My Pick - Little Miss Sunshine
My Preference - Little Miss Sunshine

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Annette Bening – Running With Scissors
Toni Collette – Little Miss Sunshine
Beyoncé Knowles – Dreamgirls
Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
Renée Zellweger – Miss Potter

Was Miss Potter even released? I don't think anyone beats Meryl Streep in this but I wouldn't be suprised to hear Beyoncé's named called (though she doesn't deserve it).

My Pick - Streep
My Preference - Collette (By default, her starring in my favorite movie out of the group of nominees.)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy

Sacha Cohen – Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan
Johnny Depp – Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Aaron Eckhart – Thank You For Smoking
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Kinky Boots
Will Ferrell – Stranger Than Fiction

This is a strange group. If he wins, will Borat go on stage to accept the award?

My Pick - Cohen
My Preference - Cohen

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Adriana Barraza – Babel
Cate Blanchett – Notes On A Scandal
Emily Blunt – The Devil Wears Prada
Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi – Babel

Even though the acting only shines when she is singing, Jenifer Hudson does that one song really well. You know the one I'm talking about, right?

My Pick - Hudson
My Preference - Hudson

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Ben Affleck – Hollywoodland
Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson – The Departed
Brad Pitt – Babel
Mark Wahlberg – The Departed

A group of movie stars. Eddie Murphy will probably be awarded here, and deservingly so. Of course, never count out Jack Nicholson when it comes to any kind of award.

My Pick - Murphy
My Preference - Wahlberg

Best Animated Feature Film

Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House

Cars, becuase it is from Pixar. Even if it is one of their lesser efforts.

My Pick - Cars
My Preference - Monster House

Best Foreign Languge Film

Apocalypto (United States)
Letters From Iwo Jima (Japan, United States)
The Lives Of Others (Germany)
Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico)
Volver (Spain)

If Apocalypto wins will Mel Gibson thank sugar tits? I'm going to guess on a win for Letters From Iwo Jima here, just so they can get Clint Eastwood on the stage.

My Pick - Letters from Iwo Jima
My Preference- Volver (It's the only one I have seen of the five)

Best Director - Motion Picture

Clint Eastwood – Flags Of Our Fathers
Clint Eastwood – Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears – The Queen
Alejandro Iñárritu – Babel
Martin Scorsese – The Departed

Martin Scorsese.

My Pick - Martin Scorsese
My Preference - Martin Scorsese

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Babel - Written by Guillermo Arriaga
The Departed - Written by William Monahan
Little Children - Written by Todd Field, Tom Perrotta
Notes On A Scandal - Written by Patrick Marber
The Queen - Written by Peter Morgan

The Departed script has the best dialogue of any of the nominees but I still don't think it will beat The Queen.

My Pick - The Queen
My Preference - The Departed

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

The Painted Veil - Composed by Alexandre Desplat
The Fountain - Composed by Clint Mansell
Babel - Composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
Nomad - Composed by Carlo Siliotto
The Da Vinci Code - Composed by Hans Zimmer

I have no idea what Nomad is. I am getting tired of the atomospheric acoustic guitar scores, so that takes out Babel. This guess is based entirely on items I have read, so with that...

My Pick - The Painted Veil
My Preference - The Da Vinci Code (It was easily the best thing about the movie)

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

"A Father's Way" – The Pursuit Of Happyness
Music By: Seal and Christopher Bruce
Lyrics By: Seal

"Listen" – Dreamgirls
Music & Lyrics By: Beyoncé Knowles, Henry Krieger, Anne Preven and Scott Cutler

"Never Gonna Break My Faith" – Bobby
Music & Lyrics By: Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy and Andrea Remanda

"The Song Of The Heart" – Happy Feet
Music & Lyrics By: Prince Rogers Nelson

"Try Not To Remember" – Home Of The Brave
Music & Lyrics By: Sheryl Crow

Is there any way they are not going to give this award to Beyoncé? It't the only song out of the nominees that I remember, even if it doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the music in the film.

My Pick - "Listen" – Dreamgirls
My Preference - "Listen" – Dreamgirls