Spheres of Arum

Well the final leg of the Oscar race is finally on after a weekend of awards.  Both the Golden Globes and the more prestigious Critics Choice Awards were held this weekend in Hollywood and the narrative for Oscar season seems to be shaping up.  Here's a list of the winners of the Globes in the film categories.

Best Motion Picture - Drama

The Social Network (2010)

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

The Kids Are All Right (2010)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Colin Firth for The King's Speech (2010)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010)

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

Paul Giamatti for Barney's Version (2010)

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

Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right (2010)

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

Christian Bale for The Fighter (2010)

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

Melissa Leo for The Fighter (2010)

Best Director - Motion Picture

David Fincher for The Social Network (2010)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

The Social Network (2010): Aaron Sorkin

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Burlesque (2010/I): Diane Warren("You Haven't Seen The Last of Me")

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

The Social Network (2010): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Best Animated Film

Toy Story 3 (2010)

Best Foreign Language Film

In a Better World (2010)(Denmark)

One of the key things to note about the Golden Globes is their complete snub of True Grit.  They seemed to attempt to make up for this by featuring the 3 leads as presenters over the course of the night.  Jeff Bridges very well could give Colin Firth a run for his money, and many are looking at a possible upset by True Grit over The Social Network.  There were two categories that showed that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association were a little out of touch with reality which were Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical and Best Comedy or Musical.  Most of the films and performances in these two categories were panned by critics and audiences alike.  Awards season is a political game that requires the players involved to keep attention on themselves and the Globes serve this purpose.  

The Critics Choice awards, listed below this paragraph, more closely resemble the potential Oscar nominations.  Again The Social Network won best picture, best director, and best screenplay.  But an interesting thing to note is that The Fighter won two acting awards and the award for Best Acting Ensemble.  Inception won most of the technical awards including Best Cinematography.  Why is all this important?  The Screen Actors Guild awards are in two weeks and they also represent the largest voting block in the Academy.  If SAG goes with The Fighter it and The Social Network could cancel each other out leaving it open for True Grit or Inception or The King's Speech, with Inception having the technical side's votes for Best Picture.  We'll just have to wait and see!

Critics Choice Awards:

Best Picture

The Social Network (2010)

Other Nominees:

127 Hours (2010)

Black Swan (2010)

The Fighter (2010)

Inception (2010)

The King's Speech (2010)

The Town (2010)

Toy Story 3 (2010)

True Grit (2010)

Winter's Bone (2010)

Best Actor

Colin Firth for The King's Speech (2010)

Best Actress

Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010)

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale for The Fighter (2010)

Best Supporting Actress

Melissa Leo for The Fighter (2010)

Best Acting Ensemble

The Fighter (2010)

Best Director

David Fincher for The Social Network (2010)

Best Original Screenplay

The King's Speech (2010): David Seidler

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Social Network (2010): Aaron Sorkin

Best Animated Feature

Toy Story 3 (2010)

Best Young Actor/Actress

Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit (2010)

Best Action Movie

Inception (2010)

Best Comedy Movie

Easy A (2010)

Best Foreign Language Film

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

Best Documentary Feature

Waiting for 'Superman' (2010)

Best Song

127 Hours (2010)("If I Rise")

Best Composer

The Social Network (2010): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Best Cinematography

Inception (2010)

Best Art Direction

Inception (2010)

Best Editing

Inception (2010)

Best Costume Design

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Best Makeup

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Best Visual Effects

Inception (2010)

Best Sound

Inception (2010)

 

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