The Winners
Best Motion Picture, Drama Mad Max: Fury Road
Carol
The Revenant - Winner
Room
Spotlight
(Thoughts: I've yet to see either Fury Road or Carol - hopefully, I can catch a screening of the latter tonight - but it doesn't take long for me to disagree with the choice. I love The Revenant and Spotlight, but Room is an extraordinary picture that moved my heart more than I can fathom or grasp after only two viewings. I'm not too pissed or confused, however. The Revenant is a masterful epic, a survival/revenge thriller realized to a bloodthirsty, colossal degree by its filmmakers; and are you really surprised when names like DiCaprio, Hardy, or Iñárritu are involved?)
Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Joy
Spy
The Big Short
The Martian - Winner
Trainwreck
(Thoughts: I've never agreed with the Globes' notion of splitting up Best Picture into Drama and Musical/Comedy, seems to condone a line of thinking that two films of different genre can't be judged on the same front. If you're good at what you do, you're good, no handicaps needed. I find this category as an excuse for nominating films or performances that'd be scoffed at by *real* critics. Golden Globes, if you want to call Spy one of the ten best pictures of the year, just nominate it with everyone else. It'd save us time and pretense.)
Best Actress - Drama Saoirse Ronin, Brooklyn
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Rooney Mara, Carol
Brie Larson, Room - Winner
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
(Thoughts: I agree wholeheartedly.)
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy - Winner
Melissa McCarthy, Spy
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van
Lily Tomlin, Grandma
(Thoughts: Lily Tomlin in Grandma gave a lifetime in less than eighty minutes: a concerned grandmother, a frustrated mother, an almost-jaded rebel, a widow, an acerbic wise-ass, a regretful ex-girlfriend (on two occassions), and a reinvigorated woman.)
Best Actor - Drama Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant - Winner
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Will Smith, Concussion
(Thoughts: It's a fearless, no-holds-barred performance like Hugh Glass that cements Leonardo DiCaprio's legacy as not only one of our best actors today, but of all time. Simply put, Leonardo DiCaprio is too good for the Academy.)
Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Christian Bale, The Big Short
Steve Carell, The Big Short
Matt Damon, The Martian - Winner
Al Pacino, Danny Collins
Mark Ruffalo, Infinitely Polar Bear
(Thoughts: I argued for a bit between Damon and Bale, but Damon's humor and quiet tenacity won me over. I think other actors could do Bale's role; no one could play Mark Watney better than Matt Damon.)
Best Supporting Actor Paul Dano, Love
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Sylvester Stallone, Creed - Winner
(Thoughts: When I heard Stallone was receiving Oscar buzz for this role, I arched my eyebrow. I saw Creed, loved it, put it as my 5th favorite of the year. Now, Stallone's won the Golden Globe. This Oscar may become a reality, and it would be 100% earned. Raw, vulnerable, and nuanced, this takes Stallone's best role and pushes it even further than I ever expected. It is excellent in every sense of the term.)
Best Supporting Actress Jane Fonda, Youth
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Helen Mirren, Trumbo
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs - Winner
(Thoughts: Vikander should've won. Her mastery, of not only emotional, but also physical manipulation was breathtaking. She was the best part of Ex Machina, delivering a stunning, career-best performance.)
Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant - Winner
Todd Haynes, Carol
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott, The Martian
(Thoughts: From what I've seen of Fury Road, I think I'd praise Miller's world-building and control of that story's anarchy, but I've yet to see it. Iñárritu's The Revenant is a visual marvel, laden with themes of faith and justice, expressed through some of the most powerful imagery I've seen in the past year. His control of the frame is unbelievable, but what else would you get from last year's Oscar winner?)
Emma Donoghue, Room
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, The Big Short
Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs - Winner
Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight
(Thoughts: I mean the following statement, not as a slight on Sorkin's writing, but a question of judgment on behalf of the Globes' voters: every other option was a better choice. Sorkin's script had a unique structure and his trademark snappy, intellectual dialogue, but not much that merits an award. I choose Randolph and McKay's well-paced, refreshing script that balanced comedy and tragedy with aplomb.)
Best Original Score Carter Burwell, Carol
Alexander Desplat, The Danish Girl
Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight - Winner
Daniel Pemberton, Steve Jobs
Ryuchi Sakamoto, The Revenant
Best Original Song
"Love Me Like You Do," Fifty Shades of Grey"One Kind of Love," Love & Mercy
"See You Again," Furious 7
"Simple Song #3," Youth
"Writing's on the Wall," Spectre - Winner
(Thoughts: For as much as I despise Youth, I enjoy "Simple Song #3", and do so in spades over Sam Smith's dirge.)
Best Animated Film
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out - Winner
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie
(Thoughts: No surprise here, Inside Out was a juggernaut. I preferred The Peanuts Movie. I didn't get to see Shaun the Sheep Movie or Anomalisa, though I hear both are brilliant.)
The Brand New Testament
The Club
The Fencer
Mustang
Son of Saul - Winner
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There were awards given out for television, but you know what kind of blog this is. The full list can be found here. On the 14th, the Oscar nominations will be revealed, but if the Golden Globes list is anything to go by, I think this award season, with the exception of the Best Picture, Screenplay, and Supporting Actress runs, are going to be in pretty good hands. All that's left to do is wait.
Thank you all for reading; I'm the Man Without a Plan, signing off.
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