The Golden Globe nominees were announced today. And several will be of interest to CBM fans. Most prominently,
Avatar received nods for Best Motion Picture - Drama and Best Director for James Cameron among others.
Coraline is in the running for best animated feature(shouldn't Avatar be in their too?;) and Spider-Man himself Tobey Maguire is up for best actor for his excellent performance in
Brothers.
Here is a full list of the nominees..
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Avatar (2009)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Up in the Air (2009/I)
Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
(500) Days of Summer (2009)
The Hangover (2009)
It's Complicated (2009)
Julie & Julia (2009)
Nine (2009)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)
George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009)
Morgan Freeman for Invictus (2009)
Tobey Maguire for Brothers (2009/I)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Emily Blunt for The Young Victoria (2009)
Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)
Helen Mirren for The Last Station (2009)
Carey Mulligan for An Education (2009)
Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Matt Damon for The Informant! (2009)
Daniel Day-Lewis for Nine (2009)
Robert Downey Jr. for Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt for (500) Days of Summer (2009)
Michael Stuhlbarg for A Serious Man (2009)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Sandra Bullock for The Proposal (2009/I)
Marion Cotillard for Nine (2009)
Julia Roberts for Duplicity (2009)
Meryl Streep for It's Complicated (2009)
Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Matt Damon for Invictus (2009)
Woody Harrelson for The Messenger (2009/I)
Christopher Plummer for The Last Station (2009)
Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009)
Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Penélope Cruz for Nine (2009)
Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Julianne Moore for A Single Man (2009)
Best Director - Motion Picture
Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008)
James Cameron for Avatar (2009)
Clint Eastwood for Invictus (2009)
Jason Reitman for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
District 9 (2009): Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
The Hurt Locker (2008): Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds (2009): Quentin Tarantino
It's Complicated (2009): Nancy Meyers
Up in the Air (2009/I): Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Crazy Heart (2009): T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")
Everybody's Fine (2009): Paul McCartney("(I Want To) Come Home")
Nine (2009): Maury Yeston("Cinema Italiano")
Brothers (2009/I)("Winter")
Avatar (2009)("I See You")
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
The Informant! (2009): Marvin Hamlisch
Up (2009): Michael Giacchino
Where the Wild Things Are (2009): Carter Burwell, Karen Orzolek
Avatar (2009): James Horner
A Single Man (2009): Abel Korzeniowski
Best Animated Film
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Coraline (2009)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Up (2009)
Best Foreign Language Film
Los abrazos rotos (2009)
Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)
La nana (2009)
Un prophète (2009)
Baarìa (2009)
Im annoyed that
District 9 didn't get more recognition..and to be honest, if there was any justice
Watchmen would be up there in strong contention too, but there are some great movies there. Personally I would like to see
The Hurt Locker win something, as well as
Coraline and
Inglorious Basterds , and of course,
Avatar! I'v given this movie some stick, and have yet to see it, but winning a prestigious award can only be a good thing for Sci-Fi themed movies in the future.