GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS 2014!

In some ways, the Globes surprised me quite a bit, and in others, they couldn't be more predictable! With four real life biopics heading the drama category, you could only help but see that coming. But in the comedy category there are a lot of surprises: a movie up for best comedy that I'd only barely heard of, and a few nominees that I'd completely forgotten about. Without further ado, let's see how accurate I was in the actual Golden Globe nominations: (in red are those I didn't include on my predictions) 

DRAMA:
  • Boyhood 
  • Foxcatcher (totally forgot about how many critics loved this movie, I was surprised to see it knock off other contenders like Whiplash and Gone Girl)
  • The Imitation Game
  • Selma
  • The Theory of Everything
ACTRESS:
  • 
Jennifer Aniston- Cake (I forgot about Aniston too! She just picked up a SAG nom too, imagine Rachel Green and Michael Scott up for an Oscar the same year!)
  • Felicity Jones- The Theory of Everything
  • Julianne Moore- Still Alice
  • Rosamund Pike- Gone Girl
  • Reese Witherspoon- Wild
ACTOR:
  • 
Steve Carell- Foxcatcher
  • Benedict Cumberbatch- The Imitation Game
  • Jake Gyllenhaal- Nightcrawler
  • David Oyelowo- Selma
  • Eddie Redmayne- The Theory of Everything
COMEDY/MUSICAL:
  • Birdman
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Into the Woods
  • Pride (where did this movie come from?! I remember reading about and that it got good reviews, but with no other nods here it seems an odd choice!)
  • St. Vincent (I underestimated the awards power of this movie, what with it getting two noms here and a SAG nod for Naomi Watts)
BEST ACTRESS:
  • Amy Adams- Big Eyes (for whatever reason they put Adams and Christoph Waltz, her leading man, in the comedy field, when IMDb says Big Eyes is a drama)
  • Emily Blunt- Into the Woods
  • Helen Mirren- The Hundred-Foot Journey (from the trailers this movie looks like one of those comfort food films like The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel)
  • Julianne Moore- Maps to the Stars (I'd never even HEARD of this movie, which IMDb also classifies as a drama! But good for Moore scoring double nominations)
  • Quvenzhané Wallis- Annie
BEST ACTOR:
  • 
Ralph Fiennes- The Grand Budapest Hotel (I love Fiennes but I counted him out at the last minute in favor of Chadwick Boseman, whose Get On Up was shutout!)
  • Michael Keaton- Birdman
  • Bill Murray- St. Vincent
  • Joaquin Phoenix- Inherent Vice
  • Christoph Waltz- Big Eyes
ANIMATED: (this must've been a good enough year for this field to expand to five!)
  • Big Hero 6
  • The Book of Life
  • The Boxtrolls
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2
  • The Lego Movie
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
  • 
Patricia Arquette- Boyhood
  • Jessica Chastain- A Most Violent Year
  • Keira Knightley- The Imitation Game
  • Emma Stone- Birdman
  • Meryl Streep- Into the Woods
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
  • Robert Duvall- The Judge (I should've played it safe with Duvall, who got a SAG nod, but reviews for The Judge were so bad I thought he wouldn't even be considered!)
  • Ethan Hawke- Boyhood
  • 
Edward Norton- Birdman
  • Mark Ruffalo- Foxcatcher
  • J.K. Simmons- Whiplash
BEST DIRECTOR:
  • 
Wes Anderson- The Grand Budapest Hotel (very glad to see Anderson in this race, who's up for his first ever Golden Globes here!)
  • Ava DuVernay- Selma (props are due to the first black woman in this category!)
  • David Fincher- Gone Girl (this movie's up for a respectable three nominations, but its exclusion in best drama was a little surprising)
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu- Birdman
  • Richard Linklater- Boyhood
SCREENPLAY:
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Gone Girl
  • Birdman
  • Boyhood (I was super wrong with this category! I didn't expect Boyhood to get a nomination here because the movie isn't really focused with words as it is with actions)
  • The Imitation Game
Total correct: 38/55 nominations!

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