ROTTEN TOMATOES: "Babel," "Departed," And A Few Surprises Lead Golden Globes Nominations

"Babel," "Departed," And A Few Surprises Lead Golden Globes Nominations

by Jen Yamato | December 14, 2006

Summary

"Babel"'s back in the game as this year's Golden Globes nominations were announced, including many expected Oscar pics -- and a few smaller surprises. Back to Article

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downwithstarbucks writes:
on Dec 14 2006 02:59 PM

[b]half nelson?[/b]
ryan gosling had the best performance of the year (that i've seen - can't say i've seen leo in blood or will in pursuit yet). sad he gets denied here

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245_trioxin writes:
on Dec 14 2006 03:20 PM

I think any song out of the tenacous d movie or even idlewild should have been nominated. i mean if three 6 mafia can win an oscar ya know?

thomas of the living dead

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Enemy writes:
on Dec 14 2006 03:46 PM

Unfortunately, the Golden Globes are a joke and probably the worst awards show artistically; just nominating the most popular/most talked about movies and especially TV shows, generally.

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the_shadow writes:
on Dec 14 2006 03:56 PM

In reply to this comment (#851153)
that's certainly true, but it looks like they've hit a new low this time around. the year has not been as bad for movies, as some these noms would seem to suggest.

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dagreenman18 writes:
on Dec 14 2006 05:13 PM

to be fair, the Globes have gotten better with more indie films, but their still garbage compared to the Oscars. speaking of which, is Jon Stewart hosting again this year? god i hope so, it was the best Oscar night i've seen in the longest time.

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Boss Fan writes:
on Dec 14 2006 06:09 PM

Please tell me those drama noms are a joke! I'm sure "Bobby" was typo that was supposed to read "Letters from Iwo Jima" or "Flags of Our Fathers."

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Instructo writes:
on Dec 14 2006 07:31 PM

globes wont decide much in terms of oscars this year....btw someone asked if jon stewart is hosting again...he is not..ellen degeneres will be hosting (although i wished it was jon he did a good job)

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lavatory love machine writes:
on Dec 14 2006 08:10 PM

at least the golden globes didn't give a best pic award to crash

the oscars?? now that's a joke

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CannibalPenguins writes:
on Dec 14 2006 09:05 PM

The Queen deserves best picture.

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Mike writes:
on Dec 14 2006 10:54 PM

In reply to this comment (#851158)
Agreed! Well-said! After last year the Oscars became a major joke.

As for the Globe noms:

Great for Maggie G. Woohoo! [b]Sherrybaby[/b] looks great and she looks great in it. I was so hoping she'd be nominated. Love her!

Great for Ferrell, Meryl, Annette, Emily Blunt, and Gustavo Santaolalla (I hope he wins).

With Maggie's nomination I can't say I'm disappointed at all. There are some good ones. A little surprising though they chose to ignore Ryan Gosling for [b]Half Nelson[/b]. Leo shouldn't have gotten nominated for two in the same category. Oh well, at least it should cancel him out for winning because it will divide the votes for him between the two movies. Will Smith shouldn't be nominated. At least he won't be at the Oscars. I just hope Maggie's nom carries over to the Oscar noms, and I also hope they expand [b]Sherrybaby[/b] a bit now.

Since they decided to go with some younger talent this year, such as Emily Blunt, it's totally unfair that they looked over Ellen Page for [b]Hard Candy[/b].

I disagree highly with the person who said it hasn't been a crappy year for movies because it has been. It's one of the worst in ages by far. I haven't rated a movie higher than an [b]A-[/b] yet. It doesn't look like any movie this year will be able to get a perfect rating from me.

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mizzoucritic writes:
on Dec 15 2006 01:16 AM

In reply to this comment (#851160)
Hate to break it to you, but Will Smith most likely will get a Best Actor Oscar nom. It's been on a lot of insider prediction lists and this GG nom only helps his chances.

As for Hard Candy (which I loved), it's too unnerving of a film for the Golden Globe or Oscar types to give it any cred.

And this year hasn't been terrible at the movies (look at '03 for a more recent example of a blah year excluding Mystic River, LOTR and Lost in Translation), and the end-of-year selection looks mighty promising. (With Letters, Pan's, Dreamgirls, Venus, Painted Veil and Curse of the Golden Flower)

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danpanic19 writes:
on Dec 15 2006 01:51 AM

The Globes and the Oscars are a totally different show! This year the Globes do seem a little weird! Tossing in nominations for less mainstream films like Babel, and then having nominations for people like Will Smith, who in my opinion is not a good actor!

Leo better win for one of his roles, because he is a great actor with a bad wrap!

THE ONLY THING I AM WANTING MORE THAN ANYTHING IS MARTIN SCORSESE BETTER TAKE BEST DIRECTOR AT THE GLOBES OR THE OSCARS! It is a long time overdue!

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yony writes:
on Dec 15 2006 07:26 AM

BEST MOTION PICTURE � DRAMA - as it seems like Babel is going to take the award but wont be surprise if The Queen will take it

ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE � DRAMA- Helen Mirren

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE � DRAMA - probably Forest Whitaker

BEST MOTION PICTURE � COMEDY OR MUSICAL- probably Dreamgirls but there is a chance for Borat

ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE � COMEDY OR MUSICAL- Meryl Streep

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE � COMEDY OR MUSICAL- Sasha Baron Cohen

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM- Happy Feet

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM- Letters from Iwo Jima

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - Jennifer Hudson

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - Brad Pitt or Eddie Murphy I say Brad

BEST DIRECTOR- I want Clint to take this award ,but people says Scorcese

BEST SCREENPLAY- The Queen

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Boss Fan writes:
on Dec 15 2006 07:29 AM

In reply to this comment (#851162)
Marty won the Golden Globe two years ago, so he's not so overdue here. And as directing goes, Eastwood scored much more of a feat with either of his films than Marty in terms of pure directing. I know everyone thinks Marty deserves more awards than he's taken over the years (and I agree), but honestly, look at the movies that they are actually nominated for this year. Marty could have directed a movie like "The Departed" (which I liked, don't get me wrong) in his sleep. Eastwood's sweeping epics show much more growth and emotional power as a filmmaker. The fact that neither was nominated for best drama (which will prove to be an embarasment for this academy as it has and will be nominated - and probably win - almost every other major picture award) alone should mean Eastwood wins this category by default.

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FILMCZY writes:
on Dec 15 2006 07:30 AM

I can't see "Babel" winning any major awards at the Oscars this year. It seems too "foreign" and "heavy" for the dreary Academy members. I think Best Picture will be either "Dreamgirls" ("Chicago," anyone?) or "The Departed". Clint has a chance but maybe the Academy is tired of heaping awards on him. Scorsese IS certainly due to win an Oscar. I think this is his year--but then I said that last year. The GG are nothing more than a party. Has anyone ever seen members of the "foreign press"? Who are these people anyway? The only think that saves the GG is the separate categories for Comedy/Musical movies and performances.

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Boss Fan writes:
on Dec 15 2006 08:28 AM

In reply to this comment (#851165)
Agreed.

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Bane Of Anubis writes:
on Dec 15 2006 08:35 AM

[b]The Usual Suspects & Ostrich Syndrome [/b]
"And A Few Surprises Lead Golden Globes Nominations"

Ha -- that cracks me up. These awards shows are staid and predictable... Hollywood likes to self-promote itself as pushing the envelope, thinking outside the box, but they're so smack-dab in the middle of an enclosed, lead-coated three-foot thick steel cube that they don't even realize it.

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CMPunk>you writes:
on Dec 15 2006 11:34 AM

"smack-dab in the middle of an enclosed, lead-coated three-foot thick steel cube"

Wow, how look did it take for you to come up with that gem? Sad.

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mizzoucritic writes:
on Dec 15 2006 11:56 AM

In reply to this comment (#851165)
Also agreed.

Babel isn't going to win anything big. Maybe score, but that's it.

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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Dec 15 2006 12:54 PM

I'm happy about The Departed, Little Miss Sunshine, Ferrell, and Depp. Flags of our Fathers wasn't really any better than Bobby, so I disagree with that. And Crash was a great film that deserved Oscar.

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Bane Of Anubis writes:
on Dec 15 2006 01:09 PM

In reply to this comment (#851168)
Probably as long as it would take you to use a spell-checker.

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Boss Fan writes:
on Dec 15 2006 07:08 PM

In reply to this comment (#851170)
Uhh... did you see either of them?! That statment, though you'd be entitled to your opinion, leads me to believe you haven't. Regardless, "Flags," and even more so "Letters" which is already winning many best picture awards have gotten far more raves than "Bobby," which overall has been pretty much panned (though I didn't hate it, it was interesting, but could have, should have, been better). I do agree about "Crash" though. All the "Brokeback" bitterness can end any time now people...

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lavatory love machine writes:
on Dec 15 2006 07:51 PM

In reply to this comment (#851170)
if an action movie or comedy would have so many imposible coincidences on the plot like crash, we would say that it has a very stupid and arbitrary story, but it seems that if a drama if filled with plot points as likely as one in ten million chance to happen, it's just fine we should name it best movie of the year

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Runawayrunaway! writes:
on Dec 15 2006 08:23 PM

Does Bobby count as a surprise? Because if that's a surprise, then so is finding a turd floating in your soup. If they needed a movie to fill out the category, why not The Fountain or something?

I hate how the RT people have to try to link Tomatometers to everything. It's not like the whole world of film criticism revolves around a single website's somewhat innacurate scoring system. (ex.Why would The Fountain's 50 percent Tomatometer have anything to do with its musical score?)

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puablo writes:
on Dec 16 2006 06:26 AM

[b]Wow what a bad year[/b]
These nominations are proof that this year was very lame for movies in general. (Of course I said the same thing last year.)

What I want to know is will Sacha Baron Cohen show up as "Borat", to potentially accept an award in character, or will he actually come as himself? That for me will be the only thing worth watching.

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Boss Fan writes:
on Dec 16 2006 09:38 AM

In reply to this comment (#851173)
Couldn't you say the same about the romantic aspects of "Brokeback Moutain." If it were about a straight couple you'd have "Sweet November," or any number of romantic films that end with tragedy that critic, and the public, generally ignore. I liked "BM," but for everyone to rip "Crash" for its contrivances and praise "BM," when if you think about the story, if it weren't about homosexuals we probably wouldn't notce anything so Earth-shatteringly different about it to say it warrants an Oscar.

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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Dec 16 2006 11:31 AM

In reply to this comment (#851172)
Yea I saw them both, I wasn't saying that I loved Bobby, because I didn't. It's just like you said, it was interesting but should have been better and I also felt that way about Flags. I really am looking forward to seeing Letters from Iwo Jima, which hopefully I will like more than both of the above movies.

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Boss Fan writes:
on Dec 16 2006 12:46 PM

In reply to this comment (#851177)
Fair enough. I just think if you put them side by side, "Flags" is obviously the better movie. Regardless of our opinions, I just think "Bobby" is sort of a ridiculous choice since it really has no critical acclaim, especially when compaired to "Letters" which seems to be one of the front-runners for a best picture Oscar and it doesn't even get A GG nom (?!). And what does, presumably in its place? "Bobby," which is largely considered a disapointment. I guess I just don't get it. But nominate Clint himself for two directing awards, but not either of those films? Come On!

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homeimp writes:
on Dec 17 2006 12:00 PM

In reply to this comment (#851158)
[b]Don't quite agree.[/b]
Sorry. The win for Crash over BM was one of the best choices Oscar has made recently.

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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Dec 17 2006 12:30 PM

In reply to this comment (#851178)
Letter's is in a foreign language so acording to the Golden Globes it's not eligible for best picture, that's why it's up for best foreign film.

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Boss Fan writes:
on Dec 17 2006 01:10 PM

In reply to this comment (#851180)
Yeah, but that - and "Apocalypto" in that category too - is wrong. If the language the movie is in or some of its filming locations is what makes it a "foreign film" than almost all movies would technically be foreign films. Most all US movies are filmed in Canada or somewhere over seas. These two are still American films like any other, but just so happen to be subtitled. The foreign category is for movies made and released in other countries that Hollywood has nothing to do with.

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bookworm1994 writes:
on Dec 18 2006 10:00 AM

I'm quite suprised to not see a nod for Laurance Fishburne, or *brainfreeze* the girl who plays Akeelah for Akeelah and the Bee.

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warsaw writes:
on Dec 18 2006 03:33 PM

munich deserved to win the 06 oscar

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TheFriendlyOtter writes:
on Dec 20 2006 03:19 PM

What ever happened to Natalie Portman from V for Vendetta? I thought she would be a shoo-in, at least for the GGs.

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Kudos Mooney writes:
on Dec 20 2006 04:20 PM

In reply to this comment (#851162)
you totally raped the "!" button.

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Kudos Mooney writes:
on Dec 20 2006 04:30 PM

In reply to this comment (#851183)
[b]totally agree...[/b]
"brokeback mountain" and "crash" had almost no deep lasting effect on me..."Munich", on the other hand, very much did. It deserved the Oscar hands down. I agree that BM would have been really boring had it been about a guy and a chick, but the point of that movie was that it WASN'T a guy and a chick, it was two dudes (mountain boys, no less) dealing with the extreme taboo of homosexuality, so i dont' think it would work so well with a guy and a girl. kinda...defeats the whole point. I love Eastwood films, but I haven't seen Flags of Our Fathers, so I can't comment on its greatness, but I dont' really care to see it. I've seen enough World War II movies and video games. i get the point now. After Saving Private Ryan, I don't see much of a point, really. But I really want to see Letters from Iwo Jima (that seems like an interesting concept). And I agree that Scorcese directed "the Departed" in his sleep, but what a kick ass dream he had. Should it win though? No way. And I'll probably be made fun of for this one, but i honestly believe "Science of Sleep" should win a few awards (best score...best actor...best director...). Michel Gondry deserves it. Maybe with "Be Kind Rewind". Here's hoping.

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miamiheat2006 writes:
on Dec 20 2006 08:06 PM

Does anyone agree that Little Miss Sunshine deserves Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical?

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jpbresnihan writes:
on Dec 21 2006 10:37 AM

In reply to this comment (#851187)
i really loved Little Miss Sunshine and i hope that gets Best movie comedy this year and at least gets an Oscar nom or two.

i've always found in terms of winning awards that the globes were a bit more predictable than the oscars, but i havent seen a few of the movies nominated this year so im not completely sure on whats gonna win and what wont. but i saw Blood Diamond last night and thought Djimon Hansou(sp?) was amazing and surprised he didn't get a nom for best supporting actor. i mean i thought Wahlberg and Nicholson were both worthy of a nom and so was pitt, and i havent seen Dreamgirls yet so i dont know how awesome Murphy is in that, but i personally did not think Affleck was that great in hollywoodland.

agree? disagree?

also.... PERSONALLY i think this is Scorcese's year at the oscars. i mean i've seen many many movies every year and it has been forever since i have felt that satisfied after a movie, and in the end i think thats what its all about. hopefully the voters sometimes take that into consideration, because i felt they did last year.

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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Dec 21 2006 11:01 AM

Yea, I think Little Miss Sunshine should win too. I did think that Affleck did a great job in Hollywoodland though, and deserved his nomination, I'm not cheering for him to win though. Although Djimon did a great job also.

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