Golden Globes

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The Golden Globes nominations have been announced and the ceremony is 17 January 2010. Usually I wait until the Oscars to see the nominated movies, but it’s usually the same stuff that gets nominated so I’m giving it a go this year. Thanks to torrents, I’ve been able to download a bunch already. What sucks is a big chunk of the movies don’t come out in theatres until the end of the year, some not until January. Lame. But I’m doing good so far. I’ve already seen The Hangover and District 9 and Coraline but there are a TON I haven’t seen, mostly because they aren’t yet. In my queue to watch at the moment are:

- Inglorious Basterds
- Precious
- 500 Days of Summer
- Julie and Julia
- Brothers
- The Young Victoria
- The Blind Side
- Duplicity

I wasn’t really interested in seeing any of those except Brothers because it looks awesome, but what I think is awesome about awards like the globes and the Oscars is it makes people see movies they wouldn’t otherwise see – it’s why I saw Crash and I’m glad because that movie rocked. There are still a bunch of movies to see, and some are ones I’m super excited about like Sherlock Holmes, Avatar, Nine, and It’s Complicated. Especially the last one because it has Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin – I’ll probably see that one in the theatre. Anyway, I’ll be blogging about the movies as I see them, including who I think deserves to win each category. Every year I make two lists; One is who I think should win, and the other is who will probably win. They are usually completely different, especially where television is concerned because I hate a lot of the shows that always win. We will see!

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