Predictions: Golden Globe Style - Just to break it down a bit...

[Sonic Youth]

What is all this talk for "Enchanted" all of a sudden?

I've yet to see a stupider preview this year.

[paperboy]

Plus Amy Adams for 'Enchanted'.

[The Original BJ]

How can you be rooting for films to win prizes that you haven't seen?

Just a question.

Also...I just now realized how competitive the (rarely competitive) Comedy/Musical Actress category is. I could imagine ALL eight names you list as contenders showing up. On the other hand, Drama Actress is slim pickings.

[atomicage]

Don't get me wrong, I am a huge Oscar fan. Nevertheless, I've always appreciated the fact that the Golden Globes split the films and actors into Drama and Comedy. Not only that, but it actually helps break down the contenders a tid bit, instead of pushing the funny performances in with the tear-jerkers. So with that said, I thought it would be interesting to try that, breaking down my guesses into the Globe categories. I encourage you to do the same.

* - I think they will win (prediction), sometimes I guess two
~ - I want them to win (preference)
If there is no symbol, then I have no clue.


BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
"American Gangster"
"Atonement"
"Charlie Wilson's War"
~ "No Country For Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"
NOTE: Into the Wild, Michael Clayton, Kite Runner...

BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
* "Juno"
"Knocked Up"
* "Once"
"Superbad"
~ "Sweeney Todd"
NOTE: Ratatouille, Across the Universe,The Savages, Hairspray, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

BEST PERFOMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
*~ Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah)
James McAvoy (Atonement)
Denzel Washington (American Gangster)
NOTE: Brad Pitt (Jesse James), Tom Hank (Charlie Wilson's War), John Cusack (Grace is Gone), Jared Leto (Chapter 27)

BEST PERFOMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
* Julie Christie (Away from Her)
Jodie Foster (The Brave One)
Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)
Keira Knightley (Atonement)
NOTE: Uh... looks pretty darn perfect to me.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Don Cheadle (Talk to Me)
*~ Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd)
Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Savages)
Seth Rogen (Knocked Up)
NOTE: Steve Carell (Dan in Real Life), John Travolta (Hairspray), Dustin Hoffman (Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium), John C. Reilly (Walk Hard)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd)
* Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
Katherine Heigl (Knocked Up)
Laura Linney (The Savages)
~ Ellen Page (Juno)
NOTE: Nicole Kidman (Margot at the Wedding), Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray), Keri Russell (Waitress), Amy Adams (Enchanted)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - MOTION PICTURE
* Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War)
Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild)
~ Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)
NOTE: Philip Bosco (Savages), Casey Affleck (Jesse), Mark Ruffalo (Reservation Road), Alan Rickman (Sweeney Todd)

BEST PERFOMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - MOTION PICTURE
*~ Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
Jennifer Jason Leigh (Margot at the Wedding)
Leslie Mann (Knocked Up)
Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)
NOTE: Vanessa Redgrave, Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai (all Atonement), Meryl Streep (Rendition)

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
~ Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd)
* Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)
Mike Nichols (Charlie Wilson's War)
* Ridley Scott (American Gangster)
Joe Wright (Atonement)
NOTE: Sean Penn (Into the Wild), Marc Forster (Kite Runner), Jason Reitman (Juno)

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
"Atonement" - Christopher Hampton
~ "Juno" - Diablo Cody
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country For Old Men" - Joel & Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" - Paul Thomas Anderson
NOTE: (The Savages), (Knocked Up), (Charlie Wilson's War), (Ratatouille)...

ORIGINAL SCORE
* Atonement
Charlie Wilson's War
Once
~ Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
NOTE: (Lust, Caution), (His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass), ...