Best Picture (Drama)
Avatar
Whereas the best actor (comedy or musical) and the best foreign language film categories are hard to predict because they don't have any discernible favorites, the best picture (drama) category is a tough one because there are no less than 4 (four) favorites: critics' fave and highly topical Up in the Air, critics' fave and highly topical The Hurt Locker, some critics' fave and cultish classic-in-the-making Inglourious Basterds, and box-office record-breaker Avatar. Which shall it be?
Well, if you've noticed the oversized text in green up above then you already know that we think it'll be James Cameron's Avatar. No, we didn't pick it because we believe that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association members are all a bunch of neo-pagan nature-worshippers. Avatar isn't just a back-to-nature epic; it has gotten a number of good reviews, it's considered one of the most innovative and groundbreaking movies ever made, and its message may bother some (the far right, the Vatican) but it has been embraced by tens of millions the world over. In other words: HFPA voters can go pagan (and populist) without being afraid of being excommunicated by serious-minded pundits.
It would all work beautifully: Avatar gets best picture (drama), Up in the Air gets best screenplay (Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner) and best actor (George Clooney), The Hurt Locker gets best director (Kathryn Bigelow), Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds gets best supporting actor (Christoph Waltz), and fifth nominee Precious gets best supporting actress (Mo'Nique). Just like in most world-class film festivals, where top awards are given to different movies.
True, life usually doesn't work that harmoniously, but things may be different in the movie realm of the Golden Globes.
Hosted by Ricky Gervais, the 2010 Golden Globes ceremony will be broadcast live coast to coast Sunday, January 17, on NBC (5 to 8 pm PT, 8 to 11 pm ET) from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Photo: Avatar (WETA / 20th Century Fox)
Steve posted the following here:
http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/its-complicated-best-picture-comedy-194/
and.. what´s your opinion about best film musical/comedy ? Nine 100% or not ?
Script was fine, so was the acting and story, they were all superb. I read the Avatar screenplay and it was a real interesting read as it was, very detailed and good tough dialogue.
Would be the most deserved best picture win since Lord of the Rings: Return of The King.
Avatar stands above everything this year.
the problem most people have with Avatar was not its message but its script, period! And this is the reason why it shouldn't have any "best picture" award