I Thought Pride Would Be More Entertaining

Don't get me wrong, Matthew Warchus' Pride is a solid flick all things considered. This is the true story of U.K. gay activists joining in to help the Miners union during their strike back in 1984. And it is rather inspirational to witness so many people recognizing the lengths their fellow men/women are willing to go to help them out... in spite of and eventually regardless of sexual preference.

But this is still the kind of film that manages to host a more interesting subject matter than the overall final product manages to be. Rather, Pride didn't hold my attention in quite the way I'd hope a great film would and I often felt my mind wandering...

Now I felt like Ben Schnetzer did an excellent job. Imelda Staunton was solid. I also always enjoy a good Bill Nighy performance... I could use more Nighy in a film. And George MacKay was good enough. But then there was Andrew Scott... this guy just doesn't bring anything interesting to the table in my mind. He's the same guy that makes me cringe when I think about rewatching some of those old episodes of Sherlock... because he just cannot seem to find an honest place to emote from. In that series he was completely too much... and here well he's the exact opposite... too little but still annoyingly fidgety. I don't mean to be rude... really, if he gave me a performance worth watching I'd happily change my tune, but when a person reaches the highest of levels in their profession I don't think I'm alone in expecting more.

Anyway, this film got a nod in the Golden Globes Best Feature Film, Musical or Comedy category. And it is worth a watch. Though I doubt I'll ever feel the need to revisit it. I was just led to believe this would be a lot more fun than it ultimately was.

Golden Globes: Another Day, Another Group Of Awards Nominations

Yesterday we got a glimpse into what SAG was thinking. Today we get the Hollywood Foreign Press Association...

Best Motion Picture, Drama

Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything

My Pick: My choices for the year didn't make the category, so I gotta go with Boyhood.


Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Julianne Moore - Still Alice
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon - Wild
Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
Jennifer Aniston - Cake (Not yet released)

My Pick: It was Reese Witherspoon... and while I do really dig Rosamund Pike's performance, I'm totally on board with the Julianne Moore win.


Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
David Oyelowo - Selma
Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler

My Pick: Jake Gyllenhaal!! Steve Carell feels like a supporting actor to me...


Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Into the Woods
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
St. Vincent
Pride

My Pick: Gotta go with Birdman for now. Grand Budapest is up there too... but St. vincent shouldn't even be in the category.


Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Julianne Moore - Maps to the Stars (Not yet released)
Amy Adams - Big Eyes
Emily Blunt - Into the Woods
Helen Mirren - The Hundred Foot Journey
Quvenzhané Wallis - Annie

My Pick: This is a really difficult category this year, but right now I'm gonna go with Amy Adams.


Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Michael Keaton - Birdman
Bill Murray - St. Vincent
Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Christoph Waltz - Big Eyes
Joaquin Phoenix - Inherent Vice

My Pick: Ooh, I want Ralph Fiennes to win!


Best Animated Feature Film

The Lego Movie
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls

My Pick: The Lego Movie all the way!!


Best Foreign Language Film

Ida
Force Majeure
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Gett
Tangerines Mandariinid (Not yet released)
Leviathan

My Pick: Force Majeure... for now.


Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Meryl Streep - Into the Woods
Emma Stone - Birdman

My Pick: Patricia Arquette please.


Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
Robert Duvall - The Judge
Edward Norton - Birdman
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher

My Pick: J.K. Simmons gets all my votes.


Best Director - Motion Picture

Ava DuVernay - Selma
Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman
David Fincher - Gone Girl
Richard Linklater - Boyhood

My Pick: Alejandro González Iñárritu... he just made so many cool choices.


Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo - Birdman
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
Graham Moore - The Imitation Game

My Pick: Wes Anderson. Cause he's the man.


Best Original Score - Motion Picture

Alexandre Desplat - The Imitation Game
Jóhann Jóhannsson - The Theory of Everything
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross - Gone Girl
Antonio Sanchez - Birdman
Hans Zimmer - Interstellar

My Pick: I loved Antonio Sanchez' drum score! Though Alexandre Desalt deserves mad props.


Best Original Song - Motion Picture

"Big Eyes" - Big Eyes
"Glory" - Selma
"Mercy Is" - Noah
"Opportunity" - Annie
"Yellow Flicker Beat" - The Hunger Games: Mockingly - Part 1

My Pick: Initially I said Yellow Flicker beat having not seen or heard all of these, but I think I'm gonna change my answer to Big Eyes.


The TV stuff gets a little looser...

Best TV Series, Drama

Downton Abbey
The Affair
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
The Good Wife

My Pick: Game of Thrones


Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama

Viola Davis - How to Get Away With Murder
Claire Danes - Homeland
Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife
Robin Wright - House of Cards
Ruth Wilson - The Affair

My Pick: Claire Danes.


Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama

Kevin Spacey - House of Cards
Clive Owen - The Knick
James Spader - The Blacklist
Dominic West - The Affair
Liev Schreiber - Ray Donovan

My Pick: Kevin Spacey.


Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy

Orange is the New Black
Girls
Jane The Virgin
Transparent
Silicon Valley

My Pick: Silicon Valley


Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy

Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep
Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie
Gina Rodriguez - Jane The Virgin
Lena Dunham - Girls
Taylor Schilling - Orange is the New Black

My Pick: Taylor Schilling.


Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy

Don Cheadle - House of Lies
William H. Macy - Shameless
Ricky Gervais - Derek
Jeffrey Tambor -  Transparent
Louie C.K. - Louie

My Pick: Louie C.K.


Best TV Movie or Mini-Series

Olive Kitteridge
Fargo
The Missing
True Detective
The Normal Heart

My Pick: True Detective


Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie

Jessica Lang - American Horror Story: Freak Show
Maggie Gyllenhaal - The Honorable Woman
Frances McDormand - Olive Kitteridge
Allison Tolman - Fargo
Frances O'Connor - The Missing

My Pick: Frances McDormand.


Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie

Martin Freeman - Fargo
Matthew McConaughey - True Detective
Woody Harrelson - True Detective
Billy Bob Thornton - Fargo
Mark Ruffalo - The Normal Heart

My Pick: Woody Harrelson.


Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series, or TV Movie

Kathy Bates - American Horror Story: Freak SHow
Uzo Aduba - Orange is the New Black
Joanne Froggatt - Downton Abbey
Michelle Monaghan - True Detective
Allison Janney - Mom

My Pick: Uzo Aduba.


Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series, or TV Movie

Bill Murray - Olive Kitteridge
Jon Voight - Ray Donovan
Matt Bomer - The Normal Heart
Alan Cumming - The Good Wife
Colin Hanks - Fargo

My Pick: Alan Cumming.