Film Winners:
Best Picture: Atonement
Best Actor, Drama: Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Actress, Drama: Julie Christie, Away From Her
Best Picture Comedy/Musical: Sweeney Todd
Best Screenplay: No Country for Old Men
Best Actor Musical/Comedy: Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Best Director: Julian Schnabel, Diving Bell and the Butterfly!
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Best Actress – Musical Comedy: Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Animated Film: Ratatouille
Best Song: Guaranteed
Best Score: Atonement
Best Foreign Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
And the Globes have spoken. Who watched The Golden Globes press conference where they simply opened up envelopes and declared a winner? Neither did I… but anyway, let’s see what they chose.
Overall, there weren’t too many surprises. Instead of going on and on about the obvious winners, I’ll dive into the shockers. The main surprise of the night was when Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) won for Best Director. I thought the team of Ethan and Joel Coen was definitely going to take the Best Director category, and even if they didn’t I had two alternate picks before Schnabel.
Some slight surprises include: The Coen Brothers taking the Best Screenplay award from Diablo Cody (Juno). Marion Cotillard winning Best Actress for a Musical/Comedy over Ellen Page (Juno). And Cate Blanchett (I’m Not There) winning Best Supporting Actress over Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone). But these weren’t any major upsets.
Alas, I must talk about the Best Drama win for Atonement. Sure, No Country for Old Men was the favorite and it’s been the frontrunner to win Best Picture for a while now… but I felt Atonement’s win was expected. Does this give Atonement a better shot at a Best Picture nomination? Absolutely not. Being shutout by the major Guilds is definitely a blow to its chances. I believe that if it can sneak into the top 5, it could very well upset the Best Picture category. But as of right now, even with a GG Best Drama win, things aren’t looking good for Atonement (besides the number of visual and tech nominations it’ll receive).
