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Since I posted the SAG nominations yesterday, here are the Golden Globes. They are far more of a joke than the SAG awards, since it's all pretty much a big party where the cast and crew from each nominated TV series or movie sit together at the same table and get drunk. This year they've hit a new low by allowing The Martian to be nominated as a comedy because Matt Damon cracks a few jokes. By that token, every movie since Schindler's List probably qualifies as a comedy too. Ricky Gervais hosts (asterisk means a film I've seen):

Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

The Big Short
Joy
The Martian*
Spy*
Trainwreck*

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Melissa McCarthy, Spy *
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck*
Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van
Lily Tomlin, Grandma*

Best Motion Picture, Drama

Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road*
The Revenant
Room*
Spotlight*

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room*
Rooney Mara, Carol
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn*
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

Best Actor in Motion Picture, Drama

Bryan Cranston, Trumbo*
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs*
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Will Smith, Concussion

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Jane Fonda, Youth
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Helen Mirren, Trumbo*
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina*
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs*

Best Actor in Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Christian Bale, The Big Short
Steve Carell, The Big Short
Matt Damon, The Martian*
Al Pacino, Danny Collins*
Mark Ruffalo, Infinitely Polar Bear*

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Paul Dano, Love & Mercy*
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies*
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes*
Sylvester Stallone, Creed*

Best Director

Todd Haynes, Carol
Alejandro G. Inarritu, The Revenant
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight*
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road*
Ridley Scott, The Martian*

I've got to get out more.

BackInTex wrote:I've got to get out more.

If you wait a little longer you can rent these movies at Blockbuster and play them in your VCR.

Vandal wrote:

BackInTex wrote:I've got to get out more.

If you wait a little longer you can rent these movies at Blockbuster and play them in your VCR.

Blockbuster: Not paying those late fees finally paid off!

Pastor Fireball wrote:

Vandal wrote:

BackInTex wrote:I've got to get out more.

If you wait a little longer you can rent these movies at Blockbuster and play them in your VCR.

Blockbuster: Not paying those late fees finally paid off!

Heck, I rooked 'em for not paying the rewind fees on my rented DVDs!

I saw The Martian.

I also saw Mad Max: Fury Road on DVD from my library, and I'm very glad I didn't have to pay to see it. Yes, the CGI fight scenes were impressive, but it was far too ridiculous for my taste. And what's-his-name was a very bland Max.

MarleysGh0st wrote:I saw The Martian.

I also saw Mad Max: Fury Road on DVD from my library, and I'm very glad I didn't have to pay to see it. Yes, the CGI fight scenes were impressive, but it was far too ridiculous for my taste. And what's-his-name was a very bland Max.

Mad Marley:Fury Bored will be much better.

Vandal wrote:Mad Marley:Fury Bored will be much better.

Oh, yes!

Do they use the same "date" rules that the Oscars use? I ask because I saw at least one film on the SAG list that according to my local billboard won't be released in Los Angeles until January. --Bob

Bob78164 wrote:Do they use the same "date" rules that the Oscars use? I ask because I saw at least one film on the SAG list that according to my local billboard won't be released in Los Angeles until January. --Bob

It's possible that a movie can have an official qualifying run at a single theater and then have a platform release beginning in January. The only movies that actually premiere in January are usually total crap they know has no chance of an Oscar bid.

Here's the SAG rules on eligibility:

Motion pictures, television, cable and new media programs exhibited or broadcast during the 2015 calendar year shall be eligible for nomination. Motion pictures must be feature-length (over 60 minutes in running time), and must be first publicly exhibited (previews excluded) by means of 35mm or 70mm film or in a 24- or 48-frame progressive scan Digital Cinema format (minimum native resolution 2048 by 1080 pixels, with pixel bit depth, color primaries, and image and sound file formats suitable for exhibition in commercial Digital Cinema sites) before a paying audience in a commercial motion picture house in Los Angeles County for at least a seven-day consecutive run commencing in calendar year 2015, following normal exploitation and advertising consistent with the treatment of the producer’s other pictures. If the motion picture has been theatrically exhibited elsewhere prior to its qualifying theatrical exhibition in Los Angeles County, it shall be eligible if the prior exhibition occurred after January 1, 2014. If the motion picture has been previewed on cable television after January 1, 2014 and prior to its qualifying theatrical exhibition in Los Angeles County, it will be considered eligible in the year of its qualifying theatrical release provided it has not been submitted in a previous year as a television film.

silverscreenselect wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:Do they use the same "date" rules that the Oscars use? I ask because I saw at least one film on the SAG list that according to my local billboard won't be released in Los Angeles until January. --Bob

It's possible that a movie can have an official qualifying run at a single theater and then have a platform release beginning in January. The only movies that actually premiere in January are usually total crap they know has no chance of an Oscar bid.

Here's the SAG rules on eligibility:

Motion pictures, television, cable and new media programs exhibited or broadcast during the 2015 calendar year shall be eligible for nomination. Motion pictures must be feature-length (over 60 minutes in running time), and must be first publicly exhibited (previews excluded) by means of 35mm or 70mm film or in a 24- or 48-frame progressive scan Digital Cinema format (minimum native resolution 2048 by 1080 pixels, with pixel bit depth, color primaries, and image and sound file formats suitable for exhibition in commercial Digital Cinema sites) before a paying audience in a commercial motion picture house in Los Angeles County for at least a seven-day consecutive run commencing in calendar year 2015, following normal exploitation and advertising consistent with the treatment of the producer’s other pictures. If the motion picture has been theatrically exhibited elsewhere prior to its qualifying theatrical exhibition in Los Angeles County, it shall be eligible if the prior exhibition occurred after January 1, 2014. If the motion picture has been previewed on cable television after January 1, 2014 and prior to its qualifying theatrical exhibition in Los Angeles County, it will be considered eligible in the year of its qualifying theatrical release provided it has not been submitted in a previous year as a television film.

So how can they release the nominations before the year is actually over? For instance, although Joy is scheduled for a Christmas release, it hasn't actually been seen yet by a paying audience. --Bob

Bob78164 wrote: So how can they release the nominations before the year is actually over? For instance, although Joy is scheduled for a Christmas release, it hasn't actually been seen yet by a paying audience. --Bob

This problem actually started a couple of years ago when they they moved the Oscars up by a month. It used to be that the Oscar nominations came out in early February and the awards were at the end of March. The other awards (SAG, director's guild, writer's guild, etc.) had their awards shortly before the Oscars but in any case the nominations came out after the first of the year. Now with the time being compressed, they have to do it this way. I guess they go on the honor system.

No producer of a big name film would risk being ruled ineligible after the fact for any awards by not actually showing the movie. In almost every case, a movie that attracts award attention has a splashy premiere, even if it's limited like The Revenant.