 WRONG. WRONG. WRONG. WRONG. WRONG. Speaking of wrong, let's talk about the Golden Globe nominations. The nominations which not only suggested that The Tourist was one of the Best Films of the year (Comedy or Musical), but also that Johnny Depp's performance in it was only rivalled by his other performance in Alice in flipping Wonderland.
There's not been a more wrong set of votes since Nick Clegg won Most Honest Pupil at his primary school in 1977.
In the Drama categories, everything stayed on course. Most of the time. Black Swan, The Social Network and The King's Speech are all fighting it out with The Fighter as expected. Even Inception has got a look in, which is a reassuring sign that Nolan won't get snubbed again at the Oscars after The Dark Knight's lack of screenplay/director nominations.
But then weird things happened. Like David O'Russell and Tom Hooper getting the nod ahead of Danny Boyle. Wrong. Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole getting a nomination instead of Sally Hawkins in Made in Dagenham. Wrong. Scott Pilgrim not getting mentioned anywhere, never mind The Ghost (Writer). WRONG.
The only thing the HFPA got right (other than Christopher Nolan's Best Director nom) was Emma Stone's mention for Easy A. That and giving both Julianne Moore and Annette Bening a place in the line-up for The Kids Are All Right, which is also holding its own in the screenplay category.
Still, at least How to Train Your Dragon is getting some recognition in the Best Animated Feature race. Toy Story 3 will beat everything to it, but if you don't smile like a baby when you see The Illusionist's nomination, you're as thick as Angelina Jolie's lips.
Read on for the full list of film nominees. Then count how long until you start shouting "STOP GETTING GLOBES WRONG!"
Best Motion Picture – Drama The Social Network Inception Black Swan The Fighter The King's Speech
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Halle Berry - Frankie and Alice Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone Natalie Portman - Black Swan Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Jessie Eisenberg - The Social Network James Franco - 127 Hours Colin Firth - The King's Speech Ryan Gosling - Blue Valentine Mark Wahlberg - The Fighter
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Alice in Wonderland Burlesque The Kids Are All Right Red The Tourist
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right Julianne Moore - The Kids Are All Right Anne Hathaway - Love and Other Drugs Angelina Jolie - The Tourist Emma Stone - Easy A
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Johnny Depp - Alice in Wonderland Johnny Depp - The Tourist Paul Giamatti - Barney's Vision Jake Gyllenhaal - Love and Other Drugs Kevin Spacey - Casino Jack
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams - The Fighter Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech Mila Kunis - Black Swan Melissa Leo - The Fighter Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Christian Bale - The Fighter Michael Douglas - Wall Street Money Never Sleeps Andrew Garfield - The Social Network Jeremy Renner - The Town Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech Best Animated Feature Film
How to Train Your Dragon The Illusionist Tangled Toy Story 3 Despicable Me Best Foreign Language Film
The Concert The Edge Biutiful I Am Love In a Better World
Best Director – Motion Picture
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan David Fincher - The Social Network Tom Hooper - The King's Speech Christopher Nolan - Inception David O Russell - The Fighter Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
127 Hours - Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Chodolenko & Stuart Blumberg Inception - Christopher Nolan The King’s Speech - David Seidler The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
The King’s Speech - Alexandre Desplat Alice in Wonderland - Danny Elfman 127 Hours - A.R. Rahman The Social Network - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
I See the Light, Tangled You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me Yet, Burlesque Bound to You, Burlesque There’s a Place for Us, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Coming Home, Country Strong
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Bloody love the Supporting Actor in a Comedy noms (NOM). Potentially a win for Jakey G. Though Spacey will squash him with his awesomeness. Because he is awesome.
Glad they list The Tourist as a comedy, due to its comedic levels of utter shite.