Golden Globes 2010 nominees

Well it's that time of year again. Yes, the nominees for Golden Globes are out, and our first indications of Oscar Award nominees is in. The big question I have every year at this time is has anyone even seen anything that got a nomination?

In movies the top films are:

'Avatar' - too much hype to live up to

'The Hurt Locker' - $16 million, people saw this?

'Inglourious Basterds' - $120 million

'Precious' - $38 million - the winner, it just tugs on liberal heartstrings more than Pitt or Clooney make them swoon

'Up in the Air' - $4 million, who saw this besides reviewers?

Best Comedy/Musical

'500 Days of Summer' - $32 million, seriously?

'The Hangover' - $277 million, it should win but won't

'It's Complicated' - Meryl Streep has to win for something, and it has Alec Baldwin (liberal favorite) and Steve Martin

'Julie & Julia' - $94 million

'Nine' - they're kidding right?

Best Animated

'Coraline' - $75 million

'Fantastic Mr. Fox' - $30 million

'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' - $122 million

'The Princess and the Frog' - $28 million - most likely to win since it's the "first" Black Disney Princess, thank you Obama effect

'Up' - $293 million

And then there is television. While I can't see how the television shows did for the year, I can say that if I were to pick the best shows I'd wind up with NCIS, Eureka, Torchwood and Doctor Who. Of course the last 2 won't count since they are British. Still there is nothing that beats them from what I have seen on tv, especially broadcast. But give it a bit of time and there will be an American copy just like Life on Mars, Hustle and The Office among others.

Best Television

'Big Love'

'Dexter'

'House' - If I had to guess, based on what I have seen, this should be it

'Mad Men' - The sure winner

'True Blood'

Best TV Comedy/Musical (I haven't seen any of these. Would Eureka be comedy?)

'30 Rock' - the winner, Alec Baldwin strikes again

'Entourage'

'Glee'

'Modern Family'

'The Office'

Best TV miniseries

'Grey Gardens'

'Into the Storm'

'Little Dorrit'

'Taking Chance'

'Georgia O'Keeffe'
(Not one of these matches Torchwood's Children of Earth in my opinion. Too bad it's British)

The surprises for me have to be that Michael Jackson's This Is It is not up for a Globe. How this is possible I can't imagine. I am sure that it will win something at the Oscar Awards though. And yes, it's just because he is dead.

The Soloist also missed out. Which is a surprise since it was rumored to have been an early Awards contender. With Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. you would think it would be a shoe in. Then again, the damage from Foxx earlier this year may have been a factor.

On the television front, how did the remake of The Prisoner miss out?? Though it warped a bit of the original shows premise, it was a quality miniseries. It had big stars and I think Sir Ian McKellan was a solid Number 2. Plus the twist at the end was mostly original and unexpected.

But like always, the nominees seem to have little to do with the view from the public.