My 72nd Golden Globe Awards Winners Predictions – FILM

On the evening of January 11, 2015 (morning of January 12, 2015 Philippine time), the Golden Globes will return for its 72nd annual edition. I myself find the awards race for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s trophy more exhilarating than the Academy Awards for a number of reasons.

With these in mind, I always try to predict the results of the show. I have divided my predictions into two entries with a separate one for television. I also give explanations for my predictions in the footnotes below.

Without any further ado, here are my predictions:

Legend: Nominees in bold indicate who I think WILL win while underlined nominees indicate who I think SHOULD win.

(Formatting for the nominees is taken from the Wikipedia article)

1. When the 2014 Awards Season first started, The Imitation Game was one of my picks for bridesmaid film. So imagine my shock at the recent momentum it’s been having with acclaim after acclaim. Combine that with Harvey Weinstein’s powers of lobbying and we have a serious contender. Boyhood might upset.

2. While all the nominees definitely deserve a slot, Carell was the most standout performance for me. I’m going to use BAFTA logic on this one and say David will win for Selma.

3. Despite what you may think about Gone Girl itself, one can’t deny that Pike’s performance was practically asking for that trophy.

4. I’m torn between Michael Keaton and Ralph Fiennes. Such hall of fame performances from them both. Still, Keaton edged out Fiennes for me by a small margin. I’d be happy too if Fiennes upsets him

5. I’d say it’s a toss up between Adams and Moore.

6. I always hate the Best Supporting Actor for Film category. It’s the one where I want a tie. They always get such damn good nominees. For this batch, Duvall is the weakest link with a solid BUT not stellar performance.

7. As much as I’d like to see Chastain or Stone win, I’m cool with Arquette for that mid-life crisis breakdown scene alone.

8. I love both Fincher and Inarritu. They both share that “Martin Scorsese finally won an Oscar for the Departed” appeal with voters so they’re likely to lean towards them. I say Fincher edges out his Mexican counterpart a little but it’s a coin toss really.

9. It’s a coin-toss really but Birdman seems to have the most polished (not necessarily flawless) script among the five.

10. Zimmer could upset or even Sanchez by association to Birdman’s likelier wins in other categories

11.  HFPA voters may be younger and more in touch with the times than AMPAS voters but I still say they’re going to ignore a Gen-Z pop “enigma” like Miss O’Connor. I say Glory wins because U2 won for a song just cause it was about Mandela.

12. I’m fine with any of the five nominees winning. I say it’s in the bag for Lego but Boxtrolls might pull off an upset since voters love more “artsy” studios like Laika