Oscar 2012: Golden Globes Predictions
By Tom Houseman
December 14, 2011
- The Artist
- The Descendants
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Midnight in Paris
- War Horse
Best Original Score
This is a particularly difficult category to predict, because every year it seems that there is at least one, and often more than one, totally oddball nomination that shows up here. I feel confident that Extremely Loud's score will be represented here, as it is the one thing about the film that is being universally raved about. The Social Network won this category last year, which makes me suspect that Dragon Tattoo will also make it here. If they love The Artist then they will have to nominate its score, as it is a defining part of the narrative. Beyond those there are the traditional scores, War Horse, Hugo, and Harry Potter. There are also more unconventional choices, like The Descendants, Drive, J. Edgar (Eastwood is a favorite in this category) and The Tree of Life. There's even room for something totally out there, such as Hanna, Jane Eyre, or Super 8. The HFPA doesn't like to go too indie in this category, but really anything with a score is on the table.
- The Artist
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
- Hugo
Best Original Song
This is a category where the HFPA likes to go much more mainstream than the Academy does, often picking pop songs from hit films along with more traditional fare. As a result, expect the Oscar favorites to be mixed with the crowd-friendly hits. The Help will almost certainly be represented here, as will The Muppets. Winnie the Pooh, Gnomeo and Juliet, and Cars 2 all have songs in the running, as does Cameron Crowe's We Bought a Zoo. Some smaller films that could sneak in include Albert Nobbs, Machine Gun Preacher, and Win Win. This is never a very crowded category, and often some random song from a blockbuster or a foreign film gets dropped in here, just to make us all scratch our heads. Star Spangled Man from Captain America maybe?
- Gathering Stories- We Bought a Zoo
- Hello Hello- Gnomeo and Juliet
- Lay Your Head Down- Albert Nobbs
- Life's a Happy Song- The Muppets
- Living Proof- The Help
Best Animated Film:
This category was added to the Globes a lot more recently than it was to the Oscars, which means this year we have lot of questions we can't really answer. Mainly: How sequel averse will the HFPA be? With two sequels (Cars 2 and Kung Fu Panda 2) and a spin-off (Puss in Boots) trying to break in, which will be embraced, and which will be snubbed? No motion-capture film has ever made into this category, but The Adventures of Tintin could break that trend. The only two that seem to be sure things are Rango and Rio, with Arthur Christmas as the only other original story in the running. If all that CGI is too much for the HFPA, there might be room for Winnie the Pooh.
- The Adventures of Tintin
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