A first crack at Golden Globe predictions

Now that we’re well into the fall months and about to enter the tail end of the 2015 movie release season, I wanted to take my first crack at some Golden Globe predictions. I’ll be mixing these in with Oscar predictions going forward, but early Globe picks are always interesting to me, especially since sometimes you’re still guessing category placement and just what the tastes of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will look like at the time. They’re almost impossible to accurately guess off the bat the first time around, but that little factoid has yet to stop me from trying all the same. Here goes nothing! What you’ll notice below is that things more or less reflect how I see the Academy Awards going, but with some slight changes. Obviously, the Comedy or Musical categories open things up to some other contenders, though we won’t know for a bit still how certain contenders will decide to compete. We know that Joy is likely to go Drama, but The Big Short and The Martian, for example, are two that could go the Comedy route. I have pretty much the same winners here as with Oscar, with the exception of Ridley Scott winning Best Director, on the potential strength of The Martian going Comedy and winning Best Picture in that area and getting Matt Damon that Best Actor win as well. The Drama category at the Globes still is where the Best Picture winner for Oscar likely will come from, with Spotlight and Steve Jobs facing off for now, though The Revenant is an X factor spoiler here. We’ll have more HFPA analysis coming soon, but these predictions should suffice for now… Here you go folks, my initial look at how the Golden Globe awards could shape up: Best Picture (Drama) 1. Spotlight 2. The Revenant 3. Steve Jobs 4. The Hateful Eight 5. Joy If there’s a sixth: Brooklyn Best Picture (Comedy or Musical) 1. The Martian 2. Trainwreck 3. The Big Short 4. Love & Mercy 5. Our Brand is Crisis If there’s a sixth: Grandma Best Actor (Drama) 1. Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs 2. Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant 3. Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl 4. Johnny Depp – Black Mass 5. Jake Gyllenhaal – Southpaw If there’s a sixth: Tom Hanks – Bridge of Spies Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) 1. Matt Damon – The Martian 2. Paul Dano – Love & Mercy 3. Bill Murray – Rock the Kasbah 4. John Cusack – Love & Mercy 5. Bill Hader – Trainwreck If there’s a [...]