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The Winter of Limited Released Award Nominees

posted by Landon Cassman at 12:41 am.

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Hi all! I hope your holidays were as enjoyable and relaxing as mine were. To tell you the truth, I can’t even count the amount of movies that I’d watched in the past month. There were so many great ones and some not so much. Sorry I didn’t keep you up to date on all of them, but I’ll try my best the rest of this week to give a recap of the great movies that are both in theaters and out to rent that are certainly worth checking out.

Now, break has seemed pretty long to me. I wasn’t able to get a job and there wasn’t any work to be done. I would find myself waking up at noon and wondering what could I possibly do for the day besides lie around watching tv and movies. So I am not sorry to admit that I was a sloth and reveled in it; I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who took their fair share of afternoon naps.

Well anyways…this past Sunday were “The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards,” and wasn’t that just splendid. When the nominees were announced earlier in December, I looked at all of them and realized I hadn’t seen the majority of the films, and that it seemed that there was no outlet near my house that even screened the movies to begin with. Doubt? What is that? I doubt that’s even a real movie because I don’t see it playing at my local movieplace. Frost/Nixon? Wasn’t Nixon a crook? Oh, and who could ignore Slumdog Millionaire? This film was in limited release for I don’t know how long. I finally found a place about 20 miles from me that actually played the film…but the buzz of that film actually did make it go into wider release.

I digress. My point is, what’s with movies being nominated weeks before the films even come out? Why are they nominated if I don’t even know what they are yet? How come the Golden Globe people are so much more special than me and can view any movie they want weeks before anyone else can? It’s just not fair. But if you didn’t catch the awards show, here’s what you missed.

Best Motion Picture - Drama: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Actress in Motion Picture - Drama: Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road)…first one of the night. I love her.

Best Performance by an Actor in Motion Picture - Drama: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Vicky Cristina Barcelona…….I really wanted In Bruges to win because it’s awesome. Haven’t seen this movie yet….maybe I’ll give it a chance…MAYBE!

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Colin Farrell (In Bruges)

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Kate Winslet (The Reader)…..Haven’t seen this one yet but I’ve had a crush on her since I saw her naked in Titanic. Seriously, how was a 10-year-old boy to know that a PG-13 movie would have nudity in it. Luckily for me, neither my parents or I knew about it before attending.

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)….The standing ovation was necessary I think. It is sad to see him go, but it’s good to see he went out with a bang.

And finally, Wall-E won for best animated feature! Yea, I was excited about that on

So, who really cares about these award shows? Well, I don’t really. I don’t really know who votes for these things or take their opinions much to heart. As I said in a previous review, I didn’t necessarily think Slumdog was the best movie of the year…it was still good though. Don’t take these winners as meaning anything other than what they are: an easy way to promote films that most people would never get the chance to see. Go see what you can before you actually have work to do this semester.

Landon Cassman: Through boredom and pure enjoyment I find myself always involved in either film or music related endeavors. This is one of them.