Thoughts on Golden Globe Nominations

The Golden Globe nomiations came out today.  And my reaction to the list is...

"meh."

So far, here are the highest grossing non-animated films of 2016:

Captain America: Civil War
The Jungle Book
Deadpool
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Suicide Squad
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Jason Bourne
Star Trek Beyond

Only one of these movies has any nominations.

As I always say, simple box office numbers do not necessarily indicate quality.  But how are people going to care about this or the Oscars if they haven't seen the nominees?

In fact, to illustrate this, instead of giving you a list of all the nominees, I will only list the nominees that I have seen in theaters or watch on TV.

Best Motion Picture, Drama

“Hacksaw Ridge”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

-NONE

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw Ridge”

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

“Deadpool”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical orComedy

-NONE

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Ryan Reynolds, “Deadpool”

Best Motion Picture, Animated

“Moana”

“Zootopia”

Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language

-NONE

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in AnyMotion Picture

-NONE

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

-NONE

Best Director, Motion Picture

Mel Gibson, “Hacksaw Ridge”

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture

-NONE

Best Original Score, Motion Picture

-NONE

Best Original Song, Motion Picture

“How Far I’ll Go” — “Moana”

Best Television Series, Drama

-NONE

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama

Winona Ryder, “Stranger Things”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama

-NONE

Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy

-NONE

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy

-NONE

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy

-NONE

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made forTelevision

-NONE

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion

Picture Made for Television

-NONE

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion

Picture Made for Television

-NONE

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a

Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

-NONE

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series,

Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

-NONE

So as you can see, only 9 out of 129 nominees mean anything at all to me.  And that doesn't even mean that I'm rooting for them.  All it means is that I only have any experience of 7% of the total nominees.

If the Golden Globes (and later the Oscars and Emmys) do not see this as horribly problematic, then they will continue to spiral into irrelevance.