Golden Globe Nominations

With separate categories for Drama and Comedy/Musical it's always hard to interpret the Golden Globes impact on the Oscar Race. But it does help solidify the front runners. And we have the usual suspects of Spotlight, Room, and Carol. As well as The Martian making an appearance as a comedy?

Mad Max: Fury Road got nominated for Best Picture and Director and while I have been reluctant to think it will actually score an Oscar Best Picture nomination it's looking pretty good right now.  

The movie that got the biggest boost was the Revenant.  While it was always expected to do well during award season it hasn't had a great showing so far.  But with a Best Drama, Best Director, and Best Actor nomination it puts it back in the top 10.  On the other hand The Hateful Eight only got 2 nominations and failed to really get any kind of boost.  Joy and The Big Short are two that have been hard to determine where they will end up and even though they got a Best Comedy Nomination hard to tell if it's enough to boost it to the Oscars.  

Take a look at the full nominations below.  Let us know what you think.  

The complete list of nominees:

Motion picture, drama
"Carol"
"Mad Max: Fury Road" 
"The Revenant" 
"Room" 
"Spotlight" 

Motion picture, comedy
"The Big Short"
"Joy"
"The Martian" 
"Spy" 
"Trainwreck" 

Actress in a motion picture, drama
Cate Blanchett, "Carol" 
Brie Larson, "Room" 
Rooney Mara, "Carol" 
Saoirse Ronan, "Brooklyn" 
Alicia Vikander, "The Danish Girl"

Actress in a motion picture, comedy
Jennifer Lawrence, "Joy" 
Melissa McCarthy, "Spy"
Amy Schumer, "Trainwreck" 
Maggie Smith, "The Lady in the Van"
Lily Tomlin, "Grandma"

Actor in a motion picture, drama
Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo" 
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant"
Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs" 
Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl" 
Will Smith, "Concussion"

Actor in a motion picture, comedy
Christian Bale, "The Big Short"
Steve Carell, "The Big Short"
Matt Damon, "The Martian"
Al Pacino, "Danny Collins"
Mark Ruffalo, "Infinitely Polar Bear"

Actress in a supporting role in a motion picture 

Jane Fonda, "Youth"
Jennifer Jason Leigh, "The Hateful Eight"
Helen Mirren, "Trumbo"
Alicia Vikander, "Ex Machina"
Kate Winslet, "Steve Jobs"

Actor in a supporting role in a motion picture 
Paul Dano, "Love & Mercy"
Idris Elba, "Beasts of No Nation"
Mark Rylance, "Bridge of Spies" 
Michael Shannon, "99 Homes"
Sylvester Stallone, "Creed"

​Director
Todd Haynes, "Carol"
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, "The Revenant"
Tom Mccarthy, "Spotlight"
George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Ridley Scott, "The Martian"

Screenplay
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, "Spotlight"
Aaron Sorkin, "Steve Jobs"
Quentin Tarantino, "The Hateful Eight"
Emma Donoghue, "Room"
Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, "The Big Short"

Original song
"Love Me Like You Do" ("50 Shades of Grey")
“One Kind of Love” ("Love and Mercy")
"See You Again" ("Furious 7")
"Simple Song #3" ("Youth")
"Writing's on the Wall" ("Spectre")

Foreign language film
"The Brand New Testament" (Belgium/France/Luxembourg)
"The Club" (Chile)
"The Fencer" (Finland/Germany/Estonia)
"Mustang" (France)
"Son Of Saul" (Hungary)

Animated feature film
"Anomalisa"
"The Good Dinosaur"
"Inside Out"
"The Peanuts Movie"
"Shaun the Sheep Movie"

Score
Carter Burwell, "Carol"
Alexandre Desplat, "The Danish Girl"
Ennio Morricone, "The Hateful Eight
Daniel Pemberton, "Steve Jobs"
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto, "The Revenant"