Golden Globe noms take some ‘Shape’ but still no clarity for wacky Oscar race
We are going into an unpredictable awards season, and the announcement of the Golden Globes on Monday morning provided little clarity. “The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro’s dark Cold War fantasy, led the pack with seven Globe nominations. Close behind, with six nominations, were Steven Spielberg’s “The Post” and Michael McDonagh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
The difficulty in making predictions this year derives from something positive — there were an unusual number of quality movies. Yet no movie stands out. There’s no equivalent, this year, of “Boyhood” or “Birdman,” movies everyone knew would be top contenders though “The Shape of Water” and “Call Me By Your Name” come closest.