Cinematical Picks: The Golden Globe Winners -- Best Supporting Actor

by Christopher Campbell Jan 9th 2008 // 10:30AM

Filed under: Drama, Thrillers, Awards, Paramount Vantage

Best Supporting Actor

Nominees:

Casey Affleck -- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Javier Bardem -- No Country for Old Men

Philip Seymour Hoffman -- Charlie Wilson's War

John Travolta -- Hairspray

Tom Wilkinson -- Michael Clayton

Predicted Winner: Javier Bardem

Once in awhile there comes to cinema a character, and a performance that goes with it, that goes on to haunt us for years. Such a timeless villain is played in No Country for Old Men by Javier Bardem. It's the actor's third Golden Globe nomination and will be his first win. How do I know? Here at Cinematical headquarters we were going to toss a coin to find out if Bardem would get the statue. But then we realized that this award isn't about chance (plus we were afraid of getting an air blast to the skull if it came up that he'd lose). Bardem will win because he deserves the award, because his is the most well-developed and most memorable performance of the bunch.

Now it's your turn to vote ...

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

1-10-2008 @ 2:48PM

Duke said...

FYI it wasn't an air blast to the head that he used, it was a captive bolt pistol. It's the thing they use in slaughter houses to kill the cattle, shoots a bolt about 6-10 inches (depending on the type of gun) into the head of the cattle and then retracts the bolt.

1-10-2008 @ 6:48PM

Christopher Campbell said...

I stand corrected. I now remember them explaining how those things work, thanks.

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