Hollywood Foreign Press Association has confirmed that the outer space movie will compete against other movies for best comedy movie at the 73rd Golden Globes.
- Nov 14, 2015
AceShowbiz - Is Ridley Scott's "The Martian" a sci-fi drama or a comedy? People who have already watched this movie may classify it as a sci-fi drama which contains some jokes, but Hollywood Foreign Press Association has confirmed that the movie is one of the contenders in the comedy category at the 73rd Golden Globes.
20th Century Fox recently submitted the Matt Damon-starrer as a comedy to compete against other films in the category. The studio took this move presumably to avoid a stiff competition in the drama category, so that the movie could get more positive responses without much competition.
Some believe that Fox may not need to do such thing because the movie is good enough to compete against other acclaimed movies in the drama category, especially because "The Martian" performed well at the box office and has garnered an early Oscar buzz for Best Picture.
Some comedy filmmakers don't seem to be happy about this. Back in October, when rumors that "The Martian" would go for the comedy category at the Golden Globe, Judd Apatow, the director of Amy Schumer's "Trainwreck", took to Twitter to express his displeasure. "Trying to dominate the comedy category when you are really a drama afraid of dramatic competition is a punk move," he wrote. His statement was also addressed to David O. Russell's "Joy", which was being submitted as a comedy.
