What
matters about the Globes and the SAG awards is that they are the biggest televised events to come before the Oscars, meaning that if you aren't there, if you aren't competing, if you aren't present in an
important category so you can't win in that category, then another
movie has the opportunity to overtake you.
No
matter how you feel
about them, awards are one of the key ways to gut check what Hollywood itself thinks is
important, with winning films often opening doors and setting the agenda for which kind of
movies will be made in the coming years — and which ones won't.