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IheartBB · 24-01-2010, 01:28 AM

This years BAFTA nominations were announced a few days ago. Avatar, An Education and The Hurt Locker lead the nominations, each with 8. Some random nominations as always with BAFTA, but that's why I love 'em! Less predictable than other major award ceromonies. I think An Education will be the big winner of the night, taking 'Best Film' (but not the Best British Film). Best director is between Cameron and Bigelow the way I see it.

Best Film:
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Up In The Air

Outstanding British Film:
An Education
Fish Tank
In The Loop
Moon
Nowhere Boy

Director:
James Cameron, Avatar
Neill Blomkamp, District 9
Lone Schefig, An Education
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Leading Actor:
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up In The Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Andy Serkis Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Leading Actress:
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Audrey Tautou, Coco Before Chanel

Supporting Actor:
Alec Baldwin, It’s Complicated
Christian Mckay, Me And Orson Welles
Alfred Molina, An Education
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Supporting Actress:
Anne-Marie Duff, Nowhere Boy
Vera Farmiga, Up In The Air
Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air
Mo’nique, Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
Kristin Scott Thomas, Nowhere Boy

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer:
Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson Directors, Producers - Mugabe And The White African
Eran Creevy Writer/Director - Shifty Stuart
Hazeldine Writer/Director - Exam
Duncan Jones Director - Moon
Sam Taylor-Wood Director - Nowhere Boy

Original Screenplay:
The Hangover (Jon Lucas, Scott Moore)
The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal)
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
A Serious Man (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen)
Up (Bob Peterson, Pete Docter)

Adapted Screenplay:
District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell)
An Education (Nick Hornby)
In The Loop (Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche)
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire (Geoffrey Fletcher)
Up In The Air Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

Film Not In The English Language:
Broken Embraces
Coco Before Chanel
Let The Right One In
A Prophet
The White Ribbon

Animated Film:
Coraline
Fantastic Mr Fox
Up

Music:
Avatar
Crazy Heart
Fantastic Mr Fox
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Up

Cinematography:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Road

Editing:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Up In The Air

Production Design:
Avatar
District 9
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Inglourious Basterds

Costume Design:
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
An Education
A Single Man
The Young Victoria

Sound:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
Up

Special Visual Effects:
Avatar
District 9
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek

Make Up & Hair:
Coco Before Chanel
An Education
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria

Short Animation:
The Gruffalo
The Happy Duckling
Mother Of Many

Short Film:
14
I Do Air
Jade
Mixtape
Off Season

The Orange Rising Star Award (Voted For By The Public):
Jesse Eisenberg
Nicholas Hoult
Carey Mulligan
Tahar Rahim
Kristen Stewart

Winners will be announced on February 21. Let's hope the stars actually show up!

IheartBB · 02-02-2010, 01:06 PM

No one cares? Oh well. Here are the Oscar nominations for those interested. Not many surprises. Until I see 'The Blind Side', I refuse to believe that Sandra Bullock gave an Oscar worthy performance. I mean, c'mon, Sandra Bullock? Really?! And why they've included 10 nominations for best picture is beyond me. It's all thanks to the public outcry last year about 'The Dark Knight', but I feel that listing 10 films makes a nomination seem less special.

Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Directing
“Avatar” James Cameron
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
“Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
“Precious” Lee Daniels
“Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon in “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Animated Feature Film
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up

Art Direction
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

Cinematography
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon

Costume Design
Bright Star
Coco before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria

Directing“Avatar” James Cameron
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
“Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
“Precious” Lee Daniels
“Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

Documentary (Feature)
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home

Documentary (Short Subject)
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit à la Berlin

Film Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious

Foreign Language Film“Ajami” Israel
“El Secreto de Sus Ojos” Argentina
“The Milk of Sorrow” Peru
“Un Prophète” France
“The White Ribbon” Germany

Makeup
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria

Music (Original Score)
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up

Music (Original Song)“Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog
“Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog
“Loin de Paname” from Paris 36
“Take It All” from Nine
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from Crazy Heart

Short Film (Animated)
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death

Short Film
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants

Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

Sound Mixing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

Adapted Screenplay
District 9
An Education
In the Loop
Precious
Up in the Air

Original Screenplay
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up

Shaun · 02-02-2010, 01:41 PM

Christoph Waltz for Best Supporting Actor please.

IheartBB · 02-02-2010, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaun

Christoph Waltz for Best Supporting Actor please.

+1

Although I think he should be in the leading catagory. If he's the supporting role, who was the leading? Brad Pitt?

Alf · 02-02-2010, 01:50 PM

morgan freeman and invictus could do well at the oscars

IheartBB · 02-02-2010, 01:57 PM

My predictions for the main awards:

BAFTA's
Best Film - An Eductaion
Director - James Cameron
Actor - Jeff Bridges
Actress - Carey Mulligan
Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz
Supporting Actress - Mo’nique
Original Screenplay - Inglourious Basterds
Adapted Screenplay - An Education
Foreign Language Film - White Ribbon
Animated Film - Up

Oscars
Best Film - The Hurt Locker
Director - Kathryn Bigelow
Actor - Jeff Bridges
Actress - Sandra Bullock

Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz
Supporting Actress - Mo’nique
Original Screenplay - Inglourious Basterds
Adapted Screenplay - Up in the Air
Foreign Language Film - White Ribbon
Animated Film - Up

EDIT - added a couple of more awards to my predictions: foreign language and animated film.
DOUBLE EDIT - Also changed an Oscar prediction

Tom4784 · 02-02-2010, 02:28 PM

I can't really comment on most sicne i'm terribly behind on the films and haven't seen many. I must check them out though I ussually see most films that end up nominated.

setanta · 02-02-2010, 03:25 PM

Nice to see District 9 and A Prophet getting nominations.

setanta · 02-02-2010, 03:51 PM

And wow, just after realising that Up got a nomination for Best Picture. That's fantastic.

Tom4784 · 02-02-2010, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by setanta

And wow, just after realising that Up got a nomination for Best Picture. That's fantastic.

I think it's only the second ever time an animated film's been nominated for Best Picture. The first was Beauty and the Beast.

IheartBB · 20-02-2010, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dezzy

I think it's only the second ever time an animated film's been nominated for Best Picture. The first was Beauty and the Beast.

I loved UP, but I think its nomination is tarnished by the fact that there are 10 films nominated this year. Usually when there is 5 films, there are 2 front runners (3 at a push) and the remaining outsider films are applauded for just being nominated. Now with 10 films, there are still 2 or 3 front runners with 7 outsiders. People are thinking "they are only nominated because there are 10 films this year" instead of the usual applause. I hope the Academy go back to 5 films next year to prevent this from happening again.

Anyways, BAFTA's tomorrow at 9pm. MAKE PREDICTIONS!! Then let's see how wrong we all are

IheartBB · 21-02-2010, 10:09 PM

BAFTA winners

Best Film
The Hurt Locker

Outstanding British Film
Fish Tank

Director
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

Leading Actor
Colin Firth, A Single Man

Leading Actress
Carey Mulligan, An Education

Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Supporting Actress
Mo’nique, Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Duncan Jones Director - Moon

Original Screenplay
The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal)

Adapted Screenplay
Up In The Air Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

Film Not In The English Language
A Prophet

Animated Film
Up

Music
Up

Cinematography
The Hurt Locker

Editing
The Hurt Locker

Production Design
Avatar

Costume Design
The Young Victoria

Sound
The Hurt Locker

Special Visual Effects
Avatar

Make Up & Hair
The Young Victoria

Short Animation
Mother Of Many

Short Film
I Do Air

The Orange Rising Star Award (Voted For By The Public)
Kristen Stewart

I'm a little surprised at the Hurt Locker love. I think it deserved many of the awards it won, but I didn't think BAFTA would vote the same way. No way it should have been Avatar for Cinematography though IMO.

IheartBB · 21-02-2010, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IheartBB

My predictions for the main awards:

BAFTA's
Best Film - An Eductaion
Director - James Cameron
Actor - Jeff Bridges
Actress - Carey Mulligan
Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz
Supporting Actress - Mo’nique
Original Screenplay - Inglourious Basterds
Adapted Screenplay - An Education
Foreign Language Film - White Ribbon
Animated Film - Up

4/10

I suck at predictions. I am quite happy that I was wrong about the foreign language film though. I think A Prophet was head and shoulders above White Ribbon, despite what the critics say.

setanta · 21-02-2010, 10:14 PM

Well done to the Baftas for acknowledging the right films.

Zippy · 22-02-2010, 06:18 PM

Kristen Stewart winning rising star is a joke. She's painfully dull to watch.

CaraRawr · 22-02-2010, 06:20 PM

squee at star trek being nominated for 4 oscars!

IheartBB · 01-03-2010, 03:49 PM

Oscar ballots close it approx 24 hours, then the fate of Hurt Locker producer Nicolas Chartier's will be decided.

For those who haven't heard, Chartier sent an email urging Academy voters to vote for The Hurt Locker and '"not the $500m film". It was intended for a few selected members, but the silly idiot sent it to everyone - including his rival filmmakers! The Academy are likely to take his name off the nomination list due to this rule break. There have also been speculation of The Hurt Locker being disqualified altogether, but I really don't see this happening.

Also, I was unaware of the new voting system they have this year for deciding 'Best Film'. Instead of simply voting for one film and the majority vote wins, the voters are asked to rate the films 1-10, with the highest average getting the award. With Avatar and The Hurt Locker being the 2 leading films, some voters/haters may have ranked them both much lower than what they actually think - meaning a film like Inglorious Basterds or Precious could sneak in and take gold! Watch this space...