Posted February 13, 201114 yr So it's been a whole year since The Hurt Locker won Best Film, and cliche as it sounds, it really has gone by fast. So who's going to be watching? Who do you think will win, who do you want to win? Who will cause an upset, if there is even going to be one? Well I think it's clear The King Speech's is going to win either Best Film or Best British Film, although I think they are going to go all the way with this and give it both (a bit greedy if they do). Personally I'm hoping it does an Atonement, which was the last British film that was nominated 14 times, and doesn't sweep it. Colin Firth should and will get Best Actor (which is deserved) and it deserves costume design as well, it got the period spot on as far as I could tell, and they were very nice to look at too (especially Bonham-Carter, who was very well dressed throughout). I'm hoping though The Social Network will get Best Film and Another Year will grab Best British Film (it was one of, if not the, best film of 2010 and it is getting criminally overlooked). If Lesley Manville doesn't win best supporting actress, I may just have to go and kick a puppy. Best Film not in the English language is EXCEPTIONALLY strong, although I would rather Dogtooth replace Biutiful (I can see why Javier Bardem was nominated, but best film?) but the winner should be the sublime Of Gods and Men, which would be a second great winner in a row after A Prophet won last year (is it me or are foreign language films more impressive at the moment than English language films?). I'm also surprised and glad The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was given some recognition as well, terrific film and I'm split between supporting Noomi Repace and Portman to get the Best Actress award, I'd be happy with either. Pete Postlethwaite may cause an upset in the Best Supporting Actor catergory if taking into account his untimely death (I have yet to see The Town so I can't comment on whether he was a good as Bale - I doubt it though). Okay, so highlighted are my choices, the italics are for who I think will win. BEST FILM BLACK SWAN - Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin INCEPTION - Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan THE KING’S SPEECH - Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin THE SOCIAL NETWORK - Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Céan Chaffin TRUE GRIT - Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM 127 HOURS - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy, Christian Colson, John Smithson ANOTHER YEAR - Mike Leigh, Georgina Lowe FOUR LIONS - Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Mark Herbert, Derrin Schlesinger THE KING’S SPEECH - Tom Hooper, David Seidler, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin MADE IN DAGENHAM - Nigel Cole, William Ivory, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER THE ARBOR - Director, Producer - Clio Barnard, Tracy O’Riordan EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP - Director, Producer – Banksy, Jaimie D’Cruz FOUR LIONS - Director/Writer - Chris Morris MONSTERS - Director/Writer – Gareth Edwards SKELETONS - Director/Writer – Nick Whitfield DIRECTOR 127 HOURS - Danny Boyle BLACK SWAN - Darren Aronofsky INCEPTION - Christopher Nolan THE KING’S SPEECH - Tom Hooper THE SOCIAL NETWORK - David Fincher ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY BLACK SWAN - Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz, John McLaughlin THE FIGHTER - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson INCEPTION - Christopher Nolan THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT - Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg THE KING’S SPEECH - David Seidler ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 127 HOURS - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel THE SOCIAL NETWORK - Aaron Sorkin TOY STORY 3 - Michael Arndt TRUE GRIT - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE BIUTIFUL - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik, Fernando Bovaira THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - Søren Stærmose, Niels Arden Oplev I AM LOVE - Luca Guadagnino, Francesco Melzi D’Eril, Marco Morabito, Massimiliano Violante OF GODS AND MEN - Xavier Beauvois, Pascal Caucheteux, Etienne Comar THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES - Mariela Besuievsky, Juan José Campanella ANIMATED FILM DESPICABLE ME - Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON - Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois TOY STORY 3 - Lee Unkrich LEADING ACTOR JAVIER BARDEM - Biutiful JEFF BRIDGES - True Grit JESSE EISENBERG - The Social Network COLIN FIRTH - The King’s Speech JAMES FRANCO - 127 Hours LEADING ACTRESS ANNETTE BENING - The Kids Are All Right JULIANNE MOORE - The Kids Are All Right NATALIE PORTMAN - Black Swan NOOMI RAPACE - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo HAILEE STEINFELD - True Grit SUPPORTING ACTOR CHRISTIAN BALE - The Fighter ANDREW GARFIELD - The Social Network PETE POSTLETHWAITE - The Town MARK RUFFALO - The Kids Are All Right GEOFFREY RUSH - The King’s Speech SUPPORTING ACTRESS AMY ADAMS - The Fighter HELENA BONHAM CARTER - The King’s Speech BARBARA HERSHEY - Black Swan LESLEY MANVILLE - Another Year MIRANDA RICHARDSON - Made in Dagenham ORIGINAL MUSIC 127 HOURS - AR Rahman ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Danny Elfman HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON - John Powell INCEPTION - Hans Zimmer THE KING’S SPEECH - Alexandre Desplat CINEMATOGRAPHY 127 HOURS - Anthony Dod Mantle, Enrique Chediak BLACK SWAN - Matthew Libatique INCEPTION - Wally Pfister THE KING’S SPEECH - Danny Cohen TRUE GRIT - Roger Deakins EDITING 127 HOURS - Jon Harris BLACK SWAN - Andrew Weisblum INCEPTION - Lee Smith THE KING’S SPEECH - Tariq Anwar THE SOCIAL NETWORK - Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter PRODUCTION DESIGN ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara BLACK SWAN - Thérèse DePrez, Tora Peterson INCEPTION - Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat THE KING’S SPEECH - Eve Stewart, Judy Farr TRUE GRIT - Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh COSTUME DESIGN ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Colleen Atwood BLACK SWAN - Amy Westcott THE KING’S SPEECH - Jenny Beavan MADE IN DAGENHAM - Louise Stjernsward TRUE GRIT - Mary Zophres SOUND 127 HOURS - Glenn Freemantle, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Steven C Laneri, Douglas Cameron BLACK SWAN - Ken Ishii, Craig Henighan, Dominick Tavella INCEPTION - Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick THE KING’S SPEECH - John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen TRUE GRIT - Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F Kurland, Douglas Axtell SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Sean Phillips, Carey Villegas BLACK SWAN - Dan Schrecker, Henrik Fett, Michael Capton, William 'Brad' Kalinoski HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 - Tim Burke, John Richardson, Nicolas Aithadi, Christian Manz INCEPTION - Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb TOY STORY 3 - Guido Quaroni, Michael Fong, David Ryu MAKE UP & HAIR ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Valli O'Reilly, Paul Gooch BLACK SWAN - Judy Chin, Geordie Sheffer HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 - Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin, Nick Dudman THE KING’S SPEECH - Frances Hannon MADE IN DAGENHAM - Lizzie Yianni Georgiou SHORT ANIMATION THE EAGLEMAN STAG - Michael Please MATTER FISHER - David Prosser THURSDAY - Matthias Hoegg SHORT FILM CONNECT - Samuel Abrahams, Beau Gordon LIN - Piers Thompson, Simon Hessel RITE - Michael Pearce, Ross McKenzie, Paul Welsh TURNING - Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Alison Sterling, Kat Armour-Brown UNTIL THE RIVER RUNS RED - Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR AWARD GEMMA ARTERTON ANDREW GARFIELD TOM HARDY AARON JOHNSON EMMA STONE Edited February 13, 201114 yr by Daniel II
February 13, 201114 yr I'm so gutted that Harry Potter only got two nominations for really $h!t awards! :lol: Hopefully Part 2 will be nominated for Best Film next year, but it seems unlikely. :(
February 13, 201114 yr I really hope The Social Network doesn't win best film, as good as it is, it's INCREDIBLY overrated and I found many parts of it v. boring :(. Black Swan would be far more deserving imo. Hoping 127 Hours gets some recognition too.
February 14, 201114 yr I think it's a pretty weak year for big films, as shown by the King's Speech winning nearly everything last night. Great performances but neither that nor the Social Network is a particularly memorable film. I don't think Black Swan was good enough to win either. Hard to say really.
February 14, 201114 yr Aah, I found out the deadline for nominations for the BAFTAs was the 18th November; the day before 'The Deathly Hallows' came out, so maybe that was the reason for the lack of nominations? Anyway, I'm pleased that the Harry Potter franchise won the Outstanding Contribution award, as it thoroughly deserves it! :D It was a good show anyway, despite the fact I'd not seen most of the winning films and the fact that The King's Speech won most of them. :lol: Helena's speech was brilliant though! :D
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