Baftas

quickbeam

Interesting, several of the favourites for the Oscars have lost out at the Baftas tonight:

Colin Firth (A Single Man) beat Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) for Best Actor

The Hurt Lock beat Avatar for Best Film and Best Director

Full set of winners:

Best Actor - Colin Firth (A Single Man)
Best Actress - Carey Mulligan (An Education)
Best Animated Film - Up
Best Cinematography - The Hurt Locker
Best Costume Design - The Young Victoria
Best Director - Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
Best Editing - The Hurt Locker
Best Film - The Hurt Locker
Outstanding British Film - Fish Tank
Best Film Not in the English Language - A Prophet
Best Makeup and Hair - The Young Victoria
Best Music - Up
Best Production Design - Avatar
Best Adapted Screenplay - Up In The Air
Best Original Screenplay - The Hurt Locker
Best Sound - The Hurt Locker
Best Supporting Actor - Christopher Waltz (Inglorious Basterds)
Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique (Precious)
Best Visual Effects - Avatar
Best Short Animation - I Do Air
Outstanding Debut by a British director, writer or producer - Duncan Jones (Moon)
The Orange Rising Star Award - Kristen Stewart

Hrududu

The BAFTAs have previous though. If there is a half decent British performance or film then it will win at the BAFTAs. I remember Jamie Bell winning years ago for Billy Elliot. Not that he wasn't good, but not good enough to win an award like that. I'd predicted a Firth/Mulligan win this evening, should have put some money on it grr.

It will be more interesting on Oscar night.

Paddy Samurai

Yea personally i think the hurt locker deserved it , imo i have always believed Avatar was a case of the "emperors new clothes" (ie overated and talked up by critics /people who were trying to be cool/ hip)
Its an old story ,transferred to space with video game graphics.

Some nice graphics but not a great film.Yea 3d looked well,but so does most 3d nowdays.

Having said that it will probably get a few oscars,but hope it does'nt get best film,it does'nt deserve it.

Well done "The Hurt Locker"

Flash86

Very happy Duncan Jones got an award. I loved Moon.

Sir Gallagher

I still cant get my head around all the praise and awards The Hurt Locker is picking up, i don't think its garbage but i just really dont think its that good, i think the standard is pretty low this year.

JP Liz V1

I'm delighted that The Hurt Locker won so many

phasers

I've always thought the Hurt Locker was totally overrated, but it deserved the awards over Avatar for sure.

conorhal

The results seemed to me, to recognise a genuinely good list of quality films. They were far better than the embarrasing, self congratulatory circle jerk that was the IFTA's. Jaysus, the Best Picture nominees were a list of as yet unreleased or un-releasable and embarrasing cack.

IFTA Best Film Noms:

Eamon - An alleged comedy that's about as funny as colo-rectal cancer.
Zonad - Makes Eamon look like a masterpiece of subtlty.
The Secret of Kells - Visually intresting for terminally stoned, but patchy and a second rate attempt at Miyazaki type fare.
Ondine - Twee
The Eclipse - Really? I mean I love Ciaran Hinds, but weak maudlin ghost stories could test that love...

Really embarrasing stuff

JP Liz V1

Did Vanessa Redgrave mentioned Natasha at all in her speech?

Dancor

Im suprised the media have not played on the ex marriage of Bigalow and Cameron during the awards season with both their movies up against each other for the big awards. A battle of the ex's if you will.

cashback

Dancor wrote: »

Im suprised the media have not played on the ex marriage of Bigalow and Cameron during the awards season with both their movies up against each other for the big awards. A battle of the ex's if you will.

I've seen it mentioned a few times in the media but not too much.

I did notice the BBC cameramen zooming in to Cameron whenever Bigelow and The Hurt Locker won an award. Whatever emotions he was feeling, he hid them fairly well.

expectationlost

what is it with J Ross, now he stands on the stage and demands acknowledgement from every star that comes out! so up his own arse with his celeb mates