BAFTA Winners Announced The Hurt Locker sweeps the board!
British cinema's annual gathering of the great and the good (or Goode, if you were on A Single Man's aisle) was the story of two films at The Royal Opera House. Avatar and The Hurt Locker each featured in eight categories, including Best Film and Best Director, while British hopes rested with An Education and its terrific, star-making turn from Carey Mulligan (one half of the terrifyingly-monikered 'Carbeouf' with new squeeze Shia LeBeouf).
It was The Hurt Locker, though, that stole the night, winning Best Film and Best Director, while all but sweeping the technical categories. Colin Firth and Carey Mulligan, meanwhile, took full advantage of being on home turf to win Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively, for A Single Man and An Education.
The first award of the night, Outstanding Debut, went to a very emotional Duncan Jones for Moon. Jones wiped away the tears to say, "It's taken me a long time to find out what I want to do with my life, but I've finally found what I really love." Amen to that, and well-deserved too. The award was won last year by Steve McQueen for Hunger and comes as belated recognition for a lo-fi sci-fi that blew our minds in 2009.
Following on from Jones came a host of technical awards, including Sound (winner: The Hurt Locker), Editing (The Hurt Locker) and Cinematography (yup, you guess it). Avatar picked up its only wins for - no surprises here - Special Visual Effects and Production Design.
No surprises in the Best Supporting Actor category, either. Christoph Waltz, er, waltzed off with that one for Inglourious Basterds' Col. Hans Landa, humbly thanking Quentin Tarantino on his way.
Best Supporting Actress, meanwhile, went to Mo'Nique for her bruising and brutal portrayal of Precious' mum/battle-axe, Mary. Accepting in her absence, director Lee Daniels wryly expressed relief that Mo'Nique hadn't faced too much category competition from The Hurt Locker.
The patriot's category of choice, Best British Film, was collected by Fish Tank, something of a turn-up considering the buzz surrounding An Education.
The Orange Rising Star award, as voted for by Twilight fans members of the public, was picked up by the ever-bashful Kristen Stewart who thanked loyal Twi-hards for their "loyalty and attentiveness". Probably more (a) than (b), though.
The gala evening finished on a note of genuine surprise, when Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker took Best Film, once again beating off the big blue. Bigelow, Mark Boal and the Lockerites all looked suitably shocked, as the expectation in some quarters had been that Avatar would take the prize.
Now, whether or not this has any bearing on the Oscars is hard to say: we'd still put money on Avatar winning Best Picture there, especially as voting for the Oscars has closed, and won't be directly affected by the BAFTAs, but a race that seemed to be a foregone conclusion has now been blown wide open.
The night's main prizes went to:
BEST FILM The Hurt Locker
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM Fish Tank
LEADING ACTOR Colin Firth, A Single Man
LEADING ACTRESS Carey Mulligan, An Education
SUPPORTING ACTOR Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Baster
SUPPORTING ACTRESS Mo'nique, Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
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I'd like to thanks Olaf, Girv and Epi D for the bout of humor delivered on these pages, I felt as if I wanted to internet murder originalcynic. Under orders of Rhubarb of course, seriously, that man is a sociopath. He wanted to kill me once for not singing with the tunes of Chicago.
Anyway, Avatar, it was like having one of my greatest childhood heroes betraying me and leave me in a pool of his sperm and my blood. I am still hurt. So very hurt. ... Read More
I just don't understand the 'it's taken loads of money so it must be good' argument that is frequently used, as though popularity is proof positive of quality. I mean, chlamydia is pretty popular these days but that doesn't mean it's ]. Also, saying it is a visual experience and using that to prove any merit in it is basically like publishing a book just 2 pages long containing scribblings from a childs diary and it becoming a bestseller simply because the cover i... Read More
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Good, now go and enjoy a healthy quater pounder with cheese from McDonalds. They are REALLY popular so must be good for you.
Well, goodness. It is a film website. Debate is good if reasoned views are expressed, ones which you may not agree with. Rolling out the /b], upidated" line is simple not conductive to disucssion, debate or argument.
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I'd like to thanks Olaf, Girv and Epi D for the bout of humor delivered on these pages, I felt as if I wanted to internet murder originalcynic. Under orders of Rhubarb of course, seriously, that man is a sociopath. He wanted to kill me once for not singing with the tunes of Chicago.
Anyway, Avatar, it was like having one of my greatest childhood heroes betraying me and leave me in a pool of his sperm and my blood. I am still hurt. So very hurt.
nternet Murder eh? W... Read More
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I refuse to see the wording of the word "do" in a recreational or mimetic sense. The wording should have been either "meets" or "with". To use the word in the Empire Forums (a cornucopia of perversity and degradation, they made PA mod ferchrissakes), where the word immediately implies a sexual undertone, is implying a sexual nature, especially when the word "do" is uniting the nouns Smurfs and Pocahontas and in the wording of your sentence.
You did post about Pocahontas shagging Smurfs.
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There was nothing implicit or explicit about my prior post (ignoring the unintentional irony of the use of explicit for a moment), I used 'do' in a common sense, i.e. to recreate, it's essentially mimesis. And then you came along and twisted my words!
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