BAFTA Show Down

So the BAFTA's have come and gone and the outcome is ridiculously predictable. The Kings Speech is amazingly acted, Social Network is perfectly scripted and directed and Inception looks and sounds amazing so you can probably tell who won what already. Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush all walked away with their acting nominations with Natalie Portman obviously winning best actress, if it went to anyone else it would be a sham. Sure enough Kings Speech won both the British film and overall film award (a little too much me thinks) but David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin got what they deserved winning best director and adapted screenplay for Social Network, a film I have now begun to laud over since getting a copy, its a supreme piece of work. Inception raked in the technical awards, a shame because I think it deserves more, but at least its been recognised. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo which was the first review I wrote on this blog took best foreign film totally deserved. My only real grievance was with best soundtrack, now its enough for a film to rake at the BAFTA's like Kings Speech, but the soundtrack although great doesn't stick in the memory nor have the impact that many of the others had. How To Train Your Dragon is a firm favourite of mine although no one can deny the impact of the Inception soundtrack, why either of these didn't get it is beyond me, I supposed it's justice enough for a nomination. Only one film was going to win best animation and rightly so Toy Story 3, one year there might actually be a case where the winner of this category might be hard to predict, but one can dream.  


Anyway the full list of winners is below, did they go the way you thought? who did you think was robbed? and is the Kings Speech reeeeally THAT good? Let me know. 


ORIGINAL MUSIC: Alexandre Desplat for The King's Speech

SHORT FILM: Until The River Runs Red

SHORT ANIMATION: The Eagleman Stag

SOUND: Inception

EDITING: The Social Network

MAKE UP & HAIR: Alice in Wonderland

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

COSTUME DESIGN: Colleen Atwood for Alice in Wonderland

PRODUCTION DESIGN: Inception

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS: Inception

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech

OUTSTANDING DEBUT: Chris Morris for Four Lions

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM: The King's Speech

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Geoffrey Rush in The King's Speech

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: David Seidler for The King's Speech

OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION: The Harry Potter Films

ANIMATED FILM: Toy Story 3

ORANGE WEDNESDAYS RISING STAR: Tom Hardy

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Roger Deakins for True Grit

DIRECTOR: David Fincher for The Social Network

LEADING ACTRESS: Natalie Portman for Black Swan

LEADING ACTOR: Colin Firth

BEST FILM: The King's Speech

FELLOWSHIP: Christopher Lee