BAFTAs

[Mick Mac]

Great to see the rise of the BAFTAs over the years where now the Di Caprios and Clooneys, Thurmans etc make the trip.

Remember many years ago the big presentations being made by satellite to absent stars.

Good to see Cate Blanchett win best actress as she was brilliant in Blue Jasmin. Saw it at the Ritzy.

[unlurked]

Yawn. Get a life away from the telly.

[Mick Mac]

And well done Helen Mirren.

[unlurked]

She must be so thankful for your support. Did she name you in her acceptance speech?

[aquarius moon]

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> Yawn. Get a life away from the telly.

If you got a life too, you would have something better to do rather than stir things up on a forum.

[Mick Mac]

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> She must be so thankful for your support. Did she

> name you in her acceptance speech?

I think it never does any harm in life to say well done to someone. You might think that's odd.

[numbers]

What AQ said.

aaanyway, ugh can't stand woody allen, didn't watch blue jasmine. took me aaages to realise stephen fry was presenting, must need new specs. loved emma thompson.

[Loz]

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> She must be so thankful for your support. Did she

> name you in her acceptance speech?

Can't you go back to lurking?

[edcam]

Helen Mirren is starting to irritate me. Something terribly smug about her.

[PokerTime]

I was a bit irritated by the lack of British in it. The Televised show is just a showcase for American and the same old prominent British Stars. Why don't we see the winners of all the other awards receive theirs? Surely the winners of Sound, Editing, Production Design are as important as Actors, Directors, Producers? And in no way is '12 Years a Slave' a better movie than 'American Hustle' imo, so looks like those voting (Academy members) were a bit partisan after all.

[titch juicy]

12 Years a Slave is twice the movie American Hustle is.

[PokerTime]

Yeah it's twice as long!

[womanofdulwich]

I thought I had never seen so many ill fitting mens suits.

[holloway]

does anyone else think 'gravity' is over rated? i just can't take sandra bullock and clooney seriously as astronauts. they are not intelligent looking people.

[speedbird]

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> Helen Mirren is starting to irritate me.

> Something terribly smug about her.

So agree, she is so smug! And not that great in my opinion, but that's probably because I think she's so smug and don't like her anymore!

[muffins78]

I thought it was funny that some of Stephen Frys humour was lost on some of the audience. Tom Hanks was positively confused at least twice.

[PokerTime]

lol, yes muffins, I agree. I thought Mr. Fry was the best thing there!!!!

[giggirl]

To be honest I keep my head down during the awards season because there are too many of them. BAFTAs, Golden Globes, Oscars, Grammys, Brits and on and on and on. It's the time of year when hardly a week goes by without celebs getting awards for something or other. It's very unreal and feeds the celebrity culture. I like looking at the dresses but I don't care who wins.

Px

[Jah Lush]

Well said GG. Personally, I never watch awards show. I have zero interest in them.

Soon there will be an awards show for the best awards show.

[Mick Mac]

Anyway, well done to the BAFTAs on their progression. It's a well respected institution and whoever has been at the helm over the last 15 years or so must have done a hell of a job imo.

[Karen millar]

A great evening watching the BAFTAs. Roll on Oscars but hope Leonardo gets best actor!

[Annette Curtain]

It's OK as much as schloss gloss goes, but with so many films made or tweaked within a billimeter of reality, right here in the UK, they have to come surely

What is suprising is that the 'mericans turn out to let us see them , sans CGI. I mean Tom hanks looks like he's permanently CGI'd and others who I didn't even recognise were there (my son pointed out who was who after- huh really, ok !)

Gorgeous Di Caprio stands out wherever he goes, I could lick him for hours, but Brad? What's happened to Brads neck, is he beefing up again for another film. He's a hunk of something for sure

Lastly, there's something of the Village Fete about some of our British actors. I like them in most parts, but they're slightly mis matched undies and dogs on the sofas, no ?

It's part of the charm I suppose

Saint Steven was funny, he knew he was messing with their heads

[PokerTime]

I think matthew McConaughey should get that Oscar Karen. His performance was truly transforming in 'Dallas Buyers Club'. Whereas Leo was just Leo in 'Wolf of Wall Street' imo.

I think the arrival of Hollywood to the Baftas though has something to do with those Actors being en route to some big annual sales agent thing in Europe that they are contractural obliged to attend for promotion by their studios. The Baftas used to take place later but they were moved about 10 years ago to make it worth those stars attending en route. A clever move clearly.

[edcam]

What "big annual sales agent thing" Pokertime? Not sure you've got that right. They moved it because having it after the Oscars meant nobody cared or bothered to attend.

[PokerTime]

I believe it is MIPTV. It now takes place in April but back then it was the end of February. MIPTV is an important sales through to TV vehicle for European territories, just as MIPCOM serves as a pre-cursor to Cannes and movie distribution for theatrical release within Europe.