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"BAFTA's"

The full BAFTA nominations are:

Best Film:
Big Fish
Cold Mountain
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Best British Film:
(Alexander Korda award for the outstanding British film of the year)
Cold Mountain
Girl with a Pearl Earring
In This World
Love Actually
Touching the Void

Best Director:
(David Lean award for achievement in direction)
Tim Burton – Big Fish
Anthony Minghella – Cold Mountain
Peter Jackson – The Return of the King
Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation
Peter Weir – Master and Commander

Best Actor in a Leading Role:
Benicio Del Toro – 21 Grams
Bill Murray – Lost in Translation
Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Jude Law – Cold Mountain
Sean Penn – Mystic River
Sean Penn – 21 Grams

Best Actress in a Leading Role:
Anne Reid – The Mother
Naomi Watts – 21 Grams
Scarlett Johansson – Girl with a Pearl Earring
Scarlett Johansson – Lost in Translation
Uma Thurman – Kill Bill Vol. 1

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
Albert Finney – Big Fish
Bill Nighy – Love Actually
Sir Ian McKellen – The Return of the King
Paul Bettany – Master and Commander
Tim Robbins – Cold Mountain

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
Emma Thompson – Love Actually
Holly Hunter – Thirteen
Judy Parfitt – Girl with a Pearl Earring
Laura Linney – Mystic River
Renee Zellweger – Cold Mountain

Best Film not in the English Language:
The Barbarian Invasions
Belleville Rendez–vous
Etre et Avoir
Good Bye Lenin!
In This World
Spirited Away

Original Screenplay:
21 Grams
The Barbarian Invasions
Finding Nemo
Lost in Translation
The Station Agent

Adapted Screenplay:
Big Fish
Cold Mountain
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Return of the King
Mystic River

Carl Foreman Award
(for special achievement by a British director/producer/writer in their first feature film):
Sergio Casci – American Cousins
Jenny Mayhew – To Kill A King
Peter Webber – Girl with a Pearl Earring
Emily Young – Kiss of Life

Short Animation:
Dad‘s Dead
Dear Sweet Emma
Jojo in the Stars
Nibbles
Plumber

Short Film:
Brown Paper Bag
Bye Child
Nits
Sea Monsters
Talking with Angels

Make Up & Hair:
Big Fish
Cold Mountain
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Return of the King
Pirates of the Caribbean

Visual Effects:
Big Fish
Kill Bill
The Return of the King
Master and Commander
Pirates of the Caribbean

Sound:
Cold Mountain
Kill Bill
The Return of the King
Master and Commander
Pirates of the Caribbean

Editing:
21 Grams
Cold Mountain
Kill Bill
Return of the King
Lost in Translation

Costume Design:
Cold Mountain
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Return of the King
Master and Commander
Pirates of the Caribbean

Production Design:
Big Fish
Cold Mountain
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Return of the King
Master and Commander

Cinematography:
Cold Mountain
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander

Music:
(Anthony Asquith award for achievement in film music)
Cold Mountain
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Kill Bill
The Return of the King
Lost in Translation


Kill Bill got a few nominations thank God... but not best film? Blasphemy, same with Pirates... should also be in the best film catagory... pummels Master and Commander into a cocked hat.

ROTK for all the awards, even the ones it wasn't nominated for.

;)

Except Kill Bill *was* poop, and nobody deserves to win awards for ripping other people off badly.

I didn't mean Kill Bill was poop, that should've gone before I wrote Kill Bill. Now.. you GET OUT!

Kill Bill was amazing....






GET OUT!

It's pretty obvious what they'll all be. ROTK, POTC and probably Cold Mountain. Predictable every year. Doubtful that Kill Bill will win even anything. It's shat! And hopefully Big Fish will get something for the effort.

The fact Cold Mountain got more nominations than Return of the King show the BAFTAs, like any award ceremony, are biased nonsense.

My Baftas:

> Best Film: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
> Best British Film: Don't care.
> Best Director: Peter Jackson – The Return of the King [if Jackson doesn't get this, I will hunt Stephen Fry down with a crowbar].
> Best Actor in a Leading Role: NO FRODO? B***ARDS.
> Best Actress in a Leading Role: Uma Thurman – Kill Bill Vol. 1
> Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Sir Ian McKellen – The Return of the King
> Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Don't care either.
> Best Film not in the English Language: Spirited Away [I repete my threat to Mr. Fry if this doesn't get it]
> Adapted Screenplay: The Return of the King
> Make Up & Hair: The Return of the King
> Visual Effects: The Return of the King, by a VERY long way.
> Sound: The Return of the King
> Editing: Return of the King
> Costume Design: The Return of the King
> Production Design: The Return of the King
> Cinematography: The Return of the King
> Music: The Return of the King - have you heard Howard Shore's score? Fan-bloody-tastic.

I've seen Cold Mountain and Master and Commander, and frankly, wasn't impressed. As you can see, I support RotK all the way, although I can see those arty Bafta types going for the above two over Lord of the Rings on almost all of the awards.

I think Spirited Away will win again

In my opinion, Lost in Translation should win a good few, as should Kill Bill. Spirited Away also deserves it's nomination.

I haven't seen Kill Bill (cos of non film fanatics i know) but from what i heard it's just seems it's got no story to it.. I doubt i'll get to see big fish either but we'll see :(
I think LOTR itself should get something for making a fantasy world so believable.

Here are my predictions (I get 20% of all winnings) -

Best Film:
> Big Fish

Best British Film:
> Cold Mountain

Best Director:
> Tim Burton – Big Fish
or/
> Peter Jackson – The Return of the King

Best Actor in a Leading Role:
> Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Best Actress in a Leading Role:
> Scarlett Johansson – Lost in Translation

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
> Sir Ian McKellen – The Return of the King

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
> Emma Thompson – Love Actually

Best Film not in the English Language:
> Spirited Away

The rest I can't be bothered telling you the winners but I am sure I could name them all.