'fraid so...but Stephen Fry was on good form!Primula Baggins wrote:The Hobbit was shut out at the BAFTAs, losing Visual Effects to Life of Pi and losing Sound as well as Makeup and Hair to Les Miserables.
BAFTA, "Are we nearly home yet,Gandalf?"
'fraid so...but Stephen Fry was on good form!Primula Baggins wrote:The Hobbit was shut out at the BAFTAs, losing Visual Effects to Life of Pi and losing Sound as well as Makeup and Hair to Les Miserables.
Because everyone in the Academy votes for best pic, and only directors vote on the director prize, as I understand it. The increase of the number of best pic nominees also muddies the water: the chances of similar films splitting the vote and letting a "weaker" picture win increases, I'd expect.Elentári wrote: BTW - how come ARGO won for Best Picture without Ben Affleck even being nominated in the Best Director category? Guess the director's job is not that significant after all!
Oh definitely...I don't think anyone would claim TH should have been up for best adapted screenplay/picture/director awards this time round! Its main strength (alongside the innovative technology) was always going to be in the visualization of M-e - the costumes/make-up/production design, etc. - and it is a shame that these haven't been recognized so far. At least Weta Digital has received something for its work on Gollum.kzer_za wrote: While The Hobbit is my favorite movie of the year, I don't think it's the best. I'm inclined to forgive its faults because of my fondness for the source material and because I generally like Peter Jackson's handling of Tolkien despite his excesses. But I think most of us here can agree that the movie does have some problems as a film (not just an adaptation).
Agree Hal about Moonrise Kingdom, it was a very good movie.halplm wrote:My only disappointment was that Moonrise Kingdom didn't win anything.
Well that and Bradley Cooper gave the best acting performance of anyone in Silver Linings Playbook, so it's weird that Jennifer Lawrence won and he didn't... but the competition was pretty hard in the lead actor category.
Yes, which is one reason the technical Oscars sometimes seem "off"—only the pool of nominees is picked by people who work in the specialty; the winner is chosen by people who may know nothing about the technical crafts, since many Academy members are actors or studio executives.axordil wrote:Even the technical categories?Primula Baggins wrote: Nominations for the Oscars come from the relevant specialties, except for Best Picture, for which the whole Academy can enter nominations. But the whole Academy votes in every category.