5 Things BAFTA Got Right That The Oscars Won’t (And 5 Things Oscar'll Do Better)
BAFTA good, Oscar bad (and vice versa)
Last night saw the 68th British Academy Film (BAFTA) Awards ceremony take place at Londons Royal Opera House, and as the winners were announced, the results turned out as predictably as most any ardent cineaste or even casual film-goer would expect. Boyhood took Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress (for Patricia Arquette), while The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Theory Of Everything also won big, taking eight awards between them.
There were, however, one or two shocks, as there inevitably always are. Some of these BAFTA choices seemed directly opposed to what AMPAS (the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) will probably go for on February 22nd, with a few happy nods that confirmed BAFTAs role as champion for British film.
There were also, just as predictably, some unpleasant surprises amidst the great ones, a few of which will almost certainly be corrected by the Academy in a couple of weeks time.
Who knows just what dictates the thoughts of voters responsible for marking the ballots and the organisers responsible for how the night goes, but the biased majority controlling which way the awards go and producers who just arent sure what the audience wants often makes for a head-scratchingly unexpected event. This list hopes to correct some of those wrongs made by BAFTA last night, as well as ones expected to be made by Oscar later this month.