BAFTAs 2019: 6 Ups & 8 Downs

By Jack Pooley /

1. Bohemian Rhapsody Wins Best Sound

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Another award that was relegated to the montage was Best Sound, which incredulously went to Bohemian Rhapsody.

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Despite the film failing to even correctly sync up Rami Malek's mouth movements with Freddie Mercury's iconic vocals in several scenes, the biopic scooped the award, presumably because most voters simply assumed a music-heavy film was the default pick here.

With literally every other film in the category boasting stronger sound design - First Man, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, A Quiet Place and A Star Is Born - it's yet another black mark against BAFTA's credibility when it comes to crafts categories.

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So, it wasn't a BAFTA show for the ages, then, but voters did at least get a lot of the big awards right. Here's everything they nailed...