http://www.solaceincinema.com/2007/02/12/the-baftas-the-aftermath/ a vast wasteland of movies Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:21:14 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.solaceincinema.com/2007/02/12/the-baftas-the-aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-4347 Marek Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:37:08 +0000 http://www.solaceincinema.com/2007/02/12/the-baftas-the-aftermath/#comment-4347 Yeah, but only the main awards are voted by the 6500 members (including me) the rest are by 'experts' whoever they are. So that's why that happened to The Queen. I never thought I would vote for The Queen but when it came to it and I looked at the 5 films I really did think it was the one that held together best, and I felt it was stimulating, original and important. It may be quieter than The Departed and Last King but that doesn't mean it's a less well made film. Yeah, but only the main awards are voted by the 6500 members (including me) the rest are by ‘experts’ whoever they are. So that’s why that happened to The Queen. I never thought I would vote for The Queen but when it came to it and I looked at the 5 films I really did think it was the one that held together best, and I felt it was stimulating, original and important. It may be quieter than The Departed and Last King but that doesn’t mean it’s a less well made film.

]]> http://www.solaceincinema.com/2007/02/12/the-baftas-the-aftermath/comment-page-1/#comment-4340 Jeff Costello Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:27:30 +0000 http://www.solaceincinema.com/2007/02/12/the-baftas-the-aftermath/#comment-4340 If 'The Queen' really was the best film of the last 12 months, then being British it should have won Most Outstanding British Film of the Year as well as Best Film. This was a real cop out by the Academy who obviously wanted to share out the honours without making any difficult decisions. Do they not see the contradiction of this? 'The Departed' should have got best film in my opinion, although I was glad to see United 93 get some recognition. Why 'The Prestige' was so widely ignored I'll never know. If ‘The Queen’ really was the best film of the last 12 months, then being British it should have won Most Outstanding British Film of the Year as well as Best Film. This was a real cop out by the Academy who obviously wanted to share out the honours without making any difficult decisions. Do they not see the contradiction of this? ‘The Departed’ should have got best film in my opinion, although I was glad to see United 93 get some recognition. Why ‘The Prestige’ was so widely ignored I’ll never know.

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