The BAFTAs got it right

Last night I watched the BAFTAs on BBC America. For those of you who don’t know what a BAFTA is, it’s basically the Brititsh equivalent of the Oscars. I believe BAFTA stands for British Academy of (mainly American) Film and (a few British) Actors. Or I could be making that up. Either way, even though it is a British award, there were a lot of American winners, because let’s face it, we make the best movies.

I only saw the last hour, or as I like to call it, the part where the most important awards are given out. The Hurt Locker took home best original screenplay (Mark Boal), director (Kathryn Bigelow) and picture. BECAUSE IT DESERVED IT. Avatar won technical awards, as it should, but nothing else (Oscars, take note).

Oh, and this made me happy:

Here’s the complete BAFTA awards 2010 winners list:

Best Film: The Hurt Locker
Leading Actor: Colin Firth, A Single Man
Leading Actress: Carey Mulligan, An Education
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up In the Air
Film Not in the English Language: A Prophet (France)
Animated Film: Up
Outstanding British Film: Fish Tank
Outstanding Debut By a British Writer, Director or Producer: Duncan Jones, Moon (director)
Music: Michael Giacchino, Up
Cinematography: The Hurt Locker
Editing: The Hurt Locker
Production Design: Avatar
Costume Design: The Young Victoria
Sound: The Hurt Locker
Special Visual Effects: Avatar
Makeup & Hair: The Young Victoria
Short Animation: Mother of Many
The Orange Rising Star Award: Kristen Stewart
Academy Fellowship: Vanessa Redgrave

James Cameron is writing Avatar: The Novel

According to The Guardian:

Avatar fans desperate for a deeper insight into the world of the Na’vi are set for a treat after director James Cameron revealed he is planning to write a novel based on the box office hit.

Obviously this is a good idea because the best thing about Avatar is the plot and the dialouge, no doy. Like, I’m 100% sure if it wasn’t in 3D and set in such a visually lush world it would totally still be getting nominated for an Oscar. Remember that scene where Jake Sully was like “I have only been in Pandora for a month but I’m really getting the hang of the Na’vi ways and in fact I am the best at being a Na’vi”? I remember that. I was like, I haven’t seen a story like this since Dances With Wolves when it was EXACTLY THE SAME, but that movie totally came out 20 years ago so it doesn’t count. Oh, and also when it was called Pocahontas.

I’m sure a lot of people are really looking forward to this though, like mainly all the people who have never seen Dances With Wolves or Pocahontas.

These guys are like, "I would dye my skin blue for reals to read a book written by James Cameron!!!!"

I think ‘I guy 1 jar’s comment on the Entertainment Weekly comment board basically sums up the argument for people who think when it comes to Avatar James Cameron can do no wrong:

James Cameron is the answer to Quetin Toronto

You know, I never thought of it that way, ‘I guy 1 jar’. When a person presents an argument that strong sometimes it’s just hard not to reconsider your stance on the matter and just admit that Avatar: The Novel is a good idea and that yes, James Cameron is the answer to Quetin Toronto.

For once the globes didn't suck (almost)!

I use the word ‘suck’ very loosely, because in my opinion, award shows always suck when the people/movies I want to win don’t. Or when they are mega boring (which is always).

First of all: Hell yeah Michael C. Hall finally won an award for Dexter! He deserved it since the first season and I’m sooooo happy for him!

I am also glad to hear his cancer is in remission. I hope he continues to stab, dismember and dump his Hodgkins Lymphoma in the Pacific for years to come.

I am also glad John Lithgow won for his supporting role on Dexter this season, which was the bees knees!

Ricky Gervais was funnyfunnyfunny, but that was to be expected.

And Glee won best comedy or musical! That is nutz and also amazing!

Mainly I am disappointed that The Hurt Locker got shut out of all its categories, including best screenplay, which for some dumb reason went to Up in the Air, the only non-original one in the bunch. “Everyone did an amazing job coming up with the screenplays entirely on their own, but adapting one from a previously written novel is basically the same thing, therefore Up in the Air was the best of the year, not The Hurt Locker or District 9 or Inglourious Basterds or It’s Complicated.” That is what the Hollywood Foregin Press said, and they are idiots (though they are probably right in the case of It’s Complicated). What I’m saying is they need to have original and adapted screenplay categories if they want to be taken seriously (by me).

And do I have to ask why Avatar won best picture of the year? I’m pretty sure we already established that the Hollywood Foregin Press are idiots, so I guess that’s why. In other words: idiots think Avatar is the best picture of the year.

"I'll just give myself a big pat on the back after you're done. Good job ME!"

This made up for it though:

AVADAH!

–Arnold Schwarzenegger trying to pronounce Avatar.