2013 BAFTA Nominations

The thing I like about the BAFTAs is they tend to nominate people who are deserving of an award - that he Oscars normally leave out. (See James McAvoy for The Last King of Scotland and Paul Dano for There Will Be Blood) Glad to see this hasn't changed this year. Here's a list of the nominees, my comments fill follow in green. I should throw this out there, I think the BAFTAs love Life of Pi and Skyfall a little too much.

BEST FILM
ARGO
LES MISÉRABLES
LIFE OF PI
LINCOLN
ZERO DARK THIRTY 

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
ANNA KARENINA THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
LES MISÉRABLES
SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS
SKYFALL 
Seven Pyschopaths! Yes!

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
BART LAYTON (Director), DIMITRI DOGANIS (Producer) The Imposter
DAVID MORRIS (Director), JACQUI MORRIS (Director/Producer) McCullin
DEXTER FLETCHER (Director/Writer), DANNY KING (Writer) Wild Bill
JAMES BOBIN (Director) The Muppets
TINA GHARAVI (Director/Writer) I Am Nasrine

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
AMOUR HEADHUNTERS
THE HUNT
RUST AND BONE
UNTOUCHABLE 
I didn't realize Headhunters was eligable. This is the only one I've seen from this list, and I can tell you that it's awesome (and available on Instant stream on Netflix)

DOCUMENTARY
THE IMPOSTER MARLEY
McCULLIN
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN
WEST OF MEMPHIS 
 I realy want to see West of Memphis.

ANIMATED FILM
BRAVE FRANKENWEENIE
PARANORMAN

DIRECTOR
AMOUR Michael Haneke
ARGO Ben Affleck
DJANGO UNCHAINED Quentin Tarantino
LIFE OF PI Ang Lee
ZERO DARK THIRTY Kathryn Bigelow

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
AMOUR
DJANGO UNCHAINED
THE MASTER
MOONRISE KINGDOM
ZERO DARK THIRTY 
I disagree with Looper not being in here. Hopefully it gets in at the Oscars.

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
ARGO BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
LIFE OF PI
LINCOLN
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK 

LEADING ACTOR
BEN AFFLECK Argo
BRADLEY COOPER Silver Linings Playbook
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS Lincoln
HUGH JACKMAN Les Misérables
JOAQUIN PHOENIX The Master
 Ben Affleck snuck in! Oh my, that is interesting.
LEADING ACTRESS
EMMANUELLE RIVA Amour
HELEN MIRREN Hitchcock
JENNIFER LAWRENCE Silver Linings Playbook
JESSICA CHASTAIN Zero Dark Thirty
MARION COTILLARD Rust and Bone

SUPPORTING ACTOR
ALAN ARKIN Argo
CHRISTOPH WALTZ Django Unchained
JAVIER BARDEM Skyfall
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN The Master
TOMMY LEE JONES Lincoln
No Leonardo DiCaprio is a mistake. He was way stronger than Tommy Lee Jones and Alan Arkin, IMO. I also kind of expected them to throw Eddie Redmayne in here for Les Mis.

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMS The Master
ANNE HATHAWAY Les Misérables
HELEN HUNT The Sessions
JUDI DENCH Skyfall
SALLY FIELD Lincoln


ORIGINAL MUSIC
ANNA KARENINA ARGO LIFE OF PI LINCOLN
SKYFALL 
Am I the only one that thought the scores for Beasts of the Southern Wild, Moonrise Kingdom and The Dark Knight rises were top notch? Do they not qualify? Am I missing something? Clearly I can't be the only person shocked that they keep getting left out.

CINEMATOGRAPHY
ANNA KARENINA LES MISÉRABLES
LIFE OF PI
LINCOLN
SKYFALL

EDITING
ARGO DJANGO UNCHAINED
LIFE OF PI
SKYFALL
ZERO DARK THIRTY 

PRODUCTION DESIGN
ANNA KARENINA LES MISÉRABLES
LIFE OF PI
LINCOLN
SKYFALL 

COSTUME DESIGN
ANNA KARENINA GREAT EXPECTATIONS
LES MISÉRABLES
LINCOLN
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN 

MAKE UP & HAIR
ANNA KARENINA HITCHCOCK
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
LES MISÉRABLES
LINCOLN  

SOUND
DJANGO UNCHAINED
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
LES MISÉRABLES
LIFE OF PI
SKYFALL

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
LIFE OF PI
MARVEL AVENGERS
PROMETHEUS

SHORT ANIMATION
HERE TO FALL
I’M FINE THANKS
THE MAKING OF LONGBIRD

SHORT FILM
THE CURSE
GOOD NIGHT
SWIMMER
TUMULT
THE VOORMAN PROBLEM

THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
ELIZABETH OLSEN
ANDREA RISEBOROUGH
SURAJ SHARMA
JUNO TEMPLE
ALICIA VIKANDER
LOVE Juno Temple!