The Baftas delivered on certain promises, collating some of the worlds biggest stars and funneling them down a red carpet, giving a select few the chance to present an award, and, creating talking points as the perennial battle between who should have won and who did win continued to flare. Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender in 12 Years a Slave Gravity was the nights big success story as it was when it debuted at Venice all those months ago. The case for the films British credentials were never in doubt Bafta awards home soil movies and, given that the space thrillers special effects were delivered by a British team in England, Gravitys passport is a U.K one. But that doesnt necessarily mean the coveted Best Director nod should have gone Alfonso Cuarons way. Despite the pure, exhilarating brand of entertainment delivered almost old-school read this Hollywood its hard to look past Steve McQueen for his work on 12 Years a Slave when looking for someone more deserved of individual recognition. Yes, 12 Years reeled in two magnificent awards: that of Best Actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor and Best Film. Despite these high-profile gongs, though, there were other categories in which the slave drama missed out on, and almost certainly didnt deserve to. The .. [read more] supporting actor categories leap out as key pieces of evidence in the case of 12 Years a Slave. Barkhad Abdhis ascension this past 12 months has been a joy to watch, and his performance in Captain Phillips was touching and terrifying in equal measure.
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