2017 BAFTA Nominations: Big Showing for La La Land, Arrival, and Nocturnal Animals
So now we have heard from three major precursors to the Oscars: Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, and now the British Academy Film Awards. I did a predictions blog yesterday, so I’ll be listing the actual nominees and then saying what went right and what went wrong. So here we go.
Best Animated Film
Finding Dory
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
Zootopia
Just a fun fact here: Zootopia was released as “Zootropolis” in the UK. Anyways, I had that one and Moana, but the other two I missed.
Best Special Visual Effects
Arrival
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The Jungle Book
Star Wars: Rogue One
So for this one I actually got all five, and that’s in rare form this morning.
Best Sound
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
So I got most of these. Instead of Fantastic Beasts and Deepwater Horizon, I had Jungle Book and Silence. The latter got nothing this morning.
Best Editing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Nocturnal Animals
Manchester by the Sea
I got three of these and swapped out Manchester and Nocturnal Animals for Florence Foster Jenkins, which paled in comparison to what I had it getting nominated for, and Moonlight, whose disappearance here I think is just due to their love for Nocturnal Animals.
Best Makeup and Hair
Doctor Strange
Florence Foster Jenkins
Hacksaw Ridge
Nocturnal Animals
Star Wars: Rogue One
For these, I only got Florence Foster Jenkins. The other four I had were Jackie, La La Land, Silence, and Star Trek Beyond.
Best Costume Design
Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land
Hey, I got four of these. I just swapped out Allied for Silence. So this is definitely one of the better categories for me today.
Best Production Design
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
La La Land
Nocturnal Animals
This was a weaker one for me, only La La Land was correctly predicted. I had Arrival, Florence Foster Jenkins, Jackie, and Silence.
Best Original Music
Arrival
Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Nocturnal Animals
I did a little better here, three out of five. I just swapped out Moonlight and The BFG for Jackie and Nocturnal Animals.
Best Cinematography
Arrival
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Lion
Nocturnal Animals
This one was another three out of five for me. I had Moonlight and Silence in place of Hell or High Water and Nocturnal Animals, though those two are great picks personally speaking.
Best Adapted Screenplay
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hidden Figures
Lion
Nocturnal Animals
This one was surprisingly strong for me. I just had Fences in instead of Hidden Figures. Though the absence of Fences in this category is hard to miss.
Best Original Screenplay
Hell or High Water
I, Daniel Blake
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
This category wasn’t quite as strong for me. I did have La La Land, Manchester, and Moonlight, but instead had Florence Foster Jenkins and Jackie in for the last two slots.
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomi Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Hayley Squires, I, Daniel Blake
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Overall four out of five, but I didn’t know anything about Squires. Instead I had Octavia Spencer for Hidden Figures. It’s notable that the only nomination for Fences was in this category. A really poor showing.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals
Dev Patel, Lion
Again four out of five, but man Aaron Taylor-Johnson has been screwing me over lately. Missed his nomination and win at the Globes and here. I had Lucas Hedges for Manchester by the Sea in his place, and sadly he might have to fight to be nominated.
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Amy Adams, Arrival
Emily Blunt, The Girl on the Train
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Four out of five was just my number. I just swapped out Emily for Ruth Negga for Loving. So that fifth slot at the Oscars should presumably go to Isabelle Huppert, whose film Elle did not screen in time to qualify for this year’s awards, but if it’s not her, there’s lots of alternatives.
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nocturnal Animals
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
I guess this confirms Viggo’s presence at the Oscars. Notably missing here is Denzel Washington, whose film again only got one nomination in supporting actress but missed everywhere else. Otherwise he should be joined by Casey, Andrew, and Ryan Gosling at the Oscars.
Best Director
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Ken Loach, I, Daniel Blake
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
So this one had some good picks, but I missed Ford and Loach. Instead I had Pablo Larrain for Jackie and usual suspect Barry Jenkins for Moonlight. This is actually the first time he has missed, but I doubt he gets overlooked at the upcoming Directors Guild Awards and the Oscars.
Best Film
Arrival
I, Daniel Blake
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
What was very surprising upon reading this list of five was that Nocturnal Animals gets all that love and attention, then suddenly shafted at the top prize when movies like I, Daniel Blake and Moonlight didn’t do very well in comparison. Anyways, I had three of these, and had Lion and Florence Foster Jenkins in favor of I, Daniel Blake and Manchester.
So yes, counting up we had strong performances from La La Land (11 nomination), Arrival and Nocturnal Animals (9 nominations each), then for the movies that still did well without as high a number, Manchester by the Sea got six nominations, Hacksaw Ridge and Lion both got five, I, Daniel Blake, Moonlight, and Florence Foster Jenkins all got four nominations, and the following films all achieved three nominations: Jackie, Hell or High Water, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and Doctor Strange. So these films had some strong showings today, and there is for sure a few changes I want to make to my Oscar predictions, and a few question marks that I will have to ponder over in the next couple of weeks before Oscar nominations come out. I’ll keep you posted with any and all changes I have to make.
