Richard Lightstone, CAS Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 THE HURT LOCKER - Ray Beckett, Paul N. J. Ottosson Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" stormed the BAFTAS with six awards, including best film and best director.In a night of surprises which saw James Cameron's "Avatar" shut out of the main categories, Colin Firth won best actor for Tom Ford's "A Single Man" while fellow Brit thesp Carey Mulligan took home the best actress award for Lone Scherfig's "An Education." Pixar-Disney's "Up" won best animated film and music while Jacques Audiard's "Un Prophete" won best foreign film. The complete list of winners is here: http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/film-awards-nominations,949,BA.htm RL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Waelder Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 I have yet to see either "The Hurt Locker" or "Avatar" so I can't comment on either of those films. I did see "A Single Man" and "An Education." The performances by Colin Firth and Carey Mulligan were worthy, both natural and subtle. David Waelder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole Hankerson Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Avatar is a really good movie. I was very impressed and I'm not generally into animated/CGI type movies but I was totally blown away. Worth my money and I would go back and see it again. No questions asked. Nicole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmgoodin Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 THE HURT LOCKER - Ray Beckett, Paul N. J. Ottosson Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" stormed the BAFTAS with six awards, including best film and best director.In a night of surprises which saw James Cameron's "Avatar" shut out of the main categories, Colin Firth won best actor for Tom Ford's "A Single Man" while fellow Brit thesp Carey Mulligan took home the best actress award for Lone Scherfig's "An Education." Pixar-Disney's "Up" won best animated film and music while Jacques Audiard's "Un Prophete" won best foreign film. The complete list of winners is here: http://www.bafta.org/awards/film/film-awards-nominations,949,BA.htm RL I saw "The Hurt Locker" last week. Maybe I was sitting a little too close to the screen, but I really got motion sickness from the constant camera jiggle. It was very annoying for a dramatic film. I know they were trying to emulate a documentary film, but I think it turned a lot of the audience off and made it hard to identify or appreciate the story. With all the build up and the awards, I was expecting more of a movie. I was a bit disappointed. Not that great a film in my opinion. ---------Courtney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Maybe I was sitting a little too close to the screen, but I really got motion sickness from the constant camera jiggle. I think there's a fine art to making that work. I've always felt that honest handheld, where the camera operator is actually trying to hold the camera steady, can work fine for some films & TV shows. But this David E. Kelly style of deliberately shaking the camera and making unexpected zooms... I dunno, it just strikes me as being too showy and obvious. Even in NYPD Blue, they eventually cut the shaky-cam down by about half towards the end of the series. --Marc W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 What's ironic is that normally I'm not a fan of "shaky cam." However, in this film it didn't bother me. I guess I just kind of "went with it." Storywise, yes, it wasn't intended as a traditional story but more a character study. While not my favorite film of the year, I still sort of get it. John B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Lopez Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Congrats to the Sound Team. Saw the film a couple of weeks ago and loved the sound design, which supports the story and the documentary style of the image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Slater Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Interview with Ray Beckett and Paul Ottosson here:Bafta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Coffey Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Congrats to ray Beckett. I have known him since his early days with the old Deva II he used on Bread and Roses. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy, in his own country too. I'll see him next week for the Academy Awards show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lightstone, CAS Posted February 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 John, The Academy Awards are on March 7th. Perhaps you are referring to the CAS Awards on Saturday, February 27th? RL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 "The Hurt Locker," a film combining quiet moments with intense sound, -and the transmitters on the radios seemed to be overdriven at times- , won laurels for sound mixing in motion pictures at the Cinema Audio Society's annual kudos on Saturday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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