BS: Baftas: Am I missing someting here?

Subject: BS: Baftas: Am I missing someting here?
From: Bainbo
Date: 11 Feb 07 - 05:58 PM

Best film: The Queen
Best British Film: The Last King Of Scotland. (Also nominated: The Queen)

But if The Queen is the best film; and it's British; then, surely, it is, by definiton the best British film.

Or have I missed the point? Is it even important?

Subject: RE: BS: Baftas: Am I missing someting here?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 11 Feb 07 - 06:20 PM

But isn't Scotland now British too - it's definitely not English!

Subject: RE: BS: Baftas: Am I missing someting here?
From: skipy
Date: 11 Feb 07 - 06:35 PM

See yee Jimmy,
Skipy

Subject: RE: BS: Baftas: Am I missing someting here?
From: fumblefingers
Date: 12 Feb 07 - 02:26 AM

You're missing the 'h' in "something."

Subject: RE: BS: Baftas: Am I missing someting here?
From: Scrump
Date: 12 Feb 07 - 09:16 AM

If you didn't see the BAFTA ceremony, you've already missed it. It was last night.

Subject: RE: BS: Baftas: Am I missing someting here?
From: Grab
Date: 12 Feb 07 - 09:56 AM

It's who stumps up the cash. Bond, Harry Potter, Tolkien, etc, and now The Queen - in spite of the number of Brits on screen or behind the camera, they've all been made with American money, and all the profit from the films goes to America. Therefore they're American films, because they're only financing British individuals in film work and not supporting a continuing British film industry.

Graham.

Subject: RE: BS: Baftas: Am I missing someting here?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 12 Feb 07 - 11:22 AM

I wouldn't be surpised to find that The Queen actually received the most votes for best British film as well. It would seem logical for the rules to provide that the winner of the more prestigious category become ineligible for the lesser.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won the US Academy Award in 2000 for best foreign-language film, but it had also been nominated for best picture. Had it won best picture, I'm sure the foreign-language award would have gone to the second-place finisher.

Subject: RE: BS: Baftas: Am I missing someting here?
From: GUEST,Bainbo at work
Date: 12 Feb 07 - 11:30 AM

Yeah, Bee-dubya-ell, that seems to make sense. I'm sure that's the reason.

In that case, maybe the Best British Film category should be renamed Best of the Rest.