The industry love for Joker is very real
Ugh. This excessive Joker love has got to stop. The movie is NOT that good. Sometimes the BAFTAs can tell us where there might be some surprises on Oscar morning, since there is some overlap between the British Academy and ours, but these nominees look pretty expected to me. BAFTA did seem to revive The Two Popes somewhat, but I’m not sure if Jonathan Pryce is going to make it into Best Actor or not. I do think that director lineup is probably going to be Oscar’s too, but we’ll see what the DGA has in store tomorrow. It’s also kind of weird that they don’t have a rule against nominating one person twice in the same category (see Margot Robbie for Supporting Actress).
2020 BAFTA NOMINEES
BEST PICTURE
“1917”
“The Irishman”
“Joker”
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
“Parasite”
BEST DIRECTOR
Sam Mendes, “1917”
Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman”
Todd Phillips, “Joker”
Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite”
BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Adam Driver, “Marriage Story”
Taron Egerton, “Rocketman”
Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker”
Jonathan Pryce, “The Two Popes”
BEST ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley, “Wild Rose”
Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story”
Saoirse Ronan, “Little Women”
Charlize Theron, “Bombshell”
Renee Zellweger, “Judy”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
Anthony Hopkins, “The Two Popes”
Al Pacino, “The Irishman”
Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”
Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Laura Dern, “Marriage Story”
Florence Pugh, “Little Women”
Margot Robbie, “Bombshell”
Margott Robbie, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Scarlett Johansson, “Jojo Rabbit”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Susanna Fogle, Emily Halpen, Sarah Haskins, & Katie Silverman, “Booksmart”
Rian Johnson, “Knives Out”
Noah Baumbach, “Marriage Story”
Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Bong Joon Ho & Han Jin Won, “Parasite”
Saoirse Ronan nabs a BAFTA nod, setting her up as a good bet for her fourth Oscar nom for Little Women
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Steven Zaillian, “The Irishman”
Taika Waititi, “Jojo Rabbit”
Todd Phillips & Scott Silver, “Joker”
Greta Gerwig, “Little Women”
Anthony McCarten, “The Two Popes”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“1917”
“The Irishman”
“Joker”
“Le Mans ’66”
“The Lighthouse”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“The Irishman”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Judy”
“Little Women”
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
BEST FILM EDITING
“The Irishman”
“Le Mans ’66”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Joker”
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
BEST MAKE UP & HAIR
“1917”
“Bombshell”
“Joker”
“Judy”
“Rocketman”
Margot Robbie gets nominated twice in the same category
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
“1917”
“The Irishman”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Joker”
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
BEST SCORE
“1917”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Joker”
“Little Women”
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
BEST SOUND
“1917”
“Joker”
“Le Mans ’66”
“Rocketman”
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
BEST SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
“1917”
“Avengers: Endgame”
“The Irishman”
“The Lion King”
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
BEST CASTING
Shayna Markowitz, “Joker
Douglas Aibel & Francine Maisler, “Marriage Story
Victoria Thomas, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Sarah Crowe, “The Personal History of David Copperfield”
Nina Gold, “The Two Popes”
BAFTA was a fan of The Two Popes, nominating both actors and the screenplay, plus a nom for Best British Film
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Frozen 2”
“Klaus:
“A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmaggedon”
“Toy Story 4”
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“American Factory”
“Apollo 11”
“Diego Maradona”
“For Sama”
“The Great Hack”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“The Farewell”
“For Sama”
“Pain and Glory”
“Parasite”
“Portrait of a Lady”
BEST BRITISH FILM
“1917”
“Bait”
“For Sama”
“Rocketman”
“Sorry We Missed You”
“The Two Popes”
BEST DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
“Bait”
“For Sama”
“Maiden”
“Only You”
“Retablo”
BEST BRITISH ANIMATED SHORT
“Grandad Was a Romantic”
“In Her Boots”
“The Magic Boat”
BEST BRITISH LIVE-ACTION SHORT
“Azaar”
“Goldfish”
“Kamali”
“Learning to Skateboard in a War Zone (If You’re a Girl”)
“The Trap”
1917 did well at BAFTA, as expected
