BAFTA misses memo, prefers geishas to gay cowboys
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BAFTA (The British Academy of Film and Television Arts) announced the "longlist" for their British Academy
Film Awards, and something clearly went terribly wrong. While Brokeback Mountain did receive 13 nominations (as did The Constant Gardener and Good Night, and Good Luck), it was beaten out by Rob Marshall's Memoirs of a Geisha, which led the pack with 15 total mentions. Um, BAFTA? Did you not
hear? Gay cowboys are supposed to win everything, and besides, Memoirs of Geisha really isn't very good at
all. Come on, people - get with the program.There's still hope, however, that the natural order of things will be restored. BAFTA's longlists consist of the 15 films in each category that made it through the first round of voting. A second round - completed on January 12 - will narrow the groups down to five finalists. Sadly, things can only get worse for both Munich, which was late in getting screeners out and is on only two lists (for best director and adapted screenplay) and The New World, which failed to receive a single mention.
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1-09-2006 @ 9:37AM
Elliott said...
I hate Memoirs of a Geisha. It is all part of Japan's agenda to force the lifestyle on us and turn all of our children gei.
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1-10-2006 @ 9:47PM
mariah said...
gay cowboys are supposed to win everything? yeah right. the movie wasnt even great. i feel asleep by half the movie and got my money back because it was way too boring for my taste.
and for the person who said it's japan's agenda to have our children turn gay. well, it's obvious you havent seen 'brokeback mountain' and yet everyone seems to be praising it as if it's greatest movie on earth. that will be the day.
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