BAFTA loves Revenant, Mad Max, & Titanic Reunion

The British celebrated Valentine's Day by giving out a few awards at the BAFTAs though they showed shockingly little love for homegrown talent. First, the list of winners:

Best Film: The Revenant
Best British Film: Brooklyn
Best Director: Alejandro González Iñarritu, The Revenant
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Best Actress: Brie Larson, Room
Best Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Best Original Screenplay: Spotlight
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Big Short
Best Foreign Language Film: Wild Tales
Best Documentary: Amy
Best Animated Film: Inside Out
Best Film Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Production Design: Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Cinematography: The Revenant
Best Costume Design: Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Makeup & Hair: Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Original Music: The Hateful Eight
Best Sound: The Revenant
Best Visual Effects: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best British Debut: Naji Abu Nowar & Rupert Lloyd, Theeb
Orange Rising Star: John Boyega

As I had predicted, The Revenant and Brooklyn won both Film Awards with the first film coming out on top with 5 wins overall including Directing and Actor. Suffice it to say, it's become the favorite to win those same categories at the Academy Awards and like the movie itself, we just have to bear it until it ends. Brooklyn's lone win along with Winslet (yay!) and Rylance winning supporting trophies were the few wins that went to homegrown talent as the awards took on a highly non-British tilt. It was most evident by the wins for DiCaprio and Larson in spite of strong British opposition in their categories as well as the strong showing of Mad Max: Fury Road with four wins. Screenplay awards, increasingly becoming the consolation prizes of the season, went to the two other Oscar favorites Spotlight and The Big Short. It was a "spread the wealth" kind of night though a few major films went home empty-handed (Carol, The Martian, The Danish Girl).

In terms of what these awards mean for the Oscars, you can probably bet your house on DiCaprio, Larson, Amy for Documentary, Inside Out for Animated Film, the two screenplay awards for Spotlight and The Big Short and for Mad Max: Fury Road to pick up AT LEAST 3 technical awards. The Revenant looks likely to win Picture/Director and Winslet has at least a 50/50 chance to win Supporting against Vikander. In terms of my predictions, I went a low 12/22 since I predicted MORE films picking up hardware and for the British to actually champion British talent, but ALAS.

Critics Pick Spotlight, Mad Max, Mr. Robot, & Fargo

There were approximately a billion trillion categories given out last night (most during commercial breaks) because in their ultimate wisdom it was decided that the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association will present their winners together at one big ceremony. Host T.J. Miller was then quite fine with minimal and low-key sketches putting most of the focus on the nominees (acting clips were actually shown and speeches weren't interrupted!). Onwards to the winners...

Best Picture: Spotlight
Best Director: George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Actress: Brie Larson, Room
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Best Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best Original Screenplay: Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer, The Big Short
Best Adapted Screenplay: Adam McKay & Charles Randolph, The Spotlight
Best Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul
Best Documentary: Amy
Best Animated Feature: Inside Out
Best Cinematography: Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Production: Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Visual Effects: Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Hair and Makeup: Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Costume Design: Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Score: The Hateful Eight
Best Song: "See You Again," Furious 7

These are the traditional Oscar categories which the BFCA obviously tried their best to predict who will win the Oscars. Spotlight came away with the night's top prize but time and time again it keeps getting one-upped by other films like Mad Max: Fury Road, which walked away with the most wins including Director (or The Revenant with its leading 12 Oscar nominations). The acting winners are seemingly solidifying with these four (DiCaprio, Larson, Stallone, Vikander) but we still haven't gotten to those industry awards (BAFTA, SAG) so who knows? And yes, the wins in the top categories perfectly matches with what other critics groups had to say. Finally, YES on "See You Again" winning. Suck on that Sam Smith and Oscars.

Best Ensemble: Spotlight
Best Young Actor: Jacob Tremblay, Room
Best Comedy: The Big Short
Best Actress, Comedy: Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Best Actor, Comedy: Christian Bale, The Big Short
Best Action Movie: Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Actress, Action Movie: Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Actor, Action Movie: Tom Hardy, Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie: Ex Machina

Extraneous categories are extraneous, but at least we got to see Jacob Tremblay charm the room including most of the ladies from Jane the Virgin. He also got to say Millennium Falcon and hang out with BB-8. The kid is really gunning for a Star Wars role, isn't he?

Best Drama Series: Mr. Robot
Best Actress, Drama Series: Carrie Coon, The Leftovers
Best Actor, Drama Series: Rami Malek, Mr. Robot
Best Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Constance Zimmer, UnREAL
Best Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Christian Slater, Mr. Robot
Guest Actor/Actress, Drama: Margo Martindale, The Good Wife
Best Comedy Series: Master of None
Best Actress, Comedy Series: Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Best Actor, Comedy Series: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Best Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Best Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Guest Actor/Actress, Comedy: Timothy Olyphant, The Grinder
Best TV Movie/Limited Series: Fargo
Best Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series: Kirsten Dunst, Fargo
Best Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series: Idris Elba, Luther
Best Supporting Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series: Jesse Plemons, Fargo
Best Supporting Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series: Jean Smart, Fargo

These TV winners are fantastic and really puts SAG and Emmys to shame. So at the very least the BTJA are doing their due diligence during this era of Peak TV and championing all of these new and smart shows. I can't even pick a favorite winner though maybe Mr. Robot and its leading men come close. But there's also the Coon/Zimmer/Bloom trio which just seems amazing especially since the Emmys would NEVER. Finally, shout out to Fargo for well-deserved kudos for a great S2. And below are the rest of the categories which, really? Stop.

Best Animation Series: BoJack Horseman
Best Reality Show, Competition: The Voice
Best Reality Show, Structured: Shark Tank
Best Reality Show, Unstructured: Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Best Reality Show Host: James Lipton, Inside the Actors
Best Talk Show: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Golden Globes Stay True to Their Brand of Crazy

Here's the thing... Ricky Gervais was not good. Just no. And a lot of the presenters had bad materials that seemed to go on for far longer than they should (I won't even repeat all the bad stuff because no). There were a few highlights like America Ferrera and Eva Longoria's incisive commentary about Latinas in Hollywood and the hot duo of Ryan Gosling and a Benjamin Button-like Brad Pitt sharing the stage together and the Spy team doing a bit, but they were few and far between. But while the actual show was a hot mess at least many of the winners ranged from good to fantastic (give or take a ridiculous win for Sam Smith). The HFPA kept true to their brand of crazy certainly, but still picked some real winners. Onwards...

Best Motion Picture, Drama: The Revenant
Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: The Martian
Best Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant
Best Actress, Drama: Brie Larson, Room
Best Actress, Comedy or Musical: Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Best Actor, Drama: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Best Actor, Comedy or Musical: Matt Damon, The Martian
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Best Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best Animated Film: Inside Out
Best Foreign Language Film: Son of Saul (Hungary)
Best Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs
Best Score: The Hateful Eight
Best Song: "Writing's on the Wall," Spectre

The Revenant was the night's biggest winner picking up 3 awards for Best Drama Film, Best Director, and Best Actor. The latter was given to Leonardo DiCaprio which unofficially begins his road to perhaps finally winning his first Oscars. Earlier in the night, his Titanic co-star Kate Winslet won Best Supporting Actress for Steve Jobs making all of us nostalgic for Jack and Rose. That film won a second award for its Screenplay beating out other films that many thought were the front-runners. The Martian was the only other film to win more than one award for Best Comedy Film and Best Actor Matt Damon. Brie Larson and Jennifer Lawrence picked up Best Actress awards solidifying one as the front-runner (Larson) and the other as possible spoiler to the Oscar short list (Lawrence). Sylvester Stallone in the meantime received a standing ovation when he won Best Supporting Actor which means if he's Oscar nominated (still a big IF), he's the favorite. My predictions were horrendous as I went 4 out of 14, but a few of my "should wins" won so I'm okay. Plus this is just yet another feather to the unpredictability of this year's awards season which yay!

Best TV Series, Drama: Mr. Robot
Best TV Series, Comedy: Mozart in the Jungle
Best Actress, Drama: Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Best Actress, Comedy: Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Best Actor, Drama: Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Best Actor, Comedy: Gael García Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle
Best Mini-Series or TV Movie: Wolf Hall
Best Actress, Mini/TV Movie: Lady Gaga, American Horror Story: Hotel
Best Actor, Mini/TV Movie: Oscar Isaac, Show Me a Hero
Best Supporting Actress: Maura Tierney, The Affair
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Slater, Mr. Robot

Last year was all about first-time winners and the HFPA stayed true to this mantra with Jon Hamm the only repeat winner from the bunch (for Best Drama Actor which I personally thought should've gone to would've been first-time winner Rami Malek). Mr. Robot and Mozart in the Jungle picked up two wins each for Best TV Series Drama and Comedy respectively and an acting win (Christian Slater, Gael García Bernal). I was especially surprised by the latter's win, but why not? Taraji P. Henson and Rachel Bloom's wins were simultaneously shocking and yet not since their wins make sense per HFPA's usual choices. And then there's Lady Gaga beating out Queen Latifah and Lily Tomlin Kirsten Dunst for an acting award. Her speech was sincere and humble, but wowsa. Speaking of wowsa, Oscar Isaac won an award and the Internet is happy. Finally, their love affair with The Affair continues with a surprise win for Maura Tierney! Prediction-wise I went a horrific 1 out of 11 with just my bet of Lady Gaga succeeding. But like the film side, a few of my should wins won, so I'm good.

In the end, the one thing I'll remember tonight is for this tweet of mine during E!'s red carpet show making it into EW.com and USA Today:

My timeline is seemingly simultaneously thirsty for Oscar Isaac *and* Jacob Tremblay's father. Thanks Jacob! #GoldenGlobes

— Ryan (@sortathatguy) January 11, 2016