The British Academy of Film and Television Arts today announced the nominees for the annual BAFTA awards. The Golden Compass was nominated in the category Best Special Visual Effects to the credit of Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Woods. The movie is competing for the award with Spider-Man 3, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and The Bourne Ultimatum.
Love drama Atonement was nominated no less than fourteen times, There Will Be Blood and No Country For Old Men both nine times.
The BAFTA award ceremony will take place in London February 10th.
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#1
Wow. I knew they did well with the daemons but this is great!
# January 16, 2008 23:16 by seyla
#2
Tough competition, but the special effects were easily the best part of the whole film. They were excellent. :)
# January 17, 2008 02:51 by rainbowdarling
#3 That's all???
What about Costume Design, Art Direction, Music Score, Sound, Sound Effects Editing, Best Supporting Performance By A Polar Bear, Most Meddled With By A Major Studio, and, of course, Best Original Song??????
TGC gets robbed again!!!
# January 17, 2008 10:55 by consciousparticles
#4 The Bourne Ultimatium???
Why is The Bourne movie nominated for Visual Effects?
So shaky hand held camera work, exploding glass, and cars getting rear ended in every scene are considered “Visual Effects”??? This better not when over TGC! What a terrible film to be nominated for FX!!! What, no Transformers? Least that had something sorta dazzling.
# January 17, 2008 11:02 by consciousparticles
#5 What the?
where’s the soundtrack nomination? Alexandre’s work deserves it!
# January 17, 2008 12:18 by Lord Asriel
#6 at #4
I haven’t seen Bourne, but I consider visual effects better when you do not spot them, as you describe them in Bourne. So yes, it makes sense.
As for the soundtrack. Alexandre does deserve a nomination. Though I have not heard the others.
# January 17, 2008 15:35 by Samwise
#7 Music Nominiees
AMERICAN GANGSTER – Marc Streitenfeld
ATONEMENT – Dario Marianelli
THE KITE RUNNER – Alberto Iglesias
THERE WILL BE BLOOD – Jonny Greenwood
LA VIE EN ROSE – Christopher Gunning
I can’t believe that TGC isn’t in that list.
# January 17, 2008 16:05 by Lord Asriel
#8
It’s 100% ridiculous Alexandre’s work hasn’t been soaringly nominated. Costume design as well should easily be a nomination/win category. At very least!
The VFX in TGC were staggering and well executed ninety nine percent of the way. Wonderful throughout and not overpowering, just what was needed: I hope they’ll be recognized for this, allten or so of the VFX crews!
# January 17, 2008 18:08 by Phit
#9
This is a tragedy that I expect will reflect its chances at the upcoming Academy Awards.
All of the production on this film was tip top.
# January 17, 2008 18:29 by namster
#10
Awards as such have lost their way. There are too many of them, and people doing the nominations are getting less and less qualified for the job. Even with the Oscars—what with Bourne getting onto the shortlist there, too.
(And no, the effects in Bourne aren’t invisible. They just aren’t there, period, except for the most rudimentary ones.)
TGC is in good company here, but the Transformers omission is criminal. And let’s not even go into the music category. The only score worth its salt there is Atonement—but Desplat is every bit as deserving as Marianelli.
Guess we should be thankful there is no Gustavo Santaolalla on the list. But the AMPAS will find a way to reward him even with no scores in 2007…
# January 18, 2008 02:51 by Seretur
#11 Yes, Seretur
I just don’t get the Bourne nomination. I don’t get the appeal of the Bourne Identity movies in the first place! I guess Visual FX means: I tricked you into buying a ticket for The Bourne Identity movie because a girl I was dating liked the other ones. Sheesh!
And yeah! What’s with that Gustavo Santaolla guy? Playing an out of tune acoustic guitar constitutes a musical score??? And I thought Dave Grusin was bad!
# January 18, 2008 06:23 by consciousparticles
#12
Usually awards have different ways...BAFTA can’t be considered like Oscar overture, not as much as Golden Globes...Which didn’t consider tGC as well. Forget it, guys, too much competition! :/
# January 19, 2008 21:29 by Lyrael