2013 Bafta Awards – What We Learnt

It’s that time of year again when the world watches with anticipation, not just to see who will win best actor, but who will be wearing what, who will do the best speech and who will shock the most. Yes of course we are talking about the awards season.

With two weeks to go till the Oscars, the streets outside The Royal Opera House were lined with thousands of fans dying to grab a glimpse of there favourite film stars at this years Bafta Awards.

In true British style the heavens opened, however no one seemed to mind and for many young girls (and older women for that matter), just the mere sight of Bradley Cooper was enough to warm them up.

It is fair to say that in the past, the Baftas has been considered as Britain’s measly attempt to create their own Oscars. This year was different, maybe it was the sponsor Orange’s re branding into EE that did it, or maybe it was just the sheer amount of Hollywood actors that made the transatlantic journey to be there? Who knows, all we can say is that the Bafta Awards are now an awards ceremony in their own right, and no longer considered the Oscars wannabe. It is now an awards ceremony that nearly rivals our American cousins and one that represents why British film is so damn good.

What We Learnt

Beards are in, There is no doubt about it, the beard is back. Don’t just take our word for it, George, Ben, Bradley and Fry all agree too.

Daniel Day-Lewis is talented, not weird, Can everyone stop being so shocked over method acting. Yes it’s different to the normal, but it is an art form that produces amazing results. Daniel Day-Lewis gave the best speech of the night for his best actor award, subtly taking the mick out of the worlds amazement of method acting, but at the same time showing us just how clever and brilliantly talented he is.

Bromance , The Bromance of the evening definitely had to go to Christoph Waltz and Quentin Tarantino. Waltz was nearly in tears over his admiration for Taratino in his ‘best supporting actor’ speech.