In the first part of Reel 6's week-long preview of the BAFTAs, it's Oldman vs. Fassbender for Best Actor
The BAFTAs are the awards body which gets the nominations
right. On the whole, that is. Though they occasionally over reward the British
contingent when the awards are handed out, they do at least recognise more of
the very best in film than Oscar actually does. No category represents this
better this year than Best Actor.
BAFTA is in line with everyone else in appreciating the
excellence of George Clooney (The Descendants) and Jean Dujardin (The Artist), who appear to be the two battling it out for the Oscar. They have also been charmed by Brad Pitt (Moneyball), but
it is two Brits (well, a Brit and an Irishman) who seem to be in pole position
for the BAFTA.
