BAFTA: Slumming It

And so it seems BAFTA, our English filmic representative, has even lost its snobbish ability to rise above media frenzy and commercialism in their nominations, which were revealed this morning. Aside from the Animated Feature category they've released a bland, middle-of-the-road nominees list, which sadly includes Dev Patel. I say "sadly" both because this performance is clearly nowhere near special, or even effective, and because I really like the guy, who is sure to now receive a ton of semi-justified backlash. Still, there's hope in the fact that Keira Knightley got Globe recognition and missed out with SAG and BAFTA, only to grab a coveted spot in the Oscar final five. Let's hope Sally Hawkins similarly succeeds.