The Individuals’s Alternative Awards and the BAFTAs weren’t on the identical web page this 12 months … with such totally different winners, it simply goes to point out — awards season is unpredictable as hell.
Margot Robbie strutted away with Greatest Actress for “Barbie” on the PCAs in L.Some time Emma Stone snagged the identical honor for “Poor Things” on the UK’s BAFTAs — each of which went down on Sunday, BTW.
Then we’ve Greatest Actor … Ryan Gosling Ken-ergized his method to victory on the west coast, whereas throughout the pond, Cillian Murphy walked away with the prize for “Oppenheimer.”
For Greatest Movie, “Oppenheimer” gained at BAFTAs, whereas “Barbie” stole the present on the PCAs.
Christopher Nolan‘s directing for “Oppenheimer” earned him a trophy within the British capital, however curiously there wasn’t a directing class on the PCAs — but when there was, it is secure to say, it’d go to, drumroll please … Greta Gerwig for “Barbie!!”
In reality, life in plastic was so incredible for “Barbie” on the Individuals’s Alternative that it walked away with a lot of the awards it was up for. However, the film could not catch a break on the BAFTAs … shedding out on all 5 of its nominations and getting utterly shut out.
After all, the Individuals’s Alternative winners are picked by common on a regular basis people — a reputation contest, actually — in distinction to the academy members … and given the record-breaking numbers “Barbie” pulled final summer season, it is no shock it reigned supreme on the occasion.
The primary takeaways from this? One individual’s no is one other individual’s sure … and the Oscars race appears to be broad open.