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danielh41 · #1 Post by **danielh41** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:32 pm

It's 2008 now, so it's time to start thinking about what movie will win Best Picture at this year's Oscars. I currently have every previous Best Picture winner in my DVD collection (with the exception of Wings and Cavalcade since they've never been released on DVD -- but I do have those two on VHS), so I always take a very keen interest in the Best Picture Oscar.

I've tried to see most of the contenders before 2007 ended. There are still a few I have yet to see, like There Will Be Blood and The Kite Runner. I watched about 30 minutes of Atonement before I got bored and decided that I would rather see Sweeney Todd. So I switched theaters at that point.

So far, I would have to grade what I've seen thusly:

Juno A-
Sweeney Todd B+
No Country for Old Men B+ (loved the movie up until that ending...)
Atonement I for Incomplete
American Gangster B

But out of all the 2007-released movies that I have seen, I can only give one unqualified A grade (and it thus becomes my Oscar favorite for the moment), and that goes to David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises. Unfortunately, I haven't heard much Oscar buzz about this movie. Viggo Mortensen should also be a front runner for the Best Actor Oscar because he gives an absolutely superb performance.

How about everyone else? What is the best movie of 2007?