Academy Awards
Posted: 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?
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?