Well, what was looking like a 2 horse race between There Will Be Blood and No Country For Old Men, has turned into a 1 horse race. No Country and Blood have pretty much split most of the critic association awards… but when it comes to what counts at the Oscars, No Country has swept the various Guild awards. Last week they took the WGA top prize, the SAG top prize, the DGA top prize, and now they’ve also taken the Producers (PGA) top prize as they walked away with the full sweep of the guilds… and guild members are voting members for the Oscars.
Yahoo News gives us this:
Joel and Ethan Coen’s “No Country for Old Men,” a tale of moral decline wrapped in a gritty crime drama, won the top film prize from Hollywood’s producers on Saturday, making it the clear front-runner in the race to the Oscars. One week ago, the Coen Brothers were also named the year’s best directors by the Directors Guild of America for their adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel about a drug deal gone wrong along the U.S.-Mexican border in Texas. Last Sunday, the cast of “No Country,” including Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem, was cited for best ensemble performance by the Screen Actors Guild.
So now it seems pretty clear. No Country For Old Men will win the 2008 Oscar for best picture. I have no complaints. Personally, I still feel There Will Be Blood and Juno deserve it more… but not by much… and No Country is certainly deserving of an honor like this.
The one great thing about the Oscars this year, is that every single one of the nominated films are really worthy of the honor. Yes, some are better than others, but none on that list make me say “what the hell?”.
