As many of you know, on the 2007 Movie Blog Awards, we named Juno as the best picture of the year… and it was… but Juno isn’t the sort of picture that many other people will side with due to it’s partial comedic nature, and I can understand that.
However, aside from Juno, in my opinion, there was one film this year that stands head and shoulders above all others. There Will Be Blood, which we put in at the #2 position (read my review here). And it seems that the National Society of Film Critics appreciated it too, as they have named There Will Be Blood as the best film of 2007, beating out “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” and “No Country for Old Men.”
The Oscar race this year has clearly become a 2 horse race between No County and There Will be Blood. Both are superior films. Both are worthy of the nominations they will receive. But between the 2, There Will Be Blood is the more deserving. It’ll be fun to watch the envelope open this year.
As a side note, it will be a crime is Daniel Day Lewis doesn’t win Best Actor this year. That man is sick talented, and uses every ounce of that considerable talent in TWBB.
