This is an Animated short I made a while back, with subtle political undertones. If anybody likes the style of it, please let me know and I will make more. This is more like a test episode to see if anyone likes it.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
If The Unborn Could Speak
If The Unborn could speak, what would they say?
Would they say that they could dream?
Would they say that they could pray?
Or what if they could only live; wouldn't that suffice?
Shouldn't that cause us, to spare them the knife?
Who are we to say, that these little ones have no right?
That we should just destroy them, and put them out of sight.
Is a soul reduced to thriving within the insides of the mature?
Or can it reside within those that are truly minute in stature?
A six year old soul passes into eternity and many shed a tear.
But one who never sees the light of day is killed and the sadness is not sincere.
Where is the Justice?
Where is the shame?
What gives us the right to kill and to walk away?
It may be legal, but is it right?
When many kill innocents not in the dark but in broad daylight?
Those who were destined to be leaders, teachers, mothers and fathers,
They were all slaughtered at the hands of doctors, yet those doctors were not bothered.
Their oath forbid the very act they performed.
And yet they continue to do it without any desire to reform.
Where have we gone, my dear America?
If the Unborn could speak, what would they say?
I can tell what they would say.
"How could you kill me before I saw the light of day."
---- DONALD M
Would they say that they could dream?
Would they say that they could pray?
Or what if they could only live; wouldn't that suffice?
Shouldn't that cause us, to spare them the knife?
Who are we to say, that these little ones have no right?
That we should just destroy them, and put them out of sight.
Is a soul reduced to thriving within the insides of the mature?
Or can it reside within those that are truly minute in stature?
A six year old soul passes into eternity and many shed a tear.
But one who never sees the light of day is killed and the sadness is not sincere.
Where is the Justice?
Where is the shame?
What gives us the right to kill and to walk away?
It may be legal, but is it right?
When many kill innocents not in the dark but in broad daylight?
Those who were destined to be leaders, teachers, mothers and fathers,
They were all slaughtered at the hands of doctors, yet those doctors were not bothered.
Their oath forbid the very act they performed.
And yet they continue to do it without any desire to reform.
Where have we gone, my dear America?
If the Unborn could speak, what would they say?
I can tell what they would say.
"How could you kill me before I saw the light of day."
---- DONALD M
"Story of the day" Clinton Steps Up Attacks on Obama
Clinton Steps Up Attacks on Obama
Plagiarism, Financing Accusations Come on Eve of Wisconsin Primary
By Matthew Mosk and Peter Slevin
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, February 19, 2008; A01
Aides to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) accused Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) yesterday of plagiarizing portions of a recent speech and continued to question his vows to reform the campaign finance system as Clinton sought to drive home the idea that her Democratic rival's presidential bid is built on style more than substance.
The two-pronged attack came as Clinton attempts to slow Obama's momentum in today's contests in Wisconsin, which neighbors his home state of Illinois, and in Hawaii, where he was born.
The race in Wisconsin, where Clinton dug in over the weekend in an effort to break a string of eight straight primary and caucus defeats, has turned increasingly negative. Just days ago, Clinton aides accused Obama of breaking his pledge to accept public financing in place of private donations during the general election. Obama's aides say he did not make a firm commitment to accept public financing if he won the nomination.
Yesterday, key Clinton supporters accused Obama of "lifting" a passage of the rousing speech he delivered to a party gathering in Milwaukee on Saturday night from Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick, a longtime friend and supporter. Side-by-side YouTube videos distributed to reporters by the Clinton campaign show Obama repeating, almost verbatim, lines from a speech Patrick gave two years earlier.
"The point we're making overall is that Senator Obama's record as a senator and as a public official is thin," said Howard Wolfson, a senior Clinton adviser. "If you're asking an electorate to judge you on your promises and you break them, and on your rhetoric and you lift it, there are fundamental problems with your campaign."
Answering a reporter's question in Niles, Ohio, Obama said he does not think using Patrick's words was "too big a deal."
"Well, look, I was on the stump. He had suggested we use these lines. I thought they were good lines," Obama said when asked why he did not credit Patrick. "I'm sure I should have. Didn't this time."
Obama returned to Wolfson's assertion while speaking with reporters on his campaign plane: "The notion that using a line from one of my national campaign co-chairs . . . is somehow objectionable, somehow doesn't make sense."
Obama's aides also called Clinton's criticism of his public financing plans "curious." They noted that she was the first candidate in the 2008 field to announce plans to reject the public financing system, saying more than a year ago that she would attempt to use private contributions to finance a general election bid were she to become the party's nominee.
"We're just not going to be lectured on this," said Obama campaign manager David Plouffe.
Obama first raised the notion of accepting public funds in the general election a year ago, when he sought a ruling from the Federal Election Commission that would preserve that option for him. He said at the time that if the eventual Republican nominee entered the system -- in which the candidate accepts $85 million to fund a general election campaign and agrees to raise no additional money -- he would enter it as well.
Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), who is moving ever closer to accumulating the delegates he need for the GOP nomination, reaffirmed last week that he would be willing to accept that deal and urged Obama to "keep his word" on the issue.
Longtime advocates of campaign finance reform sent Obama a letter last week expressing "deep concern" that he would back away from the financing system. At the same time, several left-wing blogs urged Obama to "break the pledge," arguing that he should do nothing to cede the fundraising advantage that Democrats appear to have gained heading into the general election.
The candidate's advisers said yesterday that his pledge came before anyone realized how explosive his fundraising effort would become. Reports due to the FEC this week will show that Obama raised $32 million in January, almost triple what Clinton raised. Nearly all of Obama's total came via the Internet.
"The outpouring from small donors has been unprecedented and perhaps unexpected, and I would not want to do anything to deny those donors the chance to participate [in the general election], regardless of who the Democratic nominee is," said Alan D. Solomont, a longtime Democratic fundraiser who is a member of Obama's national finance team. "To be blunt, the ability of Democrats to raise money from both small donors and others is a significant competitive advantage."
Obama spokesman Bill Burton said yesterday that he considers the entire discussion premature, given the tough, unresolved battle for the party's nomination.
To both campaigns, the race in Wisconsin has emerged as a critical steppingstone to the March 4 primaries in Ohio and Texas, as well as a fight for the state's 74 pledged delegates.
As Clinton crisscrossed Wisconsin yesterday, she returned to what has become a central theme of her retooled, sharper-edged campaign. She told a standing-room-only crowd of more than 1,000 at the Wausau Labor Temple in central Wisconsin yesterday afternoon: "There's a difference between speeches and solutions, between talk and action. I was raised to believe that actions speak louder than words."
It was that very notion that Obama had tried to address when borrowing Patrick's turn of phrase during the Saturday night speech in Milwaukee. "Don't tell me words don't matter," he said. " 'I have a dream.' Just words? 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' Just words? 'We have nothing to fear but fear itself.' Just words? Just speeches?"
Patrick used a nearly identical formulation during his 2006 campaign for governor, when he was drawing fire from his Republican opponent, who said his stylish speechmaking disguised a lack of substance.
At a titanium plant in Niles, Obama also noted that Clinton seemed to borrow lines from him, including his signature rallying cry "Fired up! Ready to go!"
That does not mean her seriousness should be questioned, Obama said.
"When Senator Clinton says, 'it's time to turn the page' in one of her stump speeches or says she's 'fired up and ready to go,' " Obama said, "I don't think that suggests that she's not focused on the issues she's focused on."
Obama beat Clinton to Wisconsin, arriving last Tuesday to celebrate his victories in the Potomac Primary in front of more than 16,000 cheering supporters in Madison. He devoted more staff members to Wisconsin -- opening 11 offices in the state, to Clinton's four -- and had television ads in circulation six days before she did. But Clinton made a late play for a state that offers her some advantages.
Although repeatedly detoured by winter weather, Clinton paid attention to rural and working-class voters in areas far from Madison and Milwaukee, which are considered Obama's prime territory. She ran television ads in markets including Green Bay, Eau Claire and La Crosse, challenging Obama's proposals on health care and energy policy and accusing him of refusing to debate her.
Before departing for an election-eve rally in Beloit, Wis., Obama rallied thousands of cheering supporters in Youngstown, Ohio, where he defended the power of words.
He did not, however, use any of Patrick's lines.
"So, just to be clear, speeches don't put food on the table," Obama said, referring to one of Clinton's recent criticisms. "But the only way that we're going to bring about change is if all of you get excited about change.
"So I make no apologies," he said with a laugh, "for being able to talk good."
Slevin is traveling with the Obama campaign. Staff writers Jose Antonio Vargas and Alec MacGillis contributed to this report
Plagiarism, Financing Accusations Come on Eve of Wisconsin Primary
By Matthew Mosk and Peter Slevin
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, February 19, 2008; A01
Aides to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) accused Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) yesterday of plagiarizing portions of a recent speech and continued to question his vows to reform the campaign finance system as Clinton sought to drive home the idea that her Democratic rival's presidential bid is built on style more than substance.
The two-pronged attack came as Clinton attempts to slow Obama's momentum in today's contests in Wisconsin, which neighbors his home state of Illinois, and in Hawaii, where he was born.
The race in Wisconsin, where Clinton dug in over the weekend in an effort to break a string of eight straight primary and caucus defeats, has turned increasingly negative. Just days ago, Clinton aides accused Obama of breaking his pledge to accept public financing in place of private donations during the general election. Obama's aides say he did not make a firm commitment to accept public financing if he won the nomination.
Yesterday, key Clinton supporters accused Obama of "lifting" a passage of the rousing speech he delivered to a party gathering in Milwaukee on Saturday night from Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick, a longtime friend and supporter. Side-by-side YouTube videos distributed to reporters by the Clinton campaign show Obama repeating, almost verbatim, lines from a speech Patrick gave two years earlier.
"The point we're making overall is that Senator Obama's record as a senator and as a public official is thin," said Howard Wolfson, a senior Clinton adviser. "If you're asking an electorate to judge you on your promises and you break them, and on your rhetoric and you lift it, there are fundamental problems with your campaign."
Answering a reporter's question in Niles, Ohio, Obama said he does not think using Patrick's words was "too big a deal."
"Well, look, I was on the stump. He had suggested we use these lines. I thought they were good lines," Obama said when asked why he did not credit Patrick. "I'm sure I should have. Didn't this time."
Obama returned to Wolfson's assertion while speaking with reporters on his campaign plane: "The notion that using a line from one of my national campaign co-chairs . . . is somehow objectionable, somehow doesn't make sense."
Obama's aides also called Clinton's criticism of his public financing plans "curious." They noted that she was the first candidate in the 2008 field to announce plans to reject the public financing system, saying more than a year ago that she would attempt to use private contributions to finance a general election bid were she to become the party's nominee.
"We're just not going to be lectured on this," said Obama campaign manager David Plouffe.
Obama first raised the notion of accepting public funds in the general election a year ago, when he sought a ruling from the Federal Election Commission that would preserve that option for him. He said at the time that if the eventual Republican nominee entered the system -- in which the candidate accepts $85 million to fund a general election campaign and agrees to raise no additional money -- he would enter it as well.
Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), who is moving ever closer to accumulating the delegates he need for the GOP nomination, reaffirmed last week that he would be willing to accept that deal and urged Obama to "keep his word" on the issue.
Longtime advocates of campaign finance reform sent Obama a letter last week expressing "deep concern" that he would back away from the financing system. At the same time, several left-wing blogs urged Obama to "break the pledge," arguing that he should do nothing to cede the fundraising advantage that Democrats appear to have gained heading into the general election.
The candidate's advisers said yesterday that his pledge came before anyone realized how explosive his fundraising effort would become. Reports due to the FEC this week will show that Obama raised $32 million in January, almost triple what Clinton raised. Nearly all of Obama's total came via the Internet.
"The outpouring from small donors has been unprecedented and perhaps unexpected, and I would not want to do anything to deny those donors the chance to participate [in the general election], regardless of who the Democratic nominee is," said Alan D. Solomont, a longtime Democratic fundraiser who is a member of Obama's national finance team. "To be blunt, the ability of Democrats to raise money from both small donors and others is a significant competitive advantage."
Obama spokesman Bill Burton said yesterday that he considers the entire discussion premature, given the tough, unresolved battle for the party's nomination.
To both campaigns, the race in Wisconsin has emerged as a critical steppingstone to the March 4 primaries in Ohio and Texas, as well as a fight for the state's 74 pledged delegates.
As Clinton crisscrossed Wisconsin yesterday, she returned to what has become a central theme of her retooled, sharper-edged campaign. She told a standing-room-only crowd of more than 1,000 at the Wausau Labor Temple in central Wisconsin yesterday afternoon: "There's a difference between speeches and solutions, between talk and action. I was raised to believe that actions speak louder than words."
It was that very notion that Obama had tried to address when borrowing Patrick's turn of phrase during the Saturday night speech in Milwaukee. "Don't tell me words don't matter," he said. " 'I have a dream.' Just words? 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' Just words? 'We have nothing to fear but fear itself.' Just words? Just speeches?"
Patrick used a nearly identical formulation during his 2006 campaign for governor, when he was drawing fire from his Republican opponent, who said his stylish speechmaking disguised a lack of substance.
At a titanium plant in Niles, Obama also noted that Clinton seemed to borrow lines from him, including his signature rallying cry "Fired up! Ready to go!"
That does not mean her seriousness should be questioned, Obama said.
"When Senator Clinton says, 'it's time to turn the page' in one of her stump speeches or says she's 'fired up and ready to go,' " Obama said, "I don't think that suggests that she's not focused on the issues she's focused on."
Obama beat Clinton to Wisconsin, arriving last Tuesday to celebrate his victories in the Potomac Primary in front of more than 16,000 cheering supporters in Madison. He devoted more staff members to Wisconsin -- opening 11 offices in the state, to Clinton's four -- and had television ads in circulation six days before she did. But Clinton made a late play for a state that offers her some advantages.
Although repeatedly detoured by winter weather, Clinton paid attention to rural and working-class voters in areas far from Madison and Milwaukee, which are considered Obama's prime territory. She ran television ads in markets including Green Bay, Eau Claire and La Crosse, challenging Obama's proposals on health care and energy policy and accusing him of refusing to debate her.
Before departing for an election-eve rally in Beloit, Wis., Obama rallied thousands of cheering supporters in Youngstown, Ohio, where he defended the power of words.
He did not, however, use any of Patrick's lines.
"So, just to be clear, speeches don't put food on the table," Obama said, referring to one of Clinton's recent criticisms. "But the only way that we're going to bring about change is if all of you get excited about change.
"So I make no apologies," he said with a laugh, "for being able to talk good."
Slevin is traveling with the Obama campaign. Staff writers Jose Antonio Vargas and Alec MacGillis contributed to this report
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Obama’s “Desperate” Ad Airs in Wisconsin
by Bonney Kapp
Barack Obama released a new ad called “Desperate” today to dispel Hillary Clinton’s latest effort to show Wisconsin voters that Barack Obama has something to hide by refusing to debate her before Tuesday’s primary.
Something Wisconsin Governor (and Obama backer) Jim Doyle described as dirty politics. “For her to do this - claiming that Senator Obama somehow isn’t making himself available when he has been all over the state, and as we speak today, she has yet to even be in the state during the week leading up to this primary,” he said on a conference call yesterday**. “Fact is, he’s out here in the state having a one-sided debate right now and the only campaign she has going on in Wisconsin is negative TV ads,” he added later.
“Desperate” is Obama’s second ad set to air in the Badger State to respond to Clinton’s own second ad questioning Obama’s reasons for refusing a debate. The announcer starts by saying there have already been 18 debates with two more scheduled next week.
“Here’s the truth. Obama has a plan to protect Social Security benefits and the current retirement age. Hillary doesn’t. On health care, even Bill Clinton’s Labor Secretary says Obama covers more people than Hillary. And Obama sponsored a bill to end tax breaks for oil companies,” the announcer reads, responding to claims from the previous Clinton ad. “Tired of the same old politics? Vote for change we can believe in,” the ad ends.
In a media availability yesterday, Obama called debates an “exercise” that has become “predicatable.” He explained, “I could make the arguments on behalf of senator Clinton that she would make against me in a debate. We all know them. You guys could too. And I’m sure the same applies to the other side, on the other hand, when we have a chance to talk to voters directly, when we have a chance to give them a sense of where we want to take the country and that’s my priority in these closing weeks.”
**Senator Clinton will make her first trip to Wisconsin this week when she arrives later today to speak at the state Democratic Party’s Founders Day Dinner in Milwaukee, where Senator Obama will also be speaking.
If anyone has any comments or questions, please don't be afraid to state your opinion.
Friday, February 15, 2008
How to Write A "Winning" Screenplay
So you want to write a screenplay huh? Anyone can write a screenplay, yes anyone! But not everyone can write a good screenplay. So, you think you've got it, huh? You think that you have the next Good Will Hunting, or Mystic River in your arms? We'll see. Have you got the ten steps covered?
1. Format
Your screenplay must be formatted according to certain guidlines. If the spacing and formatting ain't right, the studio execs. are not going to even bother with your screenplay. Great software such as Final Draft can format your screenplay for you, as it is basically the screenwriter's Microsoft Word. There is also a free screenwriting software called Celtx which can format your script as well, just not as perfectly as something like Final Draft can. If you are in need of more info, see how to format a screenplay. Now on to the next step.
2. Story
Hey, it's gotta have one right? Your story must be original. Read that over and over again about 10 times. It has to be original. Now by original, I don't meant that it has to be some totally alien story that nobody has heard of before. However, there must be something in that screenplay that makes it stand out and look different from all other screenplays. For example, don't be so quick to write a story with a cop as the main character, and make him an alcoholic whose suffering from some unknown past, and has to "find himself" through battling his inner demons as he goes on some epic and heroic journey(like I haven't heard that one before). It can't be that straightforward, right? But the basic story isn't what makes it original or not, it's the execution of that story. So how do we make it original.
3. Three-Dimensional Characters.
Unless you are writing some naive kiddie flick, or brainless action movie (none of which have "winning" stories) you need to have some 3D characters, otherwise, your film will be pretty "flat" (yes, the pun was intended). Your characters need to have real depth to them. Look at the people you know. There is more to the mailman than meets the eye right? Maybe he loathes his job, or maybe he is the passionate type who does his job because his father was a mailman and his grandfather and his- (you get the point)! In other words, don't be typical! People are as different from each other as snowflakes are on Christmas Day.
4. Avoid Cliche
Avoid cliche at all costs! AT ALL COSTS! Cliche remarks, dialogue, and even locations (i.e. THE LOCAL BAR) make your screenplay sound cheesy. For example, lets say that two cops are talking to each other and one asks the other "Why, do you do this job?" Then the other guy thinks and says something like "Because I want to 'protect and serve'." That is the corniest and most overused line you could think of. Don't do that, instead have him say something like "I do this job because... because it feels right; to walk to the beat of the city, and breath it's air, to protect it at all costs. It just feels right."
Now that sure isn't cliche, it sounds fancy, but it's not over done either. Remember to always try to avoid cliche.
5. Write Vividly
When you write, use vivid words that capture the imagination but don't overdo it either. For example don't just write, "we are at a bar, and our main character finds a decent chair to sit in." Now, the only reason why I can sort of visualize the scene, is because I know what a bar looks like, but it doesn't explain enough, Lets see if we can do better. "We are at a bar, a musty, ugly, smoke filled bar, full of low down drunks that smell as bad as they look. We see the typical dartboard on the wall and the usual run down pool table that has seen years of abuse. The floors are messy with peanut shells crunching underfoot." Now that is a much better description, but it is a little over done. We want to write vividly, but don't overdo it. This paragraph is better off being cut short at the first sentence.
6. Write Simply
You must write vividly, but be vivid and simple at the same time. Don't get Shakespearean-like unless your writing something related to that kind of topic. Just be concise, vivid, simple, and get your point across.
7. Conflict
There must be some sort of conflict in your screenplay, whether the character is on the run from the mob, or a family is in debt up to their eyeballs, have a conflict.
8. Study, Study, Study
Study all of the great Oscar winning films, particularly the ones that won Best Original Screenplay or Best Adapted Screenplay. You can learn a lot by listening to the dialogue of the film. You can also view scripts and transcripts of actual feature films and TV shows at imsdb.com
9. Don't Be Preachy
Whatever your agenda is four your film, don't preach. Life isn't always full of straightforward lessons in morality or social issues. So don't be so straightforward. Be subtle and let the lives of the characters teach the lessons to the audience by example.
10. Rewrite
You're probably thinking "What?" Yes, you need to rewrite your script, and check for anything you can improve upon. Make your screenplay as "perfect" as you possibly can, but at the same time, do not compromise your passion or your message.
So, have you got these ten steps down pat? If you do, you are well on your way to developing a winning screenplay. I hope that this information was truly helpful to all of you writers.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
18 Students Shot Today, So Why Do We Have Guns?
In a Northern Illinois University this afternoon, 18 students were shot by a crazed gunman. They say that the man said nothing before 20 shots rang out, injuring 14 and killing 4. This makes many wonder; why do we have guns? I am a supporter of the second amendment, but I want to know your opinions. Please feel free to debate or give any kind of comments on this matter.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
"Hezbollah Commander Killed In Syria Bombing"
A top Hezbollah Commander was killed last night in Damascus when a bomb that was planted under his car went off. No one claimed credit for the killing of this man (heck! I wouldn't either, the last thing I would want is Hezbollah to come after me!)
The man's name was Imad Mugniyah,45,was one of the most wanted and elusive terrorists in the world. This man went so far as to have plastic surgery in order to hide his identity. Well obviously it didn't work because somebody killed him!
However, this man was accused of planning the horrible 1983 bombings of the United States Embassy and a Marine barracks in Beirut; the hijacking of a T.W.A. jetliner in 1985; and a series of high-profile kidnappings in the 1980s, among other crimes.
American Officials called this man the “'A team' of international terrorism because of his cold professionalism and success at evading capture." Before 2001, this man had been involved in more terrorist attacks Americans than any other individual. Add a $25 million bounty on this guys head and you have got the makings of a wanted man.
The man's name was Imad Mugniyah,45,was one of the most wanted and elusive terrorists in the world. This man went so far as to have plastic surgery in order to hide his identity. Well obviously it didn't work because somebody killed him!
However, this man was accused of planning the horrible 1983 bombings of the United States Embassy and a Marine barracks in Beirut; the hijacking of a T.W.A. jetliner in 1985; and a series of high-profile kidnappings in the 1980s, among other crimes.
American Officials called this man the “'A team' of international terrorism because of his cold professionalism and success at evading capture." Before 2001, this man had been involved in more terrorist attacks Americans than any other individual. Add a $25 million bounty on this guys head and you have got the makings of a wanted man.
“The world is a better place without this man in it,” said the State Department spokesman, Sean McCormack, on Wednesday.
You can read the full story here at
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/world/middleeast/14syria.html?bl&ex=1203051600&en=bf8812ecc5524a95&ei=5087%0A
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
"A Woman President!?"
"I think America's ready for a woman president... just not that woman." Those are the words of comedian Chris Rock during his New Year's Eve performance at Madison Square Garden. I, as an individual, totally agree with his statement. It would be great to see a woman sitting in the oval office, nobly leading her county with honor and grace, but is Hilary the one we want?
Do we really want Hilary Clinton to be the first woman president? The one that everyone will look back to when we think of a woman in the oval office? Is Hilary the best candidate? Or is America so desparate for a female president that they will settle for whoever comes their way? Just because she is a Clinton doesn't make her a good candidate either. Chris Rock stated " Being married to somebody doesn't make you good at their job." Now, Chris Rock may not be an expert on politics, but I must say that those words are very sound. So, do you as the reader agree that Hilary just might not be the best woman to lead our country, especially in this turbulent time? That is something for you to chew on.
Old Men or Pregnant Teen?
The Oscars are soon to be here. Yes, on February 24, the little gold men will be handed out to the best men or women for their outstanding achievement in motion pictures this year. However, many of you who will tune in to watch it that night, may only decide to watch when the really important award is given; The one we all bite our nails for: the Best Picture of the Year award. Now, films like No Country for Old Men and the riveting Michael Clayton are very strong candidates for this year's award, as many will agree, but what about the soft spoken Juno? What about that touching story about a pregnant teen who, after finding out that she is 9 weeks pregnant, decides to put up her child for adoption rather than abort her.
Just the synopsis alone seems to tug at the heartstrings of any compassionate individual, but will it be a winner? No Country for Old Men with its whopping 8 nominations surely seems as if it will come out on top and take away the little gold man, but that's all it is, a little gold man. What is important is that the message of the film stays in the hearts and minds of those who watch it. Even though a director may have a little statuette on his mantle, it doesn't mean that his film has stood the test of time.Maybe "No Country" will get the Oscar; but Juno may have a greater cultural impact. Only time will tell.
All I can say is that I have seen films come and go, from Oscar "titans" such as Titanic to Oscar underdogs like Crash. It isn't over till it's over and I believe that that motto will ring true this Oscar season. It would be a very sweet moment however to hear someone open that envelope and say "And the Oscar goes to... Juno." Then, America will see that it isn't always about the epic stories that blow our minds away, but sometimes its about the sweet and tender stories that resonate within our souls.
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