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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