Who will win Best Picture? That is the question of the year. First you have The Queen, a good movie driven by one fantastic performance. Then you have Babel, this year’s Crash lite. Throw into the mix Letters from Iwo Jima, a late year last-ditch effort from Clint Eastwood and you have a few great films.
But none of the three of these movies even come close to The Departed and Little Miss Sunshine, the year’s two best flicks — polar opposites in their own right. Little Miss Sunshine was the little movie that could, starting off the year without a distributor then blowing up at Sundance. It spent the entire year winning over the hearts of American audiences, never looking back. The Departed, on the other hand, was to be Marty Scorsese’s greatest accomplishment. A big, studio funded American gangster flick from one of the greatest American directors of all time.
Who takes the little golden guy home? Little Miss Sunshine. Marty will get his Best Director win, but no other film had the honest, quirky, heart warming charm possessed in the story of a dysfunctional family from New Mexico. Their little yellow VW bus may be on the verge of a breakdown, but their film continues to speed right along.
So there you have it, the final piece of the Oscar puzzle. All that is left now is to grab some chips and dips, invite over some friends and be captivated by the glitz and glamor of Hollywood’s elite — bring on the greatest night in cinema!
