The Best Movie??

This is not another Little Miss Sunshine. This is the real thing. It may well be the best movie of the year. But it probably can't win that because, well, because it's too real- and way too funny.

I'm talking about Juno, another in a string of teen pregnancy movies. HOWEVER, this one is nothing short of remarkable. Every actor is perfect. Every line is delivered just as it should be. Every emotion is presented with reality. You have to remind yourself that this is a movie. It has already received rave reviews. I can add only that having seen some excellent movies, this one is the best of the year so far. I hope it doesn't get short-changed like many comedies because it doesn't have enough violence. And it certainly isn't an Epic movie. It's just excellent film making!

Of course the award season has begun. The race to the Academy Awards is on. This year is truly one remarkable year. (Well, maybe they all are, but this one seems overloaded with excellence and power. After all, the Golden Globes even had a tie and had to have seven nominees in the best dramatic movie category.)

Here's the American Film Institutes's Top 10 of the year (>Indicates ones I have already seen.):

AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR--OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

>BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
>INTO THE WILD
>JUNO
KNOCKED UP
>MICHAEL CLAYTON
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
RATATOUILLE
THE SAVAGES
THERE WILL BE BLOOD

And this list doesn't include other front-runners like American Gangster, Gone Baby Gone, or the upcoming Charlie Wilson's War and Sweeney Todd, among others. What a year!! What a year. My daughter and I will have to work hard to see all the great ones this year before the Academy Awards.