And the winner is...

I was torn this year on what to choose. Out of the nominated films, Zero Dark Thirty, Django Unchained and Life of Pi are my favorite films. I am eliminating Zero Dark Thirty because I don’t believe the film accomplished anything artistically. The story was well told. It was a much better film than Argo in the delivery of its story. But for me the winner of the Best Picture award must be a film you can look back and say that it was a film that made a pivot in film history. Which leads us to my final two: Django and Life of Pi. These are two polar opposite movie experiences. I want to say Django. It was the more pleasurable movie experience. It pushed the boundaries. Or so I thought. QT is like that kid in school that waves his arms in the air to answer a question. You can’t possibly avoid him. Life of Pi has a quieter demeanor. It doesn’t beg for your attention. At the end of the day, its beauty is impossible to ignore. Its story is simple, but it is told with a style that is reminiscent of the masters of the past.