The Year of Testosterone

When I look back at 2007, I will always view it as the year of complete cinematic testosterone. If you look at many of the front runners for Best Picture; No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Into the Wild, and Michael Clayton, they feature testosterone heavy casts in testosterone heavy worlds. Last time I checked oil, hit men, corporate lawyers, and people anointing themselves with the last name Supertramp weren't exactly bringing the most feminine of images to mine.

Even movies at the periphery of this year's Oscar race such as American Gangster, 3:10 to Yuma, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, The Assassination of Jesse James... and even Superbad, and Transformers were about boys being boys.

You know that when one of the front runners in Best Supporting Actress is actually playing a man, that this year at the movies was truly the year of the man.

In the categories of Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor there are at least 10 legitimate strong contenders in each category that could receive nominations. I expect the only feminine presence in either of these categories, that is of course gender bending John Travolta's Edna Turnblad, to be snubbed in favor of far more masculine Tommy Lee Jones' Sheriff in No Country for Old Men or Philip Seymour Hoffman's CIA Agent in Charlie Wilson's War.

Both Actress categories on the other hand have only three strong contenders in each race and seem to be having problems filling the other two spots for a lack of crystal clear nomination worthy performances. In 2007 men definitely ruled with their cattle stun guns, oil pipelines, and infamous trips to spa. It could even be that three male performances win Oscars in 2007.

So who was the year's most important on screen female? Who wins the cinematic I AM WOMAN, HERE ME ROAR award in 2007? Well that would be a 16 year old pregnant teen named Juno. Honest to blog!