Hasn’t everyone done this already? Well, yes they have. Beginning before 2005 even ended, critics and associations of people who supposedly know a thing or two about film have been declaring their choices for the best film offerings of 2005. Here in Montreal, some of those films hadn’t even begun screening before the year closed. And there is a particular academy that has yet to announce their choices so I would like to take this opportunity to share my choices for favorite films, performances and contributions from 2005.
'Twas a great year for North American film, I felt. It was also a great year for me to finally get in the habit of regularly seeing films and musing on them for (hopefully) your enjoyment. With the Oscar nominations coming out this Tuesday, I am pleased to give you my nominations in the following categories:
BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTOR, ACTRESS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, ACTRESS
BEST SCREENPLAY
BEST INDEPENDENT FEATURE
BEST POPCORN FLICK
and
WORST FILM
To be eligible for this list, a film needed only meet two simple criteria. First, the film needed to be released during the 2005 calendar year. Secondly, I had to see it. As I’m not a professional film critic (yet), I can’t see everything so you might notice an omission here and there.
As I’m announcing the nominations two days before the Oscars, I will announce the winners two days before they do as well. Who knows? Maybe a large number of members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will read my blog and I will have a giant influence on their voting. I will be bigger than the Golden Globes, damnit!
In the meantime, please share your comments in the comment section and thanks for humouring me.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
George Clooney, SYRIANA
Matt Dillon, CRASH
Jake Gyllenhaal, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Bob Hoskins, MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS
Cillian Murphy, BATMAN BEGINS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, JUNEBUG
Maria Bello, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
Scarlett Johansson, MATCH POINT
Thandie Newton, CRASH
Michelle Williams, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
BEST POPCORN FLICK
BATMAN BEGINS
THE MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
PRIDE & PREJUDICE
WALK THE LINE
WEDDING CRASHERS
BEST INDEPENDENT FEATURE
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
CAPOTE
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
MYSTERIOUS SKIN
THE SQUID & THE WHALE
WORST MOVIE
BRIDE & PREJUDICE
EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
HOUSE OF D
SHOPGIRL
STAY
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Daniels, THE SQUID & THE WHALE
Philip Seymour Hoffman, CAPOTE
Heath Ledger, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Joaquin Phoenix, WALK THE LINE
David Strathairn, GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
BEST ACTRESS
Judi Dench, MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS
Felicity Huffman, TRANSAMERICA
Kiera Knightly, PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Naomi Watts, KING KONG
Reese Witherspoon, WALK THE LINE
BEST SCREENPLAY
Woody Allen, MATCH POINT
Noah Baumbach, THE SQUID & THE WHALE
Dan Futterman, CAPOTE
Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Josh Olson, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
BEST DIRECTOR
George Clooney, GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
David Cronenberg, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
Ang Lee, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Fernando Meirelles, THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Steven Spielberg, MUNICH
BEST PICTURE
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
MATCH POINT
MUNICH
THE SQUID & THE WHALE
God, I’m a geek.
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