2005 Films In Review

[grahams]

• Top 10 Films of 2005:
  1. A History of Violence
  2. Syriana
  3. Capote
  4. Me and You and Everyone We Know
  5. Murderball
  6. Land of the Dead
  7. The Baxter
  8. Sin City
  9. The Devil's Rejects
  10. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• Bottom 5 films of 2005:
  1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  2. The Squid and the Whale
  3. Doom
  4. The Skeleton Key
  5. Unleashed
• Best Remake/Reworking: King Kong
• Most Unnecessary Remake/Reworking: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Best Director: David Cronenberg (A History of Violence)
• Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)
• Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
• Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Keener (Capote)
• Best Supporting Actor: Alan Rickman (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
• Best Ensemble: Serenity
• Best Original Screenplay: Me and You and Everyone We Know
• Best Adapted Screenplay: A History of Violence
• Best Cinematography: A History of Violence
• Best Soundtrack: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• Most Alarming Cinematic Trend: Remaking or Rehashing Old Films
• Most Memorable Line: "They're Prescription, June!" (Walk the Line)
• Best Documentary: 10e chambre - Instants d'audience
• Best Faux Documentary: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (At least, the actual parts of the film that were supposed to be documentary)
• Best use of Special Effects in a lame movie: War of the Worlds
• Best Interviews in a Documentary: Double Dare
• Film I feel guilty for missing: Crash
• Film I don't feel guilty for missing: Supercross: The Movie