Personal Oscar Choices: 2005

Best Picture

Winner: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Nominees: King Kong, A History of Violence, Pride and Prejudice, Batman Begins

Best Director

Winner: David Cronenberg, A History of Violence

Nominees: Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain), Peter Jackson (King Kong), Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins)

Best Actor 

Winner: Viggo Mortenson, A History of Violence

Nominees: Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote), Robert Downey Jr. (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain),  Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow) Hon. Mention: Jeff Daniels (The Squid and the Whale)

Best Actress

Winner: (tie)  Felicity Huffman, Transamerica and Keira Knightley, Pride and Prejudice

Nominees: Naomi Watts (King Kong), Rachel McAdams (Red Eye), Zhang Ziyi (Memoirs of a Geisha)

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Clifton Collins Jr. (Capote)

Nominees: Val Kilmer (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), Ed Harris (A History of Violence), Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins), William Hurt (A History of Violence)

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Michelle Monaghan, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Nominees: Tilda Swinton (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe), Maria Bello (A History of Violence), Catherine Keener (Capote), Michelle Yeoh (Memoirs of a Geisha)

Best Adapted Screenplay: Pride and Prejudice

Nominees: Memoirs of a Geisha, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, A History of Violence, Brokeback Mountain

Best Original Screenplay: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Nominees: Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit, Hustle & Flow, Munich, Batman Begins

Best Cinematography: King Kong

Nominees: Sin City, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Brokeback Mountain, Munich

Best Film Editing: Batman Begins

 

Nominees: Munich, Batman Begins, King Kong, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Best Sound: Batman Begins

Nominees: Hustle and Flow, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, A History of Violence, Sin City

Best Music: Hustle and Flow

Best Costumes/Styling: Harry Potter: The Goblet of Fire

Nominees: Pride and Prejudice, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sin City, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Best Production Design: King Kong

Nominees: Pride and Prejudice, Corpse Bride, Sin City, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Best Visual Effects: King Kong

Nominees: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Goblet of Fire, Batman Begins


Best Animated Film: (tie) Corpse Bride, Wallace and Gromit, Curse of the Were-Rabbit (seriously strong year despite only having 2 films I've nommed, since they're both great films)

 

My Top 10 of the year:

1. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2. Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit
3. Corpse Bride
4. King Kong
5. A History of Violence
6. Pride and Prejudice
7. Batman Begins
8. Munich
9. Hustle & Flow
10. Brokeback Mountain