Best Of The Decade: Technical

Academy Award Nominations for the films of 2005 are just around the corner. For some perspective, here are my picks for the best of everything this decade has given us so far. Later, I’ll list the craft categories. Here are the technical awards.


BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
1. LOTR: THE TWO TOWERS
2. LOTR: THE RETURN OF THE KING
3. KING KONG
4. BLADE II
5. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

BEST MAKE UP
1. BEDAZZLED
2. MOULIN ROUGE
3. THE CELL
4. BLADE II
5. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

BEST SOUND
1. REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
2. KILL BILL VOL. 1
3. HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
4. HERO
5. DINOSAUR

BEST SCORE
1. REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
2. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
3. MULHOLLAND DRIVE
4. LOTR: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
5. AMELIE


BEST ART DIRECTION
1. MOULIN ROUGE
2. THE CELL
3. HERO
4. GLADIATOR
5. A.I.


BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. MOULIN ROUGE
2. THE CELL
3. HERO
4. 2046
5. CHARLIE’S ANGELS

BEST EDITING
1. REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
2. CITY OF GOD
3. THE CELL
4. DRUMLINE
5. BLACK HAWK DOWN


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. 2046
2. HERO [I didn't feel like showing yet another image from 2046]
3. HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
4. THE CELL
5. ROAD TO PERDITION