I don't see a lot of movies anymore, so my list isn't exactly comprehensive, but here are the top 5 movies, in no particular order, that I saw last year.
Batman Begins - Quite a pleasant surprise. I wasn't sure how this would work by going back and starting over. But it was great. Looking forward to the next installment.
Capote - Fascinating biography of Truman Capote and the story of how he wrote "In Cold Blood." Phillip Seymour Hoffman will indeed win the Oscar for Best Actor.
Murderball - Documentary about quadriplegic wheelchair rugby. One of the most entertaining movies I've seen in a long time. Gives you a very different perspective of people in wheelchairs, especially when you see guys slamming into each other at full speed in what looks like wheelchairs from a "Mad Max" movie.
Walk the Line - I'm not a big Johnny Cash fan, but I really enjoyed this movie. Joaquin Phoenix did his own singing and did a magnificent job. Equally good was Reese Witherspoon as June Carter, and she also did her own singing. See this in the theatre with a good sound system. If Jamie Foxx hadn't won Best Actor last year for portraying Ray Charles, then Phoenix would be a lock to win this year.
Star Wars III - George Lucas finally got it right for this first trilogy. After the immensely disappointing "Phantom Menace" and the good, but not great, "Clones," this one ties everything together and bridges the gap between episodes III and IV. Wish he'd go on and do a part III 1/2 and tell the backstory of Han Solo, Lando Calrissian and how Leia became a princess and found herself on that star cruiser at the beginning of episode IV searching for Obi Wan Kenobi.
If I had to pick the worst movie of 2005, it would hands down be "War of the Worlds." A big-budget mess. Very boring, not engaging in the least, and an annoying performance by Tom Cruise (who is just overall getting annoying anyway). In a close second would be "Crash," a movie that thought it was the greatest statement about racism in the history of cinema. To me, it's message was , I'M racist, YOU'RE racist, we're ALL racist? And why? JUST BECAUSE!! Full of unbelievable coincidences. At the end of the day, just be sure to hug your Latina housekeeper and the world will be a better place. I'm not against movies that deal with racism, just this one. It didn't make me uncomfortable, just bored. For a far better movie on the subject, try "Rosewood" or "Do the Right Thing."
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