Best Movie of 2005

Since everybody is doing their top 10 movies of 2005, I will do mine on my BLOG!

2046 - Visually engaging and the characters are intriguing. Complex plot but the love story of longing is very refreshing. I felt miserable and happy at same time.
Constant Gardener - One of the best of 2005 that people have never heard of. Although colorful, the imagery of Africa left me in a daze -- naturally beautiful but so much human misery. Very sad movie!
Munich - Spielbergism - when Spielberg makes his movie 1 hour longer than normal. He only made this movie 15 minutes longer than it should. And it’s really good.
Charlie and Chocolate Factory - the oompa loompa music scenes are my favorite!
Batman - the best Batman movie ever.
Oldboy - this is my favorite movie of 2005. the ending is shocking; the torture that the protagonist endured is unimaginable. Oh, and the fight scenes are insane!
Crash - Los Angeles freeways and streets is a perfect allegory for racial tensions in this un-melting pot culture of Blacks, Whites, Asians, and Middle Easterners (ok, Persians too).
Layer Cake - the cars are cool, the clothes are cool, and the music is cool. this movie just breaths cool.
Syriana – Purposely complex and I don’t know if I was able to put all the stories together but the price of greed and oil is shown through myriads characters, race, and social class.
Kung Fu Hustle – best comedy and martial arts movie of 2005.

*Note – I have not seen King Kong, Brokeback Mountain, Match Point, Squid and Whale.