This year turned out to be really easy, but contained a lot of my absolute favorites from the entire decade. I remember being severely disappointed in the Best Picture nominees for this particular year. And while I liked The Departed and think Scorsese's career deserved a Best Director statue, I was rooting against its Best Picture win, because its a remake and a lot of it (including full sequences and framings) were ripped straight from the original. Also, this was the year of the Mexican director, but of the 3 that made big time films, they picked the one that wasn't even that good of a movie as a Best Picture nominee. But, what can you do.
