Brokeback Mountain (On the slate this week)
Capote B (Great performance but a semi-lackluster film)
Crash A-
Munich A (My Choice as best picture and will be in my top 100 all time)
Good Night and Good Luck B+ (Very good topical film about an event but we don't get any very well drawn characters beyond Murrow and not much out of the studio). The jazz singing transitions were repetitive and uninteresting). I respect the film's message and George Clooney for making this film -- indeed, I wish it were longer and meatier).

The Constant Gardener A- (should have been nominated here but oh well)

I'd be happy to see either Crash or Munich win best picture out of the four I've seen.

Crash is a very different film than Grand Canyon but I also veyr much liked Grand Canyon. Yes Grand Canyon is taken from a largely white perspective but since when is that a crime? Grand Canyon is preachy in spots but it was also made at a different period of time playing to sensibilities of a different target audience. That film was about stereotyping from a white upper class perspective while Crash is about racism from every class and every cultural group. It took me a few views of Grand Canyon in order to get into it.