I thought Constant Gardener was a much better film than Munich or Crash. Ditto Squid and the Whale, which also wasn't nominated.

A much better ensemble film ast year was Nine Lives, not even on most Hollywood radar.

Also, if you didn't see Tommy Lee Jones' film that he directed--Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada--you didn't see one of the two best director/actor films in years (I hated last year's winner, Million Dollar Baby, a Clint Eastwood actor/director flick). I thought it was as good as Good Night and Good Luck, which I thought was excellent. But I liked Constant Gardener better than either of those two--just seemed better written to me.