ASC Nominations

The American Society of Cinematographers have announced their nominations for 2005. The five nominees are:

Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
Good Night, and Good Luck.
King Kong
Memoirs of A Geisha

The big surprise here has to be Batman. This is one of the aspects that I think this highly overrated film succeeds at, but c'mon. No New World? No Constant Gardener? No Pride & Prejudice? I din't expect 2046, but to put Batman Begins in front of it (and the others??).

Not that it has that much of a bering on the Oscars - they usually only match up 3 out of 5 - so other films still have a shot...at best shot (God that was an awful pun, wasn't it?).