16 Biggest Oscar Upsets Of The 21st Century

The Rightful Winner: No Country For Old Men

Now it's time to focus on more of a niche category that most people overlook. Sound editing creates the atmosphere of a scene as much, if not more so than a thousand yard stare from Matt Damon's reluctant assassin Jason Bourne.

Speaking of effective audio editing, Paul Greengrass' team did a fine job of making the bullets and smashing glass sound great and that Moby track sure is a doozy. Was it enough to seal the deal and clinch the Oscar over a piece of work as meticulously put together as No Country For Old Men? That would be a resounding no.

The Coen Brothers' tale of greed, revenge and very laid back police officers made meticulous sound editing one of the central aspects. There are exactly zero other films where tension is created by the crinkling of a candy wrapper on a desk. Unlike the majority of movies, every minute piece of audio has a specific purpose other than to fill a silence.

While the movie itself wasn't lacking in recognition on the night, scooping up Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (for Javier Bardem's sinister turn as Anton Chigurgh) and Best Adapted Screenplay, that's no excuse to bypass it for one of the main aspects that made it stand apart from the competition.