It was the only one that did anything special. I think an achievement should have to be something new/groundbreaking or at the very least impressive.
Episode III - what acheivement? Maybe its the whole movie and not just the one bit of make up artistry they show, but they chose to show the emperor. How is that an achievement. it was makeup work that was done in 1983, and done better at that. im sure i dont need to go into detail on how the emperor's makeup was sub par in ROTS.
Cinderella Man - again, maybe its for the whole movie in general (i didnt see the movie but i heard it was good, but thats besides the point) the makeup work they showed was of Russel Crowe with a black eye. WOW, thats never been done before. Those makeup artists really pushed the limits of their field there. the biggest change from the transformation clip they showed was Crowe gaining weight, last time i checked thats not makeup.
Narnia - Like I said, this is the only one they showed that was good. They showed the transformation of some guy into one of the animal type characters from the land of narnia ( or whatever its called). It was actually good makeup work.
I was glad when it won, because giving the award to the other two would have been a joke.
And relating to an earlier post, but the speech time limits. I think this is the one that was mentioned. Howard Berger and Tami Lane both went up, Howard gave a nice little speech and Tami didnt get to say anything...man, i hope she went makeup artist on him afterward and gave him a nice black eye to match russell crowe's from cinderella man. that just kinda bugged me that he didnt leave her anytime for a speech.
anywho, just needed to get that off my chest.
-Darth Simon