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2010-2011NFL Season

AFC

AFC East

1. Miami Dolphins 11-5

2. New England Patriots 10-6

3. New York Jets 9-7

4. Buffolo Bills 4-12

AFC North

1. Cincinnati Bengals 10-6

2. Baltimore Ravens 10-6

3. Pittsburgh Steelers 7-9

4. Cleveland Browns 4-12

AFC South

1. Houston Texans 11-5

2. Indianapolis Colts 11-5

3. Tennessee Titans 8-8

4. Jacksonville Jaguars 6-10

AFC West

1. San Diego Chargers 8-8

2. Denver Broncos 8-8

3. Oakland Raiders 8-8

4. Kansas City Cheifs 5-11

NFC

NFC East

1. Dallas Cowboys 9-7

2. Washington Redskins 9-7

3. New York Giants 7-9

4. Philadelphia Eagles 7-9

NFC NORTH

1. Green Bay Packers 12-4

2. Minnesota Vikings 8-8

3. Chicago Bears 8-8

4. Detroit Lions 6-10

NFC South

1. New Orleans Saints 11-5

2. Atlanta Falcons 11-5

3. Carolina Panthers 5-11

4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2-12

NFC West

1. San Francisco 49ers 11-5

2. Arizona Cardinals 11-5

3. Seattle Seahawks 4-12

4. St. Louis Rams 2-14

NFC Wildcard

Dallas Cowboys

Arizona Cardinals

Atlanta Falcons

San Francisco 49ers

AFC Wildcard

Cincinnati Bengals

San Diego Chargers

Indianapolis Colts

Baltimore Ravens

NFC Divisional

Arizona Cardinals

Green Bay Packers

San Francisco 49ers

New Orleans Saints

AFC Divisional

Baltimore Ravens

Cincinnati Bengals

Miami Dolphins

Houston Texans

NFC Championship

Green Bay Packers

New Orleans Saints

AFC Championship

Miami Dolphins

Baltimore Ravens

Super Bowl

Miami Dolphins

Green Bay Packers

Super Bowl Winner

Miami Dolphins


Zombieland Review

WARNING SPOILERS!!!

Zombieland is a adventure/
comedy with heart and yes a few zombies.

The story, there really isn't a over arching story, but that takes nothing away from the movie. In fact I liked the simple story of the four characters trying to survive in their own ways. Some times you don't need this huge story to have a great movie, and that what Zombieland is. The story is simple a geek Columbus who's managed to survive by being the loner he's always been runs into Tallahassee who's in search for Twinkies and enjoys killing Zombies. These two reluctantly team up on their
journeyand eventually run into Wichita and Little Rock. They decide to go a amusement park in California because they really have no where else to go. The story is really just about the four characters and how the bond on their journey as the few last humans left alive.

The acting in Zombieland simply great. Woody Harrelson is great, his best movie I've seen since Kingpin. Jesse Eisenberg who I've never heard of before perhaps steals the movie from Woody at certain points. Emma Stone is does a excellent job as Wichita doing anything to take care of her sister, and she's hot. Abigail Breslin did a good job as Little Rock using her cuteness to outsmart the many times. Again WARNING SPOILER!!! Though most people who've payed any attention to this movie should already know who I'm about to mention. Last but not least is Bill Murray as himself. The scene at his house is simply hilarious.

I'd also like to mention the
music. I'm not sure who did it, but it was also great.

Overall a great
film that I think everyone should see even if you're not a fan of Zombie movies, which really this isn't one.

NFL PICKs

It's been almost a year since I lasted posted on this site. I'm back, not sure how long. Here are my annual NFL picks to win the Superbowl.

I should be updating with reviews and other stuff in the coming days.

2009-2010 NFL Season

NFC

NFC EAST

Philadelphia Eagles 11-5: The NFC East is the toughest division in football with some of it's best teams. The team that will prevail are the Eagles. With Donovan McNabb and a retooled offense, and a really good defense.

Washington Redskins 10-6: The always underrated and underachieving Redskins. This is Jason Campbells last and best chance at quarterback. He has good receivers, running backs, tight-ends, and offensive line. The defense will be one of the best with new addition Albert Haynesworth.

New York Giants 9-7: The overrated Eli Manning and the Giants will have a hard time making the playoffs with the other teams in the division getting better while they are getting worse. Look for the Giants to have a down year if you call 8-8 to 10-6 a down year.

Dallas Cowboys 8-8: What can be said about the Dallas Cowboys except dysfunctional. It will continue this season as well, and will be lucky to finish 8-8.

NFC North

Chicago Bears 10-6: The bears finally have a real quarterback in Jay Cutler. Now lets see what they can do with him with average receivers and good running backs in Matt Forte and Kevin Jones. The real question is if the aging defense will hold it together. If they can the Bears can go far.

Minnesota Vikings 10-6: The drama over the overrated Brett Farve have come to an end as he has un-retired again. The Vikings were a average team without him and are a decent to good team with him. He won't take them to the Super Bowl, but they could make the playoffs as long as he doesn't screw up like he usually does.

Green Bay Packers 10-6: This team underachieved last year thanks to it's defense's poor performance. Look for a turn around this year.

Detroit Lions 4-12: What's there to say from a 0-16 season, except there's no where to go but up. Sadly even then it's going to be a bad season. With very few good players on offense and defense look for another bad season, but at least for you few Lions fans out there you won't go win less.

NFC South

Atlanta Falcons 10-6: Two winning seasons in a row has never happened before for the Atlanta Falcons and this year will be it's first. The Falcons are a really good team on both sides of the football. They have a chance to get to the Superbowl this year.

New Orleans Saints 9-7: Can Drew Brees keep it up with out a defense to support him. That's the question. It's not how far the offense can take them, but how far the defense can.

Carolina Panthers 8-8: The it pick every year. It's not happening this year. Look for another lack luster season.

Tampa Bay Bucs 5-11: A team with a lot of quarterbacks, running back, and receivers, but with really no talent. This team is going no where anytime soon.

NFC West

Arizona Cardinals 10-6: This is the Cardinals division to loss. With their great offense and decent defense they should win this divsion by three for four games.

Seattle Seahawks 7-9: The winning ways of the Mike Holmgren are over. Welcome back to mediocratie.

San Fransisco 49ers 6-10: A team with potential to be good. The question is whether all the underachieving players will rise to their potential.

St. Louis Rams 4-12: Another rebuilding year for the Rams who are a long way from their superbowls at the turn of the century. Don't look for this team to make a run this year give them another year or two.

AFC

AFC EAST

New England Patriots 13-3: This team is the best in the NFL. I hat the Pats because I'm a Dolphins fan, but I can admit that they are good. The only thing that will keep them from going to the playoffs and even the Superbowl is the health of Tom Brady. This team goes as far as he takes them.

Miami Dolphins 10-6: They won't be as good as last year but they will still be in a race for a wildcard spot. Sadly they won't beat out the Pats this year, but the future for the Dolphin's is very bright.

Buffalo Bills 6-10: Another sub par year for the Bills and TO won't help. He's well past his prime.

New York Jets 6-10: A team with a bright Future but a down year nether the less. A lot of young players and a rookie quarterback. Jet's fans wait till next year.

AFC North

Baltimore Ravens 11-5: This division is a fight between the Ravens and Steelers. The Ravens should win it with their ever improving offense and always great defense.

Pittsburgh Steelers 11-5: This team could be as good as last years team, even with the overrated Ben Roethlisberger. Their defense will carry them as far as they go.

Cincinnati Bengals 6-10: Will this team ever make it to the playoffs again. It's been nearly two decades since the Bengals have been there. Even the Horid Detroit Lions can say they have. Don't look for it to be this year or anytime soon with the average offense and bad defense.

Cleveland Browns 4-12: Can you say another rebuilding year for the Browns.

AFC South

Indianapolis Colts 12-4: The toughest division outside of the NFC East. The Colts should win the division, still being the best team. That won't last to much long with Tennessee, Houston and even Jacksonville clawing their way up.

Tennessee Titans 10-6: Don't look for a repeat of last year. This team is still good on both sides of the ball, but play in a very tough division.

Houston Texans 8-8: This is a really good team sadly they play in this divsion. If they played in almost any other division I'd have them going 10-6 or 11-5. Still if things go their way they could make the playoffs for the first time as the Houston Texans.

Jacksonville Jaguers 7-9: A mediocre team plain and simple. Not very good, but not a bad team either.

AFC West

San Diego Chargers 9-7: The most over hyped and overrated team in the last five or six years playing in the worst division outside of the NFC West. Look for the Chargers to barley win the division.

Denver Broncos 8-8: This mediocre team has a chance to win the division with it's high powered offense and decent defense. The question is whether Kyle Ortin or Chris Sims can take them there.

Kansas City Cheifs 5-11: Matt Cassel can't keep them for being a bad team. They have lots of young talent but this isn't their year.

Oakland Raiders 4-12: The most dysfunctional team in the NFL. Even worse than the Lions and Cowboys. Don't look for things to change as long as long as Al Davis is in charge.

NFC Playoffs

Wildcard

H:Arizona Cardnials

Washington Redskins

H:Chicago Bears

Minnesota Vikings

Divisonal

H: Philadelphia Eagles

Washington Redskins

H:Atlanta Falcons

Chicago Bears

Championship

H:Atlanta Falcons

Washington Redskins

AFC Playoffs

Wildcard

H: Baltimore Ravens

Miami Dolphins

H: San Diego Chargers

Pittsburgh Steelers

Divsional

H:New England Patriots

Miami Dolphins

H:Indianapolis Colts

Pittsburgh Steelers

Championship

H:New England Patriots

Pittsburgh Steelers

SuperBowl

New England Patriots over the Washington Redskins

Anime reviews and other stuff

It's been a long time. Just about a month and a half since my last post. I haven't spen to much time at this site. I've been spending a lot of time a movieweb.com. My url is http://www.movieweb.com/u/huntsman. I've also been at MAL up dating and adding some reviews. I don't spend a great deal of time online right now. I have work, friends and my girlfriend. Plus there's football, college and NFL. It's really the only sport I can watch all the time. Baseball only interesting if my favorite team the New York Mets are playing or in the playoffs. Hockey is ok, but is great when you watch it in person and basketball is just plan boring. So this time of year I usually don't spend to much time only or when I do this isn't one of my top priorities anymore. I still like the site, but it isn't what it once was. Anyway here's some of the stuff I've done recently.

I've added a review for Dr. Who. I've given it a 10, a truly special series. I highly recommend everyone check out.

I've also finished a few anime series.

I've finished Macross Frontier. It's a good series, I gave it a 8. It has some major flaws though you can check out my review down below.

I also wrote a review for Special Adown below. It's a bad romance/comedy anime. I could only get through 19 episodes, then I just had to drop it. I gave the series a 5.

I've also finished Allison & Lillia. I haven't written a review for it. It's a good anime series. I gave it a 8. Though it's not for everyone. I would have to compare it to Kino's Journey. Both series have the same feel to them. I think some people will find this anime boring others will love it, but it's worth checking out.

I am currently watching Tales of the Abyss, Clannad ~After Story~, and Blade of the Immortal.

I've seen to movies. First Eagle Eye, which is a great movie. With pretty good story, good actors and great suspense/drama/action. If you havne't seen it you should. I gave the movie 5 stars. The next one I saw was Max Payne. What can I say except with a question/statement. Can anyone make a good video game movie? Is anyone even trying? Let me first say I haven't played or even seen the video games. I was going to the movie because I thought it was going to be a good action movie. Boy was I let down. I gave the movie 3stars. You can check out my reviews at movietome or movieweb to get more details. Just go see Eagle Eye and skip Max Payne.

Last thing before I go. Make sure to go out and vote. Sure both candidates suck. Should there be more than two major parties...yes. Should there be term limits for both the House and Senate of course. But nothings going to change or happen if you just sit on your ass playing video games and watching tv. So remember to vote even if it's not voting for the two major parties. It's the only peaceful way to change anything in this country. There I said what I said. Boy I hate politics, but voting important. That's the last time you'll hear anything about politics from me for a while.

Tales of Vesperia Review

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I've finished the game Tales of Vesperia and here is my review of the game.

I've played 4 TALES games counting this one. TALES of Symphonia, Legendia, Abyss and now Vesperia. By far Vesperia is the worst Tales game I've played. There are many things I didn't like about the game.

1. The graphics for this game weren't very good. I expect more in this day and age of game systems and games. It looked like games from the 90s, which isn't bad in it's self. But it's 2008 going on 09 so I expect more visually. If I want that kind of graphics I'll go back and play the old games.

2. The story wasn't captivating. It just didn't keep me intrested in the game. I know they used the enviromental theme for the game. They could have done a much better job with the theme and the story. If you want a great game that tackles that theme get Final Fantasy VII. I had to try real hard to get through the game.

3. The characters were terrible. I wasn't intrested or carred about any of them. Yuri was unintresting and came off as a cold hearted bastered, not good for the lead character of a RPG. Estelle was just boring and I didn't care about her story. Karol and Rita just didn't add anything to the game. Raven started out well in the game and I did like him. I wanted him to stay dead, it was just a great ending for his characted, but now they decided to bring him back to life, what a rip.

The only characters I did like were Judith. I thought Judith and Yuri would get together, they were a much better mach than Yuri and Estelle, and I think it would have made Yuri more intresting, but the creators didn't take the game in that direction. I also liked Repede, he was just a fun character and they way he interacted with the other characters. My favorite character in the game was a minor character and turns out to be on of the bad guys. Yes it's Duke. I really like his story and character. At the end of the game I actually wanted him to win some how, even though I knew it wasn't possible.

4. The music was bad, it just add anything to the game.

5. The ending was just terrible and a total let down. It wasn't worth the money or time I spent on the game.

I am really disappointed with Namco/Bandai. I have really liked the TALES games until this one. It's just really sad.

1. TALES OF ABYSS: 10
2. TALES OF SYMPHONIA: 9
3. TALES OF LEGENDIA: 8
4. TALES OF VESPERIA: 4

2008-2009 NFL Predictions

AFC

AFC EAST

New England Patriots 12-4

New York Jets 8-8

Buffalo Bills 7-9

Miami Dolphins 6-10

AFC North

Cleveland Browns 11-5

Pittsburg Steelers 8-8

Baltimore Ravens 6-10

Cincinnati Bengals 6-10

AFC South

Jacksonville Jaguars 12-4

Indianapolis Colts 11-5

Houston Texans 9-7

Tennesse Titans 4-12

AFC WEST

San Diego Chargers 11-5

Denver Broncos 7-9

Oakland Raiders 4-12

Kansas City Cheifs 4-12

NFC

NFC EAST

Dallas Cowboys 10-6

Washington Redskins 9-7

New York Giants 9-7

Philadelphia Eagles 8-8

NFC NORTH

Minnesota Vikings 11-5

Green Bay Pakers 10-6

Chicago Bears 7-9

Detroit Lions 6-10

NFC SOUTH

New Orleans Saints 12-4

Carolina Panthers 7-9

Tampa Bay Buccanneers 6-10

Alanta Falcons 4-12

NFC WEST

Seattle Seahawks 11-5

St. Louis Rams 7-9

Arizona Cardinals 7-9

San Fransico 49ers 5-10

NFC Playoffs

Wildcard

Minnestota

Washington

Dallas

Green Bay

Divisional

New Orleans

Washington

Seattle

Green Bay

Championchip

New Orleans

Seattle

AFC Playoffs

Wildcard

San Diego

Houston

Cleveland

Indianapolis

Divisional

New England

San Deigo

Jacksonville

Cleveland

Championchip

New England

Jacksonville

Super Bowl

Seattle

Jacksonville

Super Bowl Winner

Jacksonville

It's less than 24hrs from the start of the NFL season and I finally decided who I thought will win the Superbowl.

I know the Cowboys are one of the hot picks to win the super bowl this years. Sad knews to all you Cowboy fans out there, it's not going to happen. They play in perhaps the toughest conference in the NFL, plus they play Cleveland, Green Bay, and Pittsburgh. They'll have a hard time getting to 10 wins. Also San Diego is stil a hot pick, that's also not going to happen. Their star defenseve player is going to try and play with a bad injury just because it's a contract year and won't make it through the season, Philip Rivers is very overated. They do play in a bad conference which will help them amass wins. They do have to play New England, Indianapolis, and Pittsburgh which will bring them crashing down to earth.

This is going to be Seattle and Jacksonville's year. Seattle plays in a pretty bad conference. They also have a great defence with Patrick Kerney, Darryl Tapp, Julian Peterson, Marcus Trufant and others. They also have a good offense. It's not great, but it's good. They've got Matt Hasslebeck, four decent to really good running backs. The wider receivers aren't proven, but I think will be good enought to take them to the super bowl. Jacksonville will win the super bowl this year. They've come close this year, but this is the year they get over the hump. They have a really good if not great quarterback, two really good running backs. A good reciving team. The defense has been great the last few seasons and will continue to be. This is the best team in the NFL and will win the super bowl.

As for me I'm not a fan of either team. My favorite team as I've said many times before is the Miami Dolphins. They've been my favorite team for almost 20 yrs now. They've been now in the dumps for the last hand full of years. Things are going to change, if things continue the way they are I might pick them to make the playoffs next year and maybe the superbowl a year or two after that. Things are going in the right direction, it's just going to take 2 or 3 years.

Dr. Who/Torchwood

It's been a while, just about a month since my last post. Nothing much new going on. The usual work, going out with Ashley and friends. I did get Madden 09 yesterday. Haven't played it yet though. What's really kept me away are the two shows from the title of this blog.

Let me first say American television has become boring and predictable. The endless spin-offs or copies of shows like CSI and Law @ Order, the death of comedies. Studios pulling plugs on shows without giving them a chance, there are many like Dark Angle, Firefly, Shark, and many other shows. Even though many like these shows take chances and are better written and acted than the majority of shows that are on the air now. The also keep good show on the air for to long for the same reasons like ER, CSI, and Law @ Order. Each show is well past the point of when it should have ended, and CSI is beginning to lose what made it special with the endless spin-offs, copies, and repeat of story lines. Even the main actors of the show have had enough and are leaving. If that's not a sign I don't know what is. There are only a hand full of shows I'll watch on a regular basis. Theres Scrubs, Life, Eli Stone, and Battlestar Galactica because they're unique shows. They're willing to take chances. I'm really surprised Scrubs, Life and Eli Stone haven't been canceled by now. I know NBC has screwed with Scrubs so many times it's as if they wanted it to fail. I'm sorry I got side tracked, I'll just say American television is really going down the drain.

Now back to Dr. Who. I never watched the old series though I have heard about it. So when the new series came out a few years back I really didn't pay much attention to it. Until about a year ago when on one of my days off while I was at home the Sci-Fi channel was playing on of their daily mini marathons from 8am to 4pm and it was Dr. Who. I decided to watch, and from that point on I couldn't stop. I've never seen a show like it before. From that point on when ever it was on I'd watch it. It has perhaps the best writing and action on television. The show mixes all the elements Sci-Fi, comedy, drama, romance, and action/adventure better than any other show I've seen. Well recently I bought Seasons 1-3 and that's what has kept me away. I've been watching almost non stop for the past month. I've given this show 10, it's one of the best shows on televsion and one of the best shows I've seen. I've also gotten into Torchwood, yes I know it's a spin-off of Dr. Who, but unlike most crappy or predictable spin-offs Torchwood takes on a life of it's own with unique characters and stories. Through two seasons I've given the show a 9. The BBC really knows what it's doing with their shows. I've even started watching Robin Hood which is starting out good and the show MI5 looks good and I'll check out. If you are tired of the same old shows and stories take a Chance with these shows, I really don't think you'll be disappointed.

I'll be back in a week or two with my anual NFL predictions.

29th Birthday

My birthday is on Sunday July 27th and I'll be turning 29. Sometimes I really don't know where the time went, sometimes it feels like only yesterday that I came to Portland. Anyway my birthdays aren't really that important to me anymore, their just another day. Sure I'll be happy to get some gifts from Ashley, my mom, dad, brother a tiny few other family members, but I just don't get excited about it anymore. It's the same for most of the people I know. All the big ones are when you first turn a teenager, when you can drive, smoke, and drink. They all come before or at the age of 21. Though the DUMB-ASS that I was tried and started the last two before it was legal. Once you turn 21 they really won't be that important to you anymore. So you young people enjoy them while they last and try not to do anything to dumb like I did.

Now onto The X-FILES: I Want To Believe. Well I wanted to believe this was going to be a good to great movie, I was wrong. I gave it 3/5 stars, and I think I was being kind. It's not that it was a bad movie I was just bored watching it. The movie was trying to be a suspence thriller, but it did not work at all. The plot wasn't very good and the music just plan sucked. The only thing that saved this movie from getting a worse score was David Duchovny(Fox Mulder) and Gillian Anderson(Dana Scully). They played their characters great, it's to bad they were surrounded by a bad plot and just left me bored.

I really like the X-Files, I grew up watching the show and have seen every episode. I even enjoyed the last few seasons of the show, and people don't give Robert Patrick credit for the great job he did. The show had to of the greatest characters in television history. So it's a little sad that they came back for this mediocre to bad movie. I think they all waited to long to long to make another movie. The first one was back in 1998, and the series came to a end in 2002. They really should have done another film four, five years ago or more. I think many people won't be as nice as I was. I have to defend it though, it's not a bad film, the actings good the two main actors did a great job it's that the movie just didn't have the right story for the X-Files and will leave a lot of people just plan bored.

The X-Files will most lilkley be the last film I see for awhile until Babylon A.D. comes out in late August. The Mummy just looks terrible, even though I'm a huge Star Warsfan I'm going to skip the animated movie, I'll just wait for it to come out on DVD and rent it. Bangkok Dangerous looks bad and it stars Nicolas Cage. When was the last time he did a good or great film. I think the last one I saw was back in 1997 in Face/Off. Finally Death Race I'll just wait for it to come out on DVD and rent it.

Now onto some great and terrible films. After watching The Dark Knight and I started thinking about all the great and terrible films I've seen. I decided to updated my lists from the last time I did a year ago and here they are.

Top 20 Movies

1. The Seven Samurai

2. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

3. 2001: The Space Odyssey

4. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

5. Unforgiven

6. Alien

7. The Dark Knight

8. The Bridge Over the River Kwai

9. Tora! Tora! Tora!

10. 2010: The Year We Make Contact

11. The Usual Suspects

12. The Thin Red Line

13. Se7en

14. Platoon

15. The French Connection

16. The Great Escape

17. Mystic River

18. Jaws

19. Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith

20. Dawn of the Dead (1979)

Top 10 Worst Movies

1. Battlefield Earth

2. The Island of Dr. Moreau

3. Hudson Hawk

4. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

5. Van Hellsing

6. Alien Vs Predator

7. Supernova

8. 8MM

9. Stealth

10. The Sentinel

The DARK KNIGHT

I normally don't post reviews on my blog, but I'm going to do it for this film.

If you're planning on going to see one film this summer, this is it. Sure Iron Man, Wanted, Hancock, and Hellboy II were very good movies, and I'm sure the new X-Files movie is going to be good, but The Dark Knight blows them all away. Simply put it, the best superhero movie to date, blowing away Batman Begins and Spiderman 2. In fact it transcends comic moives, and has become for me one of the best movies I've ever seen. It's on the level of such great movies as The Good, the bad, and the Ugly, 2001: The Space Odyseey, and The Empire Strikes Back. Very few movies live up to the hype this movie has gotten, but it does.

I won't give to much away about the story and what happens. Now this is a dark movie and isn't trying to be funny though there is some. This isn't a light movie like most of the Marvel movies. It's not meant to be, after all this is what the comic is really like. If I had to compare Batman to anyone in Marvel it would be the Punisher. So this is a dark film and I'm surprised it didn't get a R rating. The movie takes place roughly a year after the first film. Things have changed in Gotham now that Batman has arrived. Crime is down, the police led by Gordon have a backbone, and the DA Harvey Dent. Now the mob bosses are desperate and decided they need to take out the Batman and hire the Joker to do it, which they come to regret.

The film doesn't really have a single star, instead it focuses on the story and characters. The acting is simply great, and each character gets the time to shine. From Christian Bale(Batman/Bruce Wayne) who is trying to find a way out of his live and looks to Harvey Dent for it. His loyal friends in Moran Freeman(Lucius Fox) and Michael Caine(Alfred)who are his confidants. The always great actor Gary Oldman(James Gordon) the one cop Batman trusts, and have become friends. All the lead actors did a great job, there were even other pretty well known actors in the minor ones from Eric Roberts who is great in this, Anthony Michael Hall from the Dead Zone, and Nestor Carbonell. Now if there was a star to this film it would have to be Heath Ledger(Joker). I must admit it's a little sad to say but he put on a performance of a life time. This is how the Joker was in the comic books, dark humorless that almost makes it funny. No disrespect to the Jack Nicholson but Ledger blows his joker away. I know there has been talk of giving a Ledger a honorary Oscar. Forget that he deserves a Oscar for his performance.

This is a action/drama, mostly drama. The action scenes are well place and leave you stunned and breathless. The music by Hans Zimmer is amazing. The Directing by Christopher Nolan is simply wonderful. This film is the best film of the year and I really don't see anything right now replacing it. I'd give best picture, director, supporting actor, and musical score. This is the movie trully everyone needs to see.

The only bad thing about this film is that it had to end. I wanted it to keep going.

On a side not. For the fans of Watchmen out there. I saw a preview for the 2009 film and it looks awesome. I don't know anything about the comics, but from the trailer I'm definitely going to see it. There was also a short trailer for next summers Terminator movie staring Christian Bale.