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December 30 My Tops of the Year!!It's hard to believe that the year is almost over already. A lot has happened this year, both good and bad, but I have very little in the way of regrets and that's the most important thing. I hope everyone else out there had a great year as well. :)
Now on to the main topic of this posting, my top choices for a variety of items for the year:
Games:
For me, my favourite game this year has been Call of Duty 4. No first person shooter has seemed this "complete" to me. Not only is the online some of the most fun I've ever had, but the single player is utterly fucking fantastic. The single player has incredible action and a really good story as well. The scene with the bomb 1/2 way through the game just blew me away and totallly caught me of guard. It had drama to it that you rarely see in most FPSes. Not only that, but the controls are incredible as well. Infinity Ward definitely followed up Call of Duty 2 with one kick ass game.
I also think the online is far superior to Halo 3. While I realize H3 gives you more options in terms of game modes, I just think the actual game play in COD4 is way better and I prefer the faster pace of COD4. Plus, how addictive are those challenges and the ranking up? I love it.
My runner-up for game of the year is God of War II. It was better than the original in every way, and I thought that would be hard to do. It was a game that is beyond epic and I think no. 3 will make me get a PS3 again. Hell, I asked for a PSP for Christmas just so I could play Chains of Olympus when it's released.
Movies:
Here are my top 10 movies for the year in alphabetical order:
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3:10 to Yuma The Bourne Ultimatum Eastern Promises Grindhouse (theatrical release) No Country for Old Men Simpsons Movie Sweeney Todd Transformers Zodiac My absolute top movie for the year though is No Country for Old Men. I'm a huge Coens Brother fan and this movie had some of the best acting and writing I've seen all year. Javier Barden is downright scary in his role as the assassin. The runner-up is Sweeney Todd. I'm a sucker for anything from Tim Burton, especially if Depp is involved and this is probably their best collaboration since Edward Scissorhands. There are lots of other movies I loved this year, such as Knocked Up, Saw IV and Superbad, but I can't list them all. :)
TV Shows:
While Heroes was my top show last season, this season is definitely not. My top show is Chuck. I love the humour on the show and can certainly relate to some of the "geeky" behaviour on it as well. Plus, that chick who plays Sarah is downright smoking HOT.
My runner-up show is Supernatural. The guys have great chemistry between eachother and I love the urban myths they cover. Also the storyline of the Winchester family is very interesting as well. I also think the show has great writing as well.
So those are my tops of the year in a few categories. I'm sure I could think of some more but I don't want this thing to get too long.
On a closing note though I have one thing I'd like to mention - I think you all need to go and watch Stardust right NOW!!! I got the DVD for my b-day last week and it is one amazing movie. It's a great fantasy story full of humour, great action and adventure and heart. I'm a big fan of Neil Gaiman and I can't wait to check out the book for this movie.
I hope you all have a very Happy New Year and best of wishes for 2008 to all of you. |
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