Over the last few weeks two very cool videos have popped up on YouTube.

The first is a fake news segment dealing with the worlds only superhero with powers, Dr. Manhattan.

NBS Nightly News with Ted Philips, March 11th 1970

This second one is a US Government anti superhero propaganda piece. It suggests you should stay away from Rorschach, probably good advice.

The Keene Act & YOU (1977)

I’m finding myself getting more psyched for WATCHMEN every day, March 5 can’t come soon enough.

About halfway through 2007 I started keeping a list of all the films I see, where I saw them and gave them a numerical rating out of 10. I was curious to see how many films I watch in a given year and how time alters my opinion of them.

With 2008 being the first complete year of the list I’ve decided to compile a Top 10 list for the year along with a Most Disappointing.

Just taking a cursory view of the list after sorting by ranking I was surprised at the results. A couple of big films from earlier in the year appeared a lot higher than expected and after a subsequent viewing will probably end up getting knocked down a few notches. Likewise there are a few films that have unexpectedly stuck with me, that will probably move up. I’m glad I’ve kept the list though as it gives me a good foundation to work from.

I’ll wait until January 1 2009 before I start posting the list as there are a few late releases that could be contenders namely “Valkyrie“, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “Frost/Nixon“.