Heres how this list works. First of all, these are my top ten FAVORITE, not my top ten best films of all time. Of course since they're my favorite I'd consider them ten of the greatest movies ever made. Anyways, movies 6-10 are ranked while the remaining 5 are sort of just all on the same place because in my opinion, each of those movies is #1 in its own way. But here is the list, with a picture and a small description as to why it made my list.

#10. Superbad

To put a comedy on my top ten list is somewhat of a stretch but the reason Superbad makes this list is because simply after seeing it probably 5-8 times (can't remember exactly), it's still just as funny as it was the first time. Plus, I don't think you can find a better movie that accurately depicts a typical high school senior's life.

#9. Children of Men

After trying to see this movie for months I finally managed to rent it and upon watching it became engulfed by its chilling story, amazing cinenmatography, and haunting soundtrack. Say what you want about its ending, but you can't deny great filmmaking.

#8. Lord of War

You could almost consider Lord of War a documentry. Based on actual events rather than an actual story, Lord of War opened my eyes to the world of international gun dealing. Nicolas Cage does an excellent job and by the end I was looking up where I could get my own gun of Rambo.

#7. Sunshine

This could be the best movie to receive the least amount of publicity. The only reason I had even heard of this movie was through a banner ad I saw on imdb.com. When I finally saw it, I was blown away. Yes, scientifically there are errors but please people, enjoy the movie for what it is. Although the plot is about trying to re-ignite the sun, it's really more of a backdrop. What its more about is how the crew has to deal with the impossible odds against them and how they keep their sanity. So combine that with superb acting from every cast member as well as stunning special effects and you'll get why I have this at #7.

#6. Collateral

Talk about a taxi drivers worst nightmare. With a compelling story that has a few twists thrown in, great acting from both Jaime Fox and Tom Cruise, plus great cinematography and probably my favorite movie scene ever (the coyote crossing the street scene), that pretty much sums up why this is at #6. When it comes down to it, this is a ****c story of good vs evil and its done extremely well.

The Top 5: (in no order)

The Dark Knight

Has there ever been a movie that had so much hype and actually lived up to it all? The Dark Knight comes extremely close. If you've read my review for this movie you already know how much I love it. Put down Ledger for Best Supporting Actor Oscar and put this one down for Best Picture.

V For Vendetta

There is something about this movie that just makes me want to put on a Guy Fawkes mask and go start a revolution. Hugo Weaving aka Mr. Smith does an amazing job as V but Natalie Portman stole the show with her performance. By the end of this movie I was in a sense of shock and awe. In my opinion, the best film done by the Wachowski Brothers (and I loved The Matrix).

Gattaca

Chances are your high school biology teacher put this movie on for your ****on some Friday right before a holiday break. Of course after watching it you were probably thinking, "Why have I never seen this?" Well at least I did. Gattaca gets on my top 5 because quite simply it is the most inspiring movie I have ever seen. Honestly, forget all those sports movies that try to be inspiring, this blows them all out of the water. The movie also has my favorite soundtrack of all time which is just as equally inspiring. To sum this movie up in one sentence I give you the tagline: "There is no gene for the human spirit."

Fight Club

The first rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is...well...you know what I'm talking about. To this day Fight Club has the biggest twist in movie history. I'm so glad I didn't pick up on it before the truth came out. I'd say the book is better (but thats the case with any movie adaptation of a book) but this movie is still damn good.

Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut)

Why do I put the Director's Cut? Because although the theaterical version of KoH is very good, it would barely scratch the top 10 if at all. The DC is what Ridley Scott had envisioned for this film, before Fox went and cut out a lot of really important elements and turned it into an action movie. To this day its the only film I like Orlando Bloom in and to this day is my favorite historical epic. If you haven't seen the DC, go see it; now.

First off, great news. My roommate got to move into the same room with me so basically in the end we both got a room upgrade.

Anyways, more great news. I am now a student of UNCW. I got to move in a day early on Friday because of my position with the basketball but the catch with that was I had to get up at 6:30am to help other freshmen move in from 8am-1pm. God was that tiring. I was with about 7 of the basketball players and one assistant coach and once all of us snuck away and watched some of the US vs Spain basketball game. Then later we had a water fight with the volleyball team (who I believe all think I'm actually on the basketball team) and after one of the basketball players (a crazy black dude) got mad because they threw water on him he filled up a pan with really hot water and threw it over them. I also found out from one of the other managers (who I met by total accident at lunch today) that we get paid $200 a month to be a manager and $500 a month if you are a senior I believe. I honestly had no idea about this so with this news it basically means I don't have to get a job.

I'm on the first floor of my dorm and I've met some of my hall mates who all seem pretty cool. Our RA (Resident Assistant) is a total a$$hole though. My roommate and I have come up with the name, "Captain Douchef@g for him and we plan on spreading that around as well as pulling some pranks on him that will not get us suspended because that would suck BIG TIME.

I had orientation today (missed all the June orientation dates) and although it was extremely boring I met a few cool people. We ended up making fun of the boring speakers that would talk to us about stuff we already knew and one of the people I met dubbed the nickname "Stretch" upon me because she said I am tall (which is ironic because I can't touch my toes).

Overall its been a good experience in the 3 days I've been here. Obviously things will change a bit when classes start wedensday. My good friend is moving in tomorrow with the rest of upper classmen so it'll be cool to see him.

I'll keep you updated and post a V-blog of my room once we get the LCD TV in the room.

So yesterday I got a call from my friend and future roommate who tells me that he was contacted by someone claiming to be his roommate. Obviously this doesn't make sense because he is supposed to be rooming with me but after checking his housing situation online it says that he is indeed rooming with this person. So at this point I'm thinking what the hell is going on? I go online to see my housing situation and it lists 18 different roommates. Now I'm really confused. I call up UNCW's housing desk and after a few minutes they discover that I was transferred by the Head of Basketball Operations to another dorm. Then it hits me. Way back in April the head coach of the basketball team asked if I would like to room with the team since I was going to be manager and I said I would because at the time I had no plans for housing. Not long after that my friend got into UNCW and asked if I would like to room with him and I said yes but that there was a possibility I would be transferred and he said that was fine. The issue here is that I expected to here whether or not I would dorm with the team at least a month ago and when I received my official housing situation I assumed I was rooming with my friend, not the team. Now, 4 days before I'm supposed to move in I find out I've been transferred.

There is good news to this however. The dorm I was switched to is a better dorm, plus I will have my own room instead of sharing a room and I will only have to share a bathroom with 3 other people instead of an entire hall. The bad news obviously is that I'm not rooming with my friend. I talked to him about it though and we agreed that I would go ahead with this new situation and if his new roommate turned out to be a total sketch-ball I would see if I could switch rooms with his new roommate so I could get back to rooming with my friend.

But yeah, now I gotta buy a TV because originally my friend was going to take care of that but my parents said they'd take care of a TV (thats a win).

In other news I bought The Orange Box recently for $30 and I am in love with it. I had borrowed it earlier from a friend and had gotten through some of Half Life 2 and most of Portal but now I have gotten much farther through HL2 and have beaten in Portal (the cake is a lie!) Team Fortress 2 is also a lot of fun, I just wish more people played it. Duke, I know you'll be reading this so here me out, we need to have a TF 2 game night, the game is loads of fun.

Thats it, I'll let you know how move in goes once I get settled down and get through orientation.