I'm a lifelong comic book fan, with a 5500 piece collection, and growing, so I'm not the most umbiased of reviewers. With that said, though, this movie has unequivicably become one of my favorite movies of all time. Not just of this year, not just of the last 5 or 10, but all time. From the acting to the direction and camera work to the writing, this film does the impossible - take almost three hours of your undivided, completely rapt attention and never let you down once. I have seen this film twice already, and both times it was a sold out theater, and both times you could hear a pin drop, and in both instances I was seated near a full row of a serious moviegoers worst enemy - the dreaded teenager; though I feared for my moviegoing experience, both times it was a non-issue. This is a movie that even the casual moviegoer will want to see twice because it is so engrossing and densely packed. As a friend of mine put it, this film lets your brain realize what your stomach feels like after Thanksgiving dinner.