very nice

I think you may have overedited this just a bit though ;p Especially some towards the end, not sure I liked the shakyness in the last few scenes. Also some fades I think needed to be slowed down some inbetween choruses.
Overall awesome job for your first vid though. came out great ^^
I dunno about overused song, Within temptation is overused, but first I've heard this song from them in an amv, and I like the song so
