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Here are the final results for the 2nd Annual MoviePatron.com Reader's Choice Awards. These are the nominees and winners as chosen by YOU: the readers and Cinecast subscribers. Thanks for voting. We had a total of 289 ballots received (less than last year...hmmm) so now you finally had your voice heard on the best and worst in film achievement for 2006 in the only award show that means absolutely nothing! Winner in bold red. The number in parenthesis is total votes for the winner out of 289 (but remember, not everyone voted in every category). I put winner and runner up at the bottom of each list otherwise, these are in no particular order... BEST/FAVORITE PICTURE: Pirates 2 United 93 Half Nelson Babel (2nd place) The Departed (156) WORST PICTURE: RV Saw 3 Lady in the Water The Wicker Man (2nd place) Little Man (116) BEST DIRECTOR: Paul Greengrass (United 93) Sofia Coppola (Marie Antoinette) Alfonso Cuarron (Children of Men) Alejandro Innaritu (Babel) (2nd place) Martin Scorsese (The Departed) (146) BEST ACTOR: Will Smith (Pursuit of Happyness) Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson) Johnny Depp (Pirstes 2) Leo DiCaprio (Departed) (2nd place) Forrest Whitaker (Last King of Scotland) (107) - - Whitaker won BY ONE VOTE!!! BEST ACTRESS: Rosario Dawson (Clerks II) Kirsten Dunst (Marie Antoinette) Penelope Cruz (Volver) Meryl Streep (Devil Wears Prada) (2nd place) Helen Mirren (Queen) (125) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Ben Affleck (Hollywoodland) Paul Giamatti (Illusionist) Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) Mark Wahlberg (Departed)(2nd place) Jack Nicholson (Departed) (131) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Hilary Swank (Black Dahlia) Jacinda Barret (Last Kiss) Jodi Foster (Inside Man) Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine) (2nd place) Adriana Barraza (Babel) (92) BEST ACTION SEQUENCE: Parkour Chase (Casino Royale) All of Crank (Crank) Final Shootout (Miami Vice) Rescuing Kerri Russel (MI3) - ZERO votes Airplane Crash (2nd place) Knife Killing Spree (V for Vendetta) (73) BEST SCRIPT: Thank You for Smoking Brick Babel The Departed (2nd place) Little Miss Sunshine (82) FUNNIEST FILM: Idiocracy Jackass II Thank Your for Smoking Clerks II (2nd place tie) Little Miss Sunshine (2nd place tie) Borat (99) MOST OVERRATED: Dreamgirls Devil Wears Prada Snakes on a Plane The DaVinci Code (2nd place) Pirates 2 (112) MOST UNDERRATED: The Illusionist Slither Idiocracy Half Nelson Blood Diamond (2nd place) United 93 (104) BEST CHARACTER: Miranda Priestly (Devil Wears Prada) Nick Naylor (Thank you for Smoking) Grandpa (Little Miss Sunshine) Borat (2nd place) Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates 2) (111) BEST CAST: Inside Man The Prestige A Scanner Darkly Little Miss Sunshine (2nd place) The Departed (171) - - biggest landslide victory. This wasn't even close. Scanner Darkly got like 7 votes, while Prestige and Inside Man were just barely in the teens. MOST DISAPPOINTING: You, Me & Dupree Click Lady in the Water Superman Returns (2nd place) The DaVinci Code (91) BEST VISUAL F/X: Superman Returns The Fountain X-Men: The Last Stand (2nd place) Pirates 2 (113) BEST FIGHT: Final Battle (X-Men 3) Super-Heroine Fight (My Super Ex-Girlfriend) Rocky vs. Mason "The Line" Dixon (Rocky Balboa) Giant Wheel Swordfight (Pirates 2) (2nd place) Naked Borat vs. Naked Azamat (Borat) (76) - - This was damn close, Pirates had 69 votes BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Happy Feet Over the Hedge Monster House A Scanner Darkly (2nd place) Cars (82) BEST DOCUMENTARY: Wordplay Shut Up and Sing Deliver us from Evil Who Killed the Electric Car? An Inconvenient Truth (2nd place) NOT SURE/NO VOTE (88) - - this was a weird category. More people chose to not vote. I can only assume this means Jesus Camp or This Film is not Yet Rated should have been nominated? BEST SOUNDTRACK: Half Nelson Stranger than Fiction The Fountain Notes on a Scandal Babel (2nd place) NOT SURE/NO VOTE (110) - - again, seriously? This must mean NOT SURE as opposed to something that wasn't nominated. Because Babel and Notes were the obvious choices (unless you want pop tracks, then Half Nelson is a no-brainer). MOST ORIGINAL FILM: Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story The Fountain The Science of Sleep Babel (2nd place) Thank You for Smoking (58) - - This is only because not many people saw Science of Sleep or Tristram Shandy WORST PERFORMANCE: Nicolas Cage Rob Schneider Wayans Brothers (2nd place) Jessica Simpson (129) - - also a major landslide. Wayans and Cage both had votes in the 30s and "not vote" had a bunch as well. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE: L'Enfant Volver Lady Vengeance Apocalypto (2nd place) Pan's Labyrinth (123) BEST TRAILER: Superman Returns The Devil Wears Prada Borat MI3 Rocky Balboa (2nd place) Casino Royale (95) - - Surprising. I thought Borat would take this easily. Shows what I know. I voted for Prada myself. BEST FILM TITLE: This Film is not Yet Rated Thank You for Smoking Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Great nation of Kazakhstan (2nd place) Snakes on a Plane (108) WRITE-IN AWARD: Here was your chance to vote for any star, movie celebrity (anyone) that you wanted to. Although we had more votes in this category than last year, it still seems not many people are interested or don't understand this category (while it's my favorite). The votes were far more spread out this year. Though I'm disappointed in the winner it's still fun and there were some great votes. Here are all the submissions in order of number of votes cast, then in order they were received. Winner at the bottom... Kevin Smith (9) Paul Giamatti (7) Leo DiCaprio (4) The Queen (3) Little Miss Sunshine (3) Pirates 2 (2) Christpher Nolan (2) Daniel Craig (2) Woody Allen Martin Scorsese Daniel Craig Adriana Barazza Marie Antoinette (The movie, not the person obviously) Kate Winslett Ishiro Honda Snow Cake (I'm excited about this film - nice vote whoever you are **cough-**Ashley**) Children of Men Peter O'Toole Giovanni Ribisi Alexandre Desplat Will Smith Nathan Fillion (nice!) Devil Wears Prada Brad Pitt (for Babel) Land of the Blind (sorry Seikan, no one seconded it) Robert DeNiro Jack Nicholson Rian Johnson (writer/dir of Brick) - nice vote Edward Norton Djimon Honsou Bruce Campbell (haha! Hell YES!) Letters from Iwo Jima Ellen Paige Jason Statham Johnny Depp (12) Well, that's it. Hope everyone had fun. Though I didn't have fun tallying up all the votes, I sure had fun watching them come in everyday. We'll be back next year with a new ballot and new nominees. Until then, drop by often for more reviews and fun. Be sure to sign up for our forum and jump into any discussion you want - email me with any problems registering. I'm happy to help. Cheers!
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