Best Picture: THE MATRIX

There's a bit of a theme to this category, as you can see below... in the first of many battles between The Matrix and The Phantom Menace, the former sweeps with 67% of your ballots to the latter's 21%. Rounding up smaller numbers were the wonderful but little-seen Princess Mononoke, Iron Giant and eXistenZ.

Best Actor: KEANU REEVES

Whoa! Let's just see that again: Best Actor: Keanu Reeves. Yes, you heard that right -- for saying all of his lines not only correctly but in the right order, the excellent Matrix star took in 28% of your votes. Following were co-star Laurence Fishburne (18%), and Phantom's Ewan McGregor (17%) and Liam Neeson (11%), both of whom were praised for delivering their dialogue with a straight face.

Best Actress: CARRIE-ANNE MOSS

Men want her, and women want to be her -- such is the consensus for 11th Hour fan favorite Carrie-Anne Moss. The Matrix star took in 39% of your votes, followed by Phantom's Natalie Portman (28%), Mystery Men's Janeane Garafalo (12%) and eXistenZ's Jennifer Jason Leigh (7%).

Breakthrough Performance: CARRIE-ANNE MOSS

Another win for the former Models Stinc star: Carrie-Anne received 36% of your votes, while Natalie followed with 22%. Also of note: the well-established Keanu got 12% for "proving that he can really act" while the deserving Ray Park landed 11% of your votes for his role as Darth Maul. Questionable choices: Gonzo from Muppets in Space, Pikachu, and the Whitewater jurist from Trekkies.

Best Director: LARRY AND ANDY WACHOWSKI

Or is that Warshawski? Or Wacowski? Or Washarski? The beleaguered Polish-Americans earned our sympathy and your (albeit misspelled) ballots for their impressive critical fave The Matrix. The spellable but not-so-lovable George Lucas trailed behind with a mere 33% to the Wachowski's triumphant 55%.

Best Screenplay: THE MATRIX

For their willingness to take on alternate realities, fantastic worlds, and kung fu Keanu-style, the Wachowskis win again, with their Matrix script grabbing 58% of your votes. Notably, The Iron Giant and The Phantom Menace tied for second with 13% each.

Best Soundtrack: THE MATRIX

Yet another sweep for The Matrix as the rock-heavy soundtrack whoops John William's Phantom Menace-burdened ass 64% to 29%. (Hey, that's what you get for announcing a pivotal character's death on the track listing!)

Best Makeup/Special FX: THE MATRIX

Bet you wouldn't have predicted this one a year ago... The Matrix again triumphs over Phantom Menace's legendary Industrial, Light and Magic team, 56% to 38%.

Most Sequel-Worthy: THE MATRIX

And again... about half as many fans are looking forward to the second Star Wars installment (33%) as await the Matrix sequel (65%). Must be that Leo/Jar Jar thing.

Most Influential: THE MATRIX

Matrix and The Blair Witch Project -- the year's most disparate movies, held together only by your votes for most influential and their, um, untraditional interpretation of plot. No contest here -- The Matrix led by a clear 71% to Phantom's 26%.

Wisest Use of Latex: THE MATRIX

The variations on this theme were manifold, but The Matrix triumphed once again. Notable responses: "to cover up Keanu's mouth", "Carrie-Anne Moss", "Keanu's pants", "Keanu's disgusting lack of eyebrows." And the inevitable: "casual sex between consenting adults."

Funkiest Alien Color: JAR JAR BINKS

The Phantom Menace may have won, but for this? "The vomit Jar Jar kept bringing up from the audience", "the color Jar Jar makes when he explodes in my dreams" were among our reader responses. The Gungan also merited excessive descriptions of his hideous shade: "Jar Jar's disgusting orange red", "Jar Jar Binks puke green", "Jar Jar's horrible pinkish orange", and so forth. Runner-up: the red and black tattoos of Darth Maul.

Most Kick-ass Chick: TRINITY

Carrie-Anne Moss wins again, with her wall-climbing, ass-kicking, tough-talking Matrix character Trinity grabbing 68% of your votes. Queen Amidala trailed behind with a mere 18%.

Hottest Actor/Actress: KEANU REEVES/CARRIE-ANNE MOSS

Alas, the Force was not with Ewan, who just barely lost to that master thespian, Keanu Reeves. Also mentioned for men were eXistenZ stars Jude Law and Callum Keith Rennie... for women, Carrie-Anne and Natalie were the uncontested favorites. Most perplexing answer: Ian McDiarmid?

Worst Picture: WING COMMANDER

"Why did this film have the honour of showing after the Phantom Menace trailer? Why, God, why?" bemoaned one reader, and the majority of you agreed: 43% cast your votes for Wing Commander as the crappiest film of the year. Also sucking hard: Phantom Menace itself (20%), Virus (11%), The Thirteenth Floor, The Astronaut's Wife, and Mystery Men.