And the TwOscar goes to ….

Every once in a while my curiosity gets the better of me. You know – like the spooked collegian who insists on going up the darkened stairs unarmed, wearing nothing but an oversized  t-shirt, tube socks and thong to investigate the thumping noises? Yeah … that never ends well.

Yesterday was a fine example (well, minus the thong ….).

“Somehow” (*she grins*) my followers and I ended up voting in an Oscar-weekend movie poll. Actually it’s all @JeremyCShipp ‘s fault. A tweet came through my twitter stream Friday afternoon from the aforementioned offender “what are your favorite five movies?” I answered and then couldn’t get the question out of my mind.

So last night Twitter, I asked. You answered. Oh, boy, did you answer! Dozens responded to the call. In the end the individual movies mentioned as favorites topped 240. A very diverse bunch of amazing films! Everything from Finding Nemo and Aladdin, to Jaws and Jurassic Park, to The Shining and Nightmare on Elm Street.

My eyes are still crossed from all the vote counting!!!!

(For the record, my original choices were: Night of Living Dead (orig.), Arsenic and Old Lace, Resident Evil, Edward Scissorhands and Galaxy Quest.)

So, here they are folks, your winners for FAV 5 MOVIES EVER ….

(hush descends over the crowd) …. “May I have the envelope please?”

Top 5 Vote-getters:

1. The Princess Bride (by a landslide!!!)
2. Lord of the Rings trilogy
3. Resident Evil and Wizard of Oz
4. Star Wars (pts IV,V,VI) and Night of the Living Dead
5. Star Trek (2009)

Honorable Mentions go to Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Crow –both of which, once tweeted by a single individual unleashed passionate pleas from others to increase the vote amount to 6 favorite movies. LOL ….

Old Schools FAVS:

Gone With the Wind, It’s a Wonderful Life, Giant, Vertigo, Mary Poppins and 2001: A Space Odessy

Foreign FAVs:

Il Postino, Jean de Florette, The Gods Must Be Crazy and Lapa Sela, Lepo Gore

SciFi/Fantasy FAVs:

Serenity, Dark City, Labyrinth, Brazil, the Jacket and The Fifth Element

Sports FAVs:

The Replacements, Remember the Titans, The Longest Yard and The Waterboy

 Thinkers FAVs:

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Last King of Scotland, Blood Diamond and Finding Forrester

Most Unusual FAVs:

Touch of Evil, Powow Highway, The Third Man and Blue Velvet

So tell me folks — are you as suprised by the results as I was?!?!?!

Thank you to everyone who voted! This was amazing – and I have a significant number of movies to add to my “must see” list as a result.