Thanks, Spriggan, I'm glad you appreciated the detail. I'd always prefer to know WHY someone chose particular films for their list. Actually, some of your comments in the past have inpsired me to try to be more specific in describing a film's attributes.
I do think our lists include a few more si-fi and fantasy films than most critics (you won't see "Serenity" on many top ten lists, which is a crying shame), but you're right, most of our choices are fairly consistent with what critics are choosing. While opinions vary, critics tend to think alike on many matters. While not "professional" critics, we tend to think like them (which is why few people will talk to us at parties).
Anyway, thanks. I'd be interested to see other people's picks, since ours are hardly definitive. Certainly our zealous Spielberg fandom shows through, and I'm sure some other poster have great insights into their own personal picks for what was, for me anway, a great movie year.