How many academy awards will the Dark Knight win???

How many academy awards (Oscars) do you think the Dark Knight will win? Will it tie LOTR ROTK's record with 11, will it get any...if so which ones?
I think Heath will get best supporting actor.
Nolan should get Best Director.
Hans Zimmer should get best score.
It might get best picture, but it will atleast be nominated.
It will get best editing .
It will get best sound mixing.
It will also get best sound effects.
It might take home the visual effects, but is that for only CGI effects or CGI and Live action? If it is live action explosions and crap like that, then it should get that.
I think The Dark Knight will overall win 6-8 Oscars.

I so doubt it will win any.

"I so doubt it will win any."

Perhaps best supporting actor.
I doubt it'll get any other meaningful award.

"Perhaps best supporting actor.
I doubt it'll get any other meaningful award."

None.

Top scoring and an award for Heath Ledger.

Other than that, it wasn't really a timeless movie, just a good one.

i think it needs to be nominated for techinical awards, because it made the best use of cgi i have ever seen, so well, you'll never notice it, everything seems like an actual stunt. 

We should wait until it actually gets nominated before starting predictions but i think that Zimmer definitely deserves an oscar for his work

I think Heath should get something but unfortunately the Academy is not gonna give anything else.  They are pretty strict when it comes to these big movies.

Maybe 1...or 2. It wasn't the greatest movie ever, or even of 2008. Heath may win because of his death and because he did a great job, but I can't say a thing about any other award...mostly because the year is far from over and many Oscar contending films come out the few months before the actual deadline.

Only Heath stands much of a chance. You see, Hollywood has this cliche going around about what an oscar-winning movie is and Dark Knight doesn't fit that cliche. 

come on now, the movie didnt generate over $500,000,000 because of hype. you'd be stupid to think that- or else Cloverfield would have grossed just as much. 

I enjoyed the film, but I don't think there's anything oscar-worthy about it. Special Effects, perhaps, because I was never destracted by any effects, while there had to have been quite a few.

The Academy is so biased when it comes to fantasy and science fiction genre pieces.  I don't see The Dark Knight garnering much else aside from technical nominations, and it won't win said awards if only because of the Academy's principle.  I'm sure it will be nominated for things like Visual Effects, Sound Editing, Cinematography, but it won't have a shot at winning Best Direction, much less Best Picture.

Probably not enough.

at least all for editing and sound. I think definitely best supporting actor. I think it will be nominated for screenplay and director and possibly picture but doubt it will any of those three.

I loved the film but when you are talking film snobs you have to be pessimistic. I say 2 or 3

Even though Heath Ledger's performance in that movie was great, it still isn't an "Oscar" type film. It will probably be nominated for sound and editing or something like that and Heath Ledger might be nominated for best supporting role, but I don't think he'll win.

I'm gonna have to say....zero

"Even though Heath Ledger's performance in that movie was great, it still isn't an "Oscar" type film. It will probably be nominated for sound and editing or something like that and Heath Ledger might be nominated for best supporting role, but I don't think he'll win."

Am I the only one who thinks it doesn't deserve to win a crapload of awards?

"Maybe 1...or 2. It wasn't the greatest movie ever, or even of 2008. Heath may win because of his death and because he did a great job, but I can't say a thing about any other award...mostly because the year is far from over and many Oscar contending films come out the few months before the actual deadline."

"what movie was better in 08"

"giyanks22 said:

"what movie was better in 08"

In my eyes, In Bruges is the best film of 2008. I am sure if anyone here has seen it they'll probably just call me an idiot, but I enjoyed that movie more than The Dark Knight and I think it's better film. The Dark Knight would be my second best film of the year so far, but not the best."

"Hey, In Bruges is my favourite movie of '08 too! But yeah, I hope it wins the Oscar for best score and maybe get best director, but that's about it. The Oscars are a joke anyway. LotR having 11 of the bastards is more than enough proof."

It won't win best effects. It wasn't big on CG.

Iron Man has a shot at that. And frankly, I'd like to see Robert Downey Jr. nominated for an acting award alongside Heath Ledger. Everyone seems to have forgotten that he was completely awesome.

Heath Ledger will, more than likely, win best supporting actor. I doubt Christian Bale will get any nods whatsoever, as while he is serviceable, he's a bit stale by comparison.

it wont win anything. The Academy could not possibly nominate a comic-book movie no matter how good heath ledger was in it

i did not know that. still they wont nominate it for any acting awards

Probably won't win anything. And everyone thinking that Heath will win best supporting actor, you have to realize that Academy Awards for actors are mostly for actors that signify change in character. This of course is proven by There Will Be Blood, where Daniel Day Lewis eventually is driven insane. Although maybe because you can never actually guess Academy Awards. They are unpredictable.

"I so doubt it will win any."

heath should win a lot really   how he played the joker was one of the best performances i have seen

My personal favourite movie of all time is The Dark Knight, but I KNOW that the LOTR trilogy are the best movies of all time.

"it wont win anything. The Academy could not possibly nominate a comic-book movie no matter how good heath ledger was in it
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These types of movies don't usually win anything is the truth.

"it wont win anything. The Academy could not possibly nominate a comic-book movie no matter how good heath ledger was in it
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"These types of movies don't usually win anything is the truth."

I thought Gary Oldman had the best perfomance in TDK.

From the movies I have seen so far this year, I am happy as long as it wins Best Supporting Actor (Heath Legder) and Best Picture,

I think it will only get the technichal ones since Batman Begins was nominated for that stuff.

I think it win be nominated in alot, but only win one or two

I think it'll win about 3. It should nab most of the special effects and visual effects categories, but movies like Iron Man or Wall-E could end up winning those. I'm not sure if Heath will win, even though I thought he was great and stole the show. A nomination seems quite likely, but he might not win. Best director? Not much of a chance. Like 90% of the time, the best director is the person who directed the best picture, and The Dark Knight probably won't even get a best picture nomination.

"I think it'll win about 3. It should nab most of the special effects and visual effects categories, but movies like Iron Man or Wall-E could end up winning those. I'm not sure if Heath will win, even though I thought he was great and stole the show. A nomination seems quite likely, but he might not win. Best director? Not much of a chance. Like 90% of the time, the best director is the person who directed the best picture, and The Dark Knight probably won't even get a best picture nomination."

Come on, Lemegeton, it's a dead cert for some of the tech's, and certainly for it's music.
It would be nice for the Academy open up a bit and recognise it for being as good as it was, but it's unlikely.

It will win one, 'Best Supporting Actor". Seriously, if Heath Ledger doesn't win an Oscar it would be a huge upset. You just don't get performances like that everyday, and I can't think of anyone who deserves it more.

"TheGreatGuero said:

"I think it'll win about 3. It should nab most of the special effects and visual effects categories, but movies like Iron Man or Wall-E could end up winning those. I'm not sure if Heath will win, even though I thought he was great and stole the show. A nomination seems quite likely, but he might not win. Best director? Not much of a chance. Like 90% of the time, the best director is the person who directed the best picture, and The Dark Knight probably won't even get a best picture nomination."

I think it will get a best picture nomination...it sure as hell deserves one.  Any way Nolan's use of CGI is brilliant, because you never know when they are using it."

If it wins anything, Ledger will win supporting actor. Beyond that, I couldn't possibility see a comic book movie coming away with anything except maybe, best special effects, sound mixing or something along those lines.