Which movie do you think will win best picture this year??

What movie do you think will win the Academy Award for best picture this year?
 
I think Invictus will, even though I haven't seen it yet, it looks amazing, hollywood people will like it. Clint Eastwood, Matt Damon, and Morgan freeman....what can go wrong.

I'm not sure what will win, but if Hurt Locker isn't even nominated, it doesn't much matter.

The dark knight

Up.
 
But it most likely go to some movie no one has ever heard of or seen before that had bad reviews but the academy thought it was classy.

Have they even announced the nominees?

I haven't really kept up with this years movies, so I can't say actually.
 
I just hope New Moon is banned from any sort of award for all eternity.

I'd hope the Hurt Locker is nominated

Crank 2

" Crank 2 "

District 9

I wish District 9 wins it. But I know that that will never happen. Invictus seems like a Oscar winning movie. The Oscar folks love those kind of movies.

" The dark knight "

" I wish District 9 wins it. But I know that that will never happen. Invictus seems like a Oscar winning movie. The Oscar folks love those kind of movies. "

" @Twilight said:

" I wish District 9 wins it. But I know that that will never happen. Invictus seems like a Oscar winning movie. The Oscar folks love those kind of movies. "

Back in the day Aliens got nominated for Best Picture and took home Best Actress, so it is still very possible for it to happen with District 9, as that is also my choice. "

Movies? They still make those things?
 
But seriously, I haven't seen any from this year. However I've heard great things about The Hangover. Not Best Picture things, but Best Comedy things repeatedly.

" @teh_destroyer said:

" @Twilight said:

" I wish District 9 wins it. But I know that that will never happen. Invictus seems like a Oscar winning movie. The Oscar folks love those kind of movies. "

Back in the day Aliens got nominated for Best Picture and took home Best Actress, so it is still very possible for it to happen with District 9, as that is also my choice. "

Thats right, back in the day.  Anyways I've heard like 10 movies are gonna get nominated this year so there's a good chance District 9 atleast gets nomination. No way it's getting best picture though. I honestly think that the main actor should get a nomination for best actor. I mean he was brilliant! "

" Twilight I feel sick after typing this "

"This is the LEAST I'm hoping for. Sharlto Copley was brilliant was Wikus. I'm also hoping for an award or two for The Road. "

Zombieland! 

district 9 was pretty good

" Zombieland!  "

I want Star Trek to win, but it probably won't.

These discussions always tend to dissapoint me, because it just shows that something as simple as the genre a film is in can take precedence over its quality. Richard Roeper said it best: "It's a lot harder to make people laugh than it is to make them cry."  
  
Out of the films I've actually seen this year my favorite would be Watchmen, but it won't win best picture. Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Jackie Earl Haley deserve nods for their performances, but for best picture I'd probably go with D9 (again, out of what I've SEEN). For some reason, I really see 500 Days of Summer winning best picture. It just oozes with the "Pick me, I'm a cutesy Indie darling full of wonder and whimsy!" feeling that the Academy loves oh so much.

" These discussions always tend to dissapoint me, because it just shows that something as simple as the genre a film is in can take precedence over its quality. Richard Roeper said it best: "It's a lot harder to make people laugh than it is to make them cry."  
  
Out of the films I've actually seen this year my favorite would be Watchmen, but it won't win best picture. Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Jackie Earl Haley deserve nods for their performances, but for best picture I'd probably go with D9 (again, out of what I've SEEN). For some reason, I really see 500 Days of Summer winning best picture. It just oozes with the "Pick me, I'm a cutesy Indie darling full of wonder and whimsy!" feeling that the Academy loves oh so much. "

I have a lot to say about movies this year, but I will limit that to my ideas for 5 movies that deserve to be nominated in this category. 
 
Big Fan 
Where the Wild Things Are 
Moon 
A Serious Man 
Black Dynamite 
 
I shit you not on that last one 
EDIT: the Informant! deserves some recognition, imho

My favorites this year have been 
The Hurt Locker
Zombieland 
Have not seen many movies this year.... 

I can guarantee that I haven't watched any movies this year that would be considered for Oscars.

Christoph Waltz needs to win something for Inglourious Basterds. He was amazing in that.

Expect to see lots of The Road and Precious, at least.  The Hurt Locker will probably get some nods if people bother to remember it.  Up will probably win best animated despite Ponyo AND Fantastic Mr Fox both being better movies.  Outside of that, I couldn't say.  Might see 2012 get the best SFX nod, though ... Avatar might get it, too.  Hard to say on that one.  I don't see Transformers 2 getting it, just on general principles.

I hope District 9 or Moon does. They are probably the best movies I have seen this year.

" Christoph Waltz needs to win something for Inglourious Basterds. He was amazing in that. "

"I wish District 9 wins it. But I know that that will never happen. Invictus seems like a Oscar winning movie. The Oscar folks love those kind of movies. "

" I have a lot to say about movies this year, but I will limit that to my ideas for 5 movies that deserve to be nominated in this category.  Big Fan Where the Wild Things Are Moon A Serious Man Black Dynamite  I shit you not on that last one EDIT: the Informant! deserves some recognition, imho "

" Christoph Waltz needs to win something for Inglourious Basterds. He was amazing in that. "

Oh I need to see A Serious Man and Black Dynamite.

Invictus looks like serious Oscar bait. A few other contenders, but barring catastrophic failure my money's on Invictus.

District 9 will probably be nominated but like the topic creator, Invitcus will most likely win. 

" The dark knight "

" District 9 will probably be nominated but like the topic creator, Invitcus will most likely win.  "

While we're talking about movies we haven't seen that feel like obvious Oscar bate, here's a list of other contenders. 
The Lovely Bones (rape, instant nom)
A Single Man (Collin Furth is old and British and acts serious, garanteed Best Actor nom) 
Up in the Air (Liberal elite darling Clooney in a followup from the director of Juno, obvious pic)  
The Last Station (Helen Mirin is old and British and acts serious, garanteed Best Actress nom)  
Invictus (reasons already stated) 
Nine (adaptation of a popular New York play, Daniel Day Lewis acts serious, Best Actor nom best supporting nom best Picture nom) 
Young Victoria (period piece about Queen Victoria, prettymuch sells itself) 
Crazy Heart (Hollywood loves grizzled old men and 'old' country culture, Jeff Bridges) 
Its Complicated (romance between 3 old people, gross, but Meryl Streep so the Academy will love it) 
Imagorium of Doctor Parnassus (obligatory posthumous nom for Deadger, also should be visually stunning) 

Was Christopher Walken in any movies this year? That one should win. :D

" @ez123 said:

" Crank 2 "

Oh I hope so.... "

I'd say we will see Avatar win in the special effects department. But yeah, Invictus looks really good.