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Sebastian OB 
I still maintain SKYFALL stands a real shot at a nomination. And I bet it takes cinematography.
I'd love to see hit get a big nomination like that. Just not expecting it. It damn well better be in contention for cinematography though!
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Originally Posted by
The Dark Shape 
Mirror, Mirror is too high a goal to ever reach. It will never be toppled.
'Tis the Grand Poohbah of the Box Office Realm.
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MegaManRising 
I think they'll nominate TDKR just because it's the third film in a trilogy and they snubbed the other two, that's the way they operate, like how they had Return of the King when BP because the first two LOTR films didn't or how they gave Marty the Oscar for The Departed just because of all their past mistakes not giving it to him. That's my prediction, anyway.
LOTR had literary prestige and I believe all three were nominated. The Departed was a great flick and had Scorsese, the latter of which being the reason it scored its award.
Don't get me wrong, I liked TDKR. That said, expecting it to get nominated for any "big" awards is only going to disappoint. Could they nominate it? Of course they could. And in any other year it might have a shot. The latter half of 2012 has given as a LOT of Best Picture-material films though. Enough that they don't even have to consider TDKR if they don't have any good reason to. And they don't, at least not from their point of view. This isn't like LOTR where all three films were mostly loved across the board. Out of the three only one of the Nolan trilogy is (mostly) universally-praised and it came out four years ago. The Dark Knight got its big nomination and award though, in the form of Heath Ledger posthumously getting the award for Best Supporting Actor. For most, and especially to the Academy, that made up for any snubbings elsewhere for the film. With LOTR, they had three years of constant complaints being lobbed at them and they caved. With The Departed, they had the same in the form of Marty constantly being robbed in the past. No such precedent is in place for TDKR.
Once again, it COULD get nominated for Best Picture. That is entirely possible. I just don't think it is likely.
Back to box office, it will be interesting to see how The Collection does. Will it blast onto screen and get a third film? Will it limp but get a sequel anyway, like the first did? Or will adult Kevin McCallister's reign of terror end in 2012?