So by as early as November everyone knows what will be nominated for Best Picture ?

Here's the STRONG possiblities ( In alphabetical order )

1) An Education
2) A Serious Man
3) Avatar
4) Inglourious Bastereds
5) Invictus
6) Nine
7) Precious
8) Star Trek
9) The Hurt Locker
10) The Last Station
11) The Lovely Bones
12) The Road
13) Up In The Air
14) Up
15) Where The Wild Things Are

This is the consensus so far with a lot of critics. These are guesses at this point ovbiously.