joining me is david denby, of "new yorker," a.o. scott of "new york times," and dana stevens of "slate." is this a good movie year? >> i think it's a good movie year. it's sometimes i think hard for people in our profession to get much of a perspective on it because we see hundreds of movies in a year and i feel like there were a lot that i liked. it was a good year. there was a diverse real estate of very ambitious and interesting movi that came out. it was not a year that, when a few of them stood out for me as kind of really, really great. >> rose: no great, brilliant film that would sort of blow away anybody. >>t least not yet. sometimes a few years go by and you back to something. i have a feeling for me "tree of life" will be that movie that two or three or five years from now i go back and say that was really something speal. that's closest one. >> i had the same feeling about "tree of life." it's certainly a difficult movie, and maybe we should talking about it. but i like the variety of these nine movies. they're all very differe

. >> here with predictions, a.o. scott"the chicago tribune." good morning. >> great to have both of you with us. a lot of anticipation. let's take a look at best motion picture drama nominees. >> no films were nominated. >> here they are. >> a slow year for movies. >> "the descendants," "the help," "hugo," the ides of march," "moneyball," "war horse." >> i think it will be "the help." not always loved by critics, but that's the popular, kind of accessible audience-friendly choice. >> michael? >> i think it's "the descendants." not like last year, where you had a very clear race between "the social network" and "the king's speech." this is a tougher field. >> i think it will be one of the two, but probably "the help." >> i think you're wrong. >>> best picture, comedy, or musical. >> "50/50," "the artist," "bridesmaids," "carnage," midnight in paris," "my week with marilyn." >>> this is an easy one i think it will be "the artist." >> i think you're wrong. i think it will be "bridesmaids." a big hit, a lot of tv personality t