The Academy has snipped that list of 15 Visual Effects Oscar contenders down to a more manageable seven, which is to say you now have to decide which two films will not be nominated for Best Visual Effects as this will be the first year five films are nominated in the category.
The seven films left are listed below. I’ve ranked them in order of how I perceive them to currently stand with Inception being my predicted front-runner for the Oscar.
- Inception
- TRON: Legacy
- Alice in Wonderland
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
- Scott Pilgrim vs the World
- Hereafter
- Iron Man 2
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The films that didn’t end up making the cut from the previous list of 15 include The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Clash of the Titans, The Last Airbender, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Shutter Island, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Unstoppable. Should one of them made the cut over the seven above?
What do you think? Do you agree we’re probably looking at a battle between Scott Pilgrim, Hereafter and Iron Man 2 for that fifth slot or do you see one of my top four having a hard time getting a nomination? Sound off below!
The nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at 5:30 a.m. PT and I will be here bright and early to deliver them. For all of my current Oscar predictions click here.
