VFX Oscar race narrowed to ten films

At the end of 2011, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced fifteen films that were being considered in the Achievement in Visual Effects category for the 84th Academy Awards

Last year, 15 contenders for the VFX Oscar were revealed, now that list has been cut to ten. Cowboys and Aliens, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Sucker Punch, Super 8 and Thor have been cut from the list. The remaining ten will be narrowed down to five on 19 January when members of the VFX group of the Academy will vote. These nonimations, announced on 24 January, will go on to compete for the Oscar.

The nominations

• Captain America: The First Avenger
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
• Hugo
• Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• Real Steel
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• The Tree of Life
• X-Men: First Class

The Oscars will be held on 26 February. Which films do you think deserve to win this year?

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