Academy Awards VFX Narrowed down to 10 Candidates

Final ten contenders:

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

Out of the race:

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Cowboys and Aliens
Sucker Punch
Super 8
Thor

Well 4 of 5 from my predicted nominees made it to the shortlist. I'm quite happy for HP, Hugo, Real Steel and Planet of Apes, though I'm a bit disappointed in Super 8's departure. Still, I think Super 8 is a strong candidate in the two sound categories. And, my personal favorite remains Martin Scorsese's Hugo.

These 10 potential nominees will be narrowed down to the 5 final candidates and the results will be announced along with the other nominations on the Jan 24, 2012.