It's bake-off time already! The Academy's visual effects branch has whittled the list of contenders down to ten, half of which will go on to a nomination. There are no real shockers among the ten advancing titles, and nothing that really falls under the "
Hereafter" slot for films with less bountiful but still impressive effects (ironically,
The Impossible, which would have been a very literal fit for that slot with its depiction of the very same tsunami that earned
Hereafter its nomination, is one of the unfortunate snubees who won't be competing in this category). The lucky ten are:
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Avengers
Cloud Atlas
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
John Carter
Life of Pi
Prometheus
Skyfall
Snow White and the Huntsman
Congrats to them all, but I'm not feeling as much suspense in this category as I was last year. I think everybody's just about ready to call this award for
Life of Pi.
