Oscars 2019: Who Should Win Every Award (And Who Actually Will)

11. Visual Effects

Ready Player One
Warner Bros.

Nominees: First Man, Avengers: Infinity War, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Ready Player One, Christopher Robin

Who Should Win

Avengers: Infinity War

This is a solid rather than truly spectacular category this year, with the two standouts being Ready Player One and Avengers: Infinity War. Both have impressive, immersive VFX - RPO's Shining sequence is stellar - but the work done on making Thanos believable as an unstoppable villain, while imbuing him with emotion too, deserves to take home the top prize.

Who Will Win

Avengers: Infinity War

With no Black Panther in the mix here, it looks like a fight between Infinity War and First Man. The latter will have been seen by more voters, but its use of VFX isn't as obvious or eye-catching as Infinity War's. No Marvel Studios movie has won the prize here, but with a number of Visual Effects Society wins and a shattering $2bn at the box-office, it's probably too big to ignore.

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