For our thirteenth Rundown article, we visualize our predictions. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Visual Effects as well as general commentary about the race. Tuesday, we’ll cover Best Animated Short Film.

Best Visual Effects

Winner Predictions

• Dune (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL O)
• Free Guy
• No Time to Die
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
• Spider-Man: No Way Home

Runner-Up Predictions

• Spider-Man: No Way Home (WL R) [New] (PP O) (TB R) [New] (TL O)

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Wesley Lovell: With Dune winning the top prize from the Visual Effects Society, one of the biggest no brainer predictions of the year became even more certain.
Peter J. Patrick: This should be an easy win for Dune unless voters want to give an award to Spider-Man: No Way Home in its only nomination.
Tripp Burton: This is probably the most solid of many likely wins for Dune, unless voters really want to honor Spider-Man.
Thomas La Tourrette: Dune has long been expected to win this, and it still is the movie most likely to win. It recently won the guild award which should cement its spot as the expected winner. Its main competition probably comes from the mirror dimension of Spider-Man: No Way Home. But as spectacular as that was, it probably cannot compete with Dune. Neither Free Guy nor No Time to Die will stand a chance against them. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings might have in another year, but Dune will best all of them.

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