Leo finally will get the Oscar. But what about the state of the art Bear The Magnificent?

Rating: 7/10 (11 January 2016)

There is no doubt for me that Leonardo DiCaprio will finally embrace his "deserved a long time ago" Oscar statuette. Last night's Golden Globe win is the best proof for that.
But what about the Bear the Magnificent, mauling Hugh Glass (Leo's role name) to protect her cubs?
I was amazed by the fact that bear was actually a VFX project developed by the mighty ILM team. I thought it was a real Grizzly dude, well trained bear playing side by side with Leo and stunts.
ILM used its Zeno pipeline for simulation, Maya for animation and Pixar's RenderMan for rendering.
Bravo to all the team that created this masterpiece simulated- animation. They, too, deserve a VFX Oscar this year.