checks in with select members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Their insights are valuable not so much because they are representative of the overall Academy — one would have to speak with hundreds to get a scientifically significant sample of the 8,469-member voting body — but because they offer a sense of the sorts of things Academy members are thinking about. Here, an actress weighs in.
was phony: You don't have an off-Broadway director and an off-Broadway actress living in a nice house with no day job — if an off-Broadway actor makes $150 a week, that's a lot. If someone besides Martin Scorsese had directed, it wouldn't have all the accolades; it does because of his years in the business. It was too long and too repetitive, and the reverse-aging did not work — they erased the lines in their faces, but they still walked like old men.
Lort!
Good !
She sounds very racist and nationalist, she made remarks in that vein for like 3-4 categories, but I like this interviews because we get to know how the voters think.
I liked this persons take. Wasn't rude just someone's opinion.
I wonder if those people have a clue about how the 'I am being brutally honest' pieces only make The Academy look worse and worse in the eyes of the general public reading them...
🤨 Can we vote her out for being out of touch and annoying? No foreign films in Best Picture category? Sounds like she like hot Dr. Pepper and cough drops, at the same time.
She willingly published these thoughts of hers and thought it wasn't embarrassing? Also foreign films are 'normal' to a great population of the planet.
Cringe! The xenophobic musings of a xenophobe. 😶
she doesnt like Greta Thunberg.... hot take
It’s funny, either these are being made up or it’s true we all think like children. Or both 😆
Xenophobia and just general ignorance aside, she also seems to vote on the acting categories based on how much she likes a character not based on the .. oh I don’t know ACTING! Argh
this is like...the most embarassing thing I’ve ever read in my entire life I think lol sounds like an old white woman on my hometown facebook page wrote it holy shit
Now we know why the value of these awards go downhill every year.
She is so ignorant. She starts by calling the four Little Women actresses British. Does she need explaining that Ireland and Australia broke away? I stopped reading pretty soon after that. Intelligence level poor
She sounds very racist and the academy should not let her vote
Looking good for the QT. No other big movie has as much to say this year. Layers of subtext.
Stop posting this article.
She sounds like a Trump supporter
Yes, the nominated songs are terrible
embarassing stuff
“don't think foreign films should be nominated with the regular films” Brutally honest or brutally xenophobic?
This is very telling...
They should have watched JustMercyFilm instead 🥺
This is a very good read!
irishman is indeed boring and......long.
This is a pretty bitter actress, IMHO.
I agree with this voter's first three words. Everything else, not so much.
ScottFeinberg Her ballot represents nothing more than her ballot
Every year these anonymous ballot dissections are the best, funniest, smartest, most honest Oscars stories, even better for the idiotic angry responses they now provoke. Only criticism: should run more than just one.
She clearly loves OUATIH.
💁🏻♂️More publicity for ‘Parasite’
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Foreign films aren’t regular films. Got it.
Agree. Its either one or the other. It cant be both.
I would have more respect for these voters opinions if they didn’t hide their identities like they’re undercover for the fucking DEA.
I hate everything about this
What if they were foreign films from females? Would she be happy then?
Yikes
Then 1917 shouldnt be nominated too because it's british not american..
Agree with almost all...except Marriage Story...she had earned a lot in film(commercials?) Before stage work.
This person is xenophobic dinosaur. Throw her out of the Academy.
So, an older person was happy to be brought back to the sixties. And foreigners don't belong in the Best Picture category. And Marty makes long movies, so he sucks. And she doesn't like subtlety or nuance. And Kathy Bates got the role over her. Got it.
Whoever this person is should be removed from TheAcademy asap. This is absolutely pathetic. The excuses and reasoning in the responses is exactly why people despise the Oscar's
Off- Broadway actors make no money? Hamilton started off-Broadway. Jonathan Groff & Christian Borle are currently starring off-Broadway. The Public Theater and Shakespeare in the Park are off-Broadway. Absurd comments. There's money for live performers off-Broadway
Foreign films are not regular? In what way? It says Best Picture, not Best American Picture.
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This is stupid 🤷🏻♀️
Racist. In this case then British films like 1917 also shouldn't be considered. But I doubt this racist old woman feels the same towards films like that.
this whole article is just having me go:
She is proud of her racism 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Who is this idiot?
what are ReGuLaR FiLmS
Best Actor and Best Actress should be combined. And obviously foreign films should be included in Best Film category.
Why should we separate “foreign” from “regular” films? What’s the difference between them, apart from the Language? And cinema is a French invention, so who said “regular” movies are the American ones? Food for thought ;)
It is not wrong at all ... Parasite is already competing in a foreign film (and will win) the category is the best film in English. The Palme d'Or and even the Golden Lion are awards that take films from all over the world
The Irishman was nowhere near boring. It is by far one one the best film I've seen in years.
Stop posting this ridiculously racist, xenophobic ballot. How could you run this in good faith?
Tarantino fangirl
Why afraid of Parasite?
Trash
Everytime these articles come out, I feel angry. How did these people get into the Academy?
Can you post more anon ballots already
what a clown
javipachon8 disfruta de los comentarios 😂
This woman is trash.
Her opinions suck! Mines better. But seriously we’ve all seen Scorsese make better films let’s be honest. That last sentence was hard to type though because I’m a diehard Scorsese fan. Todd Phillips made a better Scorsese film last year!
Yeah the Oscar are dead, no more chances. This is it.
“I don't think foreign films should be nominated with the REGULAR FILMS.”
lmao what an awful take
So she votes but doesn’t know where the actresses she’s watching are from. She’s biased saying “I don't think foreign films should be nominated with the regular films”. Regular films!! And she’s biased towards American directors. But Hollywood is the “woke” culture 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Racism is strong with this one
Because in the end we all do populist choices... tho politics always win.
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Yup. We're sure it has nothing to do with her heritage... Johansson is German. You guys never change.
I love that they do this every year. It’s nice to have hoensty instead of the usual bullshit
And that's why the ones who really deserve the nominations and to win never do it
Disgusting
'he's already won' - that doesn't matter. Does he deserve it for his performance or not? And who cares who is American or British? Again, did their performance deserve it? Now I know why the Oscar winners usually have me scratching my head.
“oScrS r Am3rICn”
I Also love reading the tweets from whiny people who are disgusted someone has an opinion that doesnt fit their views. Everyone has an opinion and for every person like this in the academy, there is someone who votes the opposite.
girl all she did was smirk and d*e which she seems to do in every franchise she’s a part of
That was a good article, I wish there were more 'anonymous ' people doing these, I would like to read more of them.
We have identified the Oscar voter...
Is this person a trump nationalist? I see American films win BAFTAS often. This person sounds like a cranky old Republican who cannot ein an Oscar.
I don’t understand how you don’t see all the films as an Oscar voter. And abstain on a category you don’t understand. Gah, this is just gross.
Acting? I love looking at her but she's underused in those action movies and jojo rabbit left with sand in my eyes.
This is the reason why many great films do not get the recognition they deserve. Foreign films are “regular films” it is like saying that non-American painters do not make “regular” art. And it’s not like any other film/performance on this list is worthless too it’s art.
anyways stan parasite
Fair to say that this anonymous voting female is most likely a closet racist and most likely a not very nice person with shitty opinions
Wow. That’s shitty.
I find her quite annoying! I can tell she's old from the way she is writing! People like her is why awards like the Oscars are becoming more and more irrelevant! Changes needs to happen and her views aren't helping at all! Academy reconsider your voters!!!!
ScarJo was and always will be trash. That's it. That's the tweet.
Sounds like she’s bitter she didn’t get cast in Little Women 🤷🏻♂️😂
Love the honesty of ‘Anonymous’. Somebody has to say it and he/she did.
this is awful in many levels... and still, Oscars are considered the epitome of moviemaking awards... I'll never get why.
jesus fuck, how does it feel to be wrong about everything
'I don't think foreign films should be nominated with the regular films. I want an American director to win. The Oscars is an American thing'
I read 'I was in LA during the 60s' and that explained everything else
How do you always find the worst people to do these
Don’t see honesty. Just a plain lack of study.
This bitch is 100% white
This person is an idiot, pure and simple.
Yikes
'I really didn't like The Irishman because Scorsese never cast me in my prime, so I'm going to make it the first film I dump on in nearly every one of my replies.'
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Depressing to put it mildly. How can one be so wrong about everything?
This is the reason why a major overhaul must be done to the academy voting body. They always want to argue it’s about the performance/art but this shows it’s nothing but politics. She should be removed immediately
I loved JoJo and her performance was so wonderful and subtle and unique. Better than in Marriage Story. Wish the lead young man and Rockwell and Director has been nominated.
And whatever intregrity the Academy was barely clinging onto slowly slips away....
When she talks about OUATIH she says that she remembers Los Angeles in the sixties so she is an older academy member.
Well that 'a female member of the academy' is a bitch
What about my debut film (and SAG credit) a solo_exotic masterpiece via Inglewood courthouse hplding cell. 1shot
Can't disagree with her in many of those points.
The ignorance coming from the unknown actress. Has Hedda Hopper come back to life?
This is a terrible person who shouldn't vote for anything ever
Woah, if this Academy member's identity revealed, she'd be out of her job - for good 🤦
She is a bad apple that’s for sure. I wonder what her credentials are for having bad takes on every film she mentioned. Hope more of these opinions come to light so we see how tragic the awards process is.
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‘Foreign films vs regular films’?
I’m guessing this lady is a Trump voter.
and the make up comment that bombshell was just 'Fox News hair'
Wow! Brutally honest is right! 😳
This shit is old hat.
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What a regressive attitude! Foreign films don't need to be nominated with 'regular films'.. British directors shouldn't win an American Oscar? but it's ok to consider 1917 as a 'regular film'..wrong on so many levels!
Ugh
Yikes
👆that up there is why The hurt locker won an oscar. Not because it was good. But because it was different. Same for the Joker this year? I also like Scarlett but seriously, if RDJ doesn't win for his epic role in endgame, well then the above is more than true on all points!
1917 was one of the best films I’ve ever seen & Once Upon A Time in Hollywood just... what the fuck was that half assed film even doing aside from taking the piss... it was a fucking mess.
ScottFeinberg AndreaProduces 🎬
This woman is a real 'America First' Trumper, it seeps out of every review. What a dreadful cow.
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This is actually disgusting... this woman didn’t like anything, and she’s not brutally honest, she is racist and stupid. There are so many things wrong with what she said I can’t even list all of them.
'The oscar is an american thing, english things wins Bafta and the French vote for the French.' Sending the clown.. 🤡
[A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood's] Tom Hanks is very good at imitating Mr. Rogers, but if you look in his eyes when he talks to the lead guy [Matthew Rhys], his eyes are not soft and loving; his eyes are calculating and judging. Mr. Rogers' eyes were warm. 👍👍👍
“I don't think foreign films should be nominated with the regular films.”
I don’t really care but how many Brutally Honest Ballots do we need? Year after year it’s like this. Overwhelmingly the voters featured in these are extremely infantile, bratty and subjective. Biases galore. Nobody seems to be stepping back and focusing on the artistry.
ScottFeinberg I always look forward to this series each year. She seems like a conscientious voter, but with some warped priorities.
1917 was also boring AF. Once Upon A Time...in Hollywood was hilarious! Parasite was exhilarating! And Jojo Rabbit was warm and sweet.
If the Academy voters are all the level of this person, now I understand why some Academy winners put their Oscar in the bathroom...there is such superficiality and ignorance in the judgements of this voter that maybe the Academy should modify their rules for membership
i agree ❤️
Sorry, she lost me when she said, “foreign films shouldn’t be nominated with the ‘regular’ films”. Gross.
Totally agree with her on The Irishman. Marriage Story and Little Women are a waste of space. OUATIH, 1917, JoJo, Ford v Ferrari and Joker are the only movies worth seeing. Parasite should take foreign. Deserves nothing else.
what bullsh** 🤡
Her cheap shot opinion is pretty lousy.
Not only will I not be watching another “award show“, but I will make sure that I am nowhere near any social media while that train wreck show is going on. It’s not about the craft anymore, it’s about big mouth “celebrities“ that think what they think is relevant to me and others
I watch Once Upon a Time for the second time and it is absolutely the best picture of the year
Great picks! Don’t agree with all of them....
Wow. 1) Her comment 'I don’t vote in these categories because I don’t know enough' should probably apply to all categories; 2) Lucky for her she was granted anonymity.
Ah, opinions. Where would we be without them? 🤷♂️
Disagree mightily.
The ScarJos know that the Oscars go to those who vocally uphold white patriarchy. This just sounds like an audition not a genuine comment.
wow I never lost more brain cells then reading this. She didn’t like Marriage Sotry because they lived in a nice house even though they were offbroadway actors, she didn’t like little women because they didn’t cast Americans and didn’t want to vote for Cynthia because she a brit?
You have to be anonymous in order to share a sincere and honest opinion nowadays.
Wish she had been a little more objective, seemed kind of nit-picky. I think more consideration should be given to the technical aspects of the nominees (art direction, camera shots, editing etc.) and on the cohesiveness of their narrative and their weight.
she really said little women was bad and foreign films shouldn’t be nominated for best move i-
I love quentin Tarantino and maybe ive just become use to a tarantino film being a certain kind of way but this is definitely at the bottom of his films and brad pitt is the only thing that deserves any kind of attention
Agreed the cinematography in “1917” was outstanding.
Once upon a time was slow, and tired. I am sick of seeing the same faces in movies too. But yeah, give the award to Harvey Weinstein’s buddy, who cares.
i haven't read the article but i agree with that quote
“I want an American director to win.” Ok, why does that matter?
This girl sounds like I wrote this lol this is how I think.
Both were pretty boring, but OUATIH was a stratospheric level of boring. The fight should be between Parasite, Jojo Rabbit, Ford vs Ferrari and Little Women
Nah 1917 is better
Whoever this actress is.... she’s almost certainly a Trump voter.
Congrats to her
Once upon a time in Hollywood was too good when I've watched it second time. Nothing but truth ‼️ It's an awesome movie with great actors and performance ❤️
OUATIH was the most bored I have ever been while watching a Tarantino movie. There... I said it.
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Great great great. This is much better than davidehrlich’s biased reviews. Agree on 90% of this.
MMandOscar Lol
how do you always find the worst people? or are they all like this secretly?
Aaaand this is why Oscar has been stagnating.
OH BOY OOHHHHHHHHH OOOOOOH OOOOOOOOOJGKJGJGKGJ
This woman is basing every single decision off of racism and xenophobia. It’s clear what she means every time she says something is or isnt “American” enough. People need to see these voters really are intentionally excluding diversity, and this article lets her dig the whole
This shit sounds like Faye Dunaway.
This is why we hate boomers, okay
jasonmatheson DawnAtDark StephaniesDish MSP_Traffic Yikes! “I want an American to win.” 🤦🏻♀️ This is a good example of why people don’t trust the results of these award shows anymore. It’s as bad as the Iowa caucus. 😄
Damn, this old bitty has some THOUGHTS.
Bong Joon-ho was right for calling the Oscars local
'The Cave and For Sama were basically the same movie with different characters, and neither explained the Syrian political climate well'...?!
fridarg
A white American actress in her 70s? (She said she was in LA in the 60s so...). She sounds like a bigot.
Did she even watch Marriage Story?
Wow
This person is awful.
If anything Foreign and 'regular' films should be combined into one category and a true best picture should be crowned.
Horrible take 🤦♂️
Honest girl
I look forward to these brutally honest Oscar ballots every year. They should be required reading for anyone who takes the Oscars a little too seriously. Makes you realize just how arbitrary awards shows are.
'I don't think foreign films should be nominated with the regular films...' 🙄
Does she really watch Little Women? And why people are so f*ckin crazy about Once upon a time in Hollywood? It was just fine, and by far not the best Tarantino's film. I haven't watch'em all, but still I think Little Women and Jojo Rabbit were way better.
Wow, reactions to this: so pro-American even though the Oscars are, let's face it, global. Since when should we indulge in nostalgia? (Hello OUATIH!) And finally: 'I haven't seen Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.' racsterls Or the shorts, including hairlove 🤷♀️oscarssowhite
What an awful person. 🤢
I’ll take “bad faith media criticism” for $500, Alex
😂😂😂
What an awful human being. SOOOOO many disturbing ideas on her rants.
HandofGlory666 This woman isn’t legit because she didn’t even vote for ParasiteMovie for Best International Film.
She is spot on about The Irishman was tho. If no one knew Scorsese directed it, it would’ve been critisized to hell.
Was this voter a 20-year old sorority girl?
Which unseasoned chicken shit actually said that?
Foreign films and regular films? Good God. The whole thing was distressing to read.
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Well, your article is trash.
I love reading what’s in the head of Oscar voters nowadays. I may not agree with some things but on this day and age some people on the public eye won’t be as truthful if they are not promised anonymity. This woman said she was in LA for the 60’s so she’s an older actress.
I hope it’s never leaked, who this woman actually is, she sounds not very kind.
That 'Little Women was confusing with the intertwined timelines' is just...ugh.
AliciaNava98 tagging you just so you can read the opening about little women and barf like I did
lmao Joker being a 'beautifully done film about mental illness' Just because one of the characters in the movie is mentally ill doesn't mean the movie has anything interesting or insightful to say about mental illness...
she said Joker was 'a beautifully done film about mental illness' ...🤮
SeanFennessey akdobbins
TeriHart have you read this?!
“Parasite is beautifully done, but I don't think foreign films should be nominated with the regular films.” TheAcademy said our members can have a little racism, as a treat
The only good decision she made through this was choosing anonymity. These xenophobic statements are outdated trash. Oscars are the gold standard of film and to exclude films based on nationality and language negates the prestige and accomplishment of the award.
Whoever this is should lose her academy membership.
she sounds dumb af
Also: foreign films and “regular” films? What an awful thing to say.
God this person sounds white
I agree that FordvFerrari should’ve got more attention & love in more categories. It was great. Her reasons for why she wouldn’t vote for people & movies were ridiculous. I will admit the same people keep getting nominated lately. It’s because they are good.
She really said she wants an American to win like this is the Olympics. I hate it here.
I don't Need this shit in My feed right now
If “Loud and Wrong” was a category I know who I’d be nominating! 🙄
ScottFeinberg The only thing that gave me a boost was seeing 1917 in for Score & FVF for Film Editing.
Holy shit I have never hated anyone more in my entire life.
lmao
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If this is the kind of person who has the power to vote for the Oscars it absolutely confirms that it’s a worthless exercise. It’s like reading Trump’s Oscar ballot. America good, foreigners bad! So little actual movie knowledge. Sigh.
So many things wrong with this process. Starting with actually seeing the movies to form an opinion. Leo 'has already won' so don't vote for him? That doesn't seem right to me. Hopefully not everyone thinks that way.
ScottFeinberg
I agree on a lot here but she sounds like a maga nut with the american this american that shit.
She said “Bombshell” HMU was just making the Fox News Ladies Hair BUT THEY TRANSFORMED JOHN LITHGOW ENTIRELY AND THIS WOMAN DEFINITELY HAD NO IDEA. 😂
Irishman racist boring vulgar old white men rotting, Weinstein legacy. 1st half hour Italian women smoking cigarettes pull the car over-driving miss daisy meets Sophia, then driving to an fro The Green book for gumbas. Go see kill the Irishman
This is why the Oscars need to audit their voting poll. Her bias is palpable. And let’s not ignore she’s making votes based on a person’s nationality Oscars2020 OscarsSoWhite
I have watched Irishman and I think the views of this Oscar voter are right on dot about it. Tarantino’s film is his worst yet probably can beat the weak line up. The days of exceptional cinema seem to be over. Most of the films are rehashes in terms of their writing & acting.
Anyways, Stan BONG JOON HO the mastermind who brought us the BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR!
Between 'I don't think foreign films should be nominated with the regular films.' and 'I want an American director to win. The Oscars is an American thing' I hope this idiot is in the minority of voters, but I could be wrong. Sp depressing. Parasite Bonghive
holy shit this lady sucks. No wonder Green Book won last year. The Producers was a comedy about the Nazis and Hitler 50 years ago, her fake offense at Jo-Jo Rabbit is transparent.
“brutally honest” can so often be interchangeable with “wrong and dumb” lol
This woman sounds awful
This article is great, except I only skimmed it, and also, Once Upon in Hollywood was the most boring-est dumb movie I’ve ever seen.
Wow
why do most of your 'brutally honest' oscar ballots make me wish i could lose the ability to read?
dark_swan te acuerdas que te compartí el del año pasado? Miraaaaa; lo hicieron again. 🤣🤣
Gross.
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