Brian Earl Spilner said:

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2 anonymous Oscars voters said they didn’t vote for Ralph Fiennes because “he won before”

They both believed he won an Oscar for ‘SCHINDLER’S LIST’, which he didn’t.

(Source: https://t.co/1wXgEwkQlt) pic.twitter.com/9mBI5IVkgy

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) February 25, 2025

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Fiennes was incredible and it was a beautifully shot movie. I also thought the sound design was incredible.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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2 anonymous Oscars voters said they didn’t vote for Ralph Fiennes because “he won before”

They both believed he won an Oscar for ‘SCHINDLER’S LIST’, which he didn’t.

(Source: https://t.co/1wXgEwkQlt) pic.twitter.com/9mBI5IVkgy

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) February 25, 2025

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These people are legitimately ******ed. How many people vote? These people are not willing to do 30 seconds of research for something like this and they expect the rest of us to GAF about these things? Coupled with all the abstain votes from the other tweet, if Hollywood types can't even be bothered to pay attention to their industry, it sure makes it harder for the common person.

Bunk Moreland said:

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double aught said:

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A bad reason to base your vote on. Plus the reason isn't even correct.

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That's about as bad as the one-off baseball writers who refused to vote for anyone 1st ballot because "if Babe Ruth wasn't unanimous, nobody should be"

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Jabba the Conlin bragged about being the one writer to not vote for Nolan Ryan.

maroon barchetta said:

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Jabba the Conlin bragged about being the one writer to not vote for Nolan Ryan.

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Ryan wasn't named on 6 ballots.

YokelRidesAgain said:

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maroon barchetta said:

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Jabba the Conlin bragged about being the one writer to not vote for Nolan Ryan.

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Ryan wasn't named on 6 ballots.

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Alright.

Jabba was the one attention hooring the most about it.

It was a bit of a down year overall. Lots of good movies, but not many great ones. So much so that I can't really rank, so I'll put them in tiers.

Tier 1:
A Complete Unknown
Anora
Conclave
Wicked

Tier 2:
The Brutalist
Dune 2

Tier 3:
Emilia Perez
Nickel Boys

Tier 4:
The Substance

Still haven't seen "I'm Still Here" and probably won't get to before the show.

My favorite movie of the year:
Sing Sing

I love a good Best Picture montage...

Presenting this year’s Best Picture nominees:

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• I'm Still Here
• Nickel Boys
• The Substance
• Wicked

Watch the 97th #Oscars LIVE on Sunday, March 2nd, at 7e/4p on ABC and Hulu. pic.twitter.com/LW3ePtHAjj

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 27, 2025

Have the "anonymous" voting results ever been leaked or shared before? Or is my algorithm just pumping these at me? Seems strange that this is a thing all of a sudden if not being released prior years. But I do hope it turns the tide to help make this somewhat of an enjoyable awards show again. Or get some new voters in there.

This has been a thing for a few years now, unfortunately.

I always wished they published the final voting tallies to see how close the races were.

I am curious how many best picture films the average person sees in the theater. Not sure this venue is average but I'd be curious to know anyway.

Here's a good list of all the winners over time.
https://www.widescreenings.com/list-best-picture-oscar.html

Obviously when you were born matters as well. For instance, I went to see Rocky with my dad when I was 8. After that, I didn't see an Oscar winner in the theater again until I saw Platoon. Here's my list, what's yours?


1976 - Rocky
1986- Platoon
1988 - Rain Man
1991 - The Silence of the Lambs
1992 - Unforgiven
1994 - Forrest Gump
1995 - Braveheart
1997 - Titanic
1999- American Beauty
2000 - Gladiator
2003 - Return of the King
2006 - The Departed
2007 - No Country for Old Men
2008 - Slumdog Millionaire
2010 - the King's Speech
2012 - Argo

The Original Houston 1836 said:

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I am curious how many best picture films the average person sees in the theater. Not sure this venue is average but I'd be curious to know anyway.

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There was a time, probably 20 years ago, I made it a point to see every picture that was nominated for Best Picture. I did this for probably 7 or 8 years, until at one point it just dawned on me. Most of the movies nominated for Best Picture are bad.

I consider myself a way bigger cinephile than the average person, and I've seen 6/10 BP nominees this year.

I imagine most people have seen 3 or less. If that.

AustinAg2K said:

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The Original Houston 1836 said:

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I am curious how many best picture films the average person sees in the theater. Not sure this venue is average but I'd be curious to know anyway.

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There was a time, probably 20 years ago, I made it a point to see every picture that was nominated for Best Picture. I did this for probably 7 or 8 years, until at one point it just dawned on me. Most of the movies nominated for Best Picture are bad.

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Responding to my own post after looking at the list, and it looks like from about 1994 - 2008, I saw every BP nominee. I don't think I am being fair, though, saying most of those were bad. About half were very good, and half were meh. In some years, nearly everything was great (94, 97, 00 stick out to me). After about 2008, I saw about half the BP nominees until about 2015. That's when, at least for me, there became a huge disconnect between what I liked and what the Academy was nominating. After 2015, I stopped going to see movies simply because they were nominated and just went to see movies I was interested in.

Conan O’Brien helped bury both of his parents, then his home was evacuated during the LA fires.

Now he’s been living in a hotel — with a sentimental letter taken from his home on the wall — as he prepares to host the Oscars. pic.twitter.com/fsFyhu5R4w

— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) March 1, 2025

This. There should be new spots/trailers every commercial break, celebrating the year to come, as the awards themselves obviously celebrate the year we just had...

COOL FACT: Film advertising including trailers have been banned since the first #Oscars telecast in 1953 to avoid accusations that studio money influenced the outcome of the awards.

While this was definitely a great policy back then, we think the time has come for change. Make… pic.twitter.com/5jPSBSKjqe

— TrailerTrack (@trailertrack) March 2, 2025

So will they mention that super talented actor Orenthal James during the In Memoriam.

TCTTS said:

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This. There should be new spots/trailers every commercial break, celebrating the year to come, as the awards themselves obviously celebrate the year we just had...

COOL FACT: Film advertising including trailers have been banned since the first #Oscars telecast in 1953 to avoid accusations that studio money influenced the outcome of the awards.

While this was definitely a great policy back then, we think the time has come for change. Make… pic.twitter.com/5jPSBSKjqe

— TrailerTrack (@trailertrack) March 2, 2025

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If they were trying to avoid accusations of studio money influence, they failed.

The official order of awards for tonight’s #Oscars:

Best Supporting Actor
Best Costume Design
Best Original Score
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Best Live-Action Short Film
Best Animated Short Film
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Screenplay
Best Supporting Actress
Best Original… pic.twitter.com/n76MaXnmge

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) March 2, 2025

Any surprises tonight? Or will it be
Anora - Best Picture
Brody - Best Actor
Moore - Best Actress
Culkin - Supporting Actor
Saldana - Supporting Actress
Bake - Best Director
Conclave - Adapted Screenplay
Anora - Original Screenplay

I'll be bummed if Ariana Grande doesn't win for Wicked.

I'm zagging on Best Actress & Actor, otherwise the same...

Best Picture = Anora
Best Director = Baker
Best Actress = Madison
Best Actor = Chalamet
Best Supporting Actress = Saldana
Best Supporting Actor = Culkin
Best Original Screenplay = Anora
Best Adapted Screenplay = Conclave

I'm with you except Actor and Actress. I think Brody and Moore win, although I'd love to see Chalamet win, as he had the far more impressive performance imo.

Also think A Real Pain and The Substance might have an outside shot at Original Screenplay.

Here's what I'm rooting for

Best Picture: The Brutalist (Concave over Anora if it's down to that)
Best Actor: Brody
Best Actress: Moore
Best Supporting Actor: Pearce
Best Supporting Actress: Rossellini
Director: Corbet
Original Screenplay: A Real Pain
Adapted Screenplay: Conclave

I'm rooting for Emilia Perez to sweep. I've never seen the movie, nor do I think I ever will. From the clips I've seen, it looks really bad, which is exactly why I'm rooting for it.