Of Course Oscar Voters Still Aren't Watching All the Movies

"I put Frankenstein at number 10 because I haven't seen it, which is unfair, but I ran out of time and decided to check the box indicating that I had so that I could support other films. This admission from an Academy documentary branch member demonstrates voters are openly acknowledging they're circumventing the new certification requirement."

"Since the academy's screening room counts a movie as watched only if it's viewed in its entirety, this voter told me they planned on restarting Marty Supreme one night and running it on mute so he could vote in the lead actor category. I'd seen enough. Watching Timothée Chalamet play another pingpong tournament wouldn't make me change my mind."

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences implemented a new rule requiring members to certify they've watched all films in a category before voting. However, the rule operates on an honor system where voters can simply check a box attesting they've seen films elsewhere if they haven't watched Academy screeners. Multiple voters have publicly admitted to lying about watching films to cast votes anyway. Some have discovered loopholes, such as briefly restarting films to technically meet viewing requirements without watching complete content. This undermines the rule's intended purpose of ensuring informed voting while raising questions about the integrity of the voting process.

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