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Brutally honest ballot # 2. This one didn't like The Revenant either.

Greg wrote:

taki15 wrote:He reminds me of Billy Crystal's quip about movie executives in "Deconstructing Harry".

What is that?

He played the devil and said "For two years I ran a Hollywood studio. But you can't trust those people".

taki15 wrote:He reminds me of Billy Crystal's quip about movie executives in "Deconstructing Harry".

What is that?

He does sound like kind of an asshole, but I totally agree with everything he has to say about The Revenant.

anonymous1980 wrote:Here's the first of one of those brutally honest ballots. It's from the Executive branch of the Academy.

Wow! This guy sounds like a bona-fide jerk.
He reminds me of Billy Crystal's quip about movie executives in "Deconstructing Harry".

Here's the first of one of those brutally honest ballots. It's from the Executive branch of the Academy.

The veteran Oscar winning actress must be Melisa Leo. The resume + the empathy with the hardship of filming in the snow leave no other option (I find it hard to believe it's Julie Christie. Maybe Diane Keaton?)

Well, I said earlier how I feel that actors rarely win with sympathy votes. But if Stallone wins, I suppose this will be one of those rare cases. However, I must say that the category is relatively weak this year, which I think is usually the case when Academy members vote for the performer rather than the performance.

UGH, the reasons most of those voters give for picking Stallone just make one gag.

Here's the annual article on how a small (6 from different branches) sampling of the Academy voted.

In summary, Picture, Director and Supporting Actress are all over the place. But Leo, Brie and Stallone all won their categories handily in this small random sampling so this should bode well for them