Buckle up: Academy members are already offering their anonymous takes

[gumby]

Variety said journalists were hesitant to reach out to members given the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, but voters, surprisingly, initiated contact

Comments

[sibylblack]

-Voters in the producers' and directors' branches admire Clint Eastwood's "Juror No. 2"

Nicholas Hoult was great but the movie was nothing special, are they serious?

[lamppost1911]

Right?? I enjoyed it to an extent - it gave me 90s vibes, but only so much. Wish there was more Cedric Yarbrough. He really brought something.

[unintentionalty]

It felt like a well done TV movie

[sibylblack]

That is a good way of explaining it!

[smilla_sini]

Felicity deserves better.

[madamezuzu]

her best performance by far. [Spoiler (click to open)]to be a voice over for the whole first act, never speaking english, yet being such a dominating force. truly her most impressive performance (and just the strength of the writing in general)

[reptilia___]

Guy Pearce is the only person from The Brutalist I care about and he probably won't be nominated.

I'm okay with Ariana being in the supporting category. Wicked is focused on Elphaba and I feel like the story would still move forward even without Glinda.

[jojito]

I agree. Glinda is an important character but it's Elphaba's movie. I don't think it's fraud.

[champagnexdream]

I def think they’re co-leads BUT this is a reasonable take, especially compared to a couple other category frauds

[theactualworst]

I’m so sick of JLC. Please no.

[yousaidlog]

Just watched A Real Pain and yeah, Kieran should be submitted in the lead category instead lol

[champagnexdream]

They are def co-leads

[sister]

i agree he was 100% the lead, i don't even think they were co-leads in this to be honest, like by design. the melodrama, fun, depression, cringe, and anxiety were all tonal beats set by kieran's character with everyone forced to live through them. jesse's character is a great way to show living through all the emotions you have to deal with by watching kieran's character... but this also makes him a supporting and kieran the lead. sometimes i'm shocked by the category distinction 😭

[unintentionalty]

The film is ultimately from Jesse's character's POV though so I don't think Kieran is THE lead. He's just the more active character.