I'm Of The Opinion That If They Wanted Me To Watch Them They Would Send Me Copies.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14636441/Oscars-SLAMMED-reveal-voters-never-watched-films.html

Seriously though if I could afford it then it would probably be easier and more enjoyable to just watch the movies than having to piece them together from trailers and reviews. You should be able to see that my coverage of movies I have seen is much better than the coverage of ones I haven't.

Although that has always struck me as a downside of Academy membership. You have to analytically watch a lot of movies.