I had to leave an Oscars party early, and missed my window to rewind on Hulu…which meant ignoring any and all media until I could catch a rerun online.
Now that I’ve caught up: I’m mostly happy with the awards. I’m sad about the Flower Moon shut out (Gladstone most crucially, but also I was really rooting for the late Robbie Robertson to pull an upset and win for score, and Prieto to win cinematography) and wish Barbie had won Production Design at least. But otherwise I can’t really complain. My favorites (Past Lives and Perfect Days) didn’t win anything, but I never seriously expected them to—despite being my personal picks, I do think these awards are also about honoring high impact achievements, and I’m not convinced I’d have voted differently if I were in the Academy’s shoes. I genuinely liked all 10 Best Picture Nominees this year! Even my least favorite, Poor Things, was totally deserving in my opinion. And while I’d have awarded Gladstone and Hüller over Stone, her performance was truly undeniable. There’s no Green Book or Bohemian Rhapsody in the whole bunch.
An Oppenighter as predictions foresaw, but I was then expecting the rest of the gold to be more shared with the rest of the field. Had not expected multiple craft wins for Poor Things, though Stone winning Best Actress was the biggest surprise. Happiest for Miyazaki and the Godzilla Minus One team prevailing in their sole, respective categories. Overall, an ok ceremony - glad there weren't many forced comedic/cringe segments to pad out the runtime.
I had to leave an Oscars party early, and missed my window to rewind on Hulu…which meant ignoring any and all media until I could catch a rerun online.
Now that I’ve caught up: I’m mostly happy with the awards. I’m sad about the Flower Moon shut out (Gladstone most crucially, but also I was really rooting for the late Robbie Robertson to pull an upset and win for score, and Prieto to win cinematography) and wish Barbie had won Production Design at least. But otherwise I can’t really complain. My favorites (Past Lives and Perfect Days) didn’t win anything, but I never seriously expected them to—despite being my personal picks, I do think these awards are also about honoring high impact achievements, and I’m not convinced I’d have voted differently if I were in the Academy’s shoes. I genuinely liked all 10 Best Picture Nominees this year! Even my least favorite, Poor Things, was totally deserving in my opinion. And while I’d have awarded Gladstone and Hüller over Stone, her performance was truly undeniable. There’s no Green Book or Bohemian Rhapsody in the whole bunch.
Jonathan Glazer's speech when Zone of Interest won International Feature! It's noticeably missing from the Academy's YouTube page.
I found the performance of Wahzhazhe to be very powerful, and in that moment, I was sad knowing that it was going to lose.
No mention of Glazer’s speech? I thought that was so moving, especially considering the film’s subject matter
Thx so much for this encapsulation of the show since I wasn’t able to watch it. 👍🏼
Cena presented for Best Costume, not Actor.
An Oppenighter as predictions foresaw, but I was then expecting the rest of the gold to be more shared with the rest of the field. Had not expected multiple craft wins for Poor Things, though Stone winning Best Actress was the biggest surprise. Happiest for Miyazaki and the Godzilla Minus One team prevailing in their sole, respective categories. Overall, an ok ceremony - glad there weren't many forced comedic/cringe segments to pad out the runtime.