[Karma Police]

Originally Posted by lasha4god (View Post) So happy for Spike Lee and Into the Spider-verse for winning Oscars in their respective categories.

Same!

Also really happy about Regina King winning! Mahershala Ali winning his second Oscar. Though I wish it was for a different movie.

I read on Twitter that Spike Lee talked about the oscarssowhite campaign, how it opened a lot of doors for POC. The creator of the campaign was invited to this year’s Oscars, she must have had a great time.

[Crystal Clear]

The highlight of Oscars night - Spike Lee jumping into Samuel L Jackson's arms.


Everything else? Meh.

[Elif_ZV]

Originally Posted by atwoodsmariano (View Post) you got your wish

I am surprised

Originally Posted by Butterfly85 (View Post) Surprisingly, the show wasn't that bad and I wasn't bored to death for once. It also wasn't excruciatingly long, no host seems to work best.

I definitely agree

[Logan]

I did my normal after first 30 min change the channel till like 40 min left in the broadcast .
Best picture winner was a surprise, some wanted or had other movies as a sure bet . Black Panther was not one of them nor should it have been . Black Klansmen was good as was The Favorite . Never saw A Star is born but it got original song ..

Also really happy about Regina King winning! Mahershala Ali winning his second Oscar. Though I wish it was for a different movie.

Regina long time favorite actress , don't want to hear about white washing the Oscars , Two african american actors won Oscars , A spanish director took home best director .
The winners ,I thought where very diverse ..

[GardenSirens]

I loved so many of the winners yesterday but really felt the show was unprofessional and misorganized. Not having a host was just one of the things. The awkward camera in people's faces on the stage, the fact that the HUGE stage was dwarfed by the set design giving us 20% of the stage visible....and those first few speeches, minus Regina King, were just awkward. Those moments of silence shouldn't be allowed. People need to be briefed. I really hope they get their crap together for next year because this just didn't feel like it had the class it usually has.

Also, yay for Gaga!!

[Crystal Clear]

Originally Posted by GardenSirens (View Post) I really felt the show was unprofessional and misorganized. Not having a host was just one of the things. The awkward camera in people's faces on the stage, the fact that the HUGE stage was dwarfed by the set design giving us 20% of the stage visible....and those first few speeches, minus Regina King, were just awkward. Those moments of silence shouldn't be allowed. People need to be briefed. I really hope they get their crap together for next year because this just didn't feel like it had the class it usually has.

Here, here It felt like they were trying to be clever by cancelling a host, as if they were proving a point after they shoved Kevin Hart to the side. Personally, I'm tired of seeing Tina Fey and Amy Poehler co-host these things... And there they were again last night, hogging the spotlight. I just don't find them funny.

Plus, every speech is just so heavy on the political tones with Spike Lee blatantly going into discussion about it... I like the guy but I'm tired of people sidelining their delight over winning and instead using these award shows as a platform for getting people to vote - there used to be a time where people just got on stage, thanked their families and movie directors, and graciously left.

That said, this made me giggle (under tags for swearing) -

Spoiler:

[JoJoF92]

I was happy about most of the winners though there wasn't anything special about the show. I think Ellen should host it every year, it'd definitely be funny don't know why they went without a host this year, it was really missing something

[atwoodsmariano]

I think there were both pros and cons to not having a host this year

pros being the show moving along a bit faster and cons being I guess a bit disorganized?

Ellen was the last Oscars host I actually really liked (all the hosts after her have been pretty meh)

yeah I'm with you Gwen although I feel like it was somewhat better this year and not as politically charged/preachy/using the show as a platform to speak as it has been the last 3 years

haha that's pretty funny Gwen

Originally Posted by Elif_ZV (View Post) I am surprised

I'm not too surprised though. Usually they like to pick more artistic films and not necessarily the most popular one/the one that made the most money at the box office at the Oscars for Best Picture plus I've noticed that they have a tendency to like shocking people sometimes with their winner choices (more unpredictable than the Golden Globes)

[Karma Police]

Winners have used the stage to bring up important issues for decades, it's not a new development. I have respect for those who dare to speak up, using their platform to do good.

[Mi||iê Måë]

I loved the performance from Queen and Gaga and Cooper. Malek winning was awesome but most other stuff I didn't care for.

[lasha4god]

I completely disagree about speeches not being for important issues. You earned an award with hard work and dedication. You should be able to speak as you wish.

Spike Lee never mentioned names or told viewers who to vote for only that we side with love not hate come the next voting season. His doing so didn't take away from his joy of winning it just made it more powerful.

[Mi||iê Måë]

I completely disagree about speeches not being for important issues. You earned an award with hard work and dedication. You should be able to speak as you wish.

It's so rude of them to play them off or turn off the mic, I hated that.

[Elif_ZV]

Originally Posted by Karma Police (View Post) Winners have used the stage to bring up important issues for decades, it's not a new development. I have respect for those who dare to speak up, using their platform to do good.

Nice

There is an ununderstandable hate for Bohemian Rhapsody on Twiter that saddens me

[Karma Police]

Is it related to Bryan Singer?

[Elif_ZV]

no, the movie itself, and towards Rami, too