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[Cosmozone]

Pretty bummed that Miller didn't get best director, with everyone else thanking him. It happened before, I guess. I'm kinda OK with Ex Machine stealing that FX Oscar, but I got the feeling that the category was interpreted as better CGI and the most outstanding technical feature of Mad Max, the practical stuntwork, went under the bus.

In the end, I only hoped for more, but didn't really expect it. Still sad. At least Mad Max won two more Oscars than T2.

 

[MIMIC]

Yeah, so what?? Found Mad Max way better than the rest.

OK. Just asking

 

[fleck0]

All I cared about was Emmanuel Lubezki winning cinematography 3 years straight. Leo was good and all but Revenant's true achievement was the photography.

 

[HK-47]

holy fucking lol

I joked earlier in the season that Mad Max would be this year's Grand Budapest Hotel and it was.

What does that mean?

 

[Good Job Bob]

My boy Inarritu is the best Mexican director in the business

Children of Men and Y Tu Mama Tambien are better than anything he's done.

 

[woen]

Nobody cares but a 87 yo italien giant won his first Oscar tonight. That main theme was so good.

The sale with Innaritu is all over the place, please someone do something with the haters.

 

[LeonSPBR]

OK. Just asking

I didn't find any choice bad, but Mad Max IMO was better than the rest.

 

[SlickVic]

This is the first Oscars in a good while I had the time to watch the whole way through. Glad I did as it certainly was fun, from the initial intro of movie mash ups (hopefully that has found its way to Youtube by now as it certainly got me hyped for the awards) to ending on "Fight the Power". I have no idea how divisive opinions will be on Chris Rock's performance as the host, but personally felt he did a great job entertaining while addressing the controversy.

As someone who just doesn't spend much time following film, I love the Oscars as a way to discover movies that I just hadn't taken the time to find out about before. From the documentaries to even some of the bigger award nominations. I'm probably revealing my ignorance by admitting that I had not really heard about Room or Spotlight until a few days ago. But it gives a lot of food for thought to watch over the next few months for me, and that's certainly exciting.

Other stray thoughts. Louis CK hands down the best presenter of the night for me. And even if one were to take offense at him poking fun at the folks behind short documentary, I don't think there was anything mean spirited there. Moreover I'm guessing he probably helped to draw more attention to that category than it typically has gotten in years past, which is awesome.
Also was nice to see Daisy Ridley presenting as well with a short break from Episode VIII filming I'm guessing.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Nobody cares but a 87 yo italien giant won his first Oscar tonight. That main theme was so good.

Yep now that one was long overdue.

 

[HK-47]

Children of Men and Y Tu Mama Tambien are better than anything he's done.

It is known.

 

[Jonm1010]

What does that mean?

Actual best film that only ended up winning technical awards?

 

[LiK]

Nobody cares but a 87 yo italien giant won his first Oscar tonight. That main theme was so good.

I'm glad it wasn't John Williams cuz TFA music was meh at best

 

[TheAutomator]

My boy Inarritu is the best Mexican director in the business

Nah. Cuarón.

 

[MHWilliams]

So does Leo's curse pass on to Tom Hardy now?

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Pretty bummed that Miller didn't get best director, with everyone else thanking him. It happened before, I guess. I'm kinda OK with Ex Machine stealing that FX Oscar, but I got the feeling that the category was interpreted as better CGI and the most outstanding technical feature of Mad Max, the practical stuntwork, went under the bus.

In the end, I only hoped for more, but didn't really expect it. Still sad. At least Mad Max won two more Oscars than T2.

The fact that most of the visual effects work in Mad Max was invisible should speak volumes to how good of a job they did on it. But, it is probably also what hurt its chances of winning the Visual Effects Oscar in the end.

Ex Machina still had top notch work, and especially impressive considering the film had a budget of only $15m.

 

[HoJu]

the sound editing montage was probably the best thing of the night.

 

[HK-47]

Actual best film that only ended up winning technical awards?

But the actual best film was Whiplash.

Spoiler

And GBH is total oscar bait, even though its excellent.

 

[Mestizo]

OMG Hahaha

lmao

 

[greatgeek]

I'm glad it wasn't John Williams cuz TFA music was meh at best

Rey's Theme tho.

 

[Lonely1]

My boy Inarritu is the best Mexican director in the business

I like Cuarón films better. And Del Toro is always lots of fun and of the few that can make decent horror flicks.

 

[R-User!]

Well, Congrats to all the winners....

..right now, I'm "fanging it" watching Warboys eat'n dirt!

So glad the Editor won!!! She put sooooo much time into Fury Road that I would have been legitimately bummed had she not won.

Witness!!!!!

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Nobody cares but a 87 yo italien giant won his first Oscar tonight. That main theme was so good.

The sale with Innaritu is all over the place, please someone do something with the haters.

I'm so happy he finally got one. At the same time, the score doesn't quite compare to his bests.

 

[LiK]

Rey's Theme tho.

Well, okay. You got me there.

 

[The Beard]

All I cared about was Emmanuel Lubezki winning cinematography 3 years straight. Leo was good and all but Revenant's true achievement was the photography.

Agreed. It was beautifully shot. Lubezki is awesome.

The Revenant should've won BP. So many haters in here.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

the sound editing montage was probably the best thing of the night

I hope they put it on YouTube.

 

[FZZ]

https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/704173836372217857

 

[HK-47]

Rey's Theme tho.

One decent song.

 

[UberTag]

All I cared about was Emmanuel Lubezki winning cinematography 3 years straight. Leo was good and all but Revenant's true achievement was the photography.

You are not wrong. Lubezki was the standout contributor to that movie. He's in a league of his own.

 

[friskykillface]

https://twitter.com/LeoAndHisOscar

yes

haha I love accounts like this. was reading all the tweets

 

[OriginofHysteria]

So does Leo's curse pass on to Tom Hardy now?

I was just thinking that Tom Hardy was in two movies that got nominated for best picture...didn't get either lol

 

[Mestizo]

Children of Men and Y Tu Mama Tambien are better than anything he's done.

Nice try, but Amores Perros is far better.

 

[HK-47]

You are not wrong. Lubezki was the standout contributor to that movie. He's in a league of his own.

I still kinda like Sicario better. Poor Deakins.

 

[Mr. Tibbs]

Hey Welles totally deserved the screenplay award. And a bunch of other ones, but they didnt get that wrong.

Of course he did, and Kubrick and Ashby deserved their respective awards, too. I was just commenting that the Academy Awards like to play it safe, which is frustrating because every once in a while someone incredibly talented and deserving of recognition manages to come up for contention, and the voters just refuse to take a risk.

It's like when Robert Redford beat out Richard Rush, David Lynch, and Martin Scorsese in 1980 for Ordinary People, or Kramer versus Kramer even being up for contention in 1979.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

What does that mean?

Movie sweeping the technical awards, but ignored in the big awards.

 

[Monocle]

One decent song.

Oh, there were loads of decent songs in TFA. Just no really strong themes. The score works very well in the context of the movie though. Lots of nice subtleties that highlight little moments.

 

[FTF]

Personally, I can't quite get over Ex Machina winning best VFX. You have to go back to 1970 to find a film beat BP noms in that category.

I kind of hate this argument, but it really does feel like Revenant and Mad Max (and possibly Star Wars) split votes, allowing Ex Machina, a film which probably didn't have much overlap with its voters, to sneak in.

True, forgot about Ex Machina winning sfx. I just feel that was a case of "let's give it to the little guy who did more with less, anyone can make a movie look good with $150+m, etc."

 

[Kazaam]

My boy Inarritu is the best Mexican director in the business

Not even close. There are far better mexican directors than the 3 most popular ones: Cuaron, Inarritu and Del Toro. And he's not even the better one of these 3.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

True, forgot about Ex Machina winning sfx. I just feel that was a case of let's give it to the little guy who did more with less, anyone can make a movie look good with $150+m, etc.

Tell that to Gods of Egypt.

 

[EroticSushi]

Did he really win though?

 

[Jonm1010]

But the actual best film was Whiplash.

Spoiler

And GBH is total oscar bait, even though its excellent.

I could accept arguments for either film. They were both excellent.

Also I wouldn't really call GBH oscar bait. At all really. Oscar bait to me is targeted prestige pictures. There were a TON of actual Oscar bait movies last year though. Most kinda fell pretty hard though: Theory of Everything, Foxcatcher, Imitation Game, St. Vincent.

 

[Jarmel]

I still kinda like Sicario better. Poor Deakins.

Deakins will win eventually. Just needs to find an off year for Lubezki.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

So does Leo's curse pass on to Tom Hardy now?

Amy Adams. Five noms, no statues to show for it.

 

[HK-47]

Of course he did, and Kubrick and Ashby deserved their respective awards, too. I was just commenting that the Academy Awards like to play it safe, which is frustrating because every once in a while someone incredibly talented and deserving of recognition manages to come up for contention, and the voters just refuse to take a risk.

It's like when Robert Redford beat out Richard Rush, David Lynch, and Martin Scorsese in 1980 for Ordinary People, or Kramer versus Kramer even being up for contention in 1979.

Well with Kane it wasnt so much the Academy playing it safe as Hearst blackballing the film in every way possible. But I understand.

 

[Josh5890]

Tell that to Gods of Egypt.

or John Carter

 

[Aureon]

Nobody cares but a 87 yo italien giant won his first Oscar tonight. That main theme was so good.

The sale with Innaritu is all over the place, please someone do something with the haters.

Yeah, that oscar was half a century overdue.
Now let's get Sergio Leone that posthumous career award...

 

[Keihart]

The Martian's success for me is proving to Hollywood that non-fantastical, realistic, adult Sci Fi without ramped up draconian characteristics can be successful.

I want more uplifting Sci Fi like The Martian or Contact.

Amen brother!

 

[The Beard]

Tell that to Gods of Egypt.

True lol

It blows my mind that that turd cost $140 million.

 

[FTF]

Tell that to Gods of Egypt.

Ha oh I agree...I'm just figuring that was their rationale.

 

[Kazaam]

All I cared about was Emmanuel Lubezki winning cinematography 3 years straight. Leo was good and all but Revenant's true achievement was the photography.

Third undeserved Oscar. But I guess that's how the academy awards work now: do great works, win awards for your not so good ones later.

 

[User 73706]

How come Leo doesn't have a time limit?