Monday, March 11, 2024

Burning Questions from the 2024 Oscars

 

 
Are we tired of Oscar hosts inserting themselves into clips of the Best Picture nominees?

Were you at least relieved it was just one?

Wasn't Jimmy Kimmel right that the show started already running behind?

Were you counting down the minutes until we got a joke about the length of this year's Best Picture nominees?

Or a De Niro age gap joke?

Or how about Robert Downey Jr.'s drug addiction?

Didn't RDJ less than thrilled?

Can you really blame him?

Was Messi the dog the best part of Kimmel's monologue? 

Or was it his shot at Katie Britt's State of the Union response?

Isn't it a great idea to finally have a Casting Oscar? 

When you saw the previous Supporting Actress winners come out on the stage were you thinking, "Oh no not this again?"

Were each of those introductions as long as an entire acceptance speech?

Did that just ruin any plans of the show not going over time?

Wouldn't it be more beneficial to show a clip from each nominee?

Would that have felt like an even bigger waste of time if Da'Vine Joy Randolph somehow didn't win?
 
Was that David Allan Grier? 
 
Didn't you just know Myazaki wouldn't show up?
 
Do voters even care?
 
Wasn't it great that the orchestra played that instrumental version of P.I.M.P. when Anatomy of a Fall won Original Screenplay?
 
Can you imagine if The Holdovers actually won that in light of the recent plagiarism allegations?
 
Wasn't that a solid speech from Cord Jefferson?
 
Did Billie Eilish's "What Was I Made For?" performance make you more certain it would win Best Song?
 
Is Michael Keaton back to collect his stolen Oscar for Birdman?
 
Or stolen nomination for The Founder?
 
After wins for Makeup, Costume and Production Design, wasn't it clear Poor Things would be cleaning up?
 
Was Lily Gladstone starting to get worried? 
 
Is there anything John Cena won't do?
 
Between him, The Rock and Bad Bunny, has WWE fully taken over this show? 
 
Wasn't Blunt and Gosling's "Barbenheimer" bit pretty funny?
 
Shouldn't there be a Stunt Oscar already?
 
Did you remember that Tim Robbins won Best Supporting Actor for Mystic River?
 
Did he jump the gun a bit in calling De Niro's Flower Moon performance Oscar-winning?
 
Didn't it take longer than you expected for Oppenheimer's first two wins?

Is there any audience member better at playing along with these bits than Spielberg? 
 
Weren't you relieved they didn't start playing off 20 Days in Mariupol director Mstyslav Chernov during his acceptance speech?
 
Are we finally getting that Twins sequel? 
 
Wasn't that an awesome Batman bit with Schwarzenegger, DeVito and Keaton? 
 
Were the Godzilla Minus One winners holding more Oscars or Godzilla figures?
 
Wes Anderson wins his first Oscar but isn't there?
 
Were the Best Song performances getting shorter and shorter?
 
Is that really something to complain about? 
 
How about John Mulaney's Field of Dreams dissection?
 
Did that make you want to see the movie again right now?
 
Should he host this show next year?
 
For his sake, do you hope he turns it down?    
 
How wild was Gosling's "I'm Just Ken" performance?

Didn't we all just know it would be? 
 
For just a second there, did you consider John Williams could win his sixth Oscar at age 92?

Is Billie Eilish the only one who didn't see that win coming? 
 
Didn't the earlier start time really, really help this show?  
 
Did you almost forget they still have to get to the In Memorium segment?
 
Were you curious how they'd screw it up this year?
 
Didn't we lose a lot of big names? 
 
How surreal was it to see Paul Reubens and Matthew Perry were two of them? 

What was with that huge, unreadable block of names they just threw up there? 

And the nonsensical camera angles?

Are they ever going to get this thing right?

Lance Reddick?

Treat Williams?
 
Wasn't that a great group of former Best Actor winners they picked as presenters? 
 
Can we please get Nicolas Cage nominated for something again soon? 
 
Wasn't it a pretty safe bet Spielberg would present Best Director?
 
Was it an even safer one that Christopher Nolan would win?
 
Isn't it weird that Jessica Lange won her Best Actress Oscar for the otherwise completely forgettable Blue Sky?
 
How about the look of utter shock and disbelief on Stone's face when her name was read?  

Did everyone's prediction scores take a nosedive after that?

Was all the love for Poor Things in other categories a good indication this could happen for her?
 
Did you think that Trump tweet was just a joke at first?
 
Can anyone really be surprised it was real? 
 
Could Al Pacino have read the Best Picture winner any more casually?  

Shouldn't we just be grateful the correct winner was announced? 

Well, that whole show was relatively painless, wasn't it?
 
For all the criticism Kimmel gets, is there really anyone else that audience would be able to tolerate? 

Wasn't it nice to have this telecast end on the same date it began for a change? 


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