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Can't say I appreciate their taste in what constitutes a great foreign film. Some good choices, but some pretty awful ones. (Not too foreign, something Hollywood would make.)

Brian C wrote:Let them eat Red Vines!!

Gibson was chewing on his earlier like someone who is badly wrestling with quitting smoking. Not sure if he is, but it looked very familiar.

hearthesilence wrote:I can appreciate the idea - I mean, the Oscar ceremony for most people is gawking at celebrities on TV, so why not take that concept to its ridiculous conclusion and have it become a tour stop?

It's a gag from his show that could have easily gone terribly, but Kimmel pulled it together. I reckon Aniston's getting her sunglasses back tho.

Rogen's an odd choice, but praise be for these sorta-lengthy hat tips to classic films.

I'm not gonna lie, when I saw the movie and again now with that clip of the flamethrower in Hacksaw Ridge, I thought of Rushmore.

F-ing hell man, Hacksaw Ridge?

I hope I'm not thinking that 60-90 minutes from now.

Kimmel is mostly fine but one too many eye-rolls at technical categories, little seen films, etc that feel like punching down.

Now the Russians are just being assholes

I'm guessing that much of the praise for Hacksaw Ridge in technical categories is keeping in mind its minuscule budget (for a period war film of its scale). The producers deserve the most recognition for managing that, but it's really amazing how expensive it felt and looked and sounded, considering.

From Patton Oswalt's Twitter - Would not have predicted Walmart doing a "Five Obstructions" experiment but here we are. #Oscars

This has gotta be on track to be the longest Oscars in a while, right? There's still like half the awards left

domino harvey wrote:This has gotta be on track to be the longest Oscars in a while, right? There's still like half the awards left

Aside from the tour bus bit, it's felt pretty economical, too

Forget what I said, the banter leading up to technical awards highlights felt needlessly lengthy/schticky

And insulting.

domino harvey wrote:This has gotta be on track to be the longest Oscars in a while, right? There's still like half the awards left

They still have to sing the two La La Land songs. As much as I like the opening they could save a lot of time cutting out/down the Best Song performances.

La La Land kinda has to win cinematography, right?

Unfortunately, because Silence totally deserved it

Brian C wrote:La La Land kinda has to win cinematography, right?

And thank God it did!

Hey, it can still happen.

I hate, hate, hate Mean Tweets, for the same reason that I would oppose giving interviews to the idiots that run on the field at sporting events. Any more of a spotlight on Twitter assholes is too much spotlight.

The Oscars give us all a little something to hate tonite

domino harvey wrote:The Oscars give us all a little something to hate tonite

ha! I'm with you, totally don't understand why one would spend 3+ hours of their time watching a program they detest.

Legend is really making me appreciate how the film version of this song wasn't awful.

Black Hat wrote:

domino harvey wrote:The Oscars give us all a little something to hate tonite

ha! I'm with you, totally don't understand why one would spend 3+ hours of their time watching a program they detest.

It's like Wagner - you sit through hours of tedium so you can experience those precious few sublime moments.