That was really the brutal Oscar ceremony. And that is not a spelling mistake. Let’s put it this way: On Sunday before, Harry Styles ran the Tokyo Marathon and took less time than this Oscar ceremony. But about that 97. Oscar ceremony To see positively: Adrien Brody only gave a speech. Conan O’Brien was great. No pantomiments. No dance sleep attacks on the best original song. There was only an indication of “the magic of storytelling”. Cynthia Erivo sang with Ariana Grande. Timothées yellow suit. A Indie film like Anora won. All in all, it was an Oscar night that felt like a real celebration of the film and the people who love him. Except when Adrien spoke Brody.
Conan moderated for the first time. But damn it, he just didn’t care. This is good news. Because it is a fact that a loose, DGAF Oscar night is more fun than a stiff, punctual Oscar night. It was inevitable that the firefighters from LA came on stage for ovations. But it was a brilliant idea from Conan to get her to make bitchy jokes. Especially one of them said: “Our all of the sympathy applies to those who have lost their home. And I’m talking about the producers of Joker 2. “
When Star, who owes nothing to Hollywood, he changed effortlessly to rivet Killer sayings
Coco started to mock the ceremony. And humble. What gave him a sneaky way of looking more sharply than his material. Starting with his idea as a ‘four-time Oscar viewer Conan O’Brien’. As he said: “A complete unknown, a real pain, Nosferatu. These are just a few of the names that were given to me on the red carpet. ” When Star, who owes nothing to Hollywood, he changed effortlessly to rivet Killer sayings. Without taking care of it or noticing the difference so that everyone was kept up to trot. “”Anora Use the F-word 479 times, ”he said. “That is three more than the record that Karla Sofía Gascón’s journalist has put up.”
Brody, the Meryl Streep of the AI-based accents, won as the best actor. And gave a speech that was even longer than The brutalist. He was the first winner of the evening to thank God for making him so great. Yes, Lord, you did it well. It is a rare performance to win an Oscar for a film on the topic of Holocaust and to forget to mention the Holocaust.
But Brode almost had it in his pocket, until the five-minute mark, after recalling the orchestra: “This is not my first rodeo!” As a long-time connoisseur of terrible Oscar speeches, I was impressed. Especially when he asked us all: “Let’s fight what is right!” This man is really what Doja Cat is in relation to the singing of James Bond titles. The best thing you can say is that the Oscars had the decency to send Halle Berry to the stage early so that she had time to start a good start.
To be honest, Tim wasn’t enough disappointed
Timothée Chalamet was one of the most clearly disappointed non-winners in the history of the Oscar ceremony. For the last time someone looked so depressed because they had lost to Samuel L. Jackson for pulp Fiction must go back. But honestly, Tim wasn’t enough disappointed. Because the guy was in for his dylan in A complete unknown Totally ripped off. When Emma Stone opened the envelope and read Brody’s name, I have to admit that I shouted my TV: “I don’t believe you! You are a liar! “
Especially because he is this Excellent givenchy canaria-bird suit wore. As the fashion critic Robert Zimmerman would say, his suit was not yellow. He was chicken colors. “It was probably Tim’s best appearance on the red carpet since he appeared at the Venice Film Festival 2022 in this crazy red back-free” Tanya Tucker-Circa-Tnt “.” As for Tims Date Kylie Jenner, she seemed to spend a large part of the ceremony to roll with her eyes. And that was before Brody started talking.
Gen-X-Coded
I do not claim to be an impartial Oscar viewer. I firmly hoped that Demi Moore for The substance receives the price for the best leading actress. Just because of the door jack scene. I could not resist a performance that is so genetic-X-coded that her first big scene plays in a restaurant in which she literally sees a black fly in her Chardonnay. (I had expected that the waiter would bring her ten thousand spoon, even though she only needed one knife.) But that Demi lost to a naive was already a perfect turn that Substance was worthy.
Mikey Madison won for Anora And noticed: “I would like to recognize and honor the community of sex workers again.” That was a nice gesture after none of the Oscar winners of Emilia Pérez The trans-community or Mexico mentioned. (Funny marginal note: Madison was born in the same week as the Oscar ceremony in 1999, on the night of the legendary Harvey Weinstein-Schlame-Spielberg surprise, one of the most entertaining Oscar nights in history.)
Those responsible for the Oscar ceremony made the stupid decision not to show any film excerpts during the first acting prices. Instead of seeing the nominees in action, they simply let previous winners appear. The long, very long, oh speeches kept about themselves. It was such a stupid idea that they dropped them after half of the night. In the end, they cobbled clips for the big acting prices. (You also contested the prices for the best script at the beginning with short one-line clips instead of dialogues.)
That should be clarified next year in advance, okay? Nobody wants to see the poor Kieran Culkin how he sobs the nominated for the best supporting actor next year “your magic is real”.
Sweet speech about the fertilization of the ovaries
Speaking of Kieran (or “the Culk”, as Robert Downey Jr. calls him). He gave an excessive but sweet speech about the fertilization of the ovaries of a person close to him. But hey, his wife agreed. So nice for you. Keep it up, you two. And great respect for his ability to make Jeremy Strong angry from the other corner of the room.
Zoe Saldaña won the price as the best supporting actress for Emilia Pérez And held one of the most passionate and powerful speeches of the evening. She described herself as a “proud child of immigrants”. And dedicated the price of her grandmother, also praising “my husband with the beautiful hair”. With that finds the long, bizarre and exhausting story The award-winning campaign of Emilia Pérez A gracious end. Which may one day serve as inspiration for a better film.
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande took one great journey Through the OZ music universe and started the show with “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and “Home” The Wizbefore you go to “Defying Gravity” Wicked passed over. It was a powerful moment that was characterized by two virtuoso voices and raised the bar early on. (For some reason, Timothée, Monica Barbaro, Ed Norton and Elle Fanning did not come on stage to show similar honor for the highlights of Dylan’s film career. Like “Knockin ‘on Heaven’s Door”, “Band of the Hand”, “Things have changed” or “The Man in Me”).
There was also one crazy homage To James Bond films, because … why? Doja Cat managed to meet about 0.007 percent of grades in “Diamonds Are Forever”. Lisa von Blackpink tried to “live and let die”, which was never considered a particularly difficult melody. And made it as good as George Lazenby managed to keep Diana Rigg alive. Raye is a Vegas professional that was born to sing Bond title ballads. But she only extended the section. Nobody has to hear three of them in a row. But the whole bond homage was worth it for Margaret Qualleys Tanzour de Force, in which her ballet skills and her lip-supporting vigor provided great drama. Maybe she will play next 007? Unfortunately, she gave a great opportunity for a laugh by not giving a chicken leg from her dress.
“I wasn’t the first choice for the awarding of this price”
Mick Jagger was one Unexpected show stealerwho wobbled in a scarf and cleaned himself out for the camera. The way he “and the Oscar goes Tooooooo“Speaking, was the comedic line of text of the evening. Mick was on site to hand over the price for the best original song. “I wasn’t the first choice for the awarding of this price,” he said. “The producers really wanted Bob Dylan. But Bob didn’t want to do it because he said that the best songs this year obviously in the film A complete unknown can be found. ” So why Mick? “Bob said, ‘You should find someone younger!'”
The price went to Clément Ducol and Camille who came on stage and “Hooo Hoo!” Sang for Mick. They held a slow speech while Emilia Pérez-Director (and co-author of “El Mal”) Jacques Audiard scurried around her around her and tried desperately to get a word while persuading himself to take note of him. A moment that put the neck hair. And exceeded the actual film of drama.
Strangely enough, Queen Latifah sang in this section “Ease on Down the Road”
Paul Tazewell announced that he first black was for “Wicked” received the price for the best costume design. Another fashion winner of the evening: Oprah Winfrey (these glasses, this suit), who performed together with Whoopi Goldberg to present a homage to Quincy Jones. Strangely enough, Queen Latifah sang in this section “Ease on Down the Road”. A song he hadn’t written. And that from a Broadway musical and not from a film. (The orchestra had previously proven a real homage to him with “Soul Bossa Nova”.) Andrew Garfield told Goldie Hawn how much his late mother worshiped her. A sweet moment. They went off the stage with this year’s Gaga/Liza Prize for cross-generational connection. But then it was tragically at the time that Andrew from the teleprompter was to be derived, which forced him to start with “the magic of storytelling …”.
The highlight of our moment of retro-nora mania
Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal ended up on stage to the magic of When Harry Met Sally to revive again. A highlight of our moment of retro nora mania. Conan graciously placed Billy as “the The biggest Oscar host of all time” before. The discipline that they had to raise not to do a single “I take what she has”-a year after John Mulaney had done one at the Oscars last year-deserved a handwritten thank you letter from all of us.
Morgan Freeman started In memoriam section With a personal tribute to the “giant” Gene Hackman, who not only killed him once in a film, but also won an Oscar. The entire assembly was respectful and dignified. With a classic film music instead of a trendy stripe horns, which travels a soulful ballad over dead people.
This is a gratifying Oscar trend. Let’s be honest, we are all still traumatized by the in-memoriam debacle three years ago when a stage full of cheerleaders made jazz hands into “Spirit in the Sky”. The assembly may have been a bit quick, with mini clips for actors, but not for authors or directors. Maybe Robert Town would have earned a few lines of dialogue. But it was a stylish homage to so many legends that we lost last year, from James Earl Jones to Anouk Aimee to Shelley Duvall.
The applause-o-meter had some surprises. Roger Corman took the lead early on for the loudest clapping. Then it was Donald Sutherland. Until David Lynch took over on the home stretch. Rest in peace, Mr. Lynch. Silencio. No Hay Banda.