What a wild ride this Oscars season has been. After so much recent talk about inclusivity and a changing of the guard, it was bound to happen that we’d receive an awkward period of flux. There’s the young crowd cheering a Marvel Cinematic Universe chapter to the franchise’s first Best Picture nominee and the older sect feeling warm and gooey about a story pretending to talk about racism despite really just glossing over the struggle to say most racists are simply misunderstood until sharing a bucket of KFC with the target of their admittedly unprovoked hate. Then there’s the great story of a foreign film from Mexico sweeping hearts and minds with its humanist approach pitted against a loud, tone-deaf cartoon of liberal propaganda that confuses its own goals by declaring its chosen audience as the real problem. Add a spiritual rematch between Do the Right the Thing (which wasn’t nominated) and Driving Miss Daisy (which won) and you can guess the incendiary and interminable tone Film Twitter has taken these past few months.
While that amorphous group of critical thinkers frothed at the mouth online, however, The Academy tapped its feet to Queen and championed the hammiest performances this side of vaudeville. No matter how weird their tastes, the parity in their voting was unquestionable. We all knew what would win Best Picture and yet we didn’t really know. That’s saying something whether you agree with the outcome or not. All eight Best Picture nominees ultimately went home with a statue too. There’s a nice consistency in that.
But what about the show itself? It had to contend with its own drama. There was the Kevin Hart controversy (I still don’t think anyone has ever provided the so-called apology he’s made “so many times” in the past) that led to having no host. There was the rumored “Most Popular Film” category that proved dead on arrival; the decision to only let Lady Gaga sing while ignoring the other song nominees (all but one were eventually added back); and who could forget the unforgivable bright idea to announce four craft awards during commercial breaks so as to negate four winners from letting their friends and families share the victory live at home? The producers and Academy President John Bailey pretty much tipped their hands that they cared more about people who hate the Oscars than those who actually watch. Luckily everything went back to normal except for having last year’s Best Supporting winners co-present Best Lead instead of their opposite gendered successors.
Despite Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Maya Rudolph showing the world they should host everything, the lack of an emcee was a breath of fresh air. Gone were the cheesy videotaped skits and the tone-deaf charades that screech things to a halt. Even the banter during presentations was pared down when those onstage weren’t funny enough to equal Awkwafina and John Mulaney. To have it all end with Julia Roberts saying goodnight around 11:15pm was probably a win for everyone involved. If ABC didn’t beat their new show “Whiskey Cavalier” to death with an annoying marketing campaign that tried to be viral despite instantly following every “covert” ad with a blatant one, a couple people may have even stayed up to watch it.
The negatives of course came when Bohemian Rhapsody won four out of five (the most of any film on the night)—including two sound awards that proved voters think playing good music straight off the record is equal to designing tension and emotion without the need of visual accompaniment. Then racist tweeter Nick Vallelonga and Shallow Hal co-director Peter Farrelly won for writing without thanking the subject whose family they ignored because a movie titled Green Book would of course care more about the White man stand-in for said Green Book than the Black man affected by it. That the latter also won Best Picture is a travesty made sadder by the likes of If Beale Street Could Talk and Leave No Trace being omitted before voting even began.
The positives thankfully started earlier with a slew of POC winners both in front of and behind the camera. Black Panther and Roma cleaned up enough to give us hope that one might sneak away with the top prize. Samuel L. Jackson got to give Spike Lee a huge hug when presenting him his first Oscar for Adapted Screenplay and Guillermo Del Toro got to say his fellow amigo’s name when Alfonso Cuarón won his second Best Director award and second statue of the night (Best Foreign Film technically goes to the country and not the filmmaker). And the moment we will never forget? Olivia Colman upsetting Glenn Close to go onstage in authentic disbelief and ramble through one of the best acceptance speeches in Oscars history. What a genuine delight.
So there was at least some good to go with the bad. Love was shared despite so much bottom-barrel tripe winning in a year that should have easily put at least five films directed by women into competition let alone many others objectively better than three of those we saw honored instead. For some of that deserving praise (and even more biting shade), look no further than Film Twitter itself since the Oscars are never more entertaining than through the lens of those without a say. Maybe critics are more qualified to know what should have won or maybe they’re not. All I know for sure is that their fire shows an unmatched passion for cinema.
And if nothing else, at least the 91st Annual Academy Awards finally allowed Richard E. Grant to meet Babs.
My unique Night at the #Oscar2019 between @melissamccarthy & @BarbraStreisand that will forever be my personal 🎶MEMORIES/THE WAY WE WERE🎶moment!!!❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/z1eNcvQWyO
— Richard E. Grant (@RichardEGrant) February 25, 2019
Artistic Goodness
Revealing my #Oscars illustration of this year’s @TheAcademy Best Picture Nominations 2019! #Oscars2019 #TheOscars #TheFavourite #GreenBook #AStarIsBorn #Vice #BlackPanther #Roma #BlacKkKlansman #BohemianRhapsody pic.twitter.com/GzozpZtcko
— Olly Gibbs (@ollyog) February 19, 2019
HAPPY OSCAR WEEKEND! PER TRADITION, HERE ARE THIS YEAR’S BEST PICTURE NOMINEES… AS EMOJIS:
👑🐾🌺🔜💪🏿
👮🏾♂️☎️👻🚙💥
🎼🦶🦶👏🎸
👸🏻🦵🕺🏻👩❤️💋👩🐰
📗🚗🍗🎹📝
🧹🐕💩🥋🌊
🥃🎶💑👃🎙
👨👩👧👧🇺🇸2️⃣💣🇮🇶
— Aaron Fullerton (@AaronFullerton) February 22, 2019
Pre-Show Red Carpet
Best way to prep for the Oscars? Breakfast with @melissamccarthy & @benfalcone & some trampolining and her signature giggle! pic.twitter.com/O5rQHhRVKg
— Richard E. Grant (@RichardEGrant) February 24, 2019
Billy Porter is the first Ive seen come down the red carpet (and may likely remain the best?) pic.twitter.com/LWvQrUXWTj
— Mia Galuppo (@miagaluppo) February 24, 2019
“Surprise, faggots!!!!” – Kevin showing up to host the Oscars anyway
— Ira (@ira) February 25, 2019
This. Is. #Oscars2019 pic.twitter.com/Ll7dEA50ki
— Minding the Gap (@MindingGapFilm) February 24, 2019
I’m so thankful to be in this room tonight, of all nights. If I had been able to choose any year, it would be this one. Thank you to everyone who reads this; you helped make it happen. #AprilsOscarsWeekend #OscarsSoWhite
— April (@ReignOfApril) February 25, 2019
An Opening Fit For A Queen
I just threw up. #Queen #Oscars
— Erik Childress (@EriktheMovieman) February 25, 2019
Wild for the Oscars to start by giving us a bathroom break.
— Chris Feil (@chrisvfeil) February 25, 2019
.@AdamLambert, who began performing with @QueenWillRock in 2011, had an uncredited cameo as a truck driver in @BoRhapMovie. pic.twitter.com/mSo6SjiHnj
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
Rami Malek not singing again. Shocker.
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) February 25, 2019
Brian May, pee your pants. #Oscars
— Barry Hertz (@HertzBarry) February 25, 2019
This is Brian May’s dream, tho. A world in which the singer can’t actually upstage him.
— Citizen Dame (@citizendamepod) February 25, 2019
Javier Bardem ❤️s Queen! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/JdOSRYEB5t
— Consequence of Sound (@consequence) February 25, 2019
Who Needs a(n Official) Monologue?
Starting to feel like I might not get asked back to host this year
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) February 25, 2019
Surprise! The #OscarsMontage is hosting!
— Jason Gorber (@filmfest_ca) February 25, 2019
Let’s start by reminding you of the fantastic movies that weren’t nominated. #Oscars
— Kristen Lopez (@Journeys_Film) February 25, 2019
The three hosts we deserve #Oscars2019
— David Fear (@davidlfear) February 25, 2019
Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph “not hosting” is the best host #Oscars
— Matt Passantino (@MattPassantino) February 25, 2019
Best Supporting Actress
AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 #Oscar2019
— Courtney Enlow (@courtenlow) February 25, 2019
reminder: IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK is the first english-language adaption of james baldwin’s work
— Inkoo Kang (@inkookang) February 25, 2019
There’s nothing like winning at the #Oscars with your mom by your side. pic.twitter.com/WrgPMAWNPH
— E! News (@enews) February 25, 2019
Chris Evans wins Best at Supporting Actress pic.twitter.com/88fkS0c3Jr
— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) February 25, 2019
Best Documentary
congrats to FREE SOLO, the most successful almost snuff film of all time. #Oscars
— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) February 25, 2019
#FreeSolo – my heart is still racing from that flick (although #MindingtheGap is kind of a masterpiece) – what can ya say, 2018 was a good year for doc #Oscar2019
— John J Fink (@FinkJohnJ) February 25, 2019
Imma let you finish, but @MindingGapFilm was the best film of the year, say nothing of best doc. Big ups to Bing and the @Kartemquin crew. <3
— Jordan M. Smith (@Rectangular_Eye) February 25, 2019
MINDING THE GAP shoulda won, but I have so much sympathy for non-famouses who curse on the Oscar stage. That would absolutely be my automatic response.
— Judy Berman (@judyberman) February 25, 2019
FREE SOLO wins Best Documentary at the #Oscars. Amazing to see Asian-American representation on the winner’s stage tonight.
Also: it is just not fair for documentary filmmakers to look this spectacular. pic.twitter.com/OuXknbDu5i
— David Chen (@davechensky) February 25, 2019
Rage Against Dick Cheney
John Mulaney is as surprised as I am to see Tom Morello
— Katie Walsh (@katiewalshstx) February 25, 2019
Tom Morello is schilling in the name of… “Vice.” #Oscars
— Daniel Fienberg (@TheFienPrint) February 25, 2019
ELSIE FISHER & STEPHAN JAMES. aka, two ppl who should have been nominated tonight. #Oscars
— Olivia Truffaut-Wong (@iWatchiAm) February 25, 2019
I changed my mind, all awards honoring VICE should happen during a commercial break
— Judy Berman (@judyberman) February 25, 2019
And the worst speech of all time goes to Vice’s makeup team #Oscars
— Jordan Ruimy (@mrRuimy) February 25, 2019
I hope this is an entire show of Awkward Speeches, I love it.
— Russ Fischer (@russfischer) February 25, 2019
Costumes For Costumes
You can take Melissa McCarthy out of the Groundlings… #Oscars
— Alonso Duralde 🌹 (@ADuralde) February 25, 2019
Put Brian Tyree Henry in all of the things, part 537. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/nEDtsOtUck
— Olivia Truffaut-Wong (@iWatchiAm) February 25, 2019
fucking A! RUTH CARTER
— Manohla Darkness (@ManohlaDargis) February 25, 2019
BLACK PANTHER deserves an award just for putting its female characters in sensible shoes
— Emma Stefansky (@stefabsky) February 25, 2019
Black Panther is the first movie set in the present day to win Best Costume Design since Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (unless you count Fury Road).
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) February 25, 2019
Ruth Carter flew to BELGIUM just to 3-D print a special HAT for Angela Bassett she should win ALL THE OSCARS.
— Eric Heisserer (@HIGHzurrer) February 25, 2019
A Couple Crafts Before Commercial
Ruth Carter and Hannah Beachler are BOTH the first black women to win in their categories. #BlackPanther continues to make history. #Oscars
— Rebecca Ford (@Beccamford) February 25, 2019
she ain’t let that white man say not one WORD. QUEEN!!!!
— 🌸 LIL CHOPPED CHEESE 🌸 (@tylrmntg) February 25, 2019
BLACK WOMEN COLLECTING #OSCARS!!!!! pic.twitter.com/RWm4xzcrBV
— Joelle Monique ✍🏾 (@JoelleMonique) February 25, 2019
Haha Tyler Perry gives The Academy some crap for almost not airing the Best Cinematography award, and how honored he is to do it live. Nice #Oscars
— Alex Billington (@firstshowing) February 25, 2019
.@AlfonsoCuaron (@RomaCuaron) is the first person in #Oscars history to have wins for both directing and cinematography in his career.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
A Netflix movie winning Best Cinematography feels like … a thing. https://t.co/k2UpoeZMmt
— Matt Singer (@mattsinger) February 25, 2019
There Was Definitely Sound Involved
Do they… think that Sound Editing is an award for… volume control? #Oscars
— Daniel Fienberg (@TheFienPrint) February 25, 2019
james mcavoy wanting to do his SPLIT/GLASS characters so bad i could feel it from here
— Inkoo Kang (@inkookang) February 25, 2019
Fuck me up, Danai Gurira and James McAvoy’s ASMR presentation!
— Chris Feil (@chrisvfeil) February 25, 2019
My iPod just won a Sound Oscar.
— Erik Childress (@EriktheMovieman) February 25, 2019
Bohemian Rhapsody won Sound Editing for the foley work on Rami Malek licking his fake teeth.
— Brian Tallerico (@Brian_Tallerico) February 25, 2019
drunkenly just yelled what the fuck and will continue to do so if this garbage keeps winning
— oliver whitney (@cinemabite) February 25, 2019
every time someone says “bo rhap” someone else literally dies of embarrassment
— rachel handler (@rachel_handler) February 25, 2019
we’d like not to thank our director
— Manohla Darkness (@ManohlaDargis) February 25, 2019
Wow who would have thought it would take a movie like Bohemian Rhapsody winning a sound award for me to miss Transformers at the #Oscars
— Justine Peres Smith (@redroomrantings) February 25, 2019
The Netflixes, Though
People always say film transcends language, but something about ROMA feels especially universal. Enhorabuena ROMA — Best Foreign Language film!
— Netflix Film (@NetflixFilm) February 25, 2019
.@RomaCuaron wins Mexico its first Foreign Language Film Oscar on its 9th nomination. Mexico was one shy of Israel’s leading 10 nominations without an Oscar.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
Keegan Michael-Key: I’m Mary Poppins, y’all!
— runc. @ the oscars ’19 (@MrNarci) February 25, 2019
Sorry this Oscar ceremony on speed is better than average. Hosts are bad ??
— Justine Peres Smith (@redroomrantings) February 25, 2019
The Film Editing Memes Will Go On
I guess I saw a different Bohemian Rhapsody.
— roxane gay (@rgay) February 25, 2019
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HOOOOOOLY SHIT
— Jared Gilman (@realJaredGilman) February 25, 2019
#Oscars: Best Film Editing Goes to #BohemianRhapsody
Everyone who knows it’s cut terribly: pic.twitter.com/oRHP3JWka4
— Matt Passantino (@MattPassantino) February 25, 2019
The Best Part of a Bad Film
There was a lot of love in the room for Richard E. Grant too but Mahershala Ali is the big Green Book win. #OSCARS
— Anne Thompson (@akstanwyck) February 25, 2019
RICHARD E GRANT ROBBED
— karen han (@karenyhan) February 25, 2019
Mahershala Ali is a great actor and very good in a movie that doesn’t care about him #Oscars
— Matt Passantino (@MattPassantino) February 25, 2019
Can we just give Sam Elliott’s mustache an #Oscar for Best Supporting Actor?
— Ariel Fisher (@Afis8) February 25, 2019
When you want him to win but the movie sucks pic.twitter.com/U5WkSSb6K1
— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) February 25, 2019
I still think that @RichardEGrant wins #oscars season.
— Melissa Silverstein (@melsil) February 25, 2019
Oscar Winner Peter Porker
SUCK IT PIXAR! #Oscars
— Danielle Del Plato (@ddelplato) February 25, 2019
Lord and Miller have Oscars! #Oscars #SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse
— Rudie Obias (@RudieObias) February 25, 2019
i cannot stress enough how much it rules that disney just lost their almost always guaranteed animated film oscar to the dudes they fired off of SOLO
— josh lewis (@thejoshl) February 25, 2019
Things Have a Way of Escalatin’ Out Here In the West
I hope you all go watch BUSTER SCRUGGS after this so you can see what is happening when this song is … happening #Oscars
— Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) February 25, 2019
LET TIM BLAKE NELSON SING YOU COWARDS #Oscars
— Russell Hainline (@RussellHFilm) February 25, 2019
Cool Aunt Gillian Welch, killing it
— Maddie Whittle 🤷♀️ (@maddiewhittle) February 25, 2019
Dynamic Duos
Me: Nostalgia is poisoning the world.
Also me: I would absolutely watch a Wayne’s World 3. #Oscars2019— Todd VanDerWerff (@tvoti) February 25, 2019
I fixed the NutriBullet just in time for the Wayne’s World reunion I am truly blessed
— R. Emmet Sweeney (@r_emmet) February 25, 2019
Just a reminder that Wayne’s World was directed by a woman- Penelope Spheeris.#Oscars
— Melissa Silverstein (@melsil) February 25, 2019
awkwafina’s tie looks like it’s suffocating ME
— Inkoo Kang (@inkookang) February 25, 2019
Nominating Awkwafina & John Mulaney for next year’s #Oscars hosts, TRUE DETECTIVE season 4, the presidency – really anything.
— Anna Klassen (@AnnaJKlassen) February 25, 2019
FYI y’all can watch PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE. on Netflix right now.
— Russ Fischer (@russfischer) February 25, 2019
Loving this menstruation moment
— Manohla Darkness (@ManohlaDargis) February 25, 2019
“DID TOO MANY WOMEN WIN OSCARS LAST NIGHT?” – Fox News tomorrow, probably
— Scott Beggs (@scottmbeggs) February 25, 2019
a short film about periods was just presented by a woman who has a song called “queef” just saying
— Emma Stefansky (@stefabsky) February 25, 2019
telling the wrold you’re on your period while winning an academy award is the ultimate oscar power move
— Inkoo Kang (@inkookang) February 25, 2019
Commercial Break
Even the commercials are Queen-themed? Fuck, is BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY going to win Best Picture??
— A.A. Dowd (@AADowd) February 25, 2019
A New Frontier
Paul Rudd is a visual effect because he hasn’t aged in 20+ years #Oscars
— Talk Film Society (@TalkFilmSoc) February 25, 2019
LIKE I SAID, VISUALS IN THE BACKGROUND WIN. It’s a pattern from the Academy, guys #Oscar2019 #FIOscars19 pic.twitter.com/40MB8FUAmB
— Kevin L. Lee (@Klee_FilmReview) February 25, 2019
At least now we can say FIRST MAN is an Academy Award-winning film. #Oscars
— Doug Jamieson (@itsdougjam) February 25, 2019
We’re Off the Deep End
Lady Gaga needs no introduction. #Oscars
— Movies that Rock: The Podcast! (@rockmoviespod) February 25, 2019
they just walked up from the audience? lol that’s hilarious to me for some reason #oscars
— Candice Frederick (@ReelTalker) February 25, 2019
i appreciate that they’re staging Shallow like in the movie, from the perspective of the performers instead of the audience #Oscars
— Corey Atad (@CoreyAtad) February 25, 2019
Bradley Cooper hitching up his pants legs as he sits at the piano bench is better acting than he did in the whole film.
— Richard Brody (@tnyfrontrow) February 25, 2019
Why did the dude from wedding crashers keep interrupting egg lady’s song?
— Brooks Wheelan (@brookswheelan) February 25, 2019
Rascism?
Guy Nattiv’s feature SKIN (not based on this short) is great. The short is much more divisive. #Oscars2019
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 25, 2019
Look at all the white people who made an Oscar winning short about a guy who is tattooed blackface.
— Christopher Campbell (@thefilmcynic) February 25, 2019
Academy-Award winning screenwriter pic.twitter.com/EhZPS59khj
— Jason Bailey (@jasondashbailey) February 25, 2019
THE RACIST JUST WON FOR THE MOVIE ABOUT RACISM
— Matt Prigge (@mattprigge) February 25, 2019
Sho-Nuff
I love that Samuel L Jackson got to present this to Spike Lee. ❤❤#Oscars
— Karen Peterson 🎂 (@KarenMPeterson) February 25, 2019
Spike. Lee.
Oscar winner. #AprilsOscarsWeekend
— April (@ReignOfApril) February 25, 2019
Spike Lee’s Oscar for writing @BlacKkKlansman comes 29 years after his 1st nomination for Do the Right Thing. Among screenwriters, this is the 2nd-longest gap between 1st nomination and 1st win, behind Larry McMurtry’s 34 years between The Last Picture Show & Brokeback Mountain.
— Ben Zauzmer (@BensOscarMath) February 25, 2019
Spike Lee just said “MOTHERFUCKER” starting his acceptance speech. Did that make it to air? #Oscars
— Elizabeth Wagmeister (@EWagmeister) February 25, 2019
the GREEN BOOK/BLACKKKLANSMEN back-to-back wins encapsulate the academy perfectly
— Inkoo Kang (@inkookang) February 25, 2019
Music and Memorium
BRITELL OR WE RIOT!!!!!!!
— hunter harris (@hunteryharris) February 25, 2019
The story of Black Panther, as a film, is really about Ryan Coogler’s leadership.
About taking the access granted to him to put deserving Black creatives into positions of incredible influence.
He picked the lock, then held the door open.
High Impact. Low ego.
Town Biz.
— #ProblematicPapi (@britrican) February 25, 2019
So now John Bailey is here to bore us because the show is running short. #Oscars2019
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 25, 2019
John Bailey doing the In Memoriam is perfectly appropriate to his tenure as Academy president. #Oscars
— Erik Anderson (@awards_watch) February 25, 2019
Here you go. pic.twitter.com/yufPka1EUJ
— Darren Hughes (@longpauses) February 25, 2019
I’m Your Biggest Fan
Omg richard e. grant’s reaction to barbara is literally the most perfect thing I’ve ever seen #Oscars
— Loquaciousmuse (@loquaciousmuse) February 25, 2019
They see each other!!!! They see each other!!!! #Oscars #Oscars2019 #AcademyAwards #FilmTwitter pic.twitter.com/XhUSF10pIb
— Matt Neglia (@NextBestPicture) February 25, 2019
Hail to the Queen
would it win all these Oscars if they named it after “Fat-Bottomed Girls”
— Garrett Martin (@grmartin) February 25, 2019
congrats to teeth
— Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) February 25, 2019
lol they literally played a clip of him lip-syncing jesus fucking christ
— Jason Bailey (@jasondashbailey) February 25, 2019
“I’d like to thank BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY for somehow apparently directing itself”
— Alan Scherstuhl (@studiesincrap) February 25, 2019
ethan hawke wasn’t even nominated
— anchor baby saraiya (@soniasaraiya) February 25, 2019
A little cringy to do WEST SIDE STORY’s “America” right after Rami Malek’s moving speech about immigrants. #Oscars
— Joshua Rothkopf (@joshrothkopf) February 25, 2019
People are already arguing in the mentions that he’s not an Arab. This is why we can’t have nice things https://t.co/eodTeUBGZj
— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) February 25, 2019
Victor Hugo Green
John Lewis talking about the film’s title that was stolen for something very different. #GreenBook #Oscars2019
— Jared Mobarak (@jaredmobarak) February 25, 2019
John Lewis is giving an amazingly moving introduction…to a different movie.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) February 25, 2019
Hail to the Queen, Redux
OH MY GOD.
— Justin Chang (@JustinCChang) February 25, 2019
hold on a sec #oscars pic.twitter.com/sEUi6pDsfk
— Candice Frederick (@ReelTalker) February 25, 2019
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— Jessica Goldstein (@jessicagolds) February 25, 2019
IT’S AN UPSET AND I LOVE IT
— karen han (@karenyhan) February 25, 2019
Olivia Colman’s acceptance speech is exactly why they don’t just send a press release #Oscars
— Matt Brennan (@thefilmgoer) February 25, 2019
Oh Olivia, that goes into the annals. One of my half-dozen or so top Oscar moments of all time. Give Best Picture to BoRhap now, I won’t care.
— Guy Lodge (@GuyLodge) February 25, 2019
With the Colman upset, all eight Best Picture nominees have an Oscar
— Jessica Welman (@jesswelman) February 25, 2019
Amigos Ganan
I will be an ugly, crying mess if Del Toro gets to hand Best Director to his BFF Cuaron. #Oscars
— Yolanda Machado (@SassyMamainLA) February 25, 2019
The fifth time in six years a Mexican director has won Best Director.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) February 25, 2019
You can hear me in the interview room going clapping and cheering at that whole last part of Alfonso Cuarón’s speech fully in Spanish. #Oscars #Roma
— Carlos Aguilar (@Carlos_Film) February 25, 2019
It Happened
Way to put a damper on an otherwise good night. Eeeek.
— The Finks (@kingisafink) February 25, 2019
GREEN BOOK WINS BEST PICTURE!
IT’S FILM TWITTER 9/11!
GOD HELP US ALL! pic.twitter.com/X4vdzs8v9k
— Foywonder (@Foywonder) February 25, 2019
Peter Farrelly is going to talk for nine hours #Oscars
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) February 25, 2019
FUCK FUCK FUCK
— Manohla Darkness (@ManohlaDargis) February 25, 2019
Damn, that’s a whole lot of white people accepting the award for #GreenBook
don’t @ me BYE #Oscars2019
— Anna Klassen (@AnnaJKlassen) February 25, 2019
So many white faces on stage for GREEN BOOK, a movie about how a white guy was nice to a black guy and fixed racism. Boo.
— Jacob Hall (@JacobSHall) February 25, 2019
HOW DARE YOU BRING CARRIE FISHER INTO THIS
— Kate Erbland (@katerbland) February 25, 2019
throwing fried chicken into the hudson in protest
— Emma Stefansky (@stefabsky) February 25, 2019
#GreenBook is the lowest Tomatometer Best Picture Oscar winner since Crash. #Oscars2019 #Oscars
— Jacqueline (@THATJacqueline) February 25, 2019
“We have no film without Viggo…” Did they even acknowledge Dr. Don Shirley at any point when accepting best screenplay or best picture?
— Courtney Small (@SmallMind) February 25, 2019
Wow. Just wow. Notice how they did not even acknowledge the creator of the actual Green Book, Victor Hugo Green in the acceptance speech for Best Picture. “It all started with Viggo.” How disrespectful. #Oscars
— Rebecca Theodore-Vachon (@FilmFatale_NYC) February 25, 2019
Remember when we thought that revealing the director is a penis flasher and the writer as an islamophobic racist and they whole movie is based on a lie would be enough to keep this white savior movie from winning?
— Lexi Alexander (@Lexialex) February 25, 2019
Remember when the past behaviour of the director of THE BIRTH OF A NATION destroyed its Oscar campaign? Guess we’re not doing that anymore, hey? #Oscars
— Doug Jamieson (@itsdougjam) February 25, 2019
Some of Green Book’s best friends are black movies.
— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) February 25, 2019
Spike Lee, an icon: “This is my sixth glass, and you know why” https://t.co/yG3jTlNW9o #Oscars pic.twitter.com/YIi9DVUg6B
— Variety (@Variety) February 25, 2019
Spike Lee just totally dissed GREEN BOOK in the interview room. When they asked him what he thought of its Best Picture win he loudly replied, “NEXT QUESTION!” #Oscars
— Carlos Aguilar (@Carlos_Film) February 25, 2019
Remember how BLACKKKLANSMAN ends with, “oh yeah nothing has changed and we haven’t learned anything?” And people were like, “that’s really on the nose.”
Anyway, GREEN BOOK won.
— Mattle Angel: Guringo (@EmperorOTN) February 25, 2019