Reaction to the 2021 Oscars

Oh boy, last night's show. It was certainly different but not all of twists and turns the producers implemented worked in the end. In fact, a lot of them straight up sucked, especially with the absolutely horrible decision for the final award which blew up in their face and is now hailed by viewers and critics as an even worst finale than the Moonlight/La La Land screwup.

12-11. Now with the sound categories merged, I can no longer get my standard 13-11 but I still didn't improved at all.

We of course kicked everything off with the newly revamped preshow that stunk. The whole environment reeked of a hoity-toity country club.

Lil Rel Howery and Ariana DeBose were fine as the preshow hosts but the casual nature of the site, the open air, and low stakes in the interviews sucked out a lot of their charisma. This is why you have the always-on hyperactive stooges handling the mics. Though given the nominees and guests expected, even Ryan Seacrest didn't care to waste his energy on this whole endeavor.

The "Husavik" performance went all out and absolutely killed it. They really didn't want the other nominees to have a chance with the viewers.

Complete snore to the Diane Warren song. The first of four nominees to be treated less of a performance and more of a product placement for the new Academy museum.

#Bigscreenisback huh? Then how come Mortal Kombat nearly lost to Demon Slayer at this weekend's box office? It should have had a huge lead if your hashtag was really true.

The Chicago 7 song was fine but certainly not best of the year worthy. Sounds like something pulled from the cobwebs.

"Speak Now" has a nice haunting vibe to it but it gets very repetitive and doesn't really stick with you. Still think it will win unfortunately.

Still not many real movie stars being interviewed. No wonder this show is going to bomb in the ratings.

Alright, "Fight For You" put a ton of effort into their performance. Direction, choreography, proper COVID protocols, everything. The open air took away some of H.E.R.'s voice but the whole thing still popped off.

The show officially begins with a long tracking shot of Regina King walking while opening credits are placed on the screen. This was actually pretty good.

Oh wait, they are seriously going to keep the cinematic widescreen going forward? It doesn't actually make the show any more interesting.

Seriously come on, I want film clips for the nominees, not facts about the lives and backstories. That's why you have talk shows and interviews before this event. Facts about a nominee's first movie-related job doesn't make me or anyone in America want to watch their movie. But a great movie clip can, hence why they always get A TON of views on YouTube.

The daylight is killing the whole mystique of the ceremony.

I guess the other screenwriter of The Father was banned from speaking, so he had to just awkwardly stand there. The director rules all.

Oh thank god, we have some clips! Yes, sell these foreign films to the public!

Of course the most happiest foreign film won over all of the depressing stuff. But then that became depressing as well with Thomas Vinterberg's touching yet distressing speech about the loss of his daughter.

I do really appreciate no orchestra walk off music for the nominees but some of these earlier winners need to cut to the chase or just go out on a high note.

Oh no, they're doing that routine where they lavishly praise the actors again. Everybody balked at that the first time around. Just play their award showcase clips!

Very happy with Daniel Kaluuya getting an Oscar. I also really enjoyed his very British rambling acceptance speech, even when he pretty much ruined by bringing up his parents having sex and the cut to his actual mother and her WTF response.

So I guess the Oscars are now the Super Bowl and giving the hard sell to only special Hollywood movies. First one up is Steven Spielberg's West Side Story. Remaking it is still unnecessary but this sucker is going to go, even with persona non grata Ansel Elgort being in it.

Yeah, don't show what the hair and makeup or costume people actually did. America would rather just see them sitting in couches. It's not like you're wasting all of the empty space on the television screen or do a picture in picture.

Look, what the MPTF did is cool and all but this special award is death for TV. It reeked of a corporate awards event.

Wait, what?! Best Director already?!!!

Chloé Zhao making history and having a very nice speech about the goodness of people. All around yes.

Now we have Best Sound and of course no sound or any examples.

Reese Witherspoon did a really great job with her presenting the animated categories.

Yes to If Anything Happens I Love You! Again, it's really hard to happy when saying that.

Yes, yes to Best Animated Film getting clips. Thank god! Wish the shorts got it too to show off their hard work.

Disney wins again with Soul. Come on, give us another Spider-Verse like surprise!

Of course the Holocaust doc won. Stay in your lane, the Academy.

Now the feature docs get clips as well.

My Octopus Teacher?!!! Freaking wow. If it had to be a Netflix doc, couldn't you have given it to a better one?

Look at all of those great visual effects from last year. That low camera shot! That person sitting down in a remote theater!

Youn Yuh-jung with a very endearing speech for Best Support Actress. Probably the best one of the night.

Oh now that want to implement walk off music?

Now for the hard sell for In The Heights. Is F9 being saved for hour three?

I'll admit, I liked the joke about the test reactions to Blade Runner for the intro to Best Editing.

We lost all of the song performances just so Tyler Perry can be praised. Honestly though, it was worth it to hear him with his great speech about meeting in the middle.

Complete dead air silence for Best Score.

Those 12 notes are in fact so dope, Jon Batiste.

Now we are granted to hear the Best Songs of last year, albeit via their music videos.

I love H.E.R. but come on! "Husavik" was robbed in favor of something that will sadly fade away.

We're now playing a music game? The clock is running on the show!

Okay, this segment was worth it in the end. Andra Day swearing, Get Out spoilers, and a set up joke with Glenn Close knowing and dancing to "Da Butt" for School Daze.

So hour three's movie hard sell is Questlove's music doc. I'm certainly down for that.

Using a somber but uplifting song (Stevie Wonder's "As") for In Memoriam was a nice different choice. I both liked and didn't liked the fast editing.

Best Picture?! Now?!!!

"Oh wow!" I wonder what the producers are planning to do, despite causing the show to feel anticlimactic.

At least they showed clips of them, even if they are mostly acting clips.

Loved Joel Coen with his stone face reaction to his wife's wolf calling when Nomadland won Best Picture.

Frances won? NO! I wonder what will come next!

HOPKINS???!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME???!!!

And we end. Nothing to see here folks besides a total disaster zone.

The Academy: We are not inclusive

Final Award of the Night: Old white guy wins LOL

Seriously, you had a chance where people of color could deservedly win all of or at least the majority of the acting categories for the first time ever. Instead, the Academy chose to have white people for the main two.