How many pre-written La La Land hot take think pieces were posted the second Beatty announced it, only to be hurriedly taken down five minutes later?
Was he the guy holding the award in that clip that got posted? The one guy who was like "we lost by the way" seemed (understandably) pissed but the other one held it together really well.
I was rooting for moonlight for sure but holy shit I never though they'd pull a Steve Harvey lol. I can't believe that happened. Poor La la land crew "we lost!"
I'm so happy that Moonlight won but feel terrible for the la la land people. That was hard to watch while they realized they lost.
La La Land was not terrible by any means. It was an exceptionally well-made film that was fun and uplifting and had some great music in it. But compared to Moonlight, well, it just doesn't stack up. That's all.
In addition to Barry Jenkins being the better far, far better director, it would have been nice to keep the streak of non-white directors winning alive, considering it promotes diversity and also a black man has never won Best Director before, ever. Clear enough for ya, there?