Oscars 2019 Recap - This is the Way the 2018 Film World Ends - Ep 169

Mike, Mike, and Oscar

Glenn Close loses. Green Book wins. Conspiracy Mike comes to his senses. ***This is a Non-Spoiler Episode*** It’s all about the recap & the instant reactions. We steer clear from plot spoilers. Most Oscars Won Tonight- 1:25 THE SHOW: No Host/Opening Thoughts - 5:35 Supporting Actress Gets Its Answer - 9:14 Doc Feature Lives on the Edge - 11:36 Commercial Fun - 13:31 Best Picture Vignettes - 14:07 Vice’s Lone Win + A Talk About Accepting- 16:15 McCarthy + Henry Present/Steal Show - 18:38 Production Design Suggests a Favorite - 20:52 Roma’s First Win - 21:39 I’ll Fight by JHud - 22:23 More Vignette Venting - 24:07 BoRhap Starts Running - 24:44 Best Foreign Language Film - 25:54 Bette Midler is Amazing - 27:18 Editing Officially Worries Mike1 - 28:25 Ali Supports Gold x2 - 30:57 Animated Feature Proves No Conspiracy - 32:34 The irishman Teases - 34:29 When a Cowboy Performs “Pleasurable Guilt” - 35:57 John Mulaney + Awkwafina Get Weird - 37:14 American Idol Everywhere - 40:21 Visual Effects Needs Multiple Categories - 40:46 BRADLEY COOPER AND LADY GAGA ARE SEX - 42:02 Live Action Issues - 46:03 Samuel L Talks Knicks/Original Screenplay - 47:05 SPIKE. F’ING. LEE. - 48:52 Music Means More Gaga - 50:34 Academy Plays it Proper - 51:17 Babe Makes Everything Better - 52:09 Queen Gets Kinged - 53:09 Close But No Oscar Gold - 54:15 GDT Hands the Torch to Cuaron - 1:02:07 Breaking Down the Best Picture Win - 1:03:13 Overall Thoughts About Oscars 2019 - 1:08:55 Final Thoughts on Film Year 2018 - 1:10:34 Outro/Words of Wisdom/Social Media - 1:16:31 After one of the most tumultuous awards seasons in recent memory, the Academy set our expectations mighty low. The lack of a host & a program that seemed to be pulled together at the last minute worried the hell out of us. The Academy gave many a mixed message, taking a radical stance one day & reversing course the next. We were left with one of the more puzzling precursor awards seasons in recent memory, and predicting the winners became a much more difficult task than in previous years. When you add some unprecedentedly low rated nominees, we braced for a long & as Bette Davis said, “bumpy night.” So as we readied for the worst, we sighed with relief at the positives. There were some funny comedy bits, some fun musical numbers, and exciting upset winners. What we thought could be an overall disaster might have been avoided, if only the Academy could stick the landing. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen, and like many of the coulda / woulda / shoulda been great movies on the year, the disappointments of the night stuck out all the more. We’re left with another Oscar Night rollercoaster with major highs & lows, but with plenty to analyze. Our loaded Oscar Week of 8 pods finally comes to a rousing conclusion with our Recap & Instant Reaction show as only MMO could do. It’s raw & it’s off the cuff & hot takes come at ya fast & furious. Now that the big night has come and gone, here’s what you can expect from MMO post Oscar Week. We’ll have one more chance to discuss the fallout from the Oscars after some more introspection, and dare we say - sleep. That’ll come your way mid-week. Then we’ll take an early look ahead to next year’s release schedule & potential Oscar noms with our Way Too Early Predictions. As we said, we hope our catalog plays long after any awards ceremony. We are a year round review / preview / interview & film appreciation podcast. Our MMO Weekly variety hours will return to their usually scheduled Monday releases, where we’ll recap the Hollywood week that was and get you ready for the Hollyweird week to come. Say what you want about the night, it was super entertaining, and we want to know what you think. We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and we are on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail.