# Academy Awards 2024 - 96th ceremony - Watch Along Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 10, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675 "2024-03-10T18:22:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/101 "2024-03-11T02:26:22Z")
And wow. Ended before 10:30pm Eastern time. I remember when it wasn’t over until close to midnight, which made it hard to watch on the East Coast. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/102 "2024-03-11T02:26:35Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > It just seemed really abrupt. I agree. Little fanfare. No lead up. No reminder of who is nominated. There was more fuss about Al Pacino. He just walked up, popped the envelope and read the winner. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/103 "2024-03-11T02:29:16Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And wow. Ended before 10:30pm Eastern time. I remember when it wasn’t over until close to midnight, which made it hard to watch on the East Coast. I fully support starting this thing at 7 Eastern. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/104 "2024-03-11T02:34:06Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > It just seemed really abrupt. I have a feeling he was supposed to say more. Maybe not read the names again but more. He was certainly supposed to announce it with the trademarked phrase. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/105 "2024-03-11T02:34:08Z")
As a side benefit to the number of awards won by “Poor Things”, I happily imagine thousands of people queuing that movie up for an evening of family movie watching. “I heard it won a bunch of Oscars!” ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/106 "2024-03-11T02:39:05Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Please shit, no, Bradley Cooper. He’s now what, 0-for-11? 0-for-12? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/107 "2024-03-11T02:39:42Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > As a side benefit to the number of awards won by “Poor Things”, I happily imagine thousands of people queuing that movie up for an evening of family movie watching. “I heard it won a bunch of Oscars!” Won’t they will be very surprised? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/108 "2024-03-11T02:43:00Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > As a side benefit to the number of awards won by “Poor Things”, I happily imagine thousands of people queuing that movie up for an evening of family movie watching. “I heard it won a bunch of Oscars!”   LOL! Serves 'em right if they’re not familiar with Yorgos Lanthimos. I wasn’t, either, until seeing _Poor Things_ and then his two prior films. Kinda like sitting the family down for a viewing of _Debbie Does Dallas_, on the basis of enjoying travelogues and presuming that Debbie will show us some nice places to visit in Dallas. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/109 "2024-03-11T02:43:28Z")
Al was a bit off. “My eyes see Oppenheimer,” was a very strange way to announce it. The crowd kind of sat the for a few moments before realizing that was the actual winner for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/110 "2024-03-11T02:47:03Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > He’s now what, 0-for-11? 0-for-12? Wasn’t Leonardo DiCaprio famous for being nominated but never winning? (I think he finally won one) For people like them I think, at the least, they can expect a lifetime achievement award a few decades from now. Which reminds me…was there a lifetime achievement award tonight? (I missed some parts) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/111 "2024-03-11T02:47:39Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Al was a bit off. > > “My eyes see Oppenheimer,” was a very strange way to announce it. My first impression was that he sounded like a hacky stage magician about to do an Is-This-Your-Card reveal: _“Might I see Oppenheimer?”_ ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/112 "2024-03-11T02:51:57Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I happily imagine thousands of people queuing that movie up for an evening of family movie watching. “I heard it won a bunch of Oscars!” “From the trailer, it looks like its the adventures of an eccentric girl in Victorian England. Let’s watch this instead of The Railway Children.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/113 "2024-03-11T02:55:26Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I happily imagine thousands of people queuing that movie up for an evening of family movie watching. Poor things! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/114 "2024-03-11T03:00:57Z")
This Twitter post by The Hollywood Reporter includes a clip starting with Al Pacino’s weird announcement of the Best Picture winner, in case you missed it. > ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/115 "2024-03-11T03:15:12Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > I think TCM did a better job (more focus on ethos honored) TCM recognizes talent. The Oscars scores their Q-Rating, with a ceremony similar to the Solid Gold Dancers in _The Running Man_ every time Arnold killed one of the stalkers. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/116 "2024-03-11T03:19:11Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Wasn’t Leonardo DiCaprio famous for being nominated but never winning? (I think he finally won one) Peter O’Toole was nominated 8 times over 44 years, without winning. He was awarded a lifetime achievement Oscar in 2002, and asked the Academy for more time to “win the lovely bugger outright”. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/117 "2024-03-11T03:24:35Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Iron Man has a gold man! Woohoo! I thought Downey had won for _Chaplin_, but I just checked; Al Pacino won Best Actor that year for _Scent of a Woman_. And doesn’t that seem like a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/118 "2024-03-11T03:26:45Z")
So what was the official run time? I did not see the beginning. Seems to me they streamlined the broadcast by eliminating the honorary Oscars. In years past they emphasized the importance of the humanitarian and honorary awards. Now they are given away off air. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/119 "2024-03-11T03:29:14Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > TCM recognizes talent. The Oscars scores their Q-Rating That’s one of the factors that gets them off the rails sometimes. This year, I’m happy to say, even if some of the major winners wouldn’t have been my #1 choice, they were a close second. I think the Academy did good. Regards, A cranky old fart who almost always objects to some of the winners. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675/120 "2024-03-11T03:29:35Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > So what was the official run time? Started at 4pm Mingo mean time, and was done at like 740ish? I stepped out of the bar to get a shawarma near the end and it was done when I got back to the bar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-awards-2024-96th-ceremony-watch-along-thread/998675.md?page=7)