The 2017 Oscars just wrapped up (full winners list here). Were you watching every moment, perhaps getting insanely blitzed thanks to a drinking game? If so, you may not have been watching Twitter make jokes about celebrities reading mean tweets or Ryan Gosling inspiring a new meme or Hailee Steinfeld jokingly trying to steal an unaccompanied Oscar statuette or Matt Damon’s feud with Kimmel or all of those musical performances.
And Twitter even reacted amusingly to the inspiring moments, like Viola Davis and Mahershala Ali‘s speeches upon winning their first (and hopefully not last) Oscars. (We will, of course, have a separate reactions post to that insane Moonlight development.)
It started with people picking their favorite outfits during the pre-show:
The In Memoriam reel will now include everyone who was within ten feet of this dynamite. pic.twitter.com/HTxfI4snQf
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) February 26, 2017
Then things got rolling, and people noticed things sometimes look like other things:
Vince Vaughn up there looking like Hank Hill #theoscars #kingofthehill pic.twitter.com/gqQYlKzQJe
— gorilla (@miqmiqmiq) February 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/antimemetic/status/836054088311844864
How does Seth Rogen look like Michael J Fox's dad #Oscars pic.twitter.com/vUfwUun9uu
— Sofiya Alexandra (@TheSofiya) February 27, 2017
La La Land surprisingly didn’t sweep this thing, leading to tweets like this earlier in the night:
La La Land Oscars: 0
Number of times in twenty minutes my mother, father, or grandfather has asked "who's that?": literally thousands— Connor Thompson (@cpethompson) February 27, 2017
And everyone made a variation of the joke that Viola Davis’ Oscar acceptance speech should win an Oscar next year, but only one guy thought of this brilliance *kisses fingertips*:
Nicole, kid, man pic.twitter.com/msgHaaBSJH
— Daniel D'Addario (@DPD_) February 27, 2017
And some people got tired of all the jokes about difficulties pronouncing nominees’ names:
jimmy kimmel you got a 50s ass name. you sound like the kid who locks himself in a refrigerator and dies in a black and white PSA
— November (@postoctobrist) February 27, 2017
And people got salty about white actors playing Asian characters or white saviors:
https://twitter.com/runwithskizzers/status/836024341917745152
But most saved their salt (or their perhaps-ironic cheering) for Suicide Squad — sorry, Academy Award-Winning Film Suicide Squad™ — getting more Oscars than so many things.
the room when suicide squad won pic.twitter.com/DwFMpvspM3
— demi adejuyigbe (@electrolemon) February 27, 2017
Congratulations Hot Topic on your #Oscars win for best makeup in Suicide Squad.
— Abbi Crutchfield (@curlycomedy) February 27, 2017
— Marc P.I. (@iammarcpi) February 27, 2017
"Suicide Squad" has more Oscars than "Carol," in case you needed a reason to take to the streets this evening. #Oscars
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) February 27, 2017
Suicide Squad has officially won more Oscars than Michael B Jordan and Michael Regular Jordan COMBINED. #SMDH
— Steven Wilber (@WilberWithAnE) February 27, 2017
I can't believe every copy of every other movie is being burned and replaced with Suicide Squad. So dumb!
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) February 27, 2017
People seemed surprised when Hacksaw Ridge won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing:
Mel Gibson would like to thank (((The Academy))).
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) February 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/thejoshpatten/status/836040889256542209
that moment you regret taking your racist grandpa out in public pic.twitter.com/OPmSQ7tEsQ
— shauna (@goldengateblond) February 27, 2017
So sad for the guy who spent a long weekend sound editing the birds into the engine for Sully
— Paul Gale (@ImPaulGale) February 27, 2017
But not as surprised as these tourists were:
https://twitter.com/justinkirkland4/status/836053361942282240
https://twitter.com/jess_mc/status/836054033529991168
Nicole Kidman is passing around Purell to everyone in the front row right now #Oscars
— Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) February 27, 2017
And when Denzel didn’t win, some people were not here for that:
Poor Brie Larson. All season long. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/XntqKloUUE
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) February 27, 2017
Look at Chrissy Teigen back there pretending to sleep through Casey Affleck’s acceptance speech pic.twitter.com/nM7UgQ6Rl9
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) February 27, 2017
And John Legend’s excellent La La Land medley didn’t go unnoticed:
https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/836065226470522880
It'd be fun if J.K. Simmons came out and fired John Legend right now.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) February 27, 2017
And the rest:
https://twitter.com/electrolemon/status/836046511108571136
https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/836058713244983298
The death montage starts. First, an American flag. The crowd gasps. It's too late. Banksy's already in the getaway car.
— actioncookbook (@actioncookbook) February 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/TweetLikeAGirI/status/836044225330442240
https://twitter.com/kibblesmith/status/836033615481962496
The guy that starts his Oscar speech with "this never gets old" is the very best LA has to offer
— Karen Kilgariff (@KarenKilgariff) February 27, 2017
The "In Memoriam" segment is just going to be all the people who've died since this thing started. #Oscars
— Bryan Donaldson (@TheNardvark) February 27, 2017
Just once I wish they'd do a montage with the theme, "Movies: Most of Them Stink." #Oscars
— Paul F. Tompkins (@PFTompkins) February 27, 2017
What an ending to the last Oscars ceremony ever
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) February 27, 2017
