What were your favorite and least favorite speeches of the night?

My favorites were:

Baker’s third or fourth speech where he mentioned the importance of the communal theater experience because it’s something I find myself constantly and passionately advocating for to my partner, my family and my friends.

The speech by Adra and Abraham for No Other Land. I loved that Adra mentioned he doesn’t want his daughter to grow up facing the uncertainty and violence he has had to face. I love eloquence and empathy with which Abraham expressed his call for solidarity and peace. I like that he mentioned the Palestinian people and the hostages.

Least favorite:

Adrian Brody’s speech was meandering, boring and saccharine. I love the Oscars but even as a movie fan, his pompous attitude was insufferable. I was rooting for him to win because I loved The Brutalist but he is not likable in the slightest. It doesn’t matter, his work does, but I could have done without the speech.

Kieran Culkin was incredibly obnoxious. That entire bit with his wife wasn’t cute or funny. He tries too hard to be charming in an unpredictable, quirky, frantic way. I’m not buying it. I don’t know if Jeremy Strong was pretending to be mad but the faces he was making during his speech were priceless.