Grading The Best & Worst Moments Of The 2015 Oscars

It took Richard Linklater 12 years to make “Boyhood,” and it felt like it took 13 to get by a Oscars rite that snubbed his movie. We done it out alive by a skin of Neil Patrick Harris’ sore jokes. Snark aside, a handful of Oscar moments did confuse from a epic length of Sunday’s awards. Below, a best and worst.

BEST: The opening number.opening#OscarsSoWhite
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WORST: NPH’s repeated fun about a close box.
Score: 4.5

BEST: “Ida” executive Pawe? Pawlikowski’s speech.
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BEST: “Everything Is Awesome.”raucous performance
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BEST: Patricia Arquette’s acceptance speech.particularly Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lopezshimmying
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BEST: Emmanuel Lubezki’s second uninterrupted Best Cinematography win.
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BEST: Meryl Streep quoting Joan Didion during a In Memoriam intro.
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WORST: Joan Rivers and Elaine Stritch’s repudiation from In Memoriam.deemed them unworthy
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WORST: The sign that Jennifer Aniston and David Oyelowo were snubbed.Did Brad Pitt learn we nothing, NPH?
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BEST: John Legend and Common’s “Glory” opening and win.stunning speech
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BEST/WORST: Lady Gaga’s “Sound of Music” tribute.sang a tribute
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BEST: Julianne Moore’s speech.
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WORST: NPH’s Oscar predictions (or whatever that was, exactly).#FreeOctavia
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WORST: “Boyhood” mislaid Best Picture and Best Director.
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WORST: The length.
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Overall grade: 6

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