Honestly, some of the best winners in all of the Oscars history were in this ceremony.
Parasite sweeping was absolutely deserved, and even to this day, monumental. There was no need for any competition in the categories it won. It also should have won Film Editing over Ford v. Ferrari, in my opinion.
Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) winning Actor, as well as the film winning Score, was absolutely deserved too.
Renee Zellweger (Judy) gave a great performance, but it absolutely should have been Scarlett Jóhannsson (Marriage Story).
Brad Pitt (OUATIH) winning Supporting Actor was a great win, and the film absolutely EARNED that Production Design win.
Laura Dern (Marriage Story) was an okay win, but I would have given it to Florence Pugh (Little Women).
Jojo Rabbit (Taika Waititi) winning Adapted Screenplay was very exciting! Granted, any of the nominees (except the Oscar bait that was The Two Popes) could have won, but still.
Toy Story 4 for Animated Feature is kind of a dumb win, although it is a great film, the winner should have easily been Klaus. Hair Love for Animated Short is actually exciting, though!
American Factory for Documentary Feature is completely undeserved (I don't even think it deserved the nomination), it should have been Honeyland or For Sama.
1917's three wins; Cinematography, Sound Mixing, and Visual Effects were absolutely deserved.
Ford v Ferrari and 1917 splitting the Sound categories was a great choice.
Little Women winning Costume Design was somewhat deserved, but only because the other nominees weren't all that great. If Rocketman wasn't completely snubbed for Costume Design, that should have won over Little Women.
Speaking of Rocketman (which was severely snubbed for several other categories), the Song win was deserved.
Bombshell winning makeup was well-deserved too, even if I dislike the movie.
Still, what keeps this from being a truly great ceremony, besides a few undeserved wins, is the comedy. The academy did their damndest to have the presenters make horrendously unfunny, cringeworthy jokes. Wiig and Rudolph trying too hard to be funny and failing miserably was especially egregious, and so was the entire "Cats" segment. It was embarrassing! Otherwise, this was the best Oscar ceremony in the past 10 years.
