After having caused widespread controversy with their failure to acknowledge diversity in Hollywood with their #OscarsSoWhite, the 88th annual Oscars aired this past Sunday, Feb. 28 on ABC. Despite the anticipation people felt to see what Chris Rock had to say about the whole ordeal, the ceremony had the lowest ratings in eight years at an approximate 34 million viewers. As for the quality of the show, it was excellent in some regards and mediocre in others.

To begin with, Rock was a terrific host and had some truly hilarious jokes about the topic on everyone’s mind, particularly about Paul Giamatti who showed great range as an actor when it comes to racial respect, since he went from “whipping Lupita in 12 Years a Slave to crying at Eazy-E’s funeral in Straight Outta Compton.” Also, his montage of the films nominated for best picture but with a black cast was also highly amusing and cleverly satirical.

Now come the awards themselves, a majority of which went to Mad Max: Fury Road. This visual masterpiece completely swept all of the technical categories winning a total of six Oscars, from best visual effects all the way down to best costume design. The next film that won the most awards was perhaps one of the greatest films of the decade, The Revenant. Though it was nominated for the most categories out of all the other films with a whopping 12 nominations, this grand epic only won three awards, which is unfortunate considering the film’s brilliance. Emmanuel Lubezki broke a record by winning best cinematography for the third year in a row and director Alejandro González Iñárritu became the third director in history to win the Oscar two years in a row, both of which were well-deserved milestones.

But of course, the most well-deserved award of the night was one that went to a certain gentleman who, for a long-time-coming, had an Oscar in his horizon, and thanks to his work in this incredible survival drama, Leonardo DiCaprio finally won an Oscar after receiving his fifth nomination in 2016. This is undoubtedly a momentous event for the 41-year-old actor, as it has not only immortalized him as one of the greatest performers of all time, but has also put an end to all those memes that ridiculed the fact that he had never won an Oscar.

But there were a couple of truly unsatisfying choices throughout the night, one of which was Mark Rylance for best supporting actor for Bridge of Spies. It was a perfectly adequate performance, but nowhere near as memorable and impactful as Sylvester Stallone’s in Creed. Hopefully another chance will arise in the future for Stallone to redeem himself and receive the award he deserved.

However, the most baffling decision of the night was the biggest, and that was best picture going to the Catholic Church scandal drama Spotlight. This was quite a film, it was a great one as a matter of fact, but best picture-worthy it was not. As an expression of the art of cinema and what kind of wonders can be achieved through filmmaking, The Revenant was a far better example of both those things. Though it’s obviously great that its recognition will shine a light, a “spotlight” if you will, upon the devastating subject matter of the film, it didn’t entirely deserve to beat out The Revenant.

Overall, Rock was a funny host and kept everything moving well, it was amazing to see Mad Max receive all that praise, DiCaprio’s win was incredibly pleasing to witness and although some awards should’ve gone to other nominees, it was a dominantly enjoyable ceremony.