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James Franco’s Best Faces at the Oscars

Whether Oscar host James Franco was doing a performance-art piece last night, inadvertently bungling the job, or just flat-out stoned we’ll never know. (Or, at least we won’t know until he tweets about it.) But whatever the case, we do know he pulled some faces. Throughout the telecast, there was nary a moment when he was onscreen when he didn’t look bored and on the verge of either rolling his eyes, saying something snarky, or running off to do something more interesting, like, maybe taking a nap with some cats. We’ve collected screengrabs of the best “over it” faces he made during the ceremony, accompanied by guesses as to what he was really thinking about. Teenagers looking to irk the hell out of their parents, feel free to copy what you see here.

“Sweet laser light show going on in here.”
“I know: ‘Look at us, we’re hosting the Oscars, blah blah Hollywood blah.’ Jeez.”
“God, why is it so hard to make your ears wiggle!”
“There’s definitely tequila backstage.”
“This chapstick tastes funny.”
“This chick probably has no idea what a caudate sonnet even is.”
“That clock has to be slow, right?”
“I just thought of the best tweet.”
“That guy in the balcony is napping. Grrr. Why can’t I be napping!”
“How you doing?”
“Look at them all laughing it up. I guess I’d find all this funny too if I only had a B.A.”
“I think this chapstick is cantaloupe flavored … ”
“Or maybe blue raspberry?”
“Wait, does my right arm move faster than my left?”
“Coooookies. Me want coookies.”
James Franco’s Best Faces at the Oscars