Shortly after the winner of the coveted prize was announced at the ceremony, the "Guardians of the Galaxy 2" filmmaker took to Twitter to express his feeling about the results of the awards show.
"I hate when Best Picture goes to a different film than Best Director," he lashed out, apparently thinking that "The Revenant" should've taken the honor instead.
"Does our own industry not understand what a director does?"
His post prompted responses from other users.
Sela Shiloni commented, "The Revenant was an incredible achievement in directing. After it got through editing, though, not the greatest movie...."