By Steve Pond

It seemed as if it was going to be a historically close Oscar night. It turned out to be something of a runaway — but a runaway that crowned a clear champion but left the runner-up feeling pretty good, too.

It might not have been a great Oscar show, with plenty of awkward moments and a trigger-happy approach to playing winners offstage. But in many ways, it was a richly satisfying one in the choices that voters made, which honored great and underappreciated filmmakers and spread the wealth just enough that fans of “One Battle After Another,” “Sinners,” “Hamnet,” “KPop Demon Hunters,” “Frankenstein,” “Sentimental Value” and others could all be happy.