Film fans have expressed outrage that The Boss Baby has received an Oscar nomination over The Lego Batman Movie.
The computer-animated film, which stars the voice of Alec Baldwin and was directed by Madagascar director Tom McGrath, has received a nod in the category alongside The Breadwinner, Coco, Ferdinand and Loving Vincent.
Congrats to our Animated Feature nominees! #Oscars #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/MELHkJhXuG
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 23, 2018
Following the Oscar nominations, film lovers took to Twitter to share their disappointment at its triumph and the film quickly became a trending topic on the social networking site.
Actor Griffin Newman, who stars in Amazon series The Tick, wrote: “OH, COOL, WE’RE JUST GOING TO NOMINATE FERDINAND AND THE BOSS BABY OVER THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE AND GO ON ACTING LIKE WE’RE A VAGUELY RESPECTABLE SOCIETY???”
OH, COOL, WE’RE JUST GOING TO NOMINATE FERDINAND AND THE BOSS BABY OVER THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE AND GO ON ACTING LIKE WE’RE A VAGUELY RESPECTABLE SOCIETY???
— Griffin Newman (@GriffLightning) January 23, 2018
One tweeter shared a mock therapy situation, writing: “MY THERAPIST: How are you feeling?
“ME: I just think it’s funny how The Boss Baby got an Oscar nom for best animated feature and The LEGO Batman Movie got snubbed I mean LEGO Batman was the first film in years to truly capture Batman’s identity and internal struggle and—
#Oscars.”
MY THERAPIST: How are you feeling?ME: I just think it's funny how The Boss Baby got an Oscar nom for best animated feature and The LEGO Batman Movie got snubbed I mean LEGO Batman was the first film in years to truly capture Batman's identity and internal struggle and—#Oscars
— Devan Coggan (@devancoggan) January 23, 2018
Another added: “Nobody is talking about the fact that the #%-€`$ Boss Baby was nominated?! Lego Batman Movie. Hello?”
Nobody is talking about the fact that the #%-€`$ Boss Baby was nominated?! Lego Batman Movie. Hello? pic.twitter.com/csJDJ2gJiX
— Calib McBolts 🍿📝🎬 (@CalibTalksFilms) January 23, 2018
One film fan said The Boss Baby’s nomination was “disrespectful” to The Lego Batman Movie, and called for the Lego films to stop being snubbed.
wtf the boss baby has an oscar nom how disrespectful to the lego batman movie smh stop snubbing the lego movies
— raymart (@reymerts) January 23, 2018
One person said: “The fact that Boss Baby got nominated for an Oscar just like that, but it took Leonardo DiCaprio like most of his life to just get one.”
The fact that Boss Baby got nominated for an Oscar just like that, but it took Leonardo DiCaprio like most of his life to just get one
— ✨BRI✨ (@ayyyyitsbriii) January 23, 2018
“I can’t believe we now have to call the boss baby an oscar nominated film,” another tweeter wrote.
i can’t believe we now have to call the boss baby an oscar nominated film
— kayley (@skrtsgard) January 23, 2018
“The Boss Baby has been nominated for Best Animated Feature, in case you were wondering whether or not you should take the Oscars seriously this year,” another quipped.
The Boss Baby has been nominated for Best Animated Feature, in case you were wondering whether or not you should take the Oscars seriously this year.
— Mark Birrell (@markwbirrell) January 23, 2018
The Boss Baby currently has a rating of 52% on reviews aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes and received mixed reviews from critics upon release last year.
The Lego Batman Movie has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 91%.