“The big surprise here is that ‘The LEGO Movie’ wasn’t nominated, ” The Washington Post’s Stephanie Merry wrote after surveying the animated feature film category. (The Post gave the film a three-and-a-half star review.)
The non-nomination prompted Phil Lord, who co-wrote and co-directed “The Lego Movie” with Christopher Miller, to tweet this perfect response:
He then added (more or less) that everything is, in fact, awesome.
This is not a tragedy. Congrats to incredible crew and cast of The Lego Movie, who made a classic.
— philip lord (@philiplord)
For his part, Miller had a slightly less enthusiastic take.
Congrats to "Everything is Awesome" though currently the title of the song doesn't seem especially accurate!
— Chris Miller (@chrizmillr)
Imma let you finish but the Lego Movie had one of the best crews of all time. Of all time.
"The LEGO Movie, " the first-ever, full-length theatrical LEGO adventure, directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, opened in theaters February 7, 2014. (Warner Bros. Pictures)
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