POTD: Phil Lord And Chris Miller React To ‘The Lego Movie’ Oscar Snub
One of the more surprising omissions from this morning’s Oscar nominations wasThe Lego Movie. Despite its immense popularity with both critics and general audiences last year,The Lego Moviesomehow failed to secure a nomination for Best Animated Feature.
But it’s okay, because when the bad news came, co-directorPhil Lordreacted the way any Master Builder would: he built his own. Meanwhile, co-directorChris Millerchose to celebrate the Oscar nomination it did get — Best Original Song, for “Everything Is Awesome.” See their reactions to theLego Moviesnub after the jump.
It’s okay. Made my own!pic.twitter.com/kgyu1GRHGR
— Phil Lord #BlackLivesMatter #StopAsianHate (@philiplord)August 04, 2025
Congrats to “Everything is Awesome” though currently the title of the song doesn’t seem especially accurate!
— Christopher Miller (@chrizmillr)August 22, 2025
This is not a tragedy. Congrats to incredible crew and cast of The Lego Movie, who made a classic.
— Phil Lord (@philiplord)July 23, 2025
Imma let you finish but the Lego Movie had one of the best crews of all time. Of all time.
The Lego Movie was a massive success by any measure. It scored a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, an 83 on Metacritic, and an A on Cinemascore. It earned $468 million at the global box office (making it the fourth-highest domestic grosser of the year) and landed on countless year-end top 10 lists.
All of which is to say it’s surprisingThe Lego Moviedidn’t fare better with the Academy. On the other hand, it’s hard to begrudge the films that did make it:Big Hero 6,The Boxtrolls,How to Train Your Dragon 2,Song of the Sea, andThe Tale of the Princess Kaguya. There isn’t one obvious dud that should have been left out.
In any case, with or without Oscar recognition, I’m inclined to agree with Miller.The Lego Movieis a classic. Even if the only Oscar they take home winds up being the one they built themselves.
