The LEGO Movie has earned prizes far beyond an Oscar nomination.
But the snub still hurts…
It is, to be fair, a fairly staggering omission.
And thats before we get tothatsong.
You know the one…
Yet you know what happened next.
Within an hour,The LEGO Moviewas trending on Twitter.
Where was its Academy Award nomination?
Had the Oscar voting world gone nuts?
If youre after an arbiter of what makes an excellent film, the Oscars can never be it.
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The Oscars are, after all, an example of democracy.
And as with most democracies, they throw up strange decisions.
Bottom line: enough people, for whatever reason, didnt vote for the film.
That, though, doesnt change any human beings opinion on the movie.
So we just dismiss the Oscars as a load of nonsense then, and get on with our lives?
Thats the power of awards season right there.
Awards are big business.
Thats not going to be diluted one jot by the Oscar snub.
But then its not alone in that camp.
It was unfair whenForrest Gumpswept the board againstQuiz Show,The Shawshank Redemption,andPulp Fiction.
And its unfair thatAmerican Snipergets six Oscar nominations whilst something likePrideorUnder The Skindoesnt get a sniff.
Academy Award unfairness stories are not in short supply.
Rest assured a new lot will be along in twelve months time.
The Oscars is no exception.
and the hand-drawnSong Of The Sea.
That, too, is a good thing.
And ultimately, theres the kind of award that the Oscars dont have the power to hand out.
Out around the same time?Field Of Dreams.
25 years on, its a film thats still widely talked about though.
Its my belief that thatll be the case withThe LEGO Movie.
Its a less tangible prize for Chris Miller and Phil Lord than a statue to go in their toilet.
