'Lego Movie' Director Reacts to Oscar Snub, Builds His Own Trophy

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Phil Lord builds his own Oscar trophy and writes, 'It's okay! Made my own,' after the popular animated flick did not make it into the list of Best Animated Feature Film nominees.

January 16, 2015

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The fact that "The Lego Movie" is not nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the upcoming Academy Awards surprised many people. Following the announcement on Thursday morning, January 15, the movie's director and writer Phil Lord took to Twitter to react to the snub. Lord created a Lego trophy and shared the photo on his account. "It's okay. Made my own!" he wrote.

It's okay. Made my own! pic.twitter.com/kgyu1GRHGR
— philip lord (@philiplord) January 15, 2015

"Lego Movie" soundtrack "Everything Is Awesome", however, is nominated for the Best Original Song. Reacting to the news, co-director/writer Chris Miller tweeted, "Congrats to 'Everything is Awesome' though currently the title of the song doesn't seem especially accurate!"

"Guardians of the Galaxy" director James Gunn additionally shared his thoughts regarding "Lego Movie" Oscar snub as well as other contenders in a Facebook post. Calling the family-friendly movie "one of the best films of the year, not to mention one of the best animated films," he said, " 'The LEGO Movie' was flat out snubbed."

Post by James Gunn.

Many stars who snagged a nomination for the upcoming awards show reacted to their achievements on social media. Mark Ruffalo who is up for Best Supporting Actor trophy tweeted his excitement, "Thank You @TheAcademy for the #Foxcatcher nomination! Honored and humbled. Thanks @channingtatum @SteveCarell and Bennett Miller. The best." He added in another post, "Thanks to all you folks with so many congratulations tweets. Heart warming support. You are too damn good."

Ruffalo's co-star Steve Carell who is vying for Best Actor trophy against Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne, Bradley Cooper and Michael Keaton also wrote, "Such a great honor. Thank you @TheAcademy. Love to @MarkRuffalo, @channingtatum, Bill Corso, and Bennet Miller. #Foxcatcher."

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Best Actress nominee Julianne Moore ("Still Alice") thanked fans on Twitter and admitted she's so happy that she "can barely breathe." Fellow Best Actress nominee Reese Witherspoon ("Wild") said in a Twitter post, "So happy to celebrate 2 #Oscarnominations for #WILDmovie with my deeply beautiful & talented costar @lauradern!"

So happy to celebrate 2 #Oscarnominations for #WILDmovie with my deeply beautiful & talented costar @lauradern! pic.twitter.com/AkqOkWOXJx
— Reese Witherspoon (@RWitherspoon) January 15, 2015

Reacting to her Best Supporting Actress nomination for her performance in "Boyhood", Patricia Arquette tweeted, "If you bet me this was going to happen a year ago I would have bet real money that you were wrong. Amazed."

The upcoming Academy Awards ceremony will take place on February 22. Neil Patrick Harris who serves as the host has also reacted to the nominations in a video featuring his adorable daughter Harper.