I’m still not over The Lego Movie’s Oscar snub
The Lego Movie, released in 2014, was notably absent from the Best Animated Feature nominees at the 87th Academy Awards—a snub that critics still lament more than a decade later. The nominated films that year were Big Hero 6, The Boxtrolls, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Song of the Sea, and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. Despite prerelease dismissals as merely a feature-length commercial for the toy brand, The Lego Movie proved to be both critically acclaimed and commercially successful.
The article’s author contends that The Lego Movie was the strongest animated film of 2014—funnier, sharper, and more visually innovative than the actual nominees. This perspective highlights the often subjective and contentious nature of Oscar nominations and raises questions about how award bodies evaluate animated cinema.
Compounding the film’s challenges, The Lego Movie is now being removed from Netflix’s streaming library, further restricting audience access to what the author describes as a “modern animated masterpiece.” The article frames this removal as an opportune moment for viewers to revisit or discover the film before it disappears from the platform.