The Internet Is Really Mad That The Boss Baby Is Nominated For An Oscar
The Boss Baby--you know, the Oscar-nominated film.
The Academy Awards are coming up in early March, and we've gotten a full list of nominations. While other awards shows, including the Golden Globes, can provide some insight into what to expect, there can still be surprises. There were some pleasant ones this year, such as nominations for Jordan Peele (Get Out) and Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) in the Best Director category. And then there's The Boss Baby.
Yes, The Boss Baby, the film in which Alec Baldwin plays a talking baby known as The Boss, is now an Oscar-nominated movie. Particularly since this means the acclaimed Lego Batman Movie was snubbed by the category, a number of people online have reacted with some mixture of anger, confusion, and... optimism.
if the boss baby can be nominated for an oscar i can do anything
— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) January 23, 2018
Above and below, you'll find a sampling of Twitter's more entertaining reactions to the news--stand by for Part 2 on the day after the Oscars, should Boss Baby pull out the surprising win. We've also rounded up a full list of nominations from the Academy Awards, with Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water coming out on top at this stage with a total of 13. Get Out, Lady Bird, Darkest Hour, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri all had multiple nominations as well.
I seriously doubt that any of you chuckleheads groaning about "The Boss Baby" getting an Oscar nomination have actually seen it, because if you HAD you'd be much, much angrier.
— The Tony™ (@TweetsByTheTony) January 23, 2018
stay tuned for news regarding a screening of the oscar nominated animated classic "the boss baby" on the projector in my living room. black tie only. thank u.
— Andrew Sampson (@andrewsampson_) January 23, 2018
Can't really argue with that selection. #OscarNoms #Oscars2018 #BossBaby pic.twitter.com/vch539ZNrX
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 23, 2018
MY THERAPIST: How are you feeling?
— Devan Coggan (@devancoggan) January 23, 2018
ME: I just think it's funny how The Boss Baby got an Oscar nom for best animated feature and The LEGO Batman Movie got snubbed I mean LEGO Batman was the first film in years to truly capture Batman's identity and internal struggle and—#Oscars
and the winner for best picture goes to; the boss baby
— john chaotic goodman (@the_nope_show) January 23, 2018
this is the boss baby's 24th consecutive Oscar win tonight
The Boss Baby has more Oscar nominations (1) than The Big Lebowski, Groundhog Day, The Long Goodbye and The Shining combined (0)
— Mark Berman (@markberman) January 23, 2018
i can’t believe boss baby got nominated in the category where they usually just give it to the Pixar movie and google “animated movies 2017” to fill out the rest of the noms
— Leisure Suit Perry (@Yelix) January 23, 2018
OH, COOL, WE’RE JUST GOING TO NOMINATE FERDINAND AND THE BOSS BABY OVER THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE AND GO ON ACTING LIKE WE’RE A VAGUELY RESPECTABLE SOCIETY???
— Griffin Newman (@GriffLightning) January 23, 2018
Wait I thought people were joking about Boss Baby getting an Oscar nomination, I thought that was a meme
— Charlotte Wilder (@TheWilderThings) January 23, 2018
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