'The Boss Baby' Oscar Nomination Baffles Twitter Users

The Oscar nomination of "The Boss Baby" for Best Animated Film has caused a lot of confusion for people on social media. 

The film, which starred Alec Baldwin as the voice of a suit-wearing toddler, was nominated alongside “The Breadwinner,” “Coco,” “Ferdinand,” and “Loving Vincent.”

The unlikely nomination caused Twitter to explode with reactions and feelings. 

THE BOSS BABY is now an Oscar-nominated film. What have you people done

— Scott Wampler™ (@ScottWamplerBMD) January 23, 2018

Boss Baby nominated for more Oscars than Wonder Woman

— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) January 23, 2018

RESPECT THE BOSS BABY #OscarNoms

— The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) January 23, 2018

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

Some fans pointed out “The Lego Batman Movie” was snubbed in favor of “The Boss Baby” and “Ferdinand,” a movie about a good-hearted bull who doesn't want to fight.  

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

I mean yeah....... it TOTALLY makes sense why Boss Baby was nominated but @LEGOBatmanMovie wasn’t. 🙄 pic.twitter.com/MwyjfO4GX7

— Steven Z Smith (@stevenzsmith88) January 23, 2018

Just give it to the emoji movie while you’re at it pic.twitter.com/mYD0RxvXZS

— HULA REGGAETÓN (@truebreatharian) January 23, 2018

A poll on BuzzFeed showed 87 percent of the nearly 7,000 who voted said they didn’t think “The Boss Baby” should have gotten an Oscar nomination, with only 13 percent saying they agreed with the pick. 

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