The 2014 Moscar Awards

Has it really been 7 years of Club Moofie? Incredible!

As is tradition, Moscars night is held on the final Club Moofie night of the calendar year so the 2014 Moscar was done immediately following our discussion of Zabriskie Point and 56-Up (see the previous blog for that post!).

This blog record of events is coming rather late in the year but hey what can you do when we lead such busy lives? Seeing as it happened in February and it is now September, my memory of the night is rather hazy. I do have some photographic evidence however that something did happen!

We apparently all were in the same room..

Moscars Group Photo

We all ate nice food

Oh well. Unfortunately its mostly going to be, ‘What happens in Moofie Club stays within Moofie Club‘.

The following was the official record of winners and losers for 2014:

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(1) Special Award:

The 2014 Club Moofie “Around the World in 80 Days” Award for Most Well-Traveled Club Moofie Member” goes to:

And it’s three-way tie!

CJ, Renny and Moscar for “Switzerland, England and New Zealand”.

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(2) The 2014 Club Moofie Award for BEST ACTOR goes to:

Chiwetel Ejiofor for “12 Years A Slave”

Voted for by: Andy, CJ, Beck and Renny

 Also nominated were:

Gene Hackman for “The Royal Tenenbaums”

James Stewart for “Vertigo”

Spencer Tracy for “Bad Day at Black Rock”

David Gulpilil for “Walkabout”

Michael Fassbender for “12 Years A Slave”

Jüergen Prochnow for “Das Boot”

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(3) Special Award:

The 2014 Club Moofie “Star Wars: Episode VII” Award for the “Club Member Most Excited by New Release Blockbusters” goes to:

Andrew

Witness this exchange on Godzilla:

 Andy: “I took a day off work to watch it”

Beck: “What did you do for the rest of the day?”

Andy: [pause] “I thought about it.”

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(4) The 2014 Club Moofie Award for BEST ACTRESS goes to:

Rosamund Pike for “Gone Girl”

Voted for by: Andy, Anthony, Paul, Wendy and Renny

Also nominated were:

Kim Novak for “Vertigo” (close second)

Lupito Nyong’o for “12 Years a Slave”

Gwyneth Paltrow for  “The Royal Tenenbaums”

Interesting Note: due to the dearth of parts for actresses in our chosen films, this was a category not all felt they could cast a vote in.

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(5) Special Award:

The 2014 Club Moofie “Shampoo” Award for “Club Moofie Member Most Likely to Be Impressed By Retro Hairstyles” goes to:

 Rebecca for “Blow-Dried U-Boat Captain”

Beck: “I had the hots for the Captain. Yes!” [even with the blow dried hair]

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(6) The 2014 Club Moofie Award for WORST ACTOR/ACTRESS goes to:

Mark Frechette for “Zabriskie Point”

Voted for by: Andy, Sylv, Renny and CJ

Also nominated were:

Aaron Taylor-Johnson for “Godzilla” (close second)

Anyone out of “Wages of Fear”

Ken Watanabe for “Godzilla”

Phil, the Psychologist for “Metallica: Some Kind of Monster”

The Crazy Guy out of “Das Boot”

Daria Halprin for “Zabriskie Point”

Godzilla for “Godzilla”

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(7) Special Award:

The 2014 Club Moofie “Critics’ Critic” Award for “The Most Critical Club Moofie Critic” goes to:

Wendy

For her review of “Godzilla”, encapsulated by this quote:

Wendy: “Worst Script Ever”

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(8) The 2014 Club Moofie Award for BEST SCRIPT/DIALOGUE– goes to:

 Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson for “The Royal Tenenbaums”

Voted for by: Beck, CJ, Renny, Paul, Andy and Sylv

Also nominated were:

Metallica for “Metallica: Some Kind of Monster” (close second)

Millard Kaufman for “Bad Day at Black Rock”

Alec Coppel and Samuel A.Taylor for “Vertigo”

Gillian Flynn for “Gone Girl” (based on her novel of the same name)

Wolfgang Petersen for “Das Boot”

The Participants for “56-Up”

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(9) Special Award:

The 2014 Club Moofie “Red Des(s)ert” Award for “Best Club Moofie Sweets” goes to:

Paul and Jodi

For their co-productions:

“Highly Memorable Apple Crumble”, and “Distinctively Delicious Home-Made Sorbet”

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(10) The 2014 Club Moofie Award for BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY– goes to:

Sean Bobbit for “12 Years A Slave”

Voted for by: Wendy, Beck and Anthony

Also nominated were:

Robert Burks for “Vertigo” (close second)

Jost Vacano for “Das Boot”

William C. Mellor for “Bad Day at Black Rock”

Robert D. Yeoman for “The Royal Tenenbaums”

Nicolas Roeg for “Walkabout”

Alfio Contini for “Zabriskie Point”

Seamus McGarvey for “Godzilla”

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(11) Special Award:

The 2014 Club Moofie “Anger Management” Award for “Most Aggressive Reaction to a New Release” goes to:

Sylvia for “Gone Girl”

Quote: Sylv: “I hated it. Zero”

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(12) The 2014 Club Moofie “It Can’t Matter to You” Award for the Actor/Actress You Would Most Likely Dye Your Hair Blonde For” goes to:

Daria Halprin (“Zabriskie Point”)

 Voted for by: Andy and Anthony

Also nominated were:

Benedict Cumberbatch (“12 Years A Slave”) – Wendy

Luke Wilson (“The Royal Tenenbaums”) – Sylv

Michael Fassbender (“12 Years A Slave”)  – Beck (but not as his character from of “12 Years  A Slave”)

Kim Novak (“Vertigo”) – Paul

Sally Hawkins (“Godzilla”) – CJ

Jüergun Prochnow (“Das Boot”) – Renny

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(13) The 2014 Club Moofie “Going, Going, Gone” Award for the Actor/Actress You Would Most Like To See Dunne By Amy” goes to:

Phil Towle, the Psychologist  (“Metallica: Some Kind of Monster”)

Voted for by: Sylv, Andy and CJ

Also nominated were:

Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“Godzilla”) – Paul

Brad Pitt (“12 Years A Slave”) – Anthony

Micheal Fassbender (“12 Years A Slave”) – Beck (as his character in “12 Years A Slave”)

John, the snobby barrister from “56-Up” – Wendy

Mark Frechette (“Zabriskie Point”) – Renny

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(14) Special Award:

The 2014 Club Moofie Award for Best Quote goes to:

Anthony

Some of his best:

On “12 Years a Slave”:

Anthony: (describing the film to those who did not see it). “It was a little bit Gene Kelly and there was some interpretive dance”

 

To Wendy, on her penchant for Benedict:

Anthony: “You like a bit of double-crumbed Cumberbatch?”

 

On “Das Boot”, which he didn’t watch:

Anthony: “I thought it was terrific. I thought Gene Hackman was good. 4 out of 5”.

 

There were also some great exchanges between Beck, (our former winner of this award) and Anthony:

 

On Godzilla:

Anthony: “It was a post-Fukushima interpretation of Godzilla. It’s a commentary on our condition. The hubris of humans. The new world order. It was all about the landscape. “

Beck: “I think I watched a different film to you.”

 

On Tom Cruise:

Anthony: “He’s a vessel. Like one of those Tibetan singing bowls.”

Beck: “And about the same size”

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Other Fantastic Quotes for the year by various members included:

Nat, on Brad Pitt in Twelve Years a Slave: “I was distracted by his big face-beard.”

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Andy, on Gene Hackman’s performance and character in “The Royal Tenenbaums”: “That was the sharp, pointy, sticky-outy part of the movie.”

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Andy, on why he chose “Bad Day At Black Rock”: “I wanted to see Spencer Tracy toss over Ernest Borgnine with one arm”

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Andy, on Metallica in “Metallica, Some Kind of Monster”: “ I can’t believe the healthy food they were eating!”

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Andy, on the ending of  “Gone Girl”: “The sperm bank would be calling Sally Jessie Raphael!”.

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Andy, on “Gone Girl”: “I thought the cat was going to be important. The cat looks important. I wanted the cat to upload its thoughts into a message translator”.

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Andy on Scottie at the end of “Vertigo”: “He’ll be back listening to Mozart in the blue room”.

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Wendy on “Walkabout”:  “They had no survival skills. Why on earth didn’t they put sunscreen on?”

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Wendy, on “Wages of Fear”: “As soon as they split up into 2 trucks, I knew the lesser characters were going to die”.

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Beck, on Godzilla:  “Everything was shit. Except Godzilla. He was kinda cool. He was like the Captain of the U-boat.”

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Beck to CJ, on the chief engineer saving the boat in “Das Boot”: “Did we like the depiction of engineers?”

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Beck, on “Wages of Fear”: “Yeah, I’ll smoke a cigarette while I drive the nitro”

And: ” I did get to one point and asked Jon, how much do I have left?” 

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Beck on Spencer Tracy’s character in “Bad Day At Black Rock”: “I want to know how he fit that dressing gown in his bag”

 

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Paul, on Andy’s excitement for Star Wars: Episode VII: “I think you should manage your expectations” .

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Paul on Tom Hanks in “Captain Phillips”: ” I did think I was a bit Hanks -out”.

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Sylvia, on “Gone Girl”: “The cat was the best part of the movie. The cat and the gummy bears”.

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CJ, on “Gone Girl’s” Rosamund Pike: “She has dead eyes. Dead . shark . eyes”.

CJ, on Godzilla the creature in “Godzilla”: “He looked kinda fat”.

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Renny on a ‘missing’ poster of Rosamund Pike that seen on the street, not knowing it was film advertising: ”I thought, “Oh she actually looks really pretty“. I’m not saying missing people don’t usually look pretty but she looks really pretty.”

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Renny, on Kim Novak’s character in “Vertigo”: “How is she ok with sitting in a strangers bed with no clothes on?”

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(15) The 2014 Club Moofie Award for WORST FILM – goes to: and it’s a tie!

“Zabriskie Point”, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni

Voted for by: Andy, Renny and CJ

and

“Godzilla”, directed by Gareth Edwards

Voted for by: Paul, Wendy and CJ

 

Also nominated were:

“Gone Girl”, directed by David Fincher

“12 Years a Slave”, directed by Steve McQueen

“Das Boot”, directed by Wolfgang Petersen

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AND DRUM ROLLLLLLLLL……….

(16) The 2014 Club Moofie Award for BEST FILM goes to:

“Vertigo”, directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Voted for by: Wendy, Sylvia, Paul, Andy, CJ and Anthony

 

Other nominees included:

“Metallica: Some Kind of Monster”, directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky (second place)

“12 Years a Slave”, directed by Steve McQueen

“The Royal Tenenbaums” directed by Wes Anderson

“Godzilla”, directed by Gareth Edwards

“56-Up”, directed by Michael Apted

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This year, our Club Moofie session’s highest scoring films reflected our voting, with 2014’s highest scoring film being:

“Vertigo”, with a score of 4.4 out of 5.

 

Our other films of 2014 scored:

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster: 4.1 (equal second)

56-Up: 4.1 (equal second)

12 Years a Slave: 3.9

Das Boot: 3.7

Bad Day At Black Rock: 3.5

The Royal Tenenbaums : 3.4

Walkabout: 3.3

Gone Girl: 2.7

Godzilla: 2.6

The Wages of Fear: 2.3

Zabriskie Point: 2.1

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That’s it folks! Another years moofie watching over, and another one to come!

I hope your 2015 was as good as it was going to be for us.
until next time I wish you all the best,
CJ