Moneyball

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Tim: I thought Moneybag was a fantastic movie. The storyline was so well built, inside and out. The acting was amazing. Just as expected, Brad Pitt was flawless; he did an amazing job portraying the needed seriousness in his role. Jonah Hill also did an amazing job, which caught me a little by surprise. He usually plays the goofy character, but he had no problem changing into a more serious role (with some humor mixed in). I don’t want to ruin the ending, but all I’m going to say is I loved it. If you’re into sports movies, this one is for you. Rating: Watch it now!

Matt: The movie was good but nothing special to me. Yes, the acting was good and the story was inspirational, but it was kind of the same old, same old to me. I’ve seen all the inspirational sport movies, and it’s just another one like that. Brad Pitt did a great job playing his role, no complaints about him. Jonah Hill did okay. I’ve really never been a fan of him because his acting is always the same, but he did well enough to make it believable. I’m a strong believer about a movie being different and unique to be a great movie, but this one falls short of that. All and all, this movie was just okay. Rating: Wait for DVD!

Kristin: This movie was definitely enjoyable but wasn’t fantastic. One thing that saved this movie was Brad Pitt. He was amazing and did a great job portraying his role. There were some exciting moments but honestly baseball, in general, is not too exciting. Some parts dragged on and there was a lot of baseball talk (which I don’t care about) and the storyline was a little disoriented. I really felt like they relied on big actors to make this movie great. If you really don’t like or understand the game, or how a baseball team analyzes their statistics, this movie is definitely not for you. Rating: Watch on DVD!

This sums it up for me. One of the major reasons I chose Contagion last weekend (which by the way was a mistake).

I like the movie of which storyline was so well built, inside and out, just like what you said.

So, yeah...I waited a month and a half to actually watch this, then another few weeks to actually get around to writing a review. Timely, eh? Anyway, here it is. Good flick, and I enjoyed writing about its broader themes. The book was about a heck of a lot more than baseball, and I was really pleased than the film recognized that, and captured it.

Why did this guy get neg repped for reviewing a film? Is it because he plugged his website?

I forget the specifics, but something like that, yeah.

Saw this this week and would love to see it get a Best Picture nom. Wonderful film. Maybe a little too niche oriented to garner a nom? Maybe, maybe not. Very good stuff though. Brad Pitt, it appears, can do anything.

EDIT: Oh, and great review Yoder.

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This movie was A Toast for me!
Verdict: Regardless of your level of interest in baseball, Pitt and crew will knock your socks off. Look for the cast’s smiling faces at the 2012 Academy Awards.

This isn't a baseball movie, so don't let that put you off to it. (Although it shouldn't anyway, who doesn't like baseball movies?) The conflict lies in Beane and his past, not whether his team wins or not. I loved how authentic the drama was.

Finally got around to watching this last night, and while over-all i'd give it a , there were a couple of issues that irked me some.

The first was the overuse of the great sports movie stand-by..The Montage. While i undertsand a good deal of it was necessary to successfully adapt what was pretty dry source material, there were a few instances that imo deserved scenes of their own. I am speaking specifically of Jonah Hill in the weight room explaining to the players the method to the madness ie manipulating the opps pitch counts and the like. Perhaps the scenes from which the montage bits were extrapolated will appear on the DVD deleted scenes section(i watched it via VOD).

The second thing was the daughters ditty sounded an awful lot like the annoying credit score guys jingle, which probably irked me more that it should have, but whatcha gonna do eh.

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Love the credit score thing. Nice.

I agree about the montage. It was particularly bad for me because I actually like the stathead stuff, and that was their way of sort of summarizing it for the less-stathead-y. I get why they did it that way, and it probably makes it a better overall movie than one where they actually talk about it in-depth, but I missed some of that. But yeah, I really thought we might have ourselves a non-montage sports movie for a minute there...

I enjoyed it. Jonah Hill was a revelation.

Well it was a chick flick for guys in a sense, which was the tactic i used to get my wife to get onboard for this. (my other possibility was to mention the notebook before suggesting the ides of march, but she instinctively hates Clooney movies that i chat up ever since i hoodwinked her into going to see Syriana but i digress)

Seymour-Hoffman nailed the role of Art Howe, though i suspect his portrayal was more of a device to ground the story rather than a re-creation of events that actually happened. Which i'm ok with btw, the genre of based on true story has a long history of fudgen the facts to fit the narrative after all.

Speaking of which, the scene with Beane and David Justice in the batting cage probably never occured, yet rang true as well. Pitt's delivery sold it for me.

Hill has been lauded a great deal as much because the role is a break from his usual seth rogen jr mode, but imo thats the only aspect thats noteworthy.

This is No doubt about it Pitts showcase, and am really happy the producers didnt take the easy route and use hollywood makeup tricks to make him look less photogenic. There were a few times where i caught myself thinking i watching a documentary almost. The scenes of the round-table of scouts had a very real fly-on-the-wall eavesdropping feel, which was essential.

one last note, Jack McGee is fast becoming the old white guy version of Luis Guzman for me.



He's popping up in the thankless character roles that JT Walsh used to get cast for.

Nice review, by the way. The thing is that things do change. Those opposed to conventional widom do have to go through a brick wall but every now and then someone makes it, as is the case with stats over scouts in this movie. The ending of the movie is somewhat unlikely because the main character kind of contradicts himself. If he is all about winning and only as good as his last game, wouldn't he go with the team that best offers him that in the end?
But this movie is also about choices and values and sends a strong message that family is more important than money.

If we use Popcorn and Candy's analysis that the drama of Moneyball is all about Beane. Then the ending does make sense, he choices quality of life---a relationship with his daughter rather than moving away to another city and becoming a celebrity manager.

Yeah, but he got divorced and spent the last how many years living to win that trophy and was just given another opportunity, after having failed twice, knowing that the quality of his current team will never again make it there, not even make a tri peat play off ,and also being given the most money of any GM, which by the way could also improve his family life. That's what frequent flyer miles are all about. He didn't even live with his daughter but was just a weekend dad, so it wouldn't make that much of a difference. Something about his choice to abandon all that just doesn't make sense. Did his raison d'etre just cease to exist and now it's all about the daughter? I find it hard to believe.

I think the problem is assuming that it was just about winning in the abstract; in reality, it was about proving a point. The underlying drive was demonstrating that the old guard didn't know what they were doing. He achieved that, and he wouldn't have if he'd succeeded with a big-market club.

Whether or not you think it makes sense, it actually happened. Can't argue that reality isn't realistic enough.

Oh men,that movie blew my mind! Not because of it's script (I don't care about baseball) but the performances and especially Brad's where astounding!

Thats a great point. The Wahlberg flick Invinceable received alot of the same criticism.

Truth really is stranger than fiction.

I honestly have no idea what version of this film I saw, but it seemed to be missing a lot of crucial parts. First, there was never any scene with his wife (Penn) or his daughter. Hoffman only had one scene where he talks about his one year contract and the entire flow of the film seemed off.

I watched it on TMN, The Movie Network, which usually has everything uncut. It was advertised as 133 minutes, but the film itself was only 90 or so. I didn't realize this until I looked on imdb and saw that Robin Wright Penn was suppose to be in the movie, then things started to click.

Damn shame.

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