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Post by Rodney Farber on Oct 8, 2017 13:08:35 GMT
It epitomizes just how money-grubbing, the-public-be-damned, professional sports teams really are. Winning games is only a means to an end: making money.
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Post by politicidal on Oct 9, 2017 23:48:57 GMT
Well yea it is a business, but I get your point. I honestly didn't like MONEYBALL.
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Post by mikef6 on Oct 10, 2017 1:31:33 GMT
Except for a nice supporting role from Jonah Hill as a computer nerd who is a genius at crunching baseball stats and ranking the results, this is a standard Unorthodox Coach Puts Together A Team Of Has-Beens And Misfits Sports Movie. Most of the dialog in the first half of the film is clunky and obvious. The screenplay has characters explaining plot points they already know to each other so we, the viewing audience, can keep up, viz. the opening scene where the team owner explains to Brad Pitt (and the audience) that they are a small market team and can't afford to pay good players.
Of course all this is Based On A True Story, but as with most BOATS and biography movies, life seems to follow the same old movie story arc. The team is formed against opposition from the Establishment. There is a training period where they do everything wrong. There is conflict among the team members. Then, they pull together. There is a montage of them winning games. The finale is the championship playoffs. Yawn. And this review is from a fan whose sport IS baseball.
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Moneyball
Oct 10, 2017 17:17:10 GMT
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Post by charzhino on Oct 10, 2017 17:17:10 GMT
Loved this movie. As a Brit, I have never watched Baseball match ever but this film kept me hooked and invested mainly because Brad Pitt is so damn good.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Oct 11, 2017 1:03:05 GMT
I realized the 'Moneyball' theory when Matty Alou was playing
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