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Baseball is a sport that I lost interest in while I was a growing teenager in
the early to mid nineties. But every now and then a good sports movie comes along that not only inspires
you, but could possibly rekindle an interest in a dying sport. Moneyball is that movie for me.
Moneyball is a biographical sports drama starring Brad Pitt as Billy
Beane, general manager for the Oakland Athletics. Billy Beane tries to go against the grain to assemble
a dream team based upon statistics rather than the players’ actual sporting capability. On paper
the dream team looks good, but could it be used in the real world? Going against everything Billy has known
and done his whole career as a general manager and even a player in the major league – Billy assembles this team of
over-looked and under-appreciated players.
Moneyball stars Brad
Pitt and Jonah Hill – which may sound like an odd choice, but just like the content of the movie itself, it works remarkably
well. Brad and Jonah play off of each other extremely well, and it really pays off. Should
Brad Pitt be rewarded with an Oscar nomination? Probably not. I love Brad Pitt, and
feel that the academy has completely forgotten about him, but Moneyball is just not the right movie for his first Oscar win.
I’m not saying that his acting is lousy in the film, I just don’t think Brad was acting at all –
it just seemed like Brad Pitt playing himself. Which I guess is Oscar worthy in itself – when an
actor can make something look so fluent and so natural.
The
content and delivery of this film is what I loved. I guess I’m a sucker for a well made sports drama.
There’s just something about watching an underdog rise to the top.
This movie has just about everything for everyone: Sports for you guys out there, Brad Pitt for you girls, a rollercoaster
full of emotions, excellent acting and even a lot of funny dialogue. This is simply a well made movie.
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