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Watched this movie for the second time tonight. It’s just a great story and movie. I like Brad Pitt, and he and Jonah Hill owned their respective roles. I was still following MLB back then, but was a big Arizona Diamondbacks fan, and they had just won the World Series in 2001, what was happening with the A’s in Oakland escaped my attention. It’s on Netflix. Recommended _______________________________________________________ despite them | ||
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I really enjoyed it. Not a "OMG this is amazing" kind of movie, but there's something I really like. One of those movies I watched the first time one night, and rewatched it the next day. I've watched it a couple times, but I've listened to it a few times as well. Had it on the DVD player on long trips, not watching, just listening. Works well for that. _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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| Purveyor of Fine Avatars  |
I'm not a fan of baseball but enjoy a lot of baseball-themed movies. Moneyball is one of my favorites. https://youtu.be/PlKDQqKh03Y "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" | |||
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i enjoyed it loved the scene where he got into it a little with Justice -- 'they're paying us big bucks for you to NOT play there...' that got his attention  --------------------------------- Proverbs 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. | |||
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Solid and entertaining movie. I was much more into baseball when it came out. | |||
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Yeah...pretty much done with MLB, but I love this movie. And you gotta admit...this movie is a true testament of the ROMANCE of baseball. Some soy-boy at Threebucks will NEVER appreciate that. Only sports fans can relate to and appreciate this movie for what it is... "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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Funny thing is, the A’s are looking to sell off several of their high salary players right now. Moneyball | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
So if you're not a sports fan you should pass? My wife tagged it. I read the synopsis. "Ugh. I don't think so, honey. Baseball. Could hardly care less." So we dropped it from the list. We're not just apathetic toward most sports, but downright antipathetic toward them. Exceptions are golf (me); some Winter Olympics sports; and an intermittent, vague interest in World Cup soccer. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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Nope...if you're a soy-boy you should pass.  "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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| Nullus Anxietas |
Well... not a soy-boy, but, other than listening to Tigers games as a kid and following the Red Wings for a few years, have really never had any interest in sports teams, the sports they play, or anything about them, so...? Typically, I've been more interested in playing sports than watching others play them "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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| Legalize the Constitution |
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chickenshit |
Ensigmatic, Moneyball is a good movie. You don't have to be a baseball fan to enjoy it, but if you know something about professional baseball (especially at that time) you'll enjoy it more. Go ahead and give it a try. If you don't like it I'll take the blame. ____________________________ Yes, Para does appreciate humor. | |||
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| "Member" |
It's about the business of baseball. And if your wife showed interest, you should watch it. _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
Don't give a shit about Baseball. Enjoyed the film just the same. Never had soy milk. Don't like tofu. Not even sure what a "soy boy" is. | |||
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| Nullus Anxietas |
rsbolo, 46and2: Very well. Perhaps we'll give it a try. cas: My wife likes Call The Midwife, too, so... "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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Ducatista |
I gave up on baseball when Nolan Ryan retired. But I gave this movie a shot. Since I have watched it more than four times. It's not about playing baseball, it's about trying to survive as a team with 1/20th the budget of big teams. The dynamics are good. And this was the first movie that got me to pay attention to Pitt as an actor. ___________________ "He who is without oil, shall throw the first rod" Compressions 9.5:1 | |||
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Its an entertaining movie that's based on the best selling book of the same name, from an asshole author. There's a number of recognizable actors which helps the casual viewer engage, Aaron Sorkin is one of the principal writers, despite his politics, I generally enjoy movies he's involved in. Unlike most baseball movies which portray the locker-room banter and shenanigans, this one is viewed from the offices of the General Manager, who's adopted a new method of player evaluation and deals with opposition from the traditionalists. If you can appreciate statistics, economics or, any manor of analytical method, the story shows it's applied to non-traditional field. We're not talking A Beautiful Mind, Interstellar or, Good Will Hunting but an entertaining sports movie told from view point of those working behind the scenes and putting the right players in positions to succeed. | |||
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| Bodhisattva |
I hate sports. I liked this movie. | |||
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| hello darkness my old friend  |
You wont be disappointed. Good movie and a great subject about an "Unfair" game. | |||
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Minus the rhetoric to the right of the picture, a good example right here...  "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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