Moral Relativism

I FINALLY SAW MONEYBALL. Even though Jonah Hill will now think he is a movie star, I will say this…

Moneyball may be one of the better movies this year. It has wry sense of humor, fantastic acting on all levels (especially from Brad Pitt and Philip Seymour-Hoffman), beautiful action sequences all wrapped up in the beauty that is a good sports movie.

Things I loved:

-The pauses- PauseActing is not something I go for in theatre, it created levity, brevity, and seriousness depending on the mood and what was called for, again it all comes down to the acting.

-Director Bennet Miller, he really did some excellent work

-Aaron Sorkin, doing what he does best, a quick witted script with lots of walking and talking. He may be pompous but that man can sure write.

-Chris Pratt as Scott Hatteberg, really phenomenal

-EVERYONE gave this suprised open mouthed confused look, priceless

-Gratuitous shots of Mo Rivera and Derek Jeter <3

What I didn’t like? The cliche daughter. Hoffman was underused (I was also spoiled with him and Paul Giammatti in the same film in Ides of March, they are phenomenal together). Robin Wright was superfluous, why even have her in the movie? She is a great actress who needs meaty roles, they should have just handed off her 6 minute role to some other actress. The movie lagged in some parts, and the end dragged on (if you know how it ends).

The ending isn’t a surprise for anyone who knows baseball. Even the nail biting scenes aren’t a surprise if you know this particular season from the A’s. I love baseball, I knew this season, I was still on the edge of my seat. Go watch what is likely to be one of the top contenders this year the Oscars