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| Moneyball (2011) Columbia Pictures |
To start this review I should mention that I am already biased toward the A's because they are my favorite baseball teams along with the Dodgers.
My friends are not big fans of baseball because they think it's slow and boring. I can agree with that assessment when watching it on the television. The in-game experience is much better to give baseball their credit. They will need to figure out something in the future to increase the viewership on TV.
Moneyball is the tale of what it's like for the smaller market teams to compete professionally with the bigger market teams. Baseball has been hard to watch over the years because of the salary rules. They have a salary tax system where the teams that spend over a certain amount of money have to pay a percentage of that salary extra. It hurts the smaller teams because the bigger teams can pay top dollar for players that would otherwise be paid much less by smaller market teams.
Its an unfair system and the film exploits the fact that these smaller teams have fan bases that are let down every time a good player leaves to a bigger market for more money. The difference is that one man named Billy Beane is trying to change the way he looks at the game. He highers Peter Brand who studied economics. He believes he can help Billy Beane find a team of guys that no one wants by finding value in their statistics. They project what numbers they need in order to make the playoffs so that they can get another shot at the title.
Its an unfair system and the film exploits the fact that these smaller teams have fan bases that are let down every time a good player leaves to a bigger market for more money. The difference is that one man named Billy Beane is trying to change the way he looks at the game. He highers Peter Brand who studied economics. He believes he can help Billy Beane find a team of guys that no one wants by finding value in their statistics. They project what numbers they need in order to make the playoffs so that they can get another shot at the title.
The movie itself features great performances from Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill. The script writing for the film was phenomenal and it provided the perfect foreground for the story of how they compile the team and the reaction they get from the fans and media.
I guess the film does what you expect, but the frustration was real and it was based on a real struggle as a general manager. Most films would not be able to transfer these types of feeling through film and you got a front row seat for greatness while seeing Brad Pitt.
Although the frustration continues for the A's, each year they are getting closer and closer to the championship based off the model that they started using in this film.
Baseball may not be the most entertaining sport, but this film highlights why baseball is still a great sport to be apart of as a fan.
I guess the film does what you expect, but the frustration was real and it was based on a real struggle as a general manager. Most films would not be able to transfer these types of feeling through film and you got a front row seat for greatness while seeing Brad Pitt.
Although the frustration continues for the A's, each year they are getting closer and closer to the championship based off the model that they started using in this film.
Baseball may not be the most entertaining sport, but this film highlights why baseball is still a great sport to be apart of as a fan.
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