Moneyball

JP Liz V1

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210166/

Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiAHlZVgXjk

Kinda OT but wow Jonah Hill has lost some weight

kraggy

When is/was this out in Ireland out of curiosity. It's out here (Seoul) this week and I'm heading to it on Friday night.

What ye think of it?

Sad Professor

It's out in Ireland at the end of the week.

D'Agger

Sad Professor wrote: »

It's out in Ireland at the end of the week.

YUSSSSSSSS

Really looking forwards to this

That_Guy

Heading to the cinema to catch this tonight. Really looking forward to it. Don't usually go by reviews but it seems to be getting decent reviews across the board so hopefully it lives up to those scores.

Surprised my local cinema has a screen free with the amount of Twilight showings. :pac:

Fishooks12

Looks great alright

Wow Jonah Hill has really lost a bag load of wait since Cyrus

D'Agger

That_Guy wrote: »

Surprised my local cinema has a screen free with the amount of Twilight showings. :pac:

Prob won't be able to go see it tonight unless there's a late show but I wouldn't be surprised if there's nothing but Twilight on in my local one :mad:

irishh_bob

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210166/

Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiAHlZVgXjk

Kinda OT but wow Jonah Hill has lost some weight

he,s less funny as a skinnier guy

sidekick!

saw this last night brad pitt is flawless. jonah hill is solid but the key man for me in this is Aaron Sorkin who wrote it. He puts all the elements the made the social network brillant in the script and the movie just flows brilliantly.

wonderboysam

irishh_bob wrote: »

he,s less funny as a skinnier guy

universal truth!

That_Guy

Thought the film overall was great except for that bloody song. :pac: Was stuck in my head for a while afterwards.

D'Agger

That_Guy wrote: »

Thought the film overall was great except for that bloody song. :pac: Was stuck in my head for a while afterwards.

I've yet to see it but is it like the song from the trailer?

Sounds like Explosions in the Sky and I love them!!

tunguska

Saw it at the weekend and I thought it was a piece of supreme movie making. Great story, dialogue is sharp and believable, nice photography, but its the acting that really stands out. Jonah Hill's character is very likeable and everybody else is rock solid. But its Brad Pitt that deserves special mention. I know he started off his career as the pretty boy and maybe some of his earlier work was a bit dodgy, but he just keeps getting better and better. I thought he was superb in The tree of life but I think he's gone one step further in Moneyball. He comes across as a man whos grown into himself and knows exactly who he is. Like with Clooney, I look forward to seeing Brad pitts next film, I know it'll interesting and head and shoulders above the usual crap that comes off the hollywood production line.

mikhail

tunguska wrote: »

...Like with Clooney, I look forward to seeing Brad pitts next film, I know it'll interesting and head and shoulders above the usual crap that comes off the hollywood production line.

I have bad news for you so. http://screenrant.com/brad-pitt-retiring-acting-sandy-139952/

tunguska

mikhail wrote: »

I have bad news for you so. http://screenrant.com/brad-pitt-retiring-acting-sandy-139952/

Ah thats ok. I'd be happy to see him going out on a high note. Going the way of the Beatles as opposed to the stones.

don ramo

tunguska wrote: »

Ah thats ok. I'd be happy to see him going out on a high note. Going the way of the Beatles as opposed to the stones.

well hes just finnished World War Z, and he has 2 more films in the pipe line, plus he wont retire, he was still saying hell make film just not as many as before, whatever that means, probably only gonna be available 5 or 6 months a year, so hell probably get at least one a year and maybe squeze a second every other year or something along those lines,

great film, didnt know sorkin scripted it, that man is fantastic, and pitt and hill were superb, im not a baseball fan but by god that was a great film,

my jaw was nealry on the floor when it said

the red sox offered him 12.5 million and then he stayed with the As:eek: fair play to the man,

Richard Hillman

Excellent film. Long but worth it. I dont think it would suit non sports fans though. Its very sport orientated. Im not a baseball fan but still very much liked it.

The Sparrow

don ramo wrote: »

my jaw was nealry on the floor when it said the red sox offered him 12.5 million and then he stayed with the As:eek: fair play to the man,

You might want to spoiler that. Most people probably wouldn't be aware of the plot of the movie and that is a fairly large spoiler.

I enjoyed this a lot. Brad Pitt was excellent. Great performance from Phillip Seymour Hoffman too as the asshole coach.

don ramo

The Sparrow wrote: »

You might want to spoiler that. Most people probably wouldn't be aware of the plot of the movie and that is a fairly large spoiler.

weird the edit fuction is gone, probably been to long,

this should have spoiler tags in the title at this stage seeing as its on general release over a week,

nyarlothothep

I thoroughly enjoyed it. Vastly superior as a sports film to the emotionally manipulative and cliched implausible dross that was Warrior. I very much liked the stately pace, the slow edits, and contemplative and solemn atmosphere of the film. Brad Pitt's character was a tragic one, twisted with regret and dashed dreams. The emotional content was subdued and subtle and therefore had more effect. What I did find extremely worrying though was the fact that audience members were laughing at the Jack and Jill trailer before the film started. I was stumped when I realised that was an actual film and not the South Park p1sstake I first knew of it to be.

Sad Professor

don ramo wrote: »

weird the edit fuction is gone, probably been to long,

this should have spoiler tags in the title at this stage seeing as its on general release over a week,

I added tags to your post. We only tend to add a thread title warning for films that really require it. It's not like this film contained any major plot twists or anything.

Anyway, I went to see this last week. I sooo thought I had the ending pegged and was very pleased that they didn't resort to the usual formulaic sports movie ending. Excellent film all round. I especially liked all the little silent character moments.

Skinfull

Do we really need spoiler tags on a flick thats been a book and major news?

AnonoBoy

Skinfull wrote: »

Do we really need spoiler tags on a flick thats been a book and major news?

I'd say so. I've never read the book and I have no real knowledge of 'major' baseball news being that I don't follow the sport.

I would like the film not to be spoiled for me.

Sad Professor

Skinfull wrote: »

Do we really need spoiler tags on a flick thats been a book and major news?

It depends how well known it is. In the case of this film, most Irish people wouldn't know much about baseball. On the other hand, I thought the use of spoiler tags in the 127 Hours thread was ridiculous because EVERYONE knew that story and it was impossible to discuss the film without mentioning it.

don ramo

Skinfull wrote: »

Do we really need spoiler tags on a flick thats been a book and major news?

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I'd say so. I've never read the book and I have no real knowledge of 'major' baseball news being that I don't follow the sport.

I would like the film not to be spoiled for me.

Sad Professor wrote: »

It depends how well known it is. In the case of this film, most Irish people wouldn't know much about baseball. On the other hand, I thought the use of spoiler tags in the 127 Hours thread was ridiculous because EVERYONE knew that story and it was impossible to discuss the film without mentioning it.

its been on general release for 3 weeks now, i think its safe to talk about the film without tags,

if you go to any other thread of a released film it says spoilers, why cant someone add the spoiler tag,

cremeegg

really enjoyed. Recommend.

tim_holsters

Looking forward to this movie, read the book even though I know nothing about baseball and have never watched a full game but the book was a real page turner.

I think anyone who likes team sports of whatever hue would appreciate it.

tok9

Great movie and absolutely loved this song in it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dCjt-FqQYo

Oh and the song his daughter sang!

Didn't realise PSH was in it till I saw him. Himself and Pitt were excellent. Thought Jonah hill was a bit off on some occasions but overall I really recommend this.

MisterAnarchy

One of the best films I've seen this year.
Haunting soundtrack ,good story ,good acting ,thoroughly enjoyable.

Mickeroo

Watched this on christmas day. Really good, great performances all round. didn't realise philip seymour hoffman was in it either. Not your typical sports movie. I probably would have enjoyed even more if I knew anything about baseball

Neil3030

Liked it. Had higher hopes though.

Frank Black

It was OK.
I'd read too many glowing reviews prior to seeing and my expectations were probably too high.

Couldn't ever imagine really wanting to watch it again in a hurry.

The last sports related movie I saw before this was Senna, and I don't think Moneyball was in the same league (baseball pun intended).

Duggy747

I thought it was decent enough, didn't have any expectations for it but I enjoyed it for the most part. Jonah Hill didn't seem to gel with it, though, I thought. Maybe because I'm so used to him playing his typecast foul-mouthed characters.

With each movie I'm certain Brad Pitt is mutating into Robert Redford.

Syferus

Duggy747 wrote: »

I thought it was decent enough, didn't have any expectations for it but I enjoyed it for the most part. Jonah Hill didn't seem to gel with it, though, I thought. Maybe because I'm so used to him playing his typecast foul-mouthed characters.

With each movie I'm certain Brad Pitt is mutating into Robert Redford.

The first time I noticed that was in Spy Game, which they both starred in. It's verging on uncanny at this point, though!

deem79

I enjoyed it but, for the umpteenth time this year, I found it didn't live up to the hype

witnessmenow

I saw this at the weekend and really enjoyed it. Im a big fan of statistics and probablity etc so maybe that helped. I thought it was good performance by all involved. I didnt think Jonnahs character was too difficult one to act, but that shy nerdy guy suited it.

NinjaK

Good enough but not near the high reviews. Any Given Sunday is alot better.

Amirani

NinjaK wrote: »

Good enough but not near the high reviews. Any Given Sunday is alot better.

Emphatically disagree.

kitakyushu

I consider Moneyball a sort of unofficial sequel to The Social Network (both screenplays were written by the same guy, both movies have the same tone both and feature subject matter that would at a glance would appear unfilmable - a film about facebook and a film about baseball statistics).

So anyway, I reckon that if you liked TSN you'll probably like this one too.