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Somehow I was unaware of it's existence and it comes out in a month

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Cue Joltin Joe

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Early word is looking good

ESPN's Keith Law hated it, so I'm assuming I will love it.

Is it a sports movie....or a chick flick that happens to have sports in it

UNHWildCats wrote:ESPN's Keith Law hated it, so I'm assuming I will love it.

Haha, looks like Law was a Riccardi underling. No bias there

Brad Pitt as Billy Beane?

clenz wrote:Is it a sports movie....or a chick flick that happens to have sports in it

You complete me.

Also, you had me at hello.

Since this movie is about Billy Beane, I expect that it will be nominated for a lot of awards, but ultimately will not win any of them.

JoltinJoe wrote:Since this about Billy Beane, I expect that it will be nominated for a lot of awards, but ultimately will not win any of them.

And, Scott Hatteberg plays himself!

JoltinJoe wrote:Since this about Billy Beane, I expect that it will be nominated for a lot of awards, but ultimately will not win any of them.

Of course it won't. The movies that win are the ones that throw millions upon millions into their end-of-year campaigning

I'm going to see this one ( I read the book) along with a bottle of Wild Turkey.

JoltinJoe wrote:Since this movie is about Billy Beane, I expect that it will be nominated for a lot of awards, but ultimately will not win any of them.

How many championships does Billy have?

AshevilleApp wrote:

JoltinJoe wrote:Since this movie is about Billy Beane, I expect that it will be nominated for a lot of awards, but ultimately will not win any of them.

How many championships does Billy have?

I've wondered the same thing, if Billy Beane is so great than why didn't the A's win any championships?

However, I'm still gonna see the movie regardless. Looks like a great sports movie.

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Going tonight, I'm excited

saw it today (the perks of waiting for a new job to start)

Sorkin did a hell of a job with the script.., but it drags in places.

Philip Seymour Hoffman should get a lot of love for his portrayal of Art Howe... he was great.

I liked it - especially the part about 2002 LDS

More than that - I LOVED the accuracy in regard to the games. The players on the other teams were accurate - down to uniform numbers and what they were doing in each game...

also amusing - the cameos...

Royce Clayton as Miguel Tejada
Tom Gamboa as one of the scouts
Chad Krueter as the pitching coach

didn't get a good look at who played the Twins - but they showed Pierzynski, Guardado and Koskie up close - I know Eddie Guardado and Pierzynski were played by actors - but Koskie was either a great job of casting - or the man himself.

Silenoz wrote:

JoltinJoe wrote:Since this about Billy Beane, I expect that it will be nominated for a lot of awards, but ultimately will not win any of them.

Of course it won't. The movies that win are the ones that throw millions upon millions into their end-of-year campaigning

It's kinda funny that this joke went right over your head. I guess it's not just the subtleties of baseball that saberheads miss.

Uh, no it didn't. In fact my follow-up joke was playing off of your joke, but I guess that went over your head
Double fail

JoltinJoe wrote:

Silenoz wrote: Of course it won't. The movies that win are the ones that throw millions upon millions into their end-of-year campaigning

It's kinda funny that this joke went right over your head. I guess it's not just the subtleties of baseball that saberheads miss.

It looks to me like his joke went over your head.

BlueHen86 wrote:

JoltinJoe wrote:
It's kinda funny that this joke went right over your head. I guess it's not just the subtleties of baseball that saberheads miss.

It looks to me like his joke went over your head.

Although it was the "end-of-year" thing that got me. If he had said they threw millions into their pre-release hype, it would be more accurate and consistent.