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

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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/moneyball/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Early word is looking good
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ESPN's Keith Law hated it, so I'm assuming I will love it.
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Is it a sports movie....or a chick flick that happens to have sports in it
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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 :lol:
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Brad Pitt as Billy Beane? :? :?
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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.
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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.
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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.

:lol: :lol: :thumb:

And, Scott Hatteberg plays himself!
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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 :thumb:
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I'm going to see this one ( I read the book) along with a bottle of Wild Turkey. 8-)
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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.
:nod:

How many championships does Billy have?
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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.
:nod:

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. :nod:
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http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/moneyball/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Going tonight, I'm excited :nod:
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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.
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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 :thumb:
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.
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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 :thumb:
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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 :thumb:
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. :lol:
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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. :lol:
:lol:

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.
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