This movie has had a ton of hype over the past year and I never understood why until I watched the trailer. My wife even caught the trailer somewhere and commented on how she found it interesting. My feeling, however, is that once they see it baseball aficionados may be turned off slightly due to its exaggeration of certain facts. That being said, I wonder what elmalo's take on the movie is.
Welcome to our community
Be apart of something great, join today!
Moneyball trailer is here...
- Thread starter markakis8
- Start date
Disclaimer: Links on this page pointing to Amazon, eBay and other sites may include affiliate code. If you click them and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission.
Tomlinson21RB
Active member
A movie about facebook? Who the hell would see that except diehard facebook users?
- Thread starter
- #63
markakis8
Active member
- Oct 31, 2008
- 12,081
- 2
pigskincardboard said:
Really good post. Especially about King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.
alabamalongsnake
New member
who would go see hoosiers? - probably the best sports movie eva in many folks opinion
what about rudy? - exaggerated like heck but told a great story
it's all about the story; the book is fabulous by Michael Lewis the same guy who wrote the Blind Side - who would have thunk?
a few reasons i'm going to see it
1. I'm a sports movie fan - Hoosiers, Rudy, Field of Dreams, the Blind Side, Invincible, the Hurricane, The Rookie, Remember the Titans - those are all in my DVD collection
2. Michael Lewis is one of my favorite authors because he takes a mundane topic and tells a heckuva story.
3. Great cast - Pitt, Jonah Hill, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Chris Pratt
what about rudy? - exaggerated like heck but told a great story
it's all about the story; the book is fabulous by Michael Lewis the same guy who wrote the Blind Side - who would have thunk?
a few reasons i'm going to see it
1. I'm a sports movie fan - Hoosiers, Rudy, Field of Dreams, the Blind Side, Invincible, the Hurricane, The Rookie, Remember the Titans - those are all in my DVD collection
2. Michael Lewis is one of my favorite authors because he takes a mundane topic and tells a heckuva story.
3. Great cast - Pitt, Jonah Hill, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Chris Pratt
pigskincardboard
New member
markakis8 said:
I loved king of kong! I went into it not knowing a damn thing about the movie and thoroughly enjoyed it. Girlfriend gave it the thumbs up too!
Secondly, I didn't know Aaron Sorkin was writing the screenplay! I love that guy and the dialogue alone will probably make it worth your time!
Tomlinson21RB
Active member
elmalo said:
Yes, but I was quoting what people said when they first heard they were writing a facebook movie. I remember that movie doing pretty well. That movie really wasn't about facebook. It was about the people involved, which is why it was interesting. It will be the same thing for this movie.
predatorkj
Active member
- Aug 7, 2008
- 11,871
- 2
And people who arent diehard basball fans could care less.[/quote]elmalo said:
But, they might. You are right that the average baseball fan doesn't necessarily care. And definitely right on people who aren't baseball fans not caring. But if it's made into a movie, the weird thing is, they will care. In fact, I would almost expect to see more people care because they saw the movie even if they've never been a baseball fan. Movies are weird like that. Sometimes, especially nowdays, people need a medium that can get their attention and movies are it. Because let's face it, people don't like to read. You give them an idea, which is what moneyball really is, and put it in a format that can grab their attention, you will do well. And yes Oakland still sucks but obviously that idea has worked better for other teams. So the idea is somewhat valid but Oakland's execution of it isn't. Hopefully the movie can portray that. If it can, then as with the book moneyball, it will have gotten the point across. The only one that matters.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=311822jlvjr16 said:
