MoneyBall

[Bearcata]

Moneyball (2011) - IMDb

The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

I am not a baseball fan and I am not a Brad Pitt fan, I went to the movie solely based on my opinion of the trailers I have seen. It looked like an interesting story. I liked it. I went on Friday, the opening day at 3:50pm and I was in a smaller 300 seat theatre and it was half full will an older crowd. That says something to me about the interest people have in the film and the subject. I enjoyed it, especially the interaction between Billy Beane and Peter Brand. What did surprise me is how fleeting a career is in baseball and how often and brutally the players are traded. I did like the underlying story thread of Billy Beane's career and how he was picked by scout's and what a unfulfilled career he had and how different his life would have been had he gone to Sanford instead of playing professional baseball right out of high school.

Overall a good movie.

[Florimel]

We are a household of baseball fans. We've all read the book and are looking forward to seeing the movie. Brad Pitt is not the draw for me; I've loved him in some of his films and disliked him in others, but the history of baseball always gets our attention and we find the concept of sabermetrics fascinating.

[Arielflies]

The A's moved to Oakland in 1967 and I'm still trying to place Billy Beane. I was a huge A's fan during the Tony LaRussa era. Guess I need to do some research, huh and duh!

Okay - now I sort of remember when he entered the organization. He took over for Sandy Alderson and is still GM and part owner. Way past my time...as I left the Bay Area in 1994 and lost touch with everything A's at that point.