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  • 2 months ago
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    Watched this for the first time since seeing it around the run up to awards season when it came out. I don't think my opinion has really changed: it's solid, not amazing, but has some great performances. Seeing Phillip Seymour-Hoffman's complete submersion into a form we're not used to seeing him as was incredible; like I wouldn't have realized it was him right away if I didn't already know it was him. As sports movies go it's pretty good.

    Also, seeing the John W. Henry scene at the end and his monologue, now with the added perspective as a Liverpool FC supporter and what he's done there, was really interesting and colored my perception of that scene a lot.
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  • 2 years ago
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    I won't say that this is the greatest baseball movie ever made, but it did establish that Brad Pitt really could sound like the true genius in a room full of old fogeys. Jonah Hill broke out as an underdog baseball supernerd. And Phillip Seymour Hoffman somehow transformed his body and attitude to become the grumpy general manager of the Oakland Athletics.

    So yeah, even if this is a Hollywood recreation of history, they took this biopic very, very seriously. And it's one of the best movies about the intense business and competition in athletic sports. I will say that this is the most baseball baseball movie ever made. Like, it's one of those games that makes people feel like they're in the baseball stadium. I mean, I've never seen Brad Pitt throw this much furniture in my life. And "Mr. And Mrs. Smith" doesn't count, man.
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      Editing … I love Michael Lewis.
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    • Explojin
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      Editing … Why does Mr. And Mrs.Smith not count? This doesn't make any sense. It's clearly not the most you've seen Brad Pitt throw furniture in your life. This is a travesty.
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    • DJ_JJSlider
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      Editing … I have a grudge against that film, but I also forgot the last time I watched it. I mean, it's probably still good. And okay fine, he threw a lot furniture in that film too. Brad Pitt needs to throw more furniture in every film.
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    • DJ_JJSlider
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      Editing … I'll still pissed that he didn't throw a damned thing in The Big Short. Kind of.
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    • Explojin
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      Editing … He threw a can of dog food in Once upon a Time
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    • DJ_JJSlider
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      Editing … I wouldn't mind if he threw his Benjamin Button costume at people...
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    • Explojin
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      Editing … Wouldn't that just be a big glob of makeup?
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    • DJ_JJSlider
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      Editing … Oh yeah. Hmm. It would still look cool though.
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  • 10 years ago
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    what the hell is #Activision's Bobby Kotick doing in this movie ?!
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