Deb 10 Me 9
This one wasn’t on the list of things to see, but the timing was right and, after all, it’s a baseball movie. Actually it’s a big movie about individual people that uses baseball as a vehicle. It’s written by Aaron Sorkin who always does a lot of homework for his scripts. There are three main people, Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill and Philip Seymour Hoffman and a handful of support people who move the story along. Hoffman is a reliable actor and this Jonah Hill guy seems to have gone to the same school of getting a lot across with the least amount of outward effort. Pitt did a great job. You could almost forget he’s Brad Pitt, but he’s kinda like Clark Gable in that no matter how well he acts you never overlook that he’s a famous actor, and it keeps you (me) from being totally immersed in the film. There are all the ingredients I like, trying to be a better person, trying to improve situations against all odds and a solid human interest story. Add to this some baseball and you got yourself a pretty neat movie. The only real slight against the movie was too much involvement with the ex and the kid. I felt like they were included to create a wider appeal and get a little music in there.
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