can see why Brad Pitt was so eager to produce this film and star in it. its story is Hollywood gold with a nice Oscar edge, plus an atypical protagonist whose biggest battle is with himself.
check, check and check.
Pitt is good, i wont say super. Jonah Hill is good too, though there's really nothing much he could go wrong with, in such a one-dimensional character. rather disappointed an actor as brilliant as Phillip Seymour Hoffman has such a limited role.
but my point in mentioning the acting in Moneyball is simply cos i was so impressed, something which should be attributed to the director.
if budding actors (or directors) want a lesson in natural acting, here it is. the people behind this film chose to forgo conventional, perfectly clear dialogue, instead plunging for grittier conversation, much like how real people talk.
note, it's not the content of the script, but the delivery.
what really sets a good film apart from an outstanding film, is whether it draws you in emotionally, not just for random kicks, but to make you ask questions. just when Moneyball was drawing to a close, i unexpectedly felt as sapped as Pitt's Billy Beane character.
and that won it for me.
in its editing and pacing, one can really see why Moneyball is Oscar material.
it's just different, as if from the word 'go', it was destined.
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