Recently I have watched the movie Moneyball. This is the story based of the Michael Lewis book about the 2002 Oakland Athletic's. This team went to deep into the playoffs, but lost many superstars. They lost many players because Oakland has a very low salary cap. Billy Bean had to find a way to create a good team, with not a lot of money. He accomplished this by using a system that relied only on stats. By doing this he created a team that set the American Record for consecutive wins, and went to the A.L.D.S.
One thing that I liked about this movie was Brad Pitt's acting. I thought that Pitt did a good Job displaying emotion throughout the movie. He really made you feel the stress that he had. At the beginning of the season Oakland was doing bad, and you can really see how invested Pitt was in the part. His character was consistently battling the feeling of failing in the major leagues. Sometimes he would freak out and have emotional breakdowns, but at the same time he was strategical throughout the movie. At points in the movie Pitt seemed more like a coach than a general manager of the team. Pitt taught his players little things about technique, this really changed how the team played. Pitt played bean in a perfect way.
Another great thing about this movie was Beans relationship with his daughter. I thought that this was interesting because bean had to have poise. Bean would consistently have to deal with his stress around her. She would ask him questions like "are you going to get fired." Pitt had to show how difficult times were while creating a good relationship. He also had to deal with the fact that he and his wife were divorced. Bennet Miller always had Bean picking up her daughter from his Ex wife. Once again the viewer saw the poised emotion in Beans character. He had to deal with many challenging things, and he became successful again.
