OK movie.. but in my opinion overrated

Rating: 6/10 (26 February 2012)

I am a huge baseball fan, and I realize that baseball movies are rarely so subtle as Moneyball. In most baseball movies, the team is in a slump and everybody is striking out, or dropping easy fly balls. The team is winning, and everyone is hitting home runs. At JUST the right time at the end, unusual players step up, the hero comes through and the team wins the big game. Kudos to Moneyball for breaking that mold and daring to be different and real. Moneyball is more intelligent than most baseball movies, and Pitt handles his role well as the uncompromising GM. The likable Jonah Hill again plays... the likable Jonah Hill. Which is OK. Everyone did OK, and the movie is watchable. The problem I have with Moneyball is that it's not all that interesting or memorable. The moral of the story is, I guess, that statistics are important in baseball. Um, ... OK. There is no huge conflict that is resolved here, there is no danger, no love interest, no... etc. To me, this is not the "wow" movie some people make it out to be. It is merely .. OK. An hour after watching the movie, I wasn't really left with any memories or impressions, good or bad.