Another Brad Pitt eating movie..

Rating: 2/10 (19 December 2011)

I'm starting to think Mr.Pitt doesn't know what to do with his hands when he's acting. But now he is rarely seen far from finger food. Initially I thought it was a character trait he'd invented for whoever he played in the Ocean's 11 series[ whenever we cut to him he usually was finishing some snack or other...hilarious!] But it seems that it's going to be a regular part of his performance cannon.
He indulges in so many snacks, he actually mistimes one and while on the phone sorting out one dull transfer or another, he puts peanuts in his mouth just before he has to speak and then he spits them out.[ Honestly watch it again, it's no planned move] I'm baffled by this long uninteresting story, and why someone as good as Mr.Sorkin got involved. In a nutshell big league failure Billy Beane [ "Dammit ! We've only got $39 million to spend !!...yeah, that must be tough"] uses Peter Brands system and fails to win the big prize...
Why is the film about Billy ? Surely it's Pete's story , he's the underdog who came from nowhere to majors and changed how some teams used players. Billy was losing until he came along.
Oh, and that 20 wins in a row ? This film is based around the use of statistics. And statistic's prove that if you do something long enough eventually all permutations will occur. That's why the record had stood so longit was simply time, not talent.
Also Philip Seymour Hoffman, always brilliant, is left on the bench for most of the picture. And when he does appear he's only allowed to field rather than pitch [ Thats a baseball reference right ?]