02-06-2009, 03:35 PM
The book Moneyball itself is a highly <i>dramatized</i> account of the day-to-day operations of a baseball GM. It's totally factual, but it highlights the juicy stuff, like all good dramatic material.
A movie would likely do the same.
As a film subject, Beane is an interesting guy; a genuinely gifted athlete who <i>failed</i> at playing baseball, then made a Phoenix-like rise through an intellectual pursuit (in the same field).
He's also handsome, charismatic, boisterous, bullish, and inspires both adoration and intense jealousy, even hatred...there's a reason they're making a movie about the guy, and that Brad Pitt is going to play him.
As for Dirk's laughable, juvenile, absurd quote, I'll just let it sit there and gather scorn...it's a "logic fail" question that has been blasted to smithereens so many times on the internet that I'll just let Butch's post answer it here.
A movie would likely do the same.
As a film subject, Beane is an interesting guy; a genuinely gifted athlete who <i>failed</i> at playing baseball, then made a Phoenix-like rise through an intellectual pursuit (in the same field).
He's also handsome, charismatic, boisterous, bullish, and inspires both adoration and intense jealousy, even hatred...there's a reason they're making a movie about the guy, and that Brad Pitt is going to play him.
As for Dirk's laughable, juvenile, absurd quote, I'll just let it sit there and gather scorn...it's a "logic fail" question that has been blasted to smithereens so many times on the internet that I'll just let Butch's post answer it here.
There's nothing better than to realize that the good things about youth don't end with youth itself. It's a matter of realizing that life can be renewed every day you get out of bed without baggage. It's tough to get there, but it's better than the dark thoughts. -Lance