I gotta say that Hoffman is so great in this, so funny, so understated, his pained expressions saying more than twenty five Brad Pitt monologues.
But... I really do enjoy this movie, but it's not entirely connected to the truth of those Oakland A's teams. Hoffman is NOTHING like Art Howe. Presumably on purpose, of course -- Howe was a skinny, severe man with a long and reputable resume who supposedly got along with Billy Beane. But it's part of the movie's mission (and, technically, Hoffman's) to make Howe look like an incompetent bystander who pushed back against sabermetrics, when that really wasn't true. That being said, "Moneyball" is a baseball movie that doesn't even mention the best players on the team, so the Howe character assassination is hardly the film's most flagrant abuse of the truth.
Thanks for reading. I’ve just penned my thoughts on Foxcatcher and the phrase “historical inaccuracies” would appear to apply to both films. The A’s were my first team in the late 1980’s when baseball was first shown here in the UK and only because (a) Jose Canseco and (b) they were always involved in the weekly live game. Yes, one weekly live game! Life and work saw me miss baseball until the late 1990’s/early 2000’s by which time (for many reasons) I was a Dodger blue and remain so. Moneyball (concept and film) leaves me cold, but PSH less so. I’ve long described him as the greatest character actor of his/my/your generation and I just lined up my DVD’s containing his performances that I hadn’t already previously written on. A mini project if you will. Just miss his screen presence. Re-watched The Master and Synecdoche, New York just to see him again, but I’d already penned my thoughts on these films previously. Anyway, thanks for commenting against so many of my posts. A rarity here to say the least. So thank you.
I gotta say that Hoffman is so great in this, so funny, so understated, his pained expressions saying more than twenty five Brad Pitt monologues.
But... I really do enjoy this movie, but it's not entirely connected to the truth of those Oakland A's teams. Hoffman is NOTHING like Art Howe. Presumably on purpose, of course -- Howe was a skinny, severe man with a long and reputable resume who supposedly got along with Billy Beane. But it's part of the movie's mission (and, technically, Hoffman's) to make Howe look like an incompetent bystander who pushed back against sabermetrics, when that really wasn't true. That being said, "Moneyball" is a baseball movie that doesn't even mention the best players on the team, so the Howe character assassination is hardly the film's most flagrant abuse of the truth.
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Thanks for reading. I’ve just penned my thoughts on Foxcatcher and the phrase “historical inaccuracies” would appear to apply to both films. The A’s were my first team in the late 1980’s when baseball was first shown here in the UK and only because (a) Jose Canseco and (b) they were always involved in the weekly live game. Yes, one weekly live game! Life and work saw me miss baseball until the late 1990’s/early 2000’s by which time (for many reasons) I was a Dodger blue and remain so. Moneyball (concept and film) leaves me cold, but PSH less so. I’ve long described him as the greatest character actor of his/my/your generation and I just lined up my DVD’s containing his performances that I hadn’t already previously written on. A mini project if you will. Just miss his screen presence. Re-watched The Master and Synecdoche, New York just to see him again, but I’d already penned my thoughts on these films previously. Anyway, thanks for commenting against so many of my posts. A rarity here to say the least. So thank you.