Comments on: So I finally saw “Moneyball” last night

By: sfbookreviews

sfbookreviews — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:02:40 +0000

Thanks for the Heinlein reference, Craig. It’s nice to see the old Master isn’t completely forgotten yet. Now, can you work a TANSTAAFL into some future story?

By: lostsok

lostsok — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:59:23 +0000

It was an okay movie. No way it joins the ranks of the great baseball films, but it had its moments. The scene with Beane and David Justice (in the batting cage) was superb.

By: loungefly74

loungefly74 — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:26:34 +0000

well Craig…at least it’s only a buck fifty to watch it at bethel Carriage. yeah…I live in the C-Bus as well.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:51:47 +0000

I found the movie to be quite acceptable. Not bad, but not amazing. Funny, I’m no father, and I found the plot machinations with the daughter to be the most forced and contrived of the whole movie. It’s much more interesting to me, story-wise, that Beane stay in Oakland out of some notion of pride rather than to stay close to his daughter. I’m sure it was supposed to be a mix of both but the song at the end just seemed really heavy handed and melodramatic.

By: mojosmagic

mojosmagic — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:47:37 +0000

Best movie line when Billy shouts; “Mildred get me Ed Wade on the phone”.

By: sdelmonte

sdelmonte — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:57:02 +0000

“And for the life of me, I can’t really say anything intelligent about it.”

Congrats, Craig. You are now qualified to be a second rate film critic.

By: hushbrother

hushbrother — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:44:42 +0000

LLLLLLLLL sap

By: cur68

cur68 — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:03:27 +0000

Or perhaps it was Carrie Fisher in her little bikini top: either way there was obviously some pain but it was clearly worth it.

By: cur68

cur68 — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:01:45 +0000

“fire dog”? or perhaps “Dalmatian”? This deserves it’s own recipe methinks….

By: hustleandflomax

hustleandflomax — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:42:23 +0000

I didn’t realize that Craig was friends with Al Hrabosky!

By: Francisco (FC)

Francisco (FC) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:13:53 +0000

pain induced blindness pretty tolerable.

So you’re saying Han Solo was blinded by a Crazy Ivan and not the carbonite?

By: purnellmeagrejr

purnellmeagrejr — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:12:31 +0000

“a flaming cur?”

By: cur68

cur68 — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:55:50 +0000

Morning. Woke up this AM and could see without pain. What did I see when I flipped the lid n the old Lap Top? Brad Pitt’s phizz and a first hand note to all that Monyball was worth the look. Cool.

FYI: a mixture of the nerve pain (& neuroleptic) medication gabbapentin, vodka, tonic, slice of lime and over rocks = A Crazy Ivan. Not for the faint of heart but it makes pain induced blindness pretty tolerable. Cheers.

By: mvpolamalu

mvpolamalu — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:53:26 +0000

In other news, grass is green

By: purnellmeagrejr

purnellmeagrejr — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:35:52 +0000

Great – now that I’ve read Craig’s column about the movie I won’t have to see it. Are they going to re shoot the ending now that Gio Gonzalez has been traded?