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- First reviewSeptember 27, 2010
- Last reviewJanuary 1, 2012
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5
If You Don't Love Baseball You Won't Love This
on January 1, 2012
Posted by: Kristos
from South Huntington, NY
I'll start this review by mentioning a small detail about me that I think is important to this review. I am a huge baseball fan. As I said in my Review title, if you aren't a baseball person in the least, you will most likely not enjoy this movie and you could stop reading here. For all others, here goes..
Moneyball is based of of a book which explains how Baseball has become a business. A business in which the richest teams always have the upper hand over teams that never had deep enough pockets to afford the best players on the market. This is a true story, which to my surprise was extremely well-told through movie adaptation.
Quick Plot Rundown: This is the story of Billy Beane (Pitt), who is the GM of the Oakland Athletics, a team which is pretty self-explanatory for baseball fans (no offense, A's fans). He takes Peter Brand (Hill) under his wing and goes a different route to create a winning team with very little money - by way of finding cheap players with specific stats that are the most important to winning baseball games. Basically, its a team of average joe's, some not even average.
The movie in my opinion was fantastic, but I know for sure that it will not be for everyone. Brad Pitt's performance was great, and Jonah Hill really surprised me with how awesome he played his character. The movie is a bit long (133 min.) and does have it's slow moments, but it also has moments that had the whole theatre laughing when I had gone to see it. It was a nice balance of serious and humorous.
My Bottom line is if you know about the politics of baseball, and want to know how some of the most unlikely teams became champions, you should check this movie out. However, the bigger a baseball fan you are, the more you will appreciate this movie.
What's great about it: Acting, Humor, Feel-Good Moments
What's not so great: Length (133 min.) - Had some slow moments, but still great
I would recommend this to a friend!
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5
MUST Listen to AT LEAST Twice
on September 27, 2010
Posted by: Kristos
from South Huntington, NY
So I've followed LP since the early days and when I heard Minutes To Midnight (their last album) I was sort of indifferent until it grew on me. Note: this is not the Linkin Park from Hybrid Theory or Meteora. They even said that they are trying to change their sound rather than come out using the same old tricks for every album. Honestly when I listened to A Thousand suns for the first time all the way through I was pretty disappointed. BUT, then I forced myself to listen to it all the way through once or twice more before really deciding if i hated it. It's like a funny TV show that you don't find funny at first, but the more you see it the funnier it is kinda thing. This CD has without a doubt grown on me and I notice different things in the songs almost every time I listen to it, which says something.
Bottom line, this will not please many people if they are not open-minded.
My opinion: Amazing CD, with some of the most original sounds I've heard in years.
Favorite Tracks: When They Come for Me, Wretches & Kings (listen to them LOUD)
What's great about it: Originality, Band proving they aren't good for just one sound
What's not so great: Some fans might not want to hear a different sound
I would recommend this to a friend!
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5 out of 5Not bad
By gaterholman
from California
Everyone seems to automatically diss this album because of the sudden flip of styles. I praise Linkin Park for going out and being inventive. Linkin Park is one of the best bands out there when it comes to creativity and lyrical depth.
Their words remind you of Kurt Cobain or Eddie Vedder when you really pay attention and listen to just how deep and moving they are. Yes I do wish they would bring back some of their old flare, but in perfect honesty, this album is one of the most creative out there recently.
The sound in this album still digs into you if you don't automatically toss it because you don't like it the first time you hear it. I only thought it was decent my first listen through, and now I find myself really enjoying it. Give this album a try and listen to it more than once, you won't be disappointed!
Kristos
South Huntington, NY
My thoughts exactly
September 27, 2010
Yeah dude I just posted a review and said just about everything you did, haha.
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