Moneyball

Not all, but like a great deal of strangely patriotic Americans out there, I say I like baseball purely because it's an American pastime, but in reality I have practically no idea what goes on in the sport.  From what I gather is that all the players in the field chew and spit out tobacco in an "i'm going to kill your firstborn" fashion, and at the same time get in trouble for taking that juice that makes your muscles tougher.  It's odd for there to be a movie about baseball and yet at the same time have not very much to do with the game.  Brad Pitt stars as the General Manager for the Oakland A's, which is a team that's prestigious for being incredibly craptacular, and so with the help of the pervy-now-turned-scholar kid from "Superbad", he finds ways to change how the game is played; he brings the A's out of the toilet right before they were about to be flushed down to their poopy doom!

This was a very pleasant movie to watch, and it even helped me forget my traumatic days playing little league where the popular pretty boy from Elementary school acted like a backstreet boy and batted the baseball right to my heart... So I did the right thing by being a man and quitting the sport for good, hmm.   The acting from Pitt was outstanding (as always), but the person I was really impressed with was Jonah Hill's character who took me and C completely by suprise by showing us he can be a VERY effective serious actor.  One last thing I liked about this movie was the soundtrack, that although it was simple, it is what gave the movie it's finishing touches of serenity

4 out of 5

The Fighter

Overview:  "ADRIAN!!!" lol, just kidding. Get out of here Rocky this isn't your movie. "OK, sorry bro, your the greatest you know?" This I know, I love you. "I love you too."  Now back to the movie.

Lowell's glory days have past when it's own Dick Ward went from being a boxing champion and turned into Andy Dick... I mean a crackhead.  Years later Dick is still on the gonja, but his brother Mick is quickly rising as a serious competetor in boxing, but due to his family's selfish motives and Dick's addictions, it proves to be a lot harder. Will Mick become the world champ? Tune in after these messages.

The Good:  This movie looks B-E-A-UTIFUL.  The only thing that doesn't look good is the run down town of Lowell, which looks more like Death Valley with tumble weeds rolling all over the place.  Before watching every Best Picture Nominee in 2011, the only reason I wanted to see this was to witness Christian Bale's performance, and it was amazing.  The mans a method actor, and so I want to tell him to settle down with all the physical preparation he goes through before something bad happens, then again it's fun to watch the result.  Marky-Mark although was not as good as an actor as his crack head Christian-Bale-of-a-brother, he was still a good lead for the movie... And holy Lindsey Lohan!! Mark is buff in this film; he seriously looks like he eats nails for breakfast, and then at dinner he forces Chuck Norris to wear a tutu and dance in public.  Christian Bale looks as though he only eats a single tic-tac and some crack for breakfast.

The Bad:  The danger with making a boxing movie is everyone will compare it to the "Rocky" series, which if anyone has seen them, they'll know that those movies are a hard thing to live up to.  Although I did think "The Fighter" was good, it wasn't as good as any of the "Rocky" movies... except maybe the 5th installment. Seriously what was Sylvester Stallone thinking? I would rather clean a toilet seat with my tongue then watch that, but I digress.  What i'm trying to say is this movie probably would have been better had the boxing scenes been left out, because during the second half of the film C and I thought it quickly became a John Cena movie once Marky Mark got into the ring.  We thought the boxing scenes were awesome, no doubt, it's just we felt they were a little anti-climatic when compared to the drama-filled build up.  

The Ugly:  This aint no "Rocky" flick, but it is still a very good film to see.  The two of us were going to finish the other half of the movie the next day, but C got so glued to the story that she wanted to finish it, so I put the remote down and she dropped the turkey carving knife from my throat; we both got what we wanted, I got to live and she got the movie.  

3 1/2 out of 5