My Top 10 Movies of 2011
This is pretty self explanatory, but it’s my top 10 of the year. My judgement here is very subjective, as movie criticism usually is. I was deliberating on whether or not to make a list because I had a hard time filling it out with movies, but after completing my look back on my most anticipated movies of the year, it became clear that there were at least a few that stood out. Without further ado, in ascending order:
10. Moneyball
Directed by: Bennett Miller
Written by: Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
Starring: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Chris Pratt, et al.
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin manage to sugar coat Michael Lewis’ critical analysis of statistics in baseball in their adaptation of “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game”. The movie pitches an underdog story based around the 2002 Oakland Athletics and their general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) as he meets someone who opens his eyes to using sabermetrics (baseball statistics) to find undervalued players and assemble a smaller budget team that could hold their own against the multi-million dollar contracts held by the Yankees. Pitt puts forth his best effort as he always does and does a great job of portraying someone whose initial foray into baseball was not quite what they expected. Miller’s direction could’ve serviced the splicing of (sometimes jarring) sequences of Beane’s past throughout the film into something a little more obvious, but the light peppering and slow build-up inform what Beane could’ve been contemplating as he went against the advice of every person that played a role in constructing the team. A strong performance from Brad Pitt and solid directing with a fantastic script landed this movie a spot on my top 10 list.
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