You are such a loser, Dad.

Winifred 2022-04-19 09:01:15

Perhaps an expression of the director's restraint, this one doesn't look like an overt inspirational film to me. That is, a person does what he should do at the right time, and the result is successful, and then he makes a choice, sublimates, does not evaluate, does not provocative, and ends. There is no inspirational three waters, sweat, tears or blood that are common in inspirational films. This story is already on the level.
Pete is no longer the handsome guy who caused countless girls to compete and scream. Some people say that he is disabled. I think he has returned to his basics. He has become a real man, a father. In the film, Billy didn't even say that he gave up the high salary of the Red Sox for his daughter. Everything in it is what a father should do, even if it is a divorce, buy gifts with his daughter, and have a meal. After doing so many things, in the end, my daughter sang like that, "you are such a loser, dad." I was in tears. It's a little pity that this song passed through.
The other supporting role is a fat, rambunctious Yale economics graduate. What I remember is a large portrait of Plato on the head of the bed in his room, and I laughed silently. The movie is called, The ancestor of Bai who sacrificed, I don't know how he would feel if he had knowledge under the spring. But Comrade Xiaoping said, no matter if the cat is black or white, the cat that catches the mouse is a good cat. At least in the movie, their theory wins.
Ordinary inspirational films may expand the good and bad of the team members, all kinds of unsupported colleagues, the influence of divorce, etc. The director did not exaggerate these things, and the things that should be mentioned will be mentioned, just make it clear, and the focus is always the protagonist , his past and present.
The director maintains the emotional balance very well. This reminds me of Anda Chong's manga. existHere, Kazuya's death is intertwined with the fierce competition, and when you get into the mood, the author properly pulls the reader out. Billy never played with the team. First, he explained that this was his job needs, which was convenient for firing people. Second, he didn't say it clearly, but everyone knew it. He didn't come out of his past failures. In the important game in the movie, Billy rarely watched a game in person, but it turned out that it was likely that the game lost and ended the winning streak, and there were ominous black clouds floating in the sky. After Billy couldn't watch it any longer, he hid in the gym. The fierce competition, Billy's lonely figure and cross-talk about Billy's failed past made him emotional. In the end, Heidelberg, who Billy insisted on but failed to play, played and hit an unexpected home run, which solved the team's predicament and gave Billy an outlet for his past. The protagonist has completed his growth here, and the rest is the ending.
In the face of high-paying excavation, Billy is not calm and regards money as dung. In the words of Douyouyi, the fat man told Billy with the story of another fat man, you are already very good, so don't pretend any more. . My daughter sang 'you are such a loser, dad', stay for her daughter, stay for the philosophy she believes in, no matter how high the salary is, it's just like that.
For a movie, the characters are in place, the story is clearly explained, the narrative method is appropriate, the shooting is not lost, long shots and various close-ups, plus the restrained feelings that are rare in sports films, at least worthy of it. Oscar nomination.

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  • Peter Brand: There is an epidemic failure within the game to understand what is really happening. And this leads people who run Major League Baseball teams to misjudge their players and mismanage their teams. I apologize.

    Billy Beane: Go on.

    Peter Brand: Okay. People who run ball clubs, they think in terms of buying players. Your goal shouldn't be to buy players, your goal should be to buy wins. And in order to buy wins, you need to buy runs. You're trying to replace Johnny Damon. The Boston Red Sox see Johnny Damon and they see a star who's worth seven and half million dollars a year. When I see Johnny Damon, what I see is... is... an imperfect understanding of where runs come from. The guy's got a great glove. He's a decent leadoff hitter. He can steal bases. But is he worth the seven and half million dollars a year that the Boston Red Sox are paying him? No. No. Baseball thinking is medieval. They are asking all the wrong questions. And if I say it to anybody, I'm-I'm ostracized. I'm-I'm-I'm a leper. So that's why I'm-I'm cagey about this with you. That's why I... I respect you, Mr. Beane, and if you want full disclosure, I think it's a good thing that you got Damon off your payroll. I think it opens up all kinds of interesting possibilities.

  • Peter Brand: It's about getting things down to one number. Using the stats the way we read them, we'll find value in players that no one else can see. People are overlooked for a variety of biased reasons and perceived flaws. Age, appearance, personality. Bill James and mathematics cut straight through that. Billy, of the 20,000 notable players for us to consider, I believe that there is a championship team of twenty-five people that we can afford, because everyone else in baseball undervalues them.