"Moneyball" is different from other sports movies. It doesn't pay attention to the players and coaches. Instead, it focuses on the team manager. There are even few scenes of the game, and it is more about how a team is. operation. Major League Baseball, the highest-level professional baseball league in North America, Pitt played Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland A's, based on Michael Lewis' "Magic Ball: Wisdom to Win in Adversity. It is about how Billy managed the team with reverse thinking in the face of adversity, but what impressed him was Billy's persistence. Billy said after the team lost, I really want to win the last game here, and finally Billy It failed, but the business idea was a success, and an offer came in enough to make him the highest-paid team manager, but Billy refused, still saying, I really want to win here. Billy Beane, a team manager, faces both a career crisis and a life crisis. The career crisis is mainly because the Major League Baseball does not have a salary cap, resulting in teams in small markets that do not have enough money to recruit star players. Without star players, the team cannot win the game. Formed an infinite loop of small ball market. Not only was there no salary to recruit players, but the team's star players were also poached one by one, and Billy was on the verge of being laid off. At this time, Billy met Pitt, a master of economics from Yale University. Pitt used data to analyze players, giving Billy confidence, and the two mined undervalued players with the least salary through the hit rate. In fact, Billy has always been a failure. The film interspersed with the story of Billy's past, a teenager with potential and high IQ who was tapped by the team, but lacked self-confidence, did not become a star player, and finally gave up being the team manager. Billy lacked self-confidence and was afraid of failure. He did not go to the field to watch the game, did not communicate with the players, and threw things in anger after losing. In the end, Billy failed to win the last game. In life, Billy is divorced, has no money, and has to face his daughter, Billy has been shrouded in shadows. The most valuable part of the movie is to show the behind-the-scenes operation of the team, from the selection of players, the salary of players, the character issues of players, to the transactions of players, these are also part of the team and need to be understood and paid attention to. The performances of Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill are excellent, and they were nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor at the 84th Academy Awards. The film also has multiple nominations such as Best Picture and Best Film Editing. After Billy turned down a big salary from the Red Sox, Pete showed Billy a video of a player who didn't realize he had hit a home run, and Billy said, "How can you not be hooked on baseball. ". On the way back, Billy played his daughter's song "The Show", shaky footage, close-up of the eyes, Billy's wet corners. Did Billy lose? Billy lost, Billy has always been a loser, life is still messy, he didn't win the last game, but he still insisted, never changed his love, he was here, this team , to win the last game, with loyalty like dedication, even willing to give up his life, maybe that last game is not important anymore, Billy knows what he wants.
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