having only seen the trailer, a long time ago, I had somehow avoided any spoilers of the actual plot. a pleasant surprise. I'm not a big fan of Woody, but I like Owen Wilson and this was mostly charming.

Margin Call
http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=6&topic_id=585535&mesg_id=585535&listing_type=search#593980
^ summed up my feelings. Irons killed it. the last half hour of Spacey reconciling with his inevitable decision wasn't really engaging to me. I enjoyed it though, especially the first hour.

Moneyball
I'm impressed this even became a movie, given the source material was a burden to adapt. that said, the end result was overly long and sterile. Pitt's emotionless family storyline was part of that, and I found his acting to be a compilation of go-to mannerisms, drawing from the "cool guy" persona that birthed Tyler Durden, Joe Black and Rusty (albeit toned down). I really like Pitt, Aaron Sorkin, PSH and baseball -- but this movie was *way* less than the sum of those parts.