A group of thieves including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and others plan to rob three of the biggest Vegas casinos in a heist of epic proportions.
This flick is still as good as I remember it being. It rides the line between being stylish, cool, funny, exciting and suspenseful. I was quite fond of Soderbergh's direction in this and there's lots of really interesting panning shots and fade outs. All the characters are pretty memorable and seem well cast - I especially enjoyed Clooney's performance. Even though I normally hate him, I thought Andy Garcia was decent as the bad guy. The selecting of the team and planning of the job are both detailed and fun to watch unravel. Ultimately the story is straight to the point and Soberbergh gets the heist into gear quickly without everything seeming to drag. So far this is my favorite and overall just an extremely entertaining film.
Ocean's Twelve
(2004) [Trailer]
Director: Steven Soderbergh (IMDB)
The gang is reunited and off to Europe to pull another set of jobs after Andy Garcia hunts them down to collect on his stolen money.
There's a lot more of the same in this film from Ocean's Eleven: cool cinematography, a great roster, a tremendous score, but with Europe as the back drop this time which visually turned things up a notch. I found the plot to be a little dense and uninteresting at times. Since George Clooney and Julia Roberts held down the romance in Eleven, Brad Pitt and Catherine Zeta-Jones step in to fill that role this time around and honestly.... I felt as if the movie could have done without that element. I also didn't feel as if the heist was that epic, at least when compared to the first installment. I don't know, I definitely didn't hate this but I think it's missing a little something.
(2004) [Trailer]
Director: Steven Soderbergh (IMDB)
The gang is reunited and off to Europe to pull another set of jobs after Andy Garcia hunts them down to collect on his stolen money.
There's a lot more of the same in this film from Ocean's Eleven: cool cinematography, a great roster, a tremendous score, but with Europe as the back drop this time which visually turned things up a notch. I found the plot to be a little dense and uninteresting at times. Since George Clooney and Julia Roberts held down the romance in Eleven, Brad Pitt and Catherine Zeta-Jones step in to fill that role this time around and honestly.... I felt as if the movie could have done without that element. I also didn't feel as if the heist was that epic, at least when compared to the first installment. I don't know, I definitely didn't hate this but I think it's missing a little something.
Ocean's Thirteen
(2007) [Trailer]
Director: Steven Soderbergh (IMDB)
The team find themselves back in Vegas when one of their members is screwed over by Al Pacino in a bad hotel deal. When the boys catch wind of this double cross they plan to enact vengeance.
This movie, again, has all the elements that made the last two movies memorable so I'll save you the breakdown on those parts. I noticed Soderbergh over saturates a lot of the scenes in the this film, especially inside the casino, which stands out at times. The addition of Al Pacino as the bad guy was cool, but didn't seem to elevate anything. Julie Roberts and Zeta-Jones do not return and the romance angle had been removed, with the exception of Ellen Barkin (who looks disgusting I might add) and Matt Damon's fling, which is more of a joke then anything. Again, the heist isn't as grand this time, but it's better then part two. Twelve and Thirteen are in the same boat ratings-wise, but Twelve barely edges this out as the better film based off of some of the more fascinating things done with direction; however, Ocean's Eleven is by far the best of the trilogy.
RIP Bernie Mac.
(2007) [Trailer]
Director: Steven Soderbergh (IMDB)
The team find themselves back in Vegas when one of their members is screwed over by Al Pacino in a bad hotel deal. When the boys catch wind of this double cross they plan to enact vengeance.
This movie, again, has all the elements that made the last two movies memorable so I'll save you the breakdown on those parts. I noticed Soderbergh over saturates a lot of the scenes in the this film, especially inside the casino, which stands out at times. The addition of Al Pacino as the bad guy was cool, but didn't seem to elevate anything. Julie Roberts and Zeta-Jones do not return and the romance angle had been removed, with the exception of Ellen Barkin (who looks disgusting I might add) and Matt Damon's fling, which is more of a joke then anything. Again, the heist isn't as grand this time, but it's better then part two. Twelve and Thirteen are in the same boat ratings-wise, but Twelve barely edges this out as the better film based off of some of the more fascinating things done with direction; however, Ocean's Eleven is by far the best of the trilogy.
RIP Bernie Mac.
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