Full of star-studded A-class casts but can't really say I enjoyed the movie as I get this been there done that kinda feeling. Another sequel to a sequel. Hmm... a lot of sequel's sequels being done this year.
Storyboard (5 out of 10)
Refresher -
Ocean's Eleven 2001: Freshly out of jail, gangster/con-artist Danny Ocean (George Clooney) rounds up 10 professional "theives" to rob 3 Las Vegas casinos owned by unscrupulous entrepreneur, Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), simultaneously during a boxing event. Rueben Tishkoff (Elliot Gould), a rich casino owner who have a personal score to settle after losing a casino to Benedict, provided funding to the whole sophisticately planned "project".
Ocean's Twelve 2004: Terry Benedict seeks vengence after losing USD150 million to Ocean and his 11 accomplice (plus his wife, Julia Roberts as Tess) and demanded repayment with interest - USD190million in two weeks or they will all be killed. To raise the funds, they planned 3 large scale robberies in 3 European countries but their plans are 1-up by another theif, named Night Fox. With Europol hot on their heels, and challenges from Night Fox, they race against time to take on the biggest heist to claim the world greatest theives title.
Ocean's Thirteen 2007: Reuben Tishkoff's (Elliot Gould) was unscrupulously cheated of a hotel and casino by Willie Bank (Al Pacino) and suffered a heart attack and paralysis which almost took his life. Ocean's team (the 13th member being Terry Benedict who hated rival hotelier Bank) gathered and schemed to settle the score for their friend by helping other's to win the casino's money and sabotage Bank's new hotel.
All 3 story lines are almost the same, and it really grounds to a bore after some time as the director Steven Soderbergh recycled the same cinematography and ideas for all 3 installments.
Special effects/Graphics/Cinematography (4 out of 10)
No special effects. The conventional cinematograhy made me felt like I was watching an 80s show with the music, the colours, the zooming in on objects and spliting of the screen (like an old James Bond movie).
Lessons/Issues (3 out of 10)
Not a very "moral" movie as it condones stealing and put theft on a padestal. I guess lessons learnt are mostly friendship, and trusting the right people. Another lesson projected here, especially for the management level, is that we must always pay/repay people for their hardwork (as shown in the very last part where Brad Pitt repays the hotel reviewer (David Paymer) - interesting way to repay someone (I wish someone would repay me this way!), especially when reviewer didn't even know he's part of the scheme.)
Casting (8 out of 10)
Overall casting in this star-studed installment is good as they have used all original casts and thus, immediate association with the previous episodes are possible. And there's no direct linkage to the previous episodes, so those who have missed the previous 2 installments wont be lost. Brad Pitt and Matt Damon's good looks and dashing smiles are there to increase ratings but I didn't really feel their presence as I did in Ocean's Eleven.
Overall grading = C+ (20 out of 4o)
An intellectual scheming movie but the ideas have run dry. A-class stars, but C-Class presentation. It's always hard to do sequels, and harder to do sequels to sequels... so Director Steven Soderbergh need some breakthrough ideas to break out from the shadow that Ocean's 11 casted out 6 years ago (A little trivia: O11 was a remake of a 1960 movie with the same name). Watchable movie, but I think you can wait for the DVD.
An intellectual scheming movie but the ideas have run dry. A-class stars, but C-Class presentation. It's always hard to do sequels, and harder to do sequels to sequels... so Director Steven Soderbergh need some breakthrough ideas to break out from the shadow that Ocean's 11 casted out 6 years ago (A little trivia: O11 was a remake of a 1960 movie with the same name). Watchable movie, but I think you can wait for the DVD.
Scoring Guide:
31-40 A
21-30 B
11-20 C
1-10 D
1 comment:
hmm, when i watch this movie with you, i thought this movie is new movie one,maybe i seldom watching english movie or drama. i more concentric japanese movie and drama. ok , about this movie actually got litter boring for me too. no action and only talking, then i use learning english view to watch this movie. For now a day, not only Director Steven Soderbergh ideas have run dry, is all country director face this problem, every story is repert now.
For movie now a day, not going concentric stodyline already, concentric in art only. You will realize all movie now is repeat old story and get idea from comic.
anotherthing, did you still remember last time i was invite you watch "Next" this movie, but you under consider, at last, you never replay me, make me waiting till sleep. ok, forget about it, about "Next" , this movie was breakthrough movie, i heard from my friend. At last,about lesson i think this movie not so outstanding, i am watching japanese movie and drama guy, japanese lesson are more out standing then others movie, this is my experience, i think you will not interest with japanese movie or drama :-P, actually japanese drama or movie can learning a lot of lesson if u got " sabar" finish it .ok , is time to sleep , i think wanna sleep at bus again, zzzzzzzzzzz
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