Ocean's Twelve
Directed by:
Steven SoderberghScreenplay:
George NolfiCinematography:
Steven SoderberghComposer:
David HolmesCast:
George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bernie Mac, Andy Garcia, Scott Caan, Adriano Giannini, Casey Affleck (more)VOD (1)
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Set three years after Oceans 11, this sequel shows us Danny Ocean gathering up his complete gang of con artists and thieves from the first film in New York City before they all jet off to Amsterdam, Rome, and Paris to pull off three separate heists. All the while, the boys must deal with increasing pressure from a very mad Terry Benedict, a dedicated Europol agent, and a mysterious French rival simply called Dinner Jacket. Will Oceans crew reach their full potential and become the greatest thieves the world has ever known, or will they fall victim to Benedicts revenge. All bets are off. (Roadshow Entertainment)
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I have one minor problem with con-artist movies, I expect a con until the very end, so in the end I'm not too surprised that something isn't what it seemed, but I like to be surprised by HOW it actually was. And when it makes sense, is well shot and acted, I'm satisfied, which is the case with Ocean’s 12. I liked the first one a bit more, but not by much, and if it had been about a duel between two ace thieves from the beginning, I would have given it a fifth star. PS: Tess does look like Julia Roberts :)
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Steven Soderbergh scores this time only in terms of form. Once again, we can expect excellent and imaginative camera work, great use of filters, colourful music, and beautiful costumes, but that’s basically all there is, and nothing else is really worth mentioning. In terms of content, the film is too complicated, the script unnecessarily convoluted, the plot too fast-paced, and the creativity and humourr from the first part are also gone.
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A solid, but over-combined average in terms of screenplay and the cast. Only the main protagonist is given sufficient room to strut his stuff; the others just make a quick appearance and then disappear again. And after that some of them appear again and others don’t. The scenes that work the best are the ones where the actors make fun of themselves; for instance when they are talking about how old Danny (alias George Clooney) is, and Julia Roberts impersonating Julia Roberts.
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Considering how convoluted it was, everything fell together very nicely in the end. However, it was overall much less fun than part one. You have to concentrate so hard on what’s happening that this sit back and relax movie is about as relaxing as mid-semester math test. But Catherine was a twenty-five carat addition to the cast.
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There you go again, obediently cursing yourself for wanting to yawn. Granted, the second installment of Ocean’s has a really megalame script, Cassel and Willis really didn't need to be here, Brad Pitt is obviously always getting dragged into a scene from some bender, and so forth. But since I personally like to style myself as the director when watching a movie, I quite enjoyed the selfish banter with buddies. Weaker than the first one, but still fun in the best Hollywood way.
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