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Summary: A stylish movie w/ great writing
Review: Ok, this movie is full of eye candy for the ladies but the characters are so well written. The slowest part of the movie is at the very beginning and only lasts a couple of minutes - the rest of the movie grabs and doesn't let go. The editing is great and the soundtrack is perfect. Besides, George Clooney looks great in a tux.
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Summary: Ocean's Eleven Barely Afloat
Review: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jnr, Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop. If those names aren't impressive enough try this on for size - 11 guys, 5 casinos, and 15mins to liberate millions of dollars. A plan that was destined to fail, one would think. Danny Ocean's clan devised the plan, made away with the money and there was no double cross - everything you would expect from a movie with a scheme as risky as that. It was the perfect plan, or was it? Just when you are expecting the credits to role, a final act of greed saw virtue step in, and see them lose everything. A welcomed twist. If it were indeed that easy to rob casinos, everyone would do it. This is the sensation I felt from the remake of Oceans 11. Clooney, Pitt, Damon and company make it all seem so easy. You waltz in, take the money and live the high life - no questions asked. A scheme of that calibre cannot be as easily achieved as the remake suggests. Yes, it is just a movie, however, there is a wonderful, delightful thing called reality. Reality has to kick in, in movies sometime doesn't it? Or did I just expect too much?The remake of Oceans 11 is everything Rat Pack fans feared: a cold, modern, revisionist take on the original plot with no semblance of classic cool or even any references to the Rat Pack - it is nothing more than another contemporary ego-driven franchise which bears no resemblance to the source it steals from. It is obviously trying to appeal more to mainstream fans than to hardcore Rat Pack loyalists, however I am sure that their intention was to draw in both crowds. As with "Psycho" this popular cynical marketing scheme backfired, totally missing both the demographic that cherished the original and the younger generation who are ignorant of it. Remaking THE Rat Pack film without the Rat Pack is not only a stupid career move for all involved, it is a rip off of a legacy to which these bland contemporary stars did nothing to contribute, and it robs modern moviegoers of an original ensemble project that is purely a product of our times, not a warmed over take on a previous era's iconic time capsule. The main difference between the original cast and the modern cast is simple: Frank, Dino, Sammy and company were cool and stylish in real life; George, Brad, Matt, Julia and others are acting cool and stylish, which is boring and empty. The advertisement for the remake asks, "Are you in or out?' I am definitely out due to disgust at how they have mangled the reputation 'Oceans 11' upheld for so many years.
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Summary: Too much charisma.
Review: What a cast, loaded with enough charm and charisma to make it work. Although Clooney has never really had a box office smash equivilent to his success on tv's ER, he and Pitt pull this film off nicely. Andy Garcia did an admirable job too as the guy you love to hate, despite the fact that he's the honest money making "good guy". This film makes you root for the criminals.
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Summary: Good but The Original Is Better!
Review: This remake was good but not quite as good as the original Ocean's Eleven movie starring Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack buddies, don't get me wrong I like George Clooney, Brad Pitt and the other actors and this remake was cool and I did think it was good enough to buy for my movie collection and watch again but I think the original version was better and just was a lot more fun to watch and I have that movie in my collection too and watch it more then this remake.
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Summary: Stylish Entertainment
Review: Ocean's Eleven is a witty, stylish movie about a grand theft. It is perfect entertainment - fun, energetic, simple but not stupid, and witty through and through. George Clooney has much to do with the success of the film. This is easily the best vehicle for Clooney's non-challante charisma and he does the best of it. Constantly clever on his feet, Clooney is always likeable. Daniel Ocean (Clooney) is released from jail, and decides to rob not one, not two, but three Casinos at the same time. For that he recruits a large group of professional thieves, from Computer experts to a Chinese rubber man. The large and excellent cast remains for the most part in the background, with only Ocean's friend Rusty (Brad Pitt) being a substantial part of the film. The rest get at best a couple of meaty scenes. This is not, however, a disadvantage - Ocean's Eleven simply moves too fast for more than the bare essentials in terms of character development. Still, the fine, fine writing and even better acting ensures that the entire cast is memorable, with Carl Reiner particularly impressive as Saul Blum. The plot gets more complicated, because the villain, Casino owner Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia, in a surprisingly weak performance from an otherwise fine actor) is now dating Ocean's ex wife Tess (Julia Roberts). This leads to the predictable scenes when Tess tells Danny she won't go back to him, and to the inevitable kiss at the end of the movie, when she does. All very formulaic, but also very watchable - again, fine acting, directing and even dialogue manages to keep the Schmaltz level to minimum. The great robbery proceeds head on with all the expected twists and turns, rarely truly surprising but constantly keeping you on your toes - you're never entirely certain what will happen next.] I can whole heartedly recommend Ocean's Eleven as one of the finest of its genre - pure entertainment, fast paced, sexy and thoroughly enjoyable without insulting your intelligence.
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Summary: Oceans Eleven
Review: This is the tale of one of the best heists ever. Who would ever think to rob a casino. This is about a man, Danny Ocean, who has just gotten out of prison and is looking for something to do. It just so happens that this something to so involves revenge in vegas with the the biggest hotel casinos down there. He gets a group of his old crime buddies together and pull off the biggest job ever with a surprise ending you would never guess. I highly recommend this for action, suspense, and an all around great movie.
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Summary: Stylish Boredom
Review: This film is really not what I though it would be. The trailer was great, but upon watching the film, I had very brief laughs, mainly from the fat mob-like man who knew about old Casino heists. This has an awesome cast (as follows):
George Clooney, Bernie Mac, Brad Pitt, Elliott Gould, Casey Affleck (ben's brother), Scott Caan, Carl Reiner, Lennox Lewis, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Julia Roberts, Wayne Newton, Siegfried Fischbacher, Roy Horn, Steven Soderbergh (in the film and directing; very minor film part),
and Don Cheadle. This film had laughs, but it was prety much a heist action film. Thank you for taking the time to read my review and feel free to leave me a helpful/not helpful feedback. God Bless America!
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Summary: Good but not great
Review: It was styliush and fun. Looked everyone was having fun. I wasn't impressed so much by the robbery because there was no suggestion that it wouldn't work. There's goign to be a sequel because of the money involved and the necessity to retread old characters. I hope this time Julia Roberts gets more of an active part and that the challenge, the robbery is much more original than in this film.
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Summary: Overrated Junk!
Review: This is one of the worst films I have seen in recent years. It is very shallow, even by Hollywood blockbuster standards. The "plot" is unrealistic ... (are there really any criminals who are this nice?). Some say this is one of the greatest casts ever assembled. I don't agree with that. Roberts, Clooney, Damon etc are big stars, yes, but that does not mean they are good actors. Ocean's Elleven has been compared to Out of Sight, but that is really unfair since the latter is a much better film than this .... What went wrong Soderbergh?
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Summary: Oceans Eleven - A great heist movie!
Review: I found this movie to be quite entertaining, enthralling and rather suspenseful! Strangely enough, I purchased this DVD several months ago and hadn't watched it, what a mistake! Given the cast of this film, I just don't think it had a chance of going wrong! Outstanding performances by George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon and Andy Garcia all make this film a resounding success! This movie is just plain old good fun! The premise: George Clooney plays Danny Ocean, the "idea" man who apparently made a mistake five years ago and ended up in prison. We begin the movie with him just being released from prison on parole. He immediately starts looking up his friends; for he has a plan for what he hopes is a successful heist of several million of dollars from three different Las Vegas casinos. For me the part that was highly entertaining was the early part of the movie where George Clooney and Brad Pitt's characters were gathering their pals for the heist. This whole "gathering" is more or less cliché for this type of movie, but it was done well. All of this culminating into an extremely well done robbery of a Las Vegas Casino vault, that is very suspenseful as you just don't know if they're going to be successful or not. Overall this film very well done and I would highly recommend to any and all fans of this type of film. {ssintrepid}
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