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Summary: Shallow Puddle Eleven...
Review: OK. I will admit that upon a second viewing on DVD I liked this movie much more than I did in the theatre. So, this movie has big named stars like Clooney, Pitt, and Roberts attached to it. You can tell that everyone involved was having just a grand old fun time being a part of this movie. Heck, in many scenes, it seems Clooney is fighting back a big smirky grin with every ounce of energy. This isn't such a bad thing.. and in many scenes this actually works... it's refreshing seeing big-named talent having fun up on the screen... So, what is the problem? Basically the problem is that with this cast, in this post "Pulp Fiction" day and age, I was simply expecting a little bit hipper.. a little bit funnier, a little bit edgier,a little bit smarter... it's not that I hate this movie, I'm just rather disappointed with the whole affair. Perhaps I was expecting to leave the theatre with the same "Holy cow, that ending was amazing" vibe that I felt leaving the aforementioned "Pulp Fiction", "Memento", or "The Usual Suspects". Hmm.. perhaps not even that.. perhaps I was just expecting the ending to be a bit more "intelligent" than it ended up being.
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Summary: My Favorite Movie Ever
Review: There is simply nothing at all wrong with this movie. It has a good plot, complete with an odd ending (for all you who have viewed it: how they went about their heist) that may require some to watch it more than once. The star-packed cast works very well for the movie, and there is even a few laughs to go along with every other positive thing I've said. The only fault I can find is not with the movie, but with the DVD extras: no deleted scenes/bloopers. Personally, I'm a big fan of those, but it certainly doesn't affect this excellent movie.
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Summary: If you've ever wanted to root for the "bad" guys...
Review: I really didn't know what to expect when I first saw this movie (theatre release) but ended up enjoying it immensely. The con the characters pull works on the audience as well as the victim.George Clooney is perfectly cast as the suave Daniel Ocean and Brad Pitt is great as the 2nd in command. In fact, the only casting I would have changed is Julia Roberts. It's not that she's bad in the movie, but she just doesn't seem to fit. All in all, the movie has a lot of humor (most of it subtle) and it's really hard not to cheer the gang on. Andy Gardia is wonderfully nasty.
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Summary: Awful
Review: I tried to put "no" stars in but it wouldn't let me so, I give it a GENEROUS "1" and here is why: Take a decent tale that takes some imagination, great stars, great locations and an audiences desire to see such a film and make it into the slowest, boring piece of drecht! I blame the director, who it appears wanted all his actors to play it "cool" and laid back - so most of the film sounds like people causaualy rehearsing lines.. absolutely no energy! The first version of this film had its' flaws due to a minor and wander plot but the personalities made it come alive. This has a well put together plot but the people driving it are dullsville! Thankfully I decided last minute to rent this before purchasing.
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Summary: [STINKS]
Review: They could have named Clooney's character John Smith and named the movie "Smith's Twelve" and have it go on its own instead of calling it a remake of the original "Ocean's Eleven". While the original had a campy simple plot, the Rat Pack made it entertaining and one always knew how they were getting this heist to work. The remake, while it has a super cast, bounced around with such a complex plan that it took away from the actual heist. It moved slow, had too many, some stupid, mini plots and by golly I should have switched it off and gone to bed.
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Summary: Look out, Las Vegas!
Review: Ocean's eleven had some plot elements that reminded me of Mission Impossible, but having watched Mission Impossible didn't mean that I could predict the action in Ocean Eleven - not at all. It's just that their goal is, well, a bit impossible, and it's fun and exciting to see how the team members are chosen, and how the team works together to try and accomplish that impossible goal. The cast works together so well, with humor and style, that they more than fill out the story and left me wanting more at the end.
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Summary: OK entertainment
Review: This flick features George Clooney as a convict just released from prison on parole. Carl Reiner, Matt Damon, Elliot Gould, Andy Garcia, Brad Pitt, and Julia Roberts are also part of this all star cast. This as a remake of the earlier "Oceans 11" which featured the famous rat pack. In this flick, Clooney (Billy Ocean), after being released from prison, puts together a top notch crew to pull off a major heist at a Las Vegas casino. The location is The Bellagio. Quite frankly, the plans for this heist are so complex that it is impossible to follow what is happening and why. However, if you just stick to the main thread of the plot and don't try to figure out with specific accuracy how they are pulling the heist off, the movie is an entertaining, somewhat light hearted thriller. If you have ever been to the Bellagio or any other major Las Vegas hotel/casino, you will have seen that these huge casinos are like fortresses. There are cavernous security areas to store the huge amounts of cash. Cracking the security and pulling this off would be the work of a genius and that is what Billy Ocean was. In this flick, the plans were complex and there were many twists and turns. Ocean was up to all of them. What particularly impressed me is that this movie could not possiby have been made without the major casinos, particularly the Bellagio, going along with the project and lending their technical support. In the flick, you root against the casino and for the motley group of clever criminals. The casino manager is the foil in the plot yet the casino industry had enough of a sense of humor about itself to make this flick possible. It's nice that the industry could lighten up and not be full of itself. All in all, the movie is hard to follow so it loses a star but, otherwise, this flick is OK.
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Summary: Such a very COOL film!
Review: This film is so cool you just might get chill blaines. Everyone involved in this film seems to be having fun and so do we watching it! The film is full of gorgeous people dressed in gorgeous clothes doing things that such people do when dressed in such clothes. The characters are vivid and played to the hilt by really good actors. The sets are .... well, they are really Las Vegas... and you can't get much more cool than that! The story...it's good, but the cohesiveness of the story is the last thing that you should worry about. The story works - this is far better than its 60's counterpart - but you won't watch and re-watch this film because of the story - you'll do so because of the characters and the actors. Clooney and Pitt have a chemistry that just sizzles on the screen. Damon breaks new ground as a "aw shucks" sort of con man and pick pocket. Casey Affleck and Scott Caan play the Heckle and Jeckle (or Abbott and Costello, if you prefer) of the film. In short, there's not a poorly drawn character here - well, almost.... I love Julia Roberts - I mean I love Julia Roberts - but she just wasn't right for this film. Angie Dickenson played her part in the original. Four decades later, Roberts is not comparable to Dickenson. Roberts is more uptown though awkward than Dickenson's street-wise trashy over peroxided blond. I think the producers wanted "elegant" instead of "trashy," but Roberts isn't elegant either. She's coltish (let me explain) - watch her walk in heels - she can't - she seems ill at ease in heels - she bounces around and seems as if she is going to fall off of them at any moment. I got the impression that her character was supposed to be elegant and sexy. Her character should glide across the room, not bounce. Roberts is sexy, but not elegant. Catherine Zeta Jones is elegant. Gwyneth Paltrow is elegant. Roberts is not elegant. That said, it certainly didn't dimenish my overall impression of the movie. This is a fun film and one I will definitely buy and watch over and over again to see these fine actors have tons of fun doing their craft.
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Summary: Great movie
Review: This is a great movie. It keeps you guessing and has a great twist to it. I would really recommend it to anyone. The DVD is good, but not great. I would like to have seen some deleted scenes and/or bloopers. I know that there were some from viewing other special features. A definite have-to-buy though.
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Summary: Pure Entertainment!
Review: I absolutely loved this movie. It got right to the point, straight from the beginning and kept the viewer involved all the way into the end. The supporting actors were just as great as the big-name stars. Bottom-line:Ocean's Eleven includes stellar performances, a great story line, and a truly fun movie to watch.
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