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zondag 13 december 2020

Ranking the Franchise - Ocean's

To be honest, I had never seen any of the films in this franchise. Strange, since the cast of all the movies has such star power and is filled with actors and actresses I enjoy watching. I wanted to watch all four films in the franchise and rank them.
 
4. Ocean’s Twelve (2004)
Danny Ocean and his gang leave Las Vegas and decided to travel to three European countries to perform some heists: The Netherlands, Italy and France. This film was really boring at times, all though they add a completely different setting and some new cast members. I did like the scene where Julia Roberts’ character Tess has to pretend to be Julia Roberts, this was really funny. But overall, I didn’t like this film.
 
3. Ocean’s Thirteen (2007)
I’m glad that for this third movie, Danny Ocean and his team are back in Las Vegas and that casinos are the setting. After one of their own was double-crossed by casino owner Willy Banks, Danny plans to have Banks bankrupt before the grand-opening of his new casino. Like “Ocean’s Twelve” is had its dull moments, but the actually heist execution is really cool. That’s why I prefer it over the second film.
 
2. Ocean’s Eight (2018)
I think most people wouldn’t put it in second place, but this movie was highly enjoyable. Charming crook Danny Ocean turns out to have a sister: Debbie Ocean. She is just as cool, clever and criminal. With seven henchmen, all female, she plans a jewel heist at the famous Met Gala in New York. Although the formula and many scenes are exactly the same as “Ocean’s Eleven”, this film was highly entertaining and I loved the cast.  
 
1. Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
Crook Danny Ocean wants to rob three big casinos in Las Vegas and put together a team of eleven experts, each with their own specialty. It’s a stylish remake of the 1960s film of the same name and it’s filled with A-listers. The film is really good and both the build-up to and the actually execution of the heist are a joy to watch. A very entertaining heist film.
 

 

maandag 19 oktober 2020

00s Movie Review - Ocean's Thirteen

Director:
Steven Sodenbergh
Genre: Comedy/ Crime
Runtime: 122 minutes
Year: 2007
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, matt Damon, Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Elliott Gould, Shaobo Qin, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia, Carl Reiner

Description: Danny Ocean (George Clooney) rounds up the boys for a third heist after casino owner Willy Bank (Al Pacino) double-crosses on of the original eleven: Rueben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould).

Review: The story in a nutshell: Danny Ocean and his ream get together to assist their buddy Rueben Tishkoff, who has been double-crossed by casino boss Willi Banks. As a result, Rueben has collapsed, is in bed with heart problems and Danny is furious. Time for revenge. The plan is to bankrupt Banks’ casino before it officially opens its doors. Let the swindle and sabotage begin…
After a flying start “Ocean’s Thirteen” collapses after thirty minutes. The different storylines aren’t all that interesting, characters come and go, and certain things remain unexplained. But they are back in Las Vegas, like in the first movie. And the actual execution of the plan feels like old times. And this part was really fun, enjoyable and exciting.  
Does the third film add something to the series? Not really. The second one also didn’t, but I do prefer this over “Ocean’s Twelve”. But “Ocean’s Eleven” was the best of the three and they should have just stuck with that one.

Rating: 3/ 5