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461104, I think Ocean's 12 is the best of them all
Posted by noahbird, Tue Jul-07-09 12:46 PM
Reading Ebert's review really put me in the right mindset to enjoy the film. Swipe from the full review at http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041209/REVIEWS/41122004/1023:

"The movie takes inventory of its characters with the same droll wit it does everything else. The original original "Ocean's 11," made in 1960 by the Rat Pack, was a send-up of 1950s caper movies (it was inspired by Jean-Pierre Melville's French classic "Bob le Flambeur"). The new original "Ocean's Eleven" (2001) was a successful attempt by Soderbergh to doodle with the formula, much as a pianist might pick out a tune just well enough to show he could play it if he wanted to. Now, with "Ocean's Twelve," Soderbergh and his scenarists, George Clayton Johnson, Jack Golden Russell and George Nolfi, are doing a jazz riff. This isn't a caper movie at all, it's an improvisation on caper themes. If at times it seems like a caper, well, as the fellow said when he got up from the piano, it might not be Beethoven, but it has a lot of the same notes."

I think he's right - the movie doesn't exactly make sense; I think the plot is really just a loose excuse to hang various vingets on. To me it's like watching a bunch of artists (director, actors, etc) at the top of their craft just having a blast with each other, riffing on the idea of a caper movie.



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