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1.5/4
Doesn't Even Compare With The Original
JLFM - wrote on 09/03/2012
Imagine a hit movie that, to be honest, no one was expecting. That describes Ocean's Eleven. Now imagine a sequel, that takes everything that made the original such a hit, and throws it out the window. That describes Ocean's Twelve. In an effort to do more, Ocean's Twelve does less in a sequel that's shockingly inferior to the highly entertaining original.
Though Ocean's Twelve is extremely confusing, the basic plot can be summed up in one short sentence: The Ocean's Eleven crew has to somehow get 97 million dollars, and give it to Terry Benedict, the antagonist of the original and this horrendous sequel.
Gone is almost everything that made Ocean's Eleven such an entertaining film. Ocean's Eleven primary strength were the characters. And while the entire cast is back for the …
Rating of
1.5/4
"Ocean's Twelve" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 05/21/2012
I think that this is a love or hate kind of film. So I'm not going to fly in the face of popular opinion, and tell you I loved the first half, and hated the second! Clooney and Pitt have actually managed to form a buddy partnership to almost emulate that of Redford and Newman, and during the stylish and witty first hour, it sparkles. Unfortunately, half way through they are arrested and are never on the screen together again...instead we are presented with Julia Roberts playing Tess playing Julia Roberts, alongside Bruce Willis playing himself purely for the sake of it. Add to this the fact that the clever heist-based plot is replaced by The Pink Panther does Entrapment and it completely flounders. Which is a real shame because up until that point, I was really enjoying it...
