Director: Steven Soderbergh
'Writer': George Nolfi
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Catherine-Zeta Jones
So… I feel like Ocean’s Eleven was a greatly enjoyable
movie. Ocean’s, in comparison, was just frustrating.
Ocean’s Twelve foolishly decides to dramatically tone down the suave factor from the first movie. Instead of robbing a casino, they decide to rob a recluse’s house and then a museum. Something I did like about it was that they kept referring to ‘the first rule’, alluding to some sort of Internet forum for criminal masterminds. The supposed antagonist from this movie is actually one of the most famous criminals in the world (the other antagonist being the system!). This famous criminal even has a mysterious criminal name, which slightly replenishes the suave levels.
Other than this, the movie decides to keep tripping itself up. The movie hammers in the idea that this character you only ever see the back of is the best criminal you ever did see. This made me think ‘I really hope whoever this guy turns out to be satisfies me’. Spoiler warning – It’s not. It actually contributes to an unbelievably underwhelming twist. It pains me to see a writer have so much potential and then absolutely ruin it. One thing that twelve did take from eleven was the fact that you never really have any idea what the hell is going on. You think you understand what they are trying to do and then Bruce Willis shows up and further confuses everything. I would love to spoil the ending of this movie because it is the best example of a writer digging himself out of a hole and it just makes me angry to think about.
Ocean’s Twelve certainly does not live up to the high-standard set by its entertaining predecessor. It lowers the suaveness and ups the confusion and is topped with honestly some of the laziest writing I have witnessed in my short life. If you want to see a good heist movie just watch Ocean’s Eleven. I haven’t yet seen Ocean’s Thirteen but my expectations have been severely diminished after Twelve. If you want to enjoy a movie and not hate all screenwriters, don’t watch this. If you want to know how not to write a movie, this movie will be a great learning experience for you.
Ocean’s Twelve foolishly decides to dramatically tone down the suave factor from the first movie. Instead of robbing a casino, they decide to rob a recluse’s house and then a museum. Something I did like about it was that they kept referring to ‘the first rule’, alluding to some sort of Internet forum for criminal masterminds. The supposed antagonist from this movie is actually one of the most famous criminals in the world (the other antagonist being the system!). This famous criminal even has a mysterious criminal name, which slightly replenishes the suave levels.
Other than this, the movie decides to keep tripping itself up. The movie hammers in the idea that this character you only ever see the back of is the best criminal you ever did see. This made me think ‘I really hope whoever this guy turns out to be satisfies me’. Spoiler warning – It’s not. It actually contributes to an unbelievably underwhelming twist. It pains me to see a writer have so much potential and then absolutely ruin it. One thing that twelve did take from eleven was the fact that you never really have any idea what the hell is going on. You think you understand what they are trying to do and then Bruce Willis shows up and further confuses everything. I would love to spoil the ending of this movie because it is the best example of a writer digging himself out of a hole and it just makes me angry to think about.
Ocean’s Twelve certainly does not live up to the high-standard set by its entertaining predecessor. It lowers the suaveness and ups the confusion and is topped with honestly some of the laziest writing I have witnessed in my short life. If you want to see a good heist movie just watch Ocean’s Eleven. I haven’t yet seen Ocean’s Thirteen but my expectations have been severely diminished after Twelve. If you want to enjoy a movie and not hate all screenwriters, don’t watch this. If you want to know how not to write a movie, this movie will be a great learning experience for you.
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