Ocean’s Twelve-Audiences Should Avoid This One Like Vampires Avoid Garlic
I thought Ocean’s Eleven was often problematic. Oh my. Ocean’s Twelve is one of the worst films I have ever seen. Very sadly it was still profitable, just less so than the first mediocre film. It takes the “Hollywood smug-I have an easy job for life” attitude to an entire other level. This is less of a movie and more of a bunch of friends using the cover of a movie to get together and party-that is the real heist–the one they all pulled on the studio and then on us the dummies that were conned via the star power into going to see this movie.
The acting is some of the worse I have ever seen. Its all a big joke to everyone involved, in fact, shockingly so. Every seen is very much like, “who gives a s**t?” This attitude carries over into the way the film is shot. Awkward shots abound. These weren’t artsy shots or we are trying something new shots. They were the “we don’t care shots,” and “we’ll just say that was the look we wanted, documentary stylish.” There is a plot, but it meanders in its own chaos to the point that you don’t care. Truly a dog of a script. Like the first film, Oceans Eleven, Oceans Twelve glorifies the thief, a reoccurring theme in Hollywood films...
I don’t need to write a long or detailed review to tell you to avoid this turkey. I almost walked out several times, review or not, that should tell you something. The lack of respect for the audience showed by this gangling of Hollywood deities was truly unexpected. One of the worse films of year and of recent memory. Please no mas. Keep this kind of crap up and we won’t just be driving foreign cars.
Story F
Acting F (Inside joke time kids.)
Visuals F
Originality/Innovation F
Enjoyability Grade F
Home Theater/HD Factor D+
Overall Grade F (Note, I rarely give scores this low. What garlic is to vampires this film should be to film fans.)
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