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Old 02-16-05, 08:54   #1
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Oceans Twelve

For me this movie was way too clever for it's own good. And there were way too many "big" name actors in the lineup. This shouldn't really be a bad thing, but I felt they were all just there to cover up the poor plot. Stylish it most certainly was, however.
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I liked it, maybe a little too clever but watchable. I couldn't help feeling drawn to look at the glasses that they were drinking from, all very nice. The woman who played Tess did really look a lot like Julia Roberts. As for the big name cast, they had to hire the same actors as they did in the remake of Ocean's Eleven.
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Well Catherine Zeta Jones was not in the first movie. Nor was Bruce Willis, although his role in Oceans Twelve was only really a cameo. I count at least 5 or 6 actors who you would normally think of as "leads"
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I thought it was good. It wasn't particurarly spectacular, but i thought it was really smart.
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I thought it was ok, mainly because like oceans 11 it had many good looking guys in it... brad pitt, george clooney, matt damon.... need I say more.

However It all seemed a little basic compared to the first one, we were kept in the dark a lot more and didnt see all the planning and training. I wasnt as impressed.
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That was what I was meaning by it being too clever. It was as if the director didn't want us to know what was going out, because it would be more of a surprise to show us after, but to me it just spoilt the movie, as really all we ended up seeing were sanp shots of the actual "action".
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yeah I agree... It was a slow starting film and when all the 'action' started it was finishing... they could have done so much better
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I enjoyed it. I love the plot twists and the scene with him dancing between all the lasers had me laughing more than anything, as quite blatantly he connected with about ever laser beam. It was definitely watchable but again not up to the standard as the prequel.
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I enjoyed it. I love the plot twists and the scene with him dancing between all the lasers had me laughing more than anything, as quite blatantly he connected with about ever laser beam. It was definitely watchable but again not up to the standard as the prequel.
Prequel isn't the work you were looking for. A prequel details events prior to an existing work.
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Yeah, I realised that after I had posted.

Work isn't the word you were looking for either
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