| Ocean's Twelve | | Cast : | Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Julia Roberts | | Director : | Steven Soderbergh | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | December 10, 2004 | | DVD Released Date : | April 12, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 06, 2005 | | Summary | One Word.........BLAH! | Content
 | Ocean's Eleven was a watchable movie, nothing to write home about but at least those involved didn't have to hang their heads in shame. This sequel however is one of the most uneven pointless sequels I've ever seen. The worst flaw of this film is simply put...it is BORING. There is also a really preposterous scene with Julia Roberts character playing Julia Roberts...maybe one of the dumbest things I've ever scene in a film. George Clooney and Brad Pitt walk through this movie acting like they're the coolest hippest dudes on planet earth, sorry chaps but the jokes on you, Matt Damon seems cooler than you two arrogant chumps put together. Dumb,dumb, and just dumb. The story is so mediocre and silly that it's no wonder the acting is sub par. The best thing about this movie is the nap you can take while it's on. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 31, 2005 | | Summary | Pointless - both for the viewer and for the characters | Content
| Ocean's 11 was a fun caper movie, as long as you didn't think too hard about it and enjoyed the ride. That the cast was populated with some of Hollywood's finest - Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, and the best actor in Hollywood at the moment, Brad Pitt - made the film worthwhile. The amount of money that it made pretty much guaranteed a sequel. I thought to myself, "It probably won't be as good, but if the same cast comes back, it'll have to be fun!"
I was dead wrong. The entire cast looks like they just mailed in their performances (with the exception of Damon, who has some truly inspired lines and situations - berating his partners for using disparaging language, being rescued by his mother, telling Ocean he's ready for "a more central role," etc.). Not only that, but the lackadaisical effort extends to the editors, the director, the scriptwriters, etc. As far as sequels go, this one was pointless to start with because everything that could be done was done in the first film. But the action within this movie itself is also pointless! For example, instead of lowering himself 2 feet over a wall to make a shot with a harpoon, the conspirators instead choose to raise an entire house (one with 3 high-tech security systems) 2 feet so the shot can be made from an adjoining roof. Surely one of those secturity systems would notice the entire house being raised, and if not, the people living in it surely would!
In a good movie, I wouldn't question such absurdity (and Roger Ebert seems to think the absurdity is the point). But this is not a good movie, and everything in it is so needlessly complex you can't stand it because the payoff isn't worth the effort. I was reminded of the Gene Siskel test: a good film is one that is more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch. This movie isn't even more interesting than a documentary of the empty restaurant where the actors will have their lunch later that day.
To add insult to injury, the DVD is bad. The sound (at least on my system) is terrible - the music track is at a level about twice as loud as the dialogue track. Were the producers trying to hide the inanity of the film? In addition, it is literally the most featureless DVD I have ever seen. The "extras" consist of 1 theatrical trailer. And yes, the one extra is menu-labelled with the plural "special features," as if to emphasise how little thought was put into every part of this film. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 28, 2005 | | Summary | Worse than the previous oneWorse | Content
| I prefer Oceans 11, this movie is good too but I don't like the role of Julia Roberts. This part was exaggerated a lot. Overall it is worth to see.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 28, 2005 | | Summary | Set Sail (AGAIN) | Content
| Not nearly as interesting or funny as Oceans Eleven. Try as they might, the cast, and story line, just don't cut it. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 26, 2005 | | Summary | Fun, but little substance | Content
| Made from an original screenplay that was modified to fit the characters after the success of its predecessor, Ocean's Twelve shows definite signs of wearing out its welcome. However, it still manages to be quite a bit of fun, especially when it dips into the Hollywood palette for inspiration.
Ocean's Twelve's thin plot require Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia, his talent wasted in this non-role) to want his money back bad enough (even though insurance covered his losses) to threaten the original "Ocean's 11" (a title the press uses and everyone but Danny is tired of hearing) into pulling off another job -- since they've already spent most of the money. This leads to a competition with The Night Fox (French star Vincent Cassell) when he reaches their target, the home of a recluse (a cameo by Jeroen Krabbe) before they do.
Meanwhile, Rusty's (Brad Pitt) ex-girlfriend, Isabel Lahiri (played by Catherine Zeta-Jones, who manages to somehow look younger in each of her successive pictures) is on the hunt for the group and for the elusive "most successful thief of all time" -- who has some secrets of his own. This time Tess gets into the act for an unnecessary diversion involving her impersonation of a famous celebrity to whom she holds an uncanny resemblance, and another celebrity's confusion at this. It is a lot of fun, but adds nothing to the plot, merely padding the already extensive running time.
Unfortunately, without this and another shorter diversion, there would be little to recommend (Topher Grace, as himself, has the film's best line) since only Matt Damon's character Linus shows any signs of growth. Others, like Bernie Mac and Carl Reiner, seem only to be around to make an appearance and round out the dozen (Mac spends most the film in jail, and Reiner is vacillating about whether to get involved).
Working on the same budget as Ocean's Eleven, director Steven Soderbergh manages to make Ocean's Twelve feel like a smaller film, despite taking place over an entire city, instead of just one building. All in all, it's a pleasant way to kill two hours, but I don't think anyone is going to be clamoring for Ocean's Thirteen. |
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