Where Ocean's Twelve fails is that it takes away one of the things that made Eleven a success, and goes too far with another. Part of the magic of Eleven was that Ocean's crew took a huge gamble, and it paid off and they didn't get caught. Well, so we thought. Twelve destroys this notion, and almost acts as a critique of the first film more than a sequel. It shows us the downside of the crew's original crime, creates tension between the characters, and takes them away from Vegas. Somehow, the film manages to make Amsterdam and Rome look grotty, because the slick, cool look is also gone in favor of washed out, edgy camera work. One of the good things about Eleven was that the actors were obviously having a lot of fun. This, they take too far, and we're left with a lot of fat on the steak, improv scenes that go nowhere, and by the time Julia Roberts' character is asked to impersonate Julia Roberts, we know everyone is just taking the piss. Don't get me wrong, it's still a perfectly fine entertainment, but it doesn't have as solid a structure or as resonant an ending as the previous film did.
This is the weak second film - we all know they're not going to win Oscars, but the setting wasn't Vegas, which meant it wasn't as much fun. The first and the third are the most entertaining.
I liked it better than the first one, because it doesn’t take itself seriously. The first one was much too pedestrian for Soderbergh. In this one he can play around more, which is his strength.
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Dieguito
The worst of the trilogySiskoid
Where Ocean's Twelve fails is that it takes away one of the things that made Eleven a success, and goes too far with another. Part of the magic of Eleven was that Ocean's crew took a huge gamble, and it paid off and they didn't get caught. Well, so we thought. Twelve destroys this notion, and almost acts as a critique of the first film more than a sequel. It shows us the downside of the crew's original crime, creates tension between the characters, and takes them away from Vegas. Somehow, the film manages to make Amsterdam and Rome look grotty, because the slick, cool look is also gone in favor of washed out, edgy camera work. One of the good things about Eleven was that the actors were obviously having a lot of fun. This, they take too far, and we're left with a lot of fat on the steak, improv scenes that go nowhere, and by the time Julia Roberts' character is asked to impersonate Julia Roberts, we know everyone is just taking the piss. Don't get me wrong, it's still a perfectly fine entertainment, but it doesn't have as solid a structure or as resonant an ending as the previous film did.nowhereman136
Kinda bland and convoluted. It had it's moments but overall a mediocre filmbonnedejour
not as good as the first one. :(aussieflickfan
This is the weak second film - we all know they're not going to win Oscars, but the setting wasn't Vegas, which meant it wasn't as much fun. The first and the third are the most entertaining.boromir17
worse than ocean's elevenJoker of Gotham
The first one was better4/5
tyrion68
I liked it better than the first one, because it doesn’t take itself seriously. The first one was much too pedestrian for Soderbergh. In this one he can play around more, which is his strength.guffaa88
Much more sophisticated than the first