Great flick... but not Oceans.

Rating: 8/10 (14 July 2013)

I found the film to be exhilarating, tastefully hilarious and visually stunning. The amount of twists and turns that are unexpected are as much to try to figure out as they are to watch.
Here are my issues with it though.
NYSM failed to develop the characters fully. When Jack "dies" I seriously didn't care, which is absurd for me. I cry over the tiniest cinematic things. I didn't feel connected to the character, no matter how much I wanted to. Isla Fisher's character felt rather useless other than her apparent eye candy appeal. As far as the performance wise, out of the Horsemen I truly felt that Eisenberg and Woody carried it. Though I didn't feel connected to them either. The primary amount of development rode on the characters of the detectives which was difficult to understand why the writers would have me develop such close interest in the "antagonists" other than the apparent twist at the end.
The ending was a little overwhelming and obnoxious as far as VFX was concerned. The holograms on the building was a little too much and not explained. The card lighting up in the tree and the tarot cards becoming suddenly magnetic in it's presence was a tad bit too much.
Though the comparison was mentioned a lot by critics, overall this film was not Oceans.
8/10