Why is it named Ocean's Eleven?

Rating: Null/10 (27 December 2002)

I really liked this 2001 Ocean's Eleven. It is very entertaining, but it is NO Ocean's Eleven 1960! A few of the best things about Ocean's Eleven 1960 is that Peter Lawford has to get money from his MOTHER (LOL) and his NEW stepfather-to-be is a criminal who figures out their scheme; and how this wonderful, huge, scheme ends with the money, along with one of their dead friends, getting cremated! I love the ending to the 1960 version, it's classic! BUT the 2001 version has none of these wonderful things in it. The comrade with all of the characters in OE 2001 is good and again, I do like it. BUT why did they have to name it Ocean's Eleven? It is NOT a remake! In the original, they actually DID rob 3 casinos and it was a beautiful and logical thing. I think the remake problem starts with the writers. The same writers wrote the screenplay for BOTH movies. I think with OE 2001, they really didn't want to do a remake but a little something different. SINCE they did so, they should've named it something else. AND that's all I have to say about that!