an unfunny mess

Rating: 5/10 (15 November 2007)

When the original Oceans11 was made 45 some years back. It had BIG name stars, Both they & Las Vegas hotels & are were prominently featured.
When they remade this a few years back & in Oceans 12, You did have the same feeling.
NOW however in this mess called Oceans 13, I did not recognize Las Vegas at all.No scene in the entire film lasted more than seconds (so it seemed),---The entire movie went at such a fast pace, you did not know where you were & what was happening.I really did not care either. The frenetic pacing destroyed what ever enjoyment was to be had..
I mentioned the original film above. I can remember scenes from that movie. (last seen about 4 years ago). I cannot remember one clear scene from the mess I saw last night..
Besides the bad film editing, the direction was lacking as well.
It was as if the actors were doing as they pleased.
If this was supposed to be a comedy,How come there was nothing to laugh about.
Brad Pitt, Gearge Cloone & Matt Damon are the main stars BUT most scenes were either long or medium shots very few close ups, as if they were ashamed to be recognized. The others were barley recognizable. The old Warner Bros, films used to show the audience who was who, before the movie started, I wish they did that again
NOTE this practice was only in the early 1930's/
I just remembered that Al Pacino was in the cast as well. He did not over act here. Well no one was really acting anyway.
Ratings ** (out of 4) 54 points (out of 100) IMDb 5 (out of 10