This is so not Ocean's crew from the first movie

Rating: 6/10 (27 January 2005)

This film was a major letdown. I felt like i didn't know the characters anymore. There were a lot of mistakes in this film and they go as follows:
1. What happened to the other characters? This movie focuses mainly on the big dogs, like Danny, Tess, Rusty, and Basher. Don't get me wrong, they were great characters in the first film, but one of Ocean's Elevens most beautiful elements was the teamwork. Ocean's crew is funnier, smarter, and all out better when everyone gets involved more.
2. Not as professional and smooth. In Ocean's 11, just about everything went exactly as planned. That was another beautiful element. They knew what they wanted, who they were hitting, and how they were gonna do it. This one was just a lot of "go with the flow".
3. Where are the clues? In Ocean's 11 you could figure out the twists if you were smart enough before they happened because they threw in little things that you thought were just pointless sideshows when they turned out to be the most important elements of the score. In "12", they have to show you how stuff happened after the score was complete.
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4. The dumbest part of the movie was when they brought Julia Roberts's career into the film. Why would you want to do that? Its hard to watch Julia Roberts pretend to be herself. That part annoyed me the most.
5. The plot. I'm not gonna give it to you (thats why you watch the movie), but it just wasn't that great. These guys just end up as a bunch of losers who lose everything they got from the first movie.The incredible feeling you get when the job is done from the first one, goes away after you've seen this.
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6. Why did you bring back Benedict? It was over! They beat him the first time around. In this film he turns into this mean old gangster personality instead of the casino owner with some really bad luck as everyone knew him from before. He is like a different person.

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The only thing I did appreciate was the humor. It was the only thing that the writers did just as well as on the first one. There were some great lines and hysterical moments. But the disappointment is just so great, that that's all you have when its over.
I cant rate this film as a whole but I can separate it.
Humor: ****/5,
Everything Else: **/5