It's different, not bad.

Rating: 6/10 (18 December 2004)

Alright, here is the inside scoop. Clearly Oceans Eleven is a better movie. The first movie was great because the characters had style and class. Everyone moved around with a certain confidence and a purpose. There was a plan from the get go and the audience was hooked. The sequel was just different. Ocean's Twelve was a separate movie, not to be compared to Ocean's Eleven. I agree that the plot was a little hard to follow sometimes, but after the first movie, we were all expecting to not know how this movie would end. Despite being lost from time to time, I was thoroughly entertained...especially with Julia Roberts' part in the story. The plot twists were so ridiculous that there was no way to predict them. At least in the first, an intelligent movie watcher could see the twists as something they should have noticed from earlier in the film (air freshener). In the second one, the audience was just too lost to even notice when there was a twist in the plot. The sequel did not have the same elegance as the first, but it was not too shabby. Matt Damon surprised me by having more to do in this sequel, and he did a much better job. The dialog was not as witty as a revived rat pack crew from Ocean's Eleven, but the sequel still had some good qualities. With an ending that leaves me a little unsettled, I still came out of that movie entertained. At the same time, I was thinking to myself... "I know lots of people that won't like this movie." Just go into it with an open mind, and try not to hold it up to the same standards as the first.