Did Anyone Else Notice?

Rating: 2/10 (27 July 2005)

Comparing Oceans Twelve to the 2001 Oceans Eleven, did anyone else notice all the things that stayed the same?

All the stars returned for Twelve, and Zeta-Jones was added;

Twelve had the same director;

Twelve had the same producers;

Twelve had the same production designer;

Twelve had the same music director;

Twelve had the same film editor.

Did anyone notice the things than changed once the "Oceans" franchise was established?

Twelve's budget was $25 million (30%) greater;

Eleven got great reviews, but Twelve largely got panned;

Eleven made $450 million but Twelve dropped to $362 million;

Domestic box office for Twelve dropped 32%;

Soderbergh teamed with a different screenwriter.

Movies are a director's medium, of course. I almost forgot.