What a disappointment

Rating: 1/10 (7 January 2005)

My wife and I found the Oceans 11 remake entertaining. This evening we saw the sequel, which is called Oceans 12. This is hyped as a movie where the cast are all having a lot of fun and the audience experiences their fun. They must have been totally bored having this fun as it was one of the most boring films I have ever seen. And - to be honest - I generally can find SOMETHING redeeming in most films.
My wife first said she didn't find it as boring as I said it was but then she admitted that she had spent a long time thinking about a meal at home for some guests in great detail. You don't do this if you find the film interesting.
I saw Matt Damon on Leno (I think it was) and he made a comment about the "all having fun" thing. He said that Cannonball Run II was likely the film that the cast most enjoyed making. Implicit here was "and what was that worth?"
Leno kept referring to the film as an "art house film" and my impresion was that he meant that it was far from being one of these. But, now that I have seen it, I understand that he actually meant that the camera-work etc. do resemble what he might associate with that type of film.
I think Damon and Leno might have been telling us what they actually thought about Oceans 12.
I must admit that this film was worse than Cannonball Run II as the plot was total confusion and the film was made as if it were an early Danish "Dogma" film with intentionally shaky camera and bad lighting and awful sound.
With such a "star studded" cast - you would expect that the villain was also someone "worthy" ie well known rather than the man who usually does the voice-over for Hugh Grant in French dubbed films.
One little note about the "surprise guest". I really wonder how many of this film's target group know this elder actor.