how could a sequel to such a great movie be so BAD??

Rating: 1/10 (27 January 2005)

Danny Ocean is back, along with the entire gang from the Ocean's 11 2001 film. Now, the gang has been pinned by terry benedict and they must pay him back, with interest. it is too hot to steal in the US, so they travel to Europe to knock off three casinos.
As interesting as this plot sounds, you get the complete opposite of what you would expect. Surely you have heard from the well respected critics that this movie is "sly" "hip" and "cool" because of the star power. Some of them say it is better than the 2001 film.
The star power was half the fun of the first film, granted, but the other half was a story that had twists, turns and humor. You could watch the 2001 film, think about it when it got slightly plotty, and figure it out. in the end, you had that great deep feeling you get when you see a good movie.
Now, the film makers have taken the cast's ability and wrapped it inside of one of the most twisted, dull humored, and confusing heist stories of all time. You sit and watch the film wondering if they needed to have as many twists as it did.
MAJOR SPOILER AHEAD
During the film, there is a very important scene near the end where the gang appears to be stealing a golden egg of sorts. this egg has many fake replicas to it, so you are trying to figure out if they will get the real one or a fake one. You are also wondering if the Night Fox, who is the gang's rival stealer, is going to get the real or the fake.
In preparation, Danny and the guys create a holographic image of the object, so you would suspect that they are going to take the egg and replace it with the holograph. I mean, the crew explained it that way to begin with.
However, it ends with the entire gang getting arrested before they even enter the building. Tess Ocean, impersonating JULIA ROBERTS, is inside with a fake baby under her blouse. The confusion of it all prevents me from revealing what happened inside. But it turns out that the REAL EGG WAS TAKEN BEFORE ALL THE PREPARATION AND ALL OF THE SCHEEMING, AND THE "HEIST WAS A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME!
This is the grand daddy of all the confusion, and the other moments that compare to it are nearly as confusing. The "funny" moments throughout the film are dull and require much thinking about simple jokes that aren't even funny.
I don't know If i've never hated a movie as much as I hated this one. Figuring out twists in films, especially heist films, is a fun way to get involved with your movie going. But the twists and turns in this fodder are simply ridiculous.
Please do NOT see this film. This is mean, anti-entertaining garbage that is disguised as a sequel to an excellent film.
ZERO/****