thoughts on the Italian Job

Rating: 8/10 (26 May 2003)

hey just watched the Italian Job on Friday. It was actually pretty good,B+. Yes there are minicars not vw bugs, and they are so cool. And yes part of it does take place in Italy. The rest does take place in the US, but to explain how they will get the gold back,Charlie(Mark Walberg) says they will do it like the Italian Job,that way Movie audiences know whats coming to some degree.
The Job that they pull is in venice which meant lots of water to work with it was a pretty cool idea.
Of coarse I've read a lot of the other postings and all I have to say is I've only seen a few of Mark Walbergs movies, but those have nothing to do with this movie which is a very ensemble piece, so ignore him if you don't like him. Definitely never saw the original(don't like Michael Caine or Benny Hill),but doubt I would have enjoyed it from what has been described, Think of it as a new film, just some same charecter names. And finally if you haven't seen it don't knock it, once you've seen it than you can make all of the opinions you want. I may even watch the original just to see, with an open mind of coarse.