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What happens in Vegas...
Back in 1960, OCEAN'S ELEVEN received its first journey to the Big Screen. Although it was a good film, it ironically ended up as a more serious piece, undermining some of the expectations that surrounded a film featuring the original RAT PACK (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop).

Fast forward to 2001 and OCEAN'S ELEVEN receives its second journey to the big screen. And this one has all the suave, sophistication and fun that was missed in the earlier effort, even without the surefire clump casting.

The main through line is intact, Danny Ocean putting together a team to rob several Las Vegas Casinos. Director Stephen Soderbergh (Traffic, Out of Sight) does a great job of expanding the film off of that premise, filling the screen with fun, glamour and excitement from the opening credits.

The casting is great and almost succeeds, like the original Oceans Eleven in casting for celebrity more than for the role. You laugh BECAUSE it is George Clooney, or Brad Pitt... And you love her because she's Julia Roberts. This is normally a weakness in films for me, but here it plays like a wink to the audience and is charming.

Bernie Mac, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Carl Reiner and Elliot Gould are just some of the cast.

Enjoy Oceans Eleven, it is truly a great way to waste 2 hours.

Place Your Bets...
After receiving huge box office and critical success with his daring dramatic films, "Erin Brockovich" and "Traffic", director Steven Soderbergh moved on to a much lighter and more fun loving film with his next directorial effort. Helming the remake of the Rat Pack classic, "Ocean's Eleven", Soderbergh shows that he not only has what it takes to deliver tight dramatic pieces, but also has the directorial capability to deliver a drama that is much more light hearted yet still compelling, and providing audiences an entertaining film and remake that can stand up to the original classic without any problem.

"Ocean's Eleven" follows a recently paroled thief, Danny Ocean (George Clooney) as he attempts to put his life back together by trying to get his ex-wife, Tess (Julia Roberts) back from Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia) who just happens to own the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas. To accomplish this, Danny has devised a plan to steal 150 million dollars from the Bellagio during a pay-per-view boxing match. In order for this mission to be a success, Danny must enlist the aid of friends and fellow cons or all is lost.

"Ocean's Eleven" achieved several feats that are very difficult to accomplish in one film; the ensemble cast, remaking a classic and possibly surpassing the original, and presenting fresh ideas. Most films can only hope to achieve one of these points, if any. The ensemble cast for "Ocean's Eleven" is basically a who's-who of Hollywood A-list talent, from George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, and Bernie Mac; to legends, such as Carl Reiner and Elliot Gould.

Anytime a director or studio hopes to remake a classic film that is loved by many people, especially Sinatra fans, you're just asking for trouble. First, you're expecting the fans to forgive changes that you make to the storyline, second you have to compete with an already successful movie in it's own right, so to even be remembered a remake needs to be better than the original which is not easy to do. What makes remaking a film even more difficult, is that in this day and age it is increasingly difficult to present new and fresh ideas to the big screen, and when you're core story is based on a film from 1960, this task is even more difficult.

Thankfully "Ocean's Eleven" manages to please on all levels, giving audiences an entertaining caper film, that gathers the best of Hollywood and presents a new take on a classic film.

"Ocean's Eleven" is rated PG-13 for language.

I saw it after the second, yet I liked this one only slightly better
As I mentioned in this review's title, I actually saw Ocean's 12 first and after finding that to be no particular thrill I was curious to see the first (not original). So I did, and all in all I can see this was definitely better than the sequel, but really not by much.

You have the cast with the big names lining up a heist, which is elaborately achieved. In addition, like the second one there is some misleading of the audience about what's happened, who knows what and that sort of thing. Thankfully all of that is left to a believable level though, which is what really ruined the second film for me.

However, I felt no stirring of excitement, or really interest while watching. Maybe this is because the sequel had dampened my opinions of what the first would be, or maybe this film really wasn't that special. Which is why I leave it at three, because in honesty I felt Ocean's 11, and I quote myself, really wasn't that special.

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