Ocean’s Thirteen
We went to see Ocean’s Thirteen a little over a week ago. I tried hard to keep expectations low. I had read some early reviews and knew to not get over hyped. It worked. I wasn’t over expectant and as such I wasn’t disappointed. This iteration of the story certainly wasn’t as engaging or as well written as the first two, but it was “good enough.” I’m certainly not raving about it, but I’m not feeling like I wasted the ticket money. The quality of the film was quite good. There were the neat bits of action, the twisting story, the large large scenes with lots of little things going on. The mis-en-scene brought a very real feeling to it. This certainly wasn’t an amateur project. It just lacked the polish of the first two iterations in the STORY. The casting was good. The directing was good. The acting was good. No where along the line did I feel like I was watching actors. The story, though, it feels more like a draft than a final version. It could have used some more work.
