Soderbergh, Clooney, and the gang to make "Ocean's Twelve"

Soderbergh, Clooney, and the gang to make "Ocean's Twelve". No foolin'

By Jason Kottke • Aug 27, 2003 at 06:09 pm

There are 13 reader comments

Gregory • Aug 27 2003 • 6:53PM

This is the kind of thing I will deny until the day it comes out. At which point, I'll somehow "forget" about it.

Matt Haughey • Aug 27 2003 • 8:52PM

This sounds genius, the story says it's three bank heists in London, so we get the same snappy script and all-star cast, but they're not just in a burglary thrill ride, it could also be a road movie about how they get out to the UK and back.

Oceans Eleven is a very underrated movie, I'm definitely looking forward to this one.

tomas • Aug 27 2003 • 11:17PM

I heard it was going to be simultaneous robberies in Rome London and Berlin.

R. • Aug 28 2003 • 2:42AM

Oceans Eleven is a very underrated movie

The critical response was overwhelmingly favorable, the box office was boffo. That's underrated?

Matt Haughey • Aug 28 2003 • 3:50AM

I meant underrated among friends at least. I remembered hearing ho-hum reviews and avoiding it when it came out and one friend insisted it was worth a rental months later. Then word slowly grew and everyone seems to be fans of it.

sakana • Aug 28 2003 • 8:18AM

It's too bad the first try sucked (And when I say "first" I mean first remake. The original is great.)-- and this is coming from a huge Soderbergh fan. I've rarely been so disappointed by a movie: I found it was depressingly flat and totally lifeless. Though I suppose that means OCEAN'S 12 can't be much worse....

Stefan Jones • Aug 28 2003 • 12:36PM

I thought the remake was OK . . . a clever and enjoyable popcorn movie. I've rarely heard anything good about the original, but I might see it to see what Old Las Vegas looked like. (I mean, dang, almost all the old casinos are gone now. Almost all of Ceasar's has been replaced.)

sjc • Aug 28 2003 • 1:49PM

You just said "boffo" without a trace of irony.

R. • Aug 28 2003 • 3:27PM

I have an uncontrollable reflex for interleaved alliteration.

At least I didn't say "gal pal." Oops.

Emily • Aug 29 2003 • 2:23PM

GAAHHHH! Make it stop! Everyone should rent the DVD of the *original* OE instead...much more entertaining, far less plot, and Dean Martin singing "Ain't Love a Kick in the Head," how can you top that?

Mike • Aug 30 2003 • 9:19PM

I found the original boring and almost unwatchable. The Rat Pack pretty much phoned it in and went back to the casinos. The remake was fun and a great improvement.

Mike • Aug 30 2003 • 9:39PM

Actually, the exception is Sammy Davis Jr.'s first scene when he was singing next to the garbage trucks. I was too young to see him in his prime.

Tom Morris • Aug 31 2003 • 12:47PM

I'm actually pretty positive about this. As always, it's too early to tell - but I'm not dismissing it out of hand. Might... be... okay...

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