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Claeren · 06-10-2007, 12:41 PM

Edge of reason is cool - bordering on ######ed, not so cool.

And there was NOTHING to capture your attention in the entire movie. It was strictly A to B, which is not at all what this type of movie should be. It should be where you THINK you are going A to B and end up over at G.

The first one had that, the second one had it but it felt artificial and contrived, and this one didn't have anything beyond a few silly side plots at the end.

** SPOILER ALERT **

I can only take so much "Oh shoot, i guess i will quickly and unexpectedly pull out my laptop in the middle of a casino and take 2 minutes to hack into the FBI(?) computer system, despite not being the 'computer guy', and then alter the appearance of 12(?) known criminals in real time without anyone noticing." Which if it had been part of the plan to get arrested, as it seemed to have been, should have been done ahead of time - not to mention the fact that changing the appearences of criminals would have come in handy LONG before actually needed!

Or "Hey, one state of the art boring machine broke down lets just bring in another without anyone noticing anything!!" which was absurd WITHOUT even thinking about the fact that the Chunnel machines are (1) COMPLETELY different from each other, (2) too huge to transport and (3) are still buried under the English Channel - or the fact they had ONE guy operating the entire thing.

etc etc. It was silly.... (and not good silly)

** END SPOILER ALERT **

I would give it 2.5/5 at best.

3/5 for Oceans 12 and a solid 4/5 for Oceans 11.

Claeren.

06-10-2007, 12:41 PM	#5
Claeren Franchise Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Section 218 Exp:	Edge of reason is cool - bordering on ######ed, not so cool. And there was NOTHING to capture your attention in the entire movie. It was strictly A to B, which is not at all what this type of movie should be. It should be where you THINK you are going A to B and end up over at G. The first one had that, the second one had it but it felt artificial and contrived, and this one didn't have anything beyond a few silly side plots at the end. SPOILER ALERT I can only take so much "Oh shoot, i guess i will quickly and unexpectedly pull out my laptop in the middle of a casino and take 2 minutes to hack into the FBI(?) computer system, despite not being the 'computer guy', and then alter the appearance of 12(?) known criminals in real time without anyone noticing." Which if it had been part of the plan to get arrested, as it seemed to have been, should have been done ahead of time - not to mention the fact that changing the appearences of criminals would have come in handy LONG before actually needed! Or "Hey, one state of the art boring machine broke down lets just bring in another without anyone noticing anything!!" which was absurd WITHOUT even thinking about the fact that the Chunnel machines are (1) COMPLETELY different from each other, (2) too huge to transport and (3) are still buried under the English Channel - or the fact they had ONE guy operating the entire thing. etc etc. It was silly.... (and not good silly) END SPOILER ALERT I would give it 2.5/5 at best. 3/5 for Oceans 12 and a solid 4/5 for Oceans 11. Claeren. Last edited by Claeren; 06-10-2007 at 12:47 PM.