Slate nails the allure of the Ocean’s X movies: Only the first is even approximately watchable as a story, but they’re all fantastic as “luxury brands.” A smarter distributor would release DVDs with a special feature allowing you to keep the excellent David Holmes soundtracks rolling, but mute the dialog—that’s how they ought to be watched.
Speaking of Aesthetics…
June 8th, 2007 · 3 Comments
Tags: Art & Culture
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1 Benquo // Jun 9, 2007 at 12:24 am
The Ocean’s X movies? I thought the first one was Ocean’s XI.
2 elyzabethe // Jun 9, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Did you see this from the WaPo review?
“The two new recruits, Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin, are the most impressive. They seem to think actual acting is involved. They invent fictitious personalities to play, they do cornball stuff like memorizing lines, contemplating motive — generally carrying on like professional actors. Didn’t they notice what was going on around them?”
I love it.
3 Bobbo // Jun 9, 2007 at 10:25 pm
X as in variable, stick in whatever number is necessary. Think algebra.