Ocean's 11 [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of Ocean's 11 [VHS]
Movie Review: Accidental Classic
Summary: 4 Stars
The Brat Pack has performed one great public service -- drawing attention back to this not-so-long-ago forgotten film, ressurrecting it out of the vast tar pits of yesterday's embarrassments. Now we can properly see it as the accidental classic that it is. Despite epic sloppiness and goofs that have been catalogued elsewhere, the movie eerily sums up a critical American moment, when the so-called "American Dream" finally unmasked as big bucks, period -- and however and how fast that you could get them.
Those recently enamored with this film glory in its cool and swagger. Without detracting at all from that, take a look at the hard edge of realism here. Sinatra leads the unmasking, about as far from his early teen idol as you could get, droll and spooky, sweaty and obsessed. This throw away role becomes one of his finest performances. No romance or finesse about it, whatsoever: "broads" are to be used and discarded once over the hill, but bucks could solve a lot of problems. The needs and tawdry ambitions of the other hoods are all at least lightly explored. Sammy, in alley cat glory, sings of the outrageous dream: a penthouse, no work. Lawford looks like a living dead, rarely better used. The creepy funeral home finale and the memorable ending shot of the hoods panning out, dejected, across a parking lot says it all, and undercuts the picture at precisely the proper angle.
Well, that sounds like a downer. Why don't you notice it? For me, the magnificent Dino just carries it along wonderfully, especially his classic Vegas performances. Ole number 2 comes through. His over the hill blowsy crooner is still able to hypnotize the nearby vixens, in a sequence so over the top it must be seen to be believed.
This movie perfectly documents the other side -- in other words the real side -- of the so-called "Camelot" era. It uncannily does so by not trying to do any such thing at all.
Movie Review: Ocean's 11
Summary: 5 Stars
Short and sweet-to the point. If you are a fan of the 1960's Las Vegas scene or a fan of the Rat Pack, then you'll love this movie.
Also, if you enjoy "heist movies", then you'll enjoy this movie.
Movie Review: Who cares about the casinos?
Summary: 5 Stars
First off,there is a review for this film suggesting that the ideal age of a viewer of Ocean's 11 is 40 and up.Then there is a review by a sixteen year old saying that is certainly not true.I absolutely agree.I'm fourteen.I adore the Rat Pack.You know,there ARE a few teenagers out there who have good taste
Now that that's taken care of,on to the warnings.I am probably among the most avid Sinatra fans who have ever existed,
so I may not exactly be the least biased reviewer you could find,but I'm not blind.I will never tire of watching The Tender Trap,High Society,Robin and the Seven Hoods,Can-Can,Pal Joey,AND Ocean's 11,but I have to admit,any person who enjoys gazing blankly at the screen as this group of Mobsters rubs out that one,and the main character of that movie dies a gruesome death while the main character of another is merely condemned to a life of inner suffering,will probably not be overly fond of those ring-a-ding vehicles.(I would love to say the fact of your looking up Ocean's 11 means you are not a member of that idiotic group,but some of the other reviews of this film prove that theory wrong.So if you are,don't bother finishing the review,just go watch Ocean's 12,proclaim it the best movie you've ever seen,and enjoy wallowing in your rotten taste.)
Ocean's 11 is a fun movie.That is,it's marvelous if you like the Rat Pack.If you don't,it's terrible.This film IS star power.
If there have ever been such things as magnetism and charisma there is,in my opinion,no entertainer who posessed them more powerfully than Frank Sinatra.Dean Martin is enjoyable in this (and everything else)by being relaxed,amusing,and a pleasant crooner in small doses.Sammy was one terrific all-around entertainer,though not THE BEST in any of his talents.(I despise Peter Lawford,so I will ignore him.)
So,three entertainers who were,and who in legacy remain, at the absolute top in show business got together and made a movie with some fun inside jokes,a painless plot,and magic.Who CARES that it takes them until half the movie to pull off that robbery everybody keeps talking about.Whoever is watching this movie just to see a couple casinos get robbed has definitely got to get some new hobbies.Who cares about the stupid casinos!People have not watched this movie for years to see Richard Conte sneaking about the hallways rigging the light fixtures.They've watched it to see Frank Sinatra,Dean Martin,and Sammy Davis Jr. in their glory days BE Frank Sinatra,Dean Martin,and Sammy Davis Jr.,for they are the rare performers magical enough to attract audiences by just being themselves.That's what makes Ocean's 11 worthy of 5 stars.I wouldn't have missed it for the world.(P.S.-To those who call Frank Sinatra a rotten actor,listen to the albums In the Wee Small Hours,Only the Lonely,and Where are You;
watch From Here to Eternity,Suddenly,The Man with the Golden Arm,Young at Heart,Von Ryan's Express,and The Manchurian Candidate,read the reviews for all those;and remember that he did win an Oscar and was nominated for another,and that Humphrey Bogart,Frank Capra,and Billy Wilder all called him one of the greatest natural actors they'd ever seen.That will prove you 100 percent wrong.)
Movie Review: Ring a Ding Ding!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have the Ocean's 11 DVD and I love it becasue this is one of my favorite movies and I enjoyed it a lot more than the remakes!
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis JR are all awesome and I highly recommend the DVD!
Ring a ding ding!
Movie Review: Mediocre move; great historic relic of the "good" old days
Summary: 2 Stars
First of all, I didn't see the either remakes with George Clooney and friends so I can't make any comparisons.
Starting with the movie itself, it comes across as a vanity/"let's have a good time" piece for Frank Sinatra and his cronies. Some of them most notably Sinatra, Martin, Davis Jr. were extraordinary talents and superb entertainers in their own right. Unfortunately, except for a few pieces thrown in with Davis Jr. and Martin, you never truly experience the "magic" of these performers.
It takes forever for the movie to get going, I imagine the entertainment was to watch as Dan Ocean (Sinatra) gathers his old war buddies who have gone their separate ways. The gathering of rogues-schtick has been done in far more entertaining ways than in this film.
You also get introduced to the few token women who are either coniving bitches, floozies, or dignified ex-wives/girlfriends.
The part I enjoyed most was when the heist actually happened as the film moves from one casino to the next watching each member smoothly pulling off their part.
The ending which I guess was supposed to be ironic felt more anti-climatic than anything else. More like a slowly leaking tire finally going flat. I suspect the finally "irony" re the fate the the money has been done so often in subsequent films that you can see it coming a mile away.
The buddy dying of the big "C" really dates the movie. Never would that level of pathos get by a modern audience on film. Unless of course it was on TV a la Extreme Makeover or a talk show.
As I mentioned in the title, Ocean's 11 is an absolute gem of a historic relic. Like a little time capsule of the times. You get to see the Rat Pack in their smoking/drinking/carousing glory. Los Vegas, the height of sophisticated fun back then looks positively quaint. More like gussied up bingo parlors.
If you want to go into the Way Back machine to a time when drunks were charming, women were girls, and cigarettes made you glamorous. Check out this vehicle, baby.
Ring-a-ding-ding.