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Ok, I'm a big fan of 11, liked 12, and was a little spent by the time 13 came out. Don't mind the idea of 8, but I have a couple issues with it (and the all-female lead cast is NOT one of them, lol)
1 - So the goal of the thieves is stealing a $150 million necklace off Anne Hathaway at the Met gala. Fine, cool. But wtf would they plan to do with it after they steal it? Who would buy a hot 1-of-a-kind $150m necklace? You can't fence that. Can't even really break it down into the individual jewels. I just don't get the whole premise of the heist. "We stole a necklace, yay! ....Ok, let's go home." (This also bugs me because the whole movie is basically a Cartier ad, but whatever)
2 - Why is this even an "Ocean's" movie? So Sandra Bullock is Danny Ocean's sister, aaaaand.... that's the only connection I can see, other than Matt Damon is in it (unless they cut his scenes due to the MeToo complaints). Soderbergh produced it, but Gary Ross wrote & directed it. They're getting Ghostbusters comparisons because of the name & setup, only because they're trying to coat-tail the original.
I dunno. I have no problem with a female heist movie at all, and I think if it was anything other than what appears to be a shoe-horned Ocean's movie, I'd be sorta pumped to check it out, but I'm thinking this is just going to disappoint anyone who's not simply looking for something that would shatter the Bechdel Test.
1 - So the goal of the thieves is stealing a $150 million necklace off Anne Hathaway at the Met gala. Fine, cool. But wtf would they plan to do with it after they steal it? Who would buy a hot 1-of-a-kind $150m necklace? You can't fence that. Can't even really break it down into the individual jewels. I just don't get the whole premise of the heist. "We stole a necklace, yay! ....Ok, let's go home." (This also bugs me because the whole movie is basically a Cartier ad, but whatever)
2 - Why is this even an "Ocean's" movie? So Sandra Bullock is Danny Ocean's sister, aaaaand.... that's the only connection I can see, other than Matt Damon is in it (unless they cut his scenes due to the MeToo complaints). Soderbergh produced it, but Gary Ross wrote & directed it. They're getting Ghostbusters comparisons because of the name & setup, only because they're trying to coat-tail the original.
I dunno. I have no problem with a female heist movie at all, and I think if it was anything other than what appears to be a shoe-horned Ocean's movie, I'd be sorta pumped to check it out, but I'm thinking this is just going to disappoint anyone who's not simply looking for something that would shatter the Bechdel Test.
lol
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