Ocean's Twelve

stars: george clooney, brad pitt, catherine zeta-jones, julia roberts.. and a lot more.

FINALLY watched it. the euphoria was there when i got the DVD copy in my hands.. and then the few minutes of watching go by...
what is about sequels? they have a lot of hype, but they have a lot of bad rep, too. and for this one, i would say... i have to agree (winces, while ducking for cover).
somehow, i felt myself reduced to just watching the actors having all the fun for themselves. and this fun is not inside the film itself, but in making it. and horror of horrors, not even brad pitt could stop me from yawning and fighting the urge to press the forward button. maybe i should have watched this in the movie (the theatre experience plus the crowd can change one's outlook on a film).
i don't want it to sound bad, but the comparison is inevitable, and it was found to be a little disappointing, especially the part when they describe how they pull out the big heist. the gang's all back but the show lacked the ingeniousity(?) of the first. i got particularly distracted by bernie mac's role in the film. if you call it a role. more like guest-appearance, actually. i could say he only got 10min max exposure time, and even then it wasn't enough to give any idea on what his specialty or contribution to the group.
or maybe it was because of catherine zeta jones. save for 'the mask of zorro', CSJ prescence in movies tend to be, what, overwhelming? like 'the haunted mansion' (ack.. teka.. tama ba to.. can't remember. basta with liam neeson and owen wilson), 'terminal', and 'entrapment'..
gaaaa! i dunno!!! but watching oceans 12 had sorta was close to bordering the popular notion that sequels are nothing more than additional vehicles to milk more money out of movie-goers suckers like me, who persist to believe (or be blind) that it's worth the watch.