Movie Review: Ocean's Thirteen

The Ocean's Thirteen movie is another magnificent film of trickery, entertaining manipulation, & witty teamwork. The second Ocean's Eleven sequel movie, Ocean's Thirteen is an informative insight to the world of Las Vegas's casinos & new tricks of those who can "break the bank" of casinos. However, the main "show stopper" is the absurd tunnel boring machine (TBM) used in the movie. I doubt that such a big & world famous machine can be brought into Las Vegas without creating headlines in the local Las Vegas newspapers & then alert Al Pacino's character.

Oprah's television show appeared around twice in the Ocean's Thirteen movie. The first scene was when George Clooney's character, Ocean, was caught crying by Brad Pitt's character over the Oprah show. The second appearance was in the ending of the movie when Andy Garcia's character was featured on the Oprah show because his $72 million dollar payout had been inevitably been donated to charity by Ocean. I thought it was a subtle inclusion of another top celebrity in the Ocean's Thirteen movie without having to play a new role. It was a significant advertising spot for the Oprah Show. Oprah was probably one of the sponsors of the Ocean's Thirteen movie too.

It seemed that Brad Pitt returned to being the "second fiddle" to George Clooney as in the first Ocean's movie, Ocean's Eleven. In fact, it was so obvious that Brad Pitt was only in the movie to show his good looks & not much else. George Clooney suggested that Brad Pitt go & have some kids of his own (in the end of the movie) & you can see that Brad Pitt sheepishly smirks in agreement as in real life, he has four kids to raise with his live in love & Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie.

Brad Pitt's character in the previous Ocean's Twelve played a more significant role than he did in Ocean's Thirteen. He was leading the team especially since the storyline of the movie involved his past love as a main cast. Ocean's Thirteen saw him give way to more celebrated cast namely the new villain played by Al Pacino & also the amount of luster spread over his other team mates. He may have been too busy with his children to play a more significant role in the new Ocean's Thirteen movie.

One does not see many movies with Al Pacino as the celebrated losing criminal character. He may be getting old as the top criminal winner character in Hollywood directors top cast list for blockbuster movies. Nonetheless, his acting & egotistical bravado does wonders to the Ocean's Thirteen movie & stands his ground among the other great cast including Brad Pitt & George Clooney.