Ocean's Twelve (2004) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction! 

Ha! That’s awesome!

Yea it’s not a bad trilogy even though 11 and 12 are great back to back watches 13 is the weakest one and spin off with the women is k but it’s doesn’t have the magic of this trilogy

I saw Entrapment in theaters. CZJ was extra sexy in that.

​@@gchild1286That Lazer scene in the preview got me in the theater🍑😂😂😂

Catherine Zeta-Jones... She dips beneath the lasers... oooOOOooo

I did enjoy that movie when it came out, but I kinda felt like it wasn't quite up to what I'd anticipated, given the pedigree of the leading couple.. My girlfriend used to joke the movie didn't do that well at the box office was because, as she put it, the movie "starred Sean Connery and Katherine Zeta-Jones' ass"...😜! Still, I liked it, and as you say it's definitely a good reaction choice. Just a couple quick footnotes for TBR & S, when we see czj for the first time after the flashback at the beginning, she was at her mother's funeral, where she turned and looked towards Rusty; also I don't have the movie to reference right now, but if I recall, TNF (who's definitely IS the better thief, as far as skill and technique goes, especially working alone, but his ego, and total lack of cohorts who can really make the difference in a pinch, work against him) tells Danny & Tess that he'll "pay their debt to Benedict", which I always assumed to mean he paid their WHOLE debt, meaning they could all keep whatever they had left from the original theft... I might be wrong in that regard, but it's what I've always thought happened... Lastly, if you listen to their various conversations during the flashbacks to the Naples train station scene, you can almost piece it together; there's a lot of hidden clues in what they say... And lastly, KZJ is just freakin' GORGEOUS in this movie, IMO, and the 'Lost in Translation' scene (another GREAT movie for them to watch!) is just fantastic... Oh, and P.S., does anyone remember 'The Cook, the Thief, his Wife, and her Lover'...? Disturbingly good movie, with emphasis on the disturbing...and extra emphasis on the good part, too. I feel like no one talks about that movie anymore, but it IS reaaaally good.

I apologize, my reply was only supposed to be regarding 'Entrapment', I just wrote the rest following it, intending to copy/paste it as it's own comment at the top! It's like 5am and I'm totally wired on ice coffee, having an avoidance reaction to a work project I really should be doing, so I'm a little fuzzy on the edges... Fwiw, I hope you enjoy my rambling caffeine-induced rant about Ocean's 12... Cheers!

Yeah, it was definitely an upgrade to have them going all over Europe, whereas in 13 they're back to just robbing one Vegas casino.

@@PaperbackWizard I don't think 13 did anything wrong for doing that. I always saw it as a return to form, while 12 was the excursion in between. I like 12, but enjoy 13 more because of how it's all one big elaborate scheme that we watch throughout, just like 11.

​@@ryangreene2159 What's so holy about a "return to form"? Star Wars "returned to form" in Return of the Jedi when they blew up another Death Star, and they've been mocked for it ever since. Sequels are supposed to be about finding *new* things to do with the characters. And Twelve was "one story", too. It was "How did Benedict find us, and how do we pay him off?" I've never understood what was so hard about following the plot of this movie. It's pretty straightforward.

i wouldn't call Amsterdam exotic though.

@@lionhead123 They go to more places than just Amsterdam. And it's not like they went anywhere "new" in 13.

Same 😊

+1 :)

yes

Same here 😊

Same!! ☺️

Agreed! Yes, 12 is different, but it is still great!

Agreed. Ocean's 12 is still absolutely a fun movie, and at worst I think it's kinda "okay", but it doesn't feel as tight and character driven as the first one or as fun and excessive as the third one and suffers compared to both. Easily the weakest of the three in my opinion, though I do still like it at the end of the day, I just love the other two by comparison.

@@TehFrenchy29 100% Still good fun, love the soundtrack, and the cinematography.

The vibe, the banter between characters, dialogues, atmosphere is still great Just the heist aspect is a letdown. Too chaotic and we can't actually see the plan forming as it goes.

For me it's the best Ocean's movie. It's a crazy master thief competition all over Europe and i love it.

nah 13 is the worst one

It certainly has much more of an art-house film feel to it, which is why it probably wasn't terribly well received. But I've enjoyed this one much more upon repeated viewings to the point where it's my favourite of the four (counting the original).

​@@kojiattwoodanybody who says this film is "the worst one" of the series, I don't take seriously lol

In terms of pure storytelling, it probably is the worst of the trilogy. That being said, this is the entry I tend to have the most fun watching, just because it's so willing to take chances, be different, and shake up the formula of what you expect with these types of capers.

RIP Albert Finney.

His portrayal as *Ebenezer Scrooge* in the 1970 musical gets me every time. I get teary-eyed every time he sings about letting *Isabelle* go in the _Christmas Past_ segment. 😥

That part I didn't know.

And the score with de Niro, ed Norton, and Marlon Brando

Yes! It feels like nobody knows about that Heist. It doesn’t help there’s another film with the same name. I love everything about that film, even down to the lingo they use. Super underrated film. I love telling people about that gem of a movie.

@softscrub88 remember someone once describing it as Oceans 11 is a actors movie and Oceans 12 is a directors movie..