41-years-later, Ocean's Eleven proves that remakes can and do work.
I've seen the 2001 reimagining of Ocean's Eleven probably one shy of a dozen times so it's hard to finally see the movie it sparked without comparing the two. To be fair, they barely had anything in common other than the heist, location and number of bandits. And they certainly played out MUCH differently.
No spoilers, but I really dug this ending. Didn't see it coming and they were probably ahead of their time in 1960 to come up with it.
Half this movie is Danny & Co. Gathering the old gang from various locations outside of Sin City and the last half was what we were impatiently waiting for: their heist of 5 landmark casinos circa 1960 Las Vegas.
Some of the positives were the snappy dialogue (okay, okay, that's also in common with the follow-up, only Director Steven Soderbergh did it 10x better at the beginning of the next millennium) and seeing Vegas for what it was like 4 decades ago. I will say, unlike those awful looking slots, the security was so loose, I'm pretty shocked they needed 11 men to pull this off.
But, that said, I would've hated to attempt to rob mob-run casinos in the 1960's. I'd rather take my chances with the security in modern days.
That really didn't factor in here. #1, this is straight-up a comedy. #2, I'm sure they didn't want to focus/draw attention to the mob-run Vegas in cinemas. Of course, they didn't do themselves any favors in making these casinos look incredibly easy to rob.
IF you're interested in old-school Vegas and namely the Rat Pack & their history, I would recommend it. Just get some fresh air beforehand. You'll need it with the screen filled up with smoke in almost every scene.
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Final Thoughts: This did spark my interest in making a Top Eleven Favorite (mostly centered around/known for) Vegas movies of all-time:
1. Casino (1995) 2. Ocean's Eleven (2001) 3. The Hangover (2009) 4. Leaving Las Vegas (1995) 5. Vegas Vacation (1997) 6. Very Bad Things (1998) 7. Go (1999) 8. Ocean's Thirteen (2007) 9. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) 10. Indecent Proposal (1993) 11. Bugsy (1991)
I've seen the 2001 reimagining of Ocean's Eleven probably one shy of a dozen times so it's hard to finally see the movie it sparked without comparing the two. To be fair, they barely had anything in common other than the heist, location and number of bandits. And they certainly played out MUCH differently.
No spoilers, but I really dug this ending. Didn't see it coming and they were probably ahead of their time in 1960 to come up with it.
Half this movie is Danny & Co. Gathering the old gang from various locations outside of Sin City and the last half was what we were impatiently waiting for: their heist of 5 landmark casinos circa 1960 Las Vegas.
Some of the positives were the snappy dialogue (okay, okay, that's also in common with the follow-up, only Director Steven Soderbergh did it 10x better at the beginning of the next millennium) and seeing Vegas for what it was like 4 decades ago. I will say, unlike those awful looking slots, the security was so loose, I'm pretty shocked they needed 11 men to pull this off.
But, that said, I would've hated to attempt to rob mob-run casinos in the 1960's. I'd rather take my chances with the security in modern days.
That really didn't factor in here. #1, this is straight-up a comedy. #2, I'm sure they didn't want to focus/draw attention to the mob-run Vegas in cinemas. Of course, they didn't do themselves any favors in making these casinos look incredibly easy to rob.
IF you're interested in old-school Vegas and namely the Rat Pack & their history, I would recommend it. Just get some fresh air beforehand. You'll need it with the screen filled up with smoke in almost every scene.
***
Final Thoughts: This did spark my interest in making a Top Eleven Favorite (mostly centered around/known for) Vegas movies of all-time:
1. Casino (1995) 2. Ocean's Eleven (2001) 3. The Hangover (2009) 4. Leaving Las Vegas (1995) 5. Vegas Vacation (1997) 6. Very Bad Things (1998) 7. Go (1999) 8. Ocean's Thirteen (2007) 9. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) 10. Indecent Proposal (1993) 11. Bugsy (1991)