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Another in a series of what is becoming a new genre of caper films (Payback, The Score, Heist, etc.) Thoroughly lowbrow. Thoroughly implausible. And thoroughly entertaining.
Much is distinctive about these films. The finely honed dialogue which pushes the envelope of urban cool and street hip. Really memorable lines (magician/actor Ricky Jay's great line in Heist: "My man is so cool that when the sheep go to sleep they count him"). The pervasive use of both superstar actors and skilled character players.
Ocean's Eleven steps pleasingly out of the box and casts Elliot Gould and Carl Reiner in character roles played to perfection. I confess. I like these flicks.
But the one really remarkable element in all these films is the music. Who can forget the haunting soundtrack in Payback. Create a great lick and make it the film's trademark. It permeates throughout the movie. From beginning to end. And what was used so effectively in Payback was very successfuly used again in Score and Heist. Sheer ear candy.
Ocean's Eleven takes that staccato and peremptory soundtrack music to even another level. It never never lets up. Funky, hip and fully orchestrated to perfection. Movie music which continuously punctuates the action on the screen. I love it.
Bob Wood
Much is distinctive about these films. The finely honed dialogue which pushes the envelope of urban cool and street hip. Really memorable lines (magician/actor Ricky Jay's great line in Heist: "My man is so cool that when the sheep go to sleep they count him"). The pervasive use of both superstar actors and skilled character players.
Ocean's Eleven steps pleasingly out of the box and casts Elliot Gould and Carl Reiner in character roles played to perfection. I confess. I like these flicks.
But the one really remarkable element in all these films is the music. Who can forget the haunting soundtrack in Payback. Create a great lick and make it the film's trademark. It permeates throughout the movie. From beginning to end. And what was used so effectively in Payback was very successfuly used again in Score and Heist. Sheer ear candy.
Ocean's Eleven takes that staccato and peremptory soundtrack music to even another level. It never never lets up. Funky, hip and fully orchestrated to perfection. Movie music which continuously punctuates the action on the screen. I love it.
Bob Wood
