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those pictures don't inspire confidence, but I'm all for a good heist film. Let's hope its a good script and the direction is decent.
 
I think you're understating how big of a draw those 3 leading men were back then. Nobody in the womens cast even comes close to the star power those guys possessed at the time.

Hmmm? It's the Clooney and Pitt show, and obviously they were huge, but Damon didn't even have Bourne in the chamber until later

Bullock alone drops everyone in the crew except Clooney and Pitt

Bernie Mac and Andy Garcia. They also had Al Pacino in the 3rd one.

Both are quality actors but not really big star power wise. Pacino is but that was 2007 Pacino AKA 'I only kinda give half a fuck now' Pacino

If you stack the OG crew up vs this crew, the OG crew wins but that's with the benefit of hindsight and Casey Affleck being a tour de force motherfucker
 

PSqueak

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Because beyond the main few they actually didn't have that much star power

Damon got a bit bigger after the fact cause of Bourne
Clooney and Pitt were the draws
Cheadle is...somewhat of a draw

Who else?

Bernie Mac and Andy Garcia. They also had Al Pacino in the 3rd one.
 

Fluvian

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Straight outta Doctor Who.
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Alright taking bets on her character architype....My guess would be, the eccentric of the group who's a bit of a wild card, yet they need her talent.
 

louiedog

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Is it just me, or foes this female cast do not equal the star power the male counterpart had?

There are tons of high profile actresses of the caliber of Pitt, Clooney, Cheadle and all the others, why didn't they get them?

I mean, Blanchett, Bullock, Hathaway and Rihanna are a good start, but the rest? not so much. And yes, saying Bonham Carter is a super star is really pushing it.

I don't think I'd put Don Cheadle's star power ahead of Sandra Bullock or Anne Hathaway. I really like him and think he's a good actor, but he's not headlining movies the way those actresses are. I can't think of many movies that people consider "Don Cheadle movies".
 

Fluvian

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Hmmm? It's the Clooney and Pitt show, and obviously they were huge, but Damon didn't even have Bourne in the chamber until later

Bullock alone drops everyone in the crew except Clooney and Pitt



Both are quality actors but not really big star power wise. Pacino is but that was 2007 Pacino AKA 'I only kinda give half a fuck now' Pacino

If you stack the OG crew up vs this crew, the OG crew wins but that's with the benefit of hindsight and Casey Affleck being a tour de force motherfucker

Dude how old are you? he was huge at the time, at least here in Britain, maybe not at his Bourne heights yet but he was well respected and well known by the public.
 

louiedog

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Dude how old are you? he was huge at the time, at least here in Britain, maybe not at his Bourne heights yet but he was well respected and well known by the public.

He was well known and well respected here, but so are those leading ladies being compared. No one is calling him an unknown, but we're pointing at women who have both starred in a number of movies and saying he was a bigger star back then, which people are disagreeing with.
 

Catvoca

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Exactly. Which brings me back to my point that this movie is completely uninspired right from the get go but whatever.

Just out of curiosity, Do you think the Clooney remake is uninspired? Since that movie is very similar to the original.
 

Fluvian

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Just out of curiosity, Do you think the Clooney remake is uninspired? Since that movie is very similar to the original.

A bit different, the original, original wasn't that great to begin with in my opinion, and I thought Clonnes version was going to stink but then it blew me away.

You never know this film could be the same
 
Exactly. Which brings me back to my point that this movie is completely uninspired right from the get go but whatever.

Hollywood blockbusters don't need to be "inspired", they need to be executed well; which brings me back to my point about the main concern being the director.
 

Fluvian

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Hollywood blockbusters don't need to be "inspired", they need to be executed well; which brings me back to my point about the main concern being the director.

Well then, you bringing him up defeats your own concern. His two films I've seen, the Hunger games, and free state of jones were both completely uninspired movies that were well executed (to a lesser degree the free state of jones but it was still put together decently)
 

Oersted

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Is it just me, or foes this female cast do not equal the star power the male counterpart had?

There are tons of high profile actresses of the caliber of Pitt, Clooney, Cheadle and all the others, why didn't they get them?

I mean, Blanchett, Bullock, Hathaway and Rihanna are a good start, but the rest? not so much. And yes, saying Bonham Carter is a super star is really pushing it.

We had the discussion and outside Pitt, Clooney, Roberts and Damon, no, the star power wasn't that big.
 
Well then, you bringing him up defeats your own concern. His two films I've seen, the Hunger games, and free state of jones were both completely uninspired movies that were well executed (to a lesser degree the free state of jones but it was still put together decently)

I haven't seen Free State of Jones, but I would not consider The Hunger Games well-executed. Far from it.
 

Garou

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you wot mate

I mean the first one was great, but was it the second or the third where they had a significant plot point with Julia Roberts disguise herself as in-Universe Julia Roberts?
I have never seen a movie jump over that shark that high.
 
I mean the first one was great, but was it the second or the third where they had a significant plot point with Julia Roberts disguise herself as in-Universe Julia Roberts?
I have never seen a movie jump over that shark that high.

Dude you're forgetting that she got found out by In-Universe Bruce Willis

Just the sheer audacity of doing something so stupid, you gotta be impressed
 

Fluvian

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I haven't seen Free State of Jones, but I would not consider The Hunger Games well-executed. Far from it.

Okay, well it has been a long time since I've seen it but from what I remember it was a fairly blandly shot (which can be blamed on the cinematographer) and edited (which can be blamed on bad editors or studio interference) action movie with a compelling world, characters and strong emotional power.

Making a film like that isn't easy and you certainly can't do it by accident.
 

The Kree

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I mean the first one was great, but was it the second or the third where they had a significant plot point with Julia Roberts disguise herself as in-Universe Julia Roberts?
I have never seen a movie jump over that shark that high.

And that's not even the worst thing about the movie.
 

PSqueak

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I mean the first one was great, but was it the second or the third where they had a significant plot point with Julia Roberts disguise herself as in-Universe Julia Roberts?
I have never seen a movie jump over that shark that high.

The second movie was so bad that it hurt the 3rd movie's rep just by proximity.

O13 is actually pretty solid like the first movie.
 
Because beyond the main few they actually didn't have that much star power

Damon got a bit bigger after the fact cause of Bourne
Clooney and Pitt were the draws
Cheadle is...somewhat of a draw

Who else?

Bernie Mac was certainly MUCH bigger than the comedy relief I'm sure that's going to be provided by Mindy Kaling and Awkwafina.
 
Bernie Mac was certainly MUCH bigger than the comedy relief I'm sure that's going to be provided by Mindy Kaling and Awkwafina.

Hmmmm? He got bigger after the fact, and he was starting the Bernie Mac show around the same time, but Kaling's got a pretty good resume too TV wise.

that scene would be fucking great in a movie like Spy or something.

You know maybe I'm looking at this wrong. The movie is listed as a comedy.

It is so fucking stupid, yet absolutely hilarious

And the song is a banger
 

The Kree

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lol so true, the night fox doing his rave moves through the security beams was cringe worthy

The worst thing about the movie is the off-screen heist at the end that renders the previous 90 minutes of the movie pointless. The Julia Roberts playing Tess Ocean playing Julia Roberts bit wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for nothing.

12 was egregiously convoluted.
 

pants

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Isn't the typical reaction supposed to be the opposite?

It can vary, some people only look at her work and think she's great, because at the end of the day she is a good actor.

And then most other people know who she is as a person and despise her, this is why people like Kevin Spacey don't talk about themselves a lot, if you don't know anything about an actor it's not hard for you to believe their characters.

Not quite sure I want to know what this is about.
 

Fluvian

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Lol I mean is her character related to Danny Ocean? Or is it someone else? Regardless I'm down for some slicktalking Sandy

Oh yeah, it has to have a reason to be called Ocean's, Clooney could have a cameo or end up being a major part of plot, like one of the characters is trained by him and is going to steal some money to get him out of a bad position or something.
 
Oceans Movies have been the ultimate father and son movies for years. If I see this and it fails then just fuck u hollywood. I'm all for an all girls cast, but why attach a name so meaningful to people ALA Ghostbusters just shit on your fans. Just make your own original movies ffs.

Make this movie good, at all costs!
 

Fluvian

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Oh man, my girlfriend would murder someone for that leopard print jacket. I have to make sure she never sees this.

Tell your GF I have a pimpin 30 year old coat made from baby seals that I inherited from the grand parents.....What I didn't kill them, would be such a waste to throw it out.
 
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