Ocean's Thirteen

What are the odds of getting even? 13 to one.

Thats the tagline of Ocean's Thirteen. Frankly speaking, I was a bit skeptical about this one,recalling the torutre of going through Ocean's twelve and the ridiculous tricks and manouvers which the team deployed.

No Spoiler in my blog this time. Period. Just go and watch the movie, it is worth it. Thak God that Jerry Weintraub decided to go on producing the third one, and Thank God that he had the good sense of retaining Steven Soderbergh.

Soderbergh learnt well from Ocean's Twelve's debacle and stuck to the USP of the Movie:

1. Unbelieveable meticulous planning by Danny, Rusty and the team.

2. Top-Notch Synchronization in the execution of the plan.

3. Brilliant Ad-Hock solutions to the gliches along the way.

4. The whole planning and execution being based strongly on the personality of the antagonist - in this case the Ego of Willy Banks.

Characters are smart, dialogues are witty, Brad Pitt keeps on eating in each and every scene, complex plan, crisp editing, and a fitting background score.

The beauty of the series is the fact that all the stealing and forgery is never done for money per se, the windfall everyone recieves at the end of each movie is just a by product. Danny Ocean wanted Tes back from Terry Benedict in Ocean's Eleven, Its a forced race with The Night Fox in Ocean's Twelve, and its revenge for a friend who was cheated this time.

The only downside is that the movie leaves you wanting for more. The limited screen presence which Soderbergh manages to provide to each of the Stars...Al Pacino, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon etc.... it somewhat frustrates you in a good way. But what can be done with such a huge Blockbuster starcast...

To sum it up; Oceans's twelve was a rude shock - Ocean's thirteen is a fitting farewell to the series.