devastation...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
THIS can't be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *sob*


... and while we're on the topic of brad pitt and devastation... did anyone else feel disappointed after watching Ocean's 12? hay. maybe i expected more than i usually do over a sequel, but who could blame me? ONE, it was directed by soderbergh. TWO, it had a powerhouse cast. AND THREE, it was friggin OCEAN'S TWELVE!!! it was supposed to be awesome!!!

paano naman... ocean's 11 was a fantastic film. the heist was brilliant and well-planned. the treatment was absolutely classic. the comedy was amazing. ang galing. it was "a ride," as matt damon would say. you'd take a seat at the beginning of the movie... and you can't help but get caught up in the story.

ocean's 12, on the other hand, was overly complicated, unnatural, and in all honesty, a bit ridiculous. the development of the story took FOREVER to build up. i mean... they had this countdown detail ("6 days til deadline... 3 days til deadline.." type of thing) that was supposed to show ANY KIND of progress right? but wala. it was frustrating. it's like... they tried too hard to have the audience at the edge of their seats until the last minute, that it came out... kinduv blah.

another thing that MAJORLY bothered me was the picture quality of the whole movie. ocean's 11's film quality was excellent... very glossy, very deep in colors... very brilliant and beautiful. but in ocean's 12, it was like... soderbergh used my miniDV camera to record the whole euro-tour or something. it kinda looked cheap. even if he intended a different style for the movie... mala-independent film... i found it unbecoming for a hundred-million-dollar-plus-plus-plus box office to look like that. it just wasn't consistent with the whole Ocean's 11 treatment, which was initially cool and glamorous.

anyhooooooooooow... since i am not devoid of humor and kwela... i have to say that it was a fun (and funny) movie. i thought the julia roberts bit was funny. hehehe. some found it really corny, but i totally cracked up during that surprise scene. in addition to the fun, i admit that the pretty faces and hot bodies ALMOST made up for my disappoinment. *sigh* brad pitt's still as gorgeous as ever. *sigh* and catherine zeta jones is "fasyon" to the max in this movie (imagine if those two really hit it off and had kids? kakaibang ganda siguro yon).

overall, it wasn't the movie i expected it to be. i was disappointed because i expected way too much. had i done without that, i would've probably enjoyed it more.