The first one was alot of fun but as these movies progressed to high numbers, the quality went in the opposite direction due to repetition. A must for Ocean's fans though!
Chad B. (abrnt1) from CABERY, IL Reviewed on 3/19/2012...
It continues to become worse. Every film in this series is more awful than the last. This film is an abomination. It would be far more entertaining watching paint dry then attempting to watch this POS. If you suffer from insomnia attempting to sit through this bs might help.
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Movie Reviews
Ocean's Thirteen
Michael Zuffa | Racine, WI United States | 06/23/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Danny Ocean (Clooney) and his gang are back, this time to get revenge against Willie Bank (Pacino). Bank has screwed over Reuben Tishkoff (Gould), and taken his land and money to build a new casino, causing Reuben to have a heart attack. The gang, led by Ocean, Rusty Ryan (Pitt), and Linus Caldwell (Damon), decide to put the new casino deep into the red and steal Bank's diamonds.
"Ocean's 13" is a vast improvement over "12" and on par with "11", if not a little better. The cast know their characters so well by this point and have a great chemistry. You know that they had fun making this movie, and it shows. The action is minimum, but interest is sustained through following their plan as it comes to fruition. There are some twists, but nothing earth-shattering. Mostly, this is a chance to see good actors doing their thing. Fans of this series will not be disappointed, and although director Steven Soderbergh says this is the last one, I can't help but hope that he changes his mind. "
Picture Quality on the DVD sucks
Nightmare | California | 11/17/2007
(1 out of 5 stars)
"The movie was ok.
The picture quality on the DVD sucks. I'm taking it back to the store where I purchased it."
Good movie! Crappy DVD!
Alexandre | Panama City Beach, FL USA | 11/19/2007
(1 out of 5 stars)
"Movie's good! But DVD sucks big time!!! I've got VHS cassettes in better quality than that DVD. At the beginning, I thought my Sony Home Theatre System(DAV HDX500) & Sony Bravia TV got totally messed up. Turned out, there's nothing wrong with the equipment - thank God! DVD's a problem! Sound (Only 2.1) & Picture Quality (Very grainy, lack of focus etc.) make that movie "unpleasant" to watch. Even if you have decent TV & HTS. Kind of a bad copy of a very used VHS cassette. Shame on Warner Bros. or those guys who release such poor quality DVDs. I decided to buy/rent a couple more copies and compare the quality. If they're any better, than Amazon.com should reconsider their partnership with the distributor or whoever they are, 'cause it's definitely not the product I've expected!"
Warning to People with Upconverting DVD Player or Receiver
M. Wenger | Orlando, Florida | 11/20/2007
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I have a new Samsung 1080p HDTV and an Onkyo A/V receiver which upconverts video to near HD quality using the Faroudja processing chip. Every other Standard Definition DVD I have watched on this system looks fantastic. However, Oceans 13 looked awful. The picture was very grainy and the colors were distorted. The actors all had orange skin which made them look like they slathered themselves with some cheap tanning lotion. I could only stand to watch about 45 minutes of this DVD.
I did some research online and found that a few DVDs don't look good when processed by an upconverting DVD player or receiver. Oceans 13 was specifically mentioned on one A/V forum as a DVD which looks awful when upconverted. Very disappointing to say the least. If you have an upconverting DVD player or receiver, don't waste your money on this movie."
It looks terrible on Blu-ray
A. Dent | Minas Anor, GD | 01/15/2008
(1 out of 5 stars)
"Warner Bros seems to be trying to populate their Blu-ray portfolio on the cheap. The sound is just Dolby 5.1, the same as a cheap DVD would have (some DVD have better) and the picture... it might have been some artistic selection to make it so but, I am not kidding, I spent 15-20 minutes while watching this movie trying to adjust my TV, thinking that maybe it was something wrong with it.
I will not recommend buying this. News to Warner Bros: Blu-ray allows you to include nice things such as 'uncompressed' audio and I can't think of any excuse for not having it on a relatively recent movie."