I just recently saw Ocean’s Thirteen. I have seen Ocean’s Eleven & Twelve as well as Ocean’s Eight. What can I say about Ocean’s Thirteen? I have had mixed feelings with this franchise. Out of all of the films the only one I really enjoyed was Ocean’s Eight which I saw in theaters when it came out. It was a fun movie with a great cast. Ocean’s Thirteen has an all star cast just like its predecessors. The main cast including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Done Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner, Elliot Goud, etc. are all back. The only notable absences are Julia Roberts who was in Ocean’s Eleven & Twelve and Catherine Zeta-Jones who was in Twelve. Up until more recently, I never understood why they were missing from this movie. After googling it, I did find an article that said the reason they were not apart of this movie was because they wanted substantial roles in the film. Given both are Oscar Winners, it is understandable that they would want meatier roles than being on the sidelines.

I think the cast does a good job in the film as they did in the prior films. George Clooney is good as Danny Ocean and he makes a good leader. Brad Pitt & Matt Damon also do a good job. Again, all the actors do a good job. However, I did find this movie a bit boring. I saw the other two films years ago. I do remember being bored watching Ocean’s Eleven. I don’t remember if I liked Ocean’s Twelve better or not. The only Ocean’s movie I thoroughly enjoyed was Ocean’s Eight. I am someone who will see sequels regardless if I liked the prior films or not. My thinking usually is that I already saw the other ones, why not see how this one goes?

These films were very successful. However, each film subsequently made less than the prior one. Ocean’s Eleven was the biggest with 183 million. Ocean’s Twelve was 125 million and Ocean’s Thirteen was 117 million. I think this shows there has been a drop in interest as the films kept going. I think the films are well made but they are a bit too dry for me, I guess. I just could not engage with this one. I also did not find the movie that funny. Every film is different, and comedy is subjective. I immensely enjoyed Ocean’s Eight and found parts funny. I did not feel the same way about this movie. I don’t think Ocean’s Thirteen is a bad movie. It is a movie that some will like, and others will not which can be said about any movie really. I don’t know if my opinion would have been different had I seen this when it came out in 2007. At that time, I was 17. I’m not really sure if my opinion would be any different. My main reason for watching this was to see how it ended since I did see the other two installments. One thing I noticed, and it may just be me, but it seemed that Matt Damon did not have that much interaction with George Clooney and Brad Pitt this time around. It seemed most of Matt Damon’s scenes were with Ellen Barkin or other characters. It always seemed for these movies, that George Clooney, Brad Pitt, & Matt Damon were the Main Three which is why it felt a little odd that Matt Damon’s Linus Caldwell did not seem to spend much time with Danny Ocean or Brad Pitt’s Rusty Ryan. This is just my opinion. I’m not sure if anyone else felt the same way. I don’t know if the film would have been a little more enjoyable for me if Julia Roberts & Catherine Zeta-Jones were in it, even if they did not have substantial roles. One thing that was fun about Ocean’s Twelve was when Julia Roberts’ character posed as Julia Roberts. If they ever decide to make Ocean’s Fourteen, I would probably see it. I would hope they would find a way to bring back Julia Roberts and maybe to spice things up a bit they could add Sandra Bullock who played George Clooney’s sister Debbie Ocean in Ocean’s Eight. I also hope they would find a way to honor Bernie Mac and Carl Reiner who have since passed away.

At the end of the day, this movie was okay. It has a solid cast, it just felt a little boring and did not do enough to keep me engaged in the plot.