{"id":223,"date":"2018-06-19T10:11:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T10:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenjin.co.uk\/blog\/?p=223"},"modified":"2019-01-08T23:37:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T23:37:10","slug":"film-review-oceans-8-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenjin.co.uk\/blog\/?p=223","title":{"rendered":"Film Review: Ocean’s 8 (2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The original Ocean\u2019s film (Ocean\u2019s 11<\/a>) was a great movie.<\/p>\n

At the time (2001) it was something a bit different, a big names, big budget blockbuster with a great cast and great timing.<\/p>\n

As with many great films it seems, the studio milked it across several sequels, producing weaker and weaker offerings each time, so by the end of it the entire trilogy was lessened some how.<\/p>\n

So, a new Ocean\u2019s film for the new millennium? An all female cast, and an awesome all female cast at that?! This should be great…<\/p>\n

Was it? It was okay.<\/p>\n

Well written, paced pretty well, with some good individual moments.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s lacking though is the spark between the characters. You never really feel that they like<\/em> each other, or even that they are bonded together for a common goal. There always seems to be a tension between them, an unspoken animosity that stops the Ocean\u2019s team from really being a\u00a0team<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Was that due to bad acting? I don\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n

Bad casting? Possibly.<\/p>\n

All individually strong, they don\u2019t work together well, and I wonder if that is down to the relationship between the actors off-screen. At times I struggled to imagine them having an enjoyable dinner together, let alone pulling off a heist.<\/p>\n

I give this movie 7.0\/10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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