Suave Danny meets Frank Catton, who is working at the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City under a false identity. Tag along with Mr Ocean and his 10 up-to-no-good chums, in this beautifully shot and tightly cut escape pod of a heist film.ĭirected by the same guy who brought you Contagion, that feel-good phenomenon for our times. Well then, this might just be what you've been looking for. Y'all need to hide yo wife, and hide yo husband.Īre you lonely? Do you miss your friends? Going out and having a ball? The comfort of crowded venues and spending money like there is no tomorrow? Are you dying to put on your best outfits and eat like a hog under neon signs? Do you crave the smell of hotel rooms and the clinking sound of slot machines and restaurant cutlery? The beautiful decors, warm lights and clockwork-like hospitality? And how about putting on disguises, coming up with master plans and robbing people? Alright, I guess you can tell me what this film is about.? It's about a third generation honest to god graceful adventurer treasure hunter named Benjamin Franklin Gates, who races to find the legendary Templar Treasure against a team of mercenaries led by one backstabbing no good cheating goon named Ian Howe. Why are we still talking? I just wanted to have 11 sub-points here. I promise, by the time we're done with this film, you wouldn't even care if you had a mother. Sorry to break it to you kid, but she is not your real mother. This is more about you than it is about me.

Why that one, in particular? Your mother left it to me in her will, that's why. Which film are we watching? National Treasure For this one, yours truly wants to really run with 'revisiting' part of the things, in as much detail as reasonably possible. What is the purpose of this exercise, exactly? From what I understand it's a give-it-your-own-purpose kind of exercise. But hey, it's the pandemic, whatcha gonna do? Why, though? Well, most likely because someone on the editorial side of things ran out of ideas and reached deep into the bag of clichés. What is going on here? We're revisiting a film.

Getting arrested in a suit is like jumping out of an aeroplane with a parachute.Īlright, let's (briefly) get a few things out of the way before we really dig into this timeless classic. Steal the Declaration of Independence and go on a treasure hunt? 'Mr Ocean, what do you think you would do if released?' The man who rocks prison clothes like Gucci.īut why is Mr Ocean in prison? And why does he look so dead inside? The stealer of everything you value most in life. (At least for someone who has watched this film 68 times.)

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