# Ocean's Twelve is the Worst Movie Ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2010, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oceans-twelve-is-the-worst-movie-ever/534711 "2010-04-02T06:57:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oceans-twelve-is-the-worst-movie-ever/534711/41 "2010-04-04T19:25:21Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Actually, they say in the movie that the movement of the lasers is random, so i think we’re expected to believe that he actually avoids them all on the fly, completely improvised. Which stretches improbability to the breaking point, to be sure, but it’s damn fun to watch. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oceans-twelve-is-the-worst-movie-ever/534711/42 "2010-04-05T00:50:05Z")
I like the movie because the interaction between the actors is fun to watch. I think a big reason most people don’t like it, but like the third, is because it wasn’t in Las Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oceans-twelve-is-the-worst-movie-ever/534711/43 "2010-04-05T01:59:52Z")
Oddly, I thought that while the movie sucked, the Julia Roberts looks like Julia Roberts thing was the only good part about it. I suspect if it had been part of a better movie, people wouldn’t get so worked up about it. ---
**Author:** ![lucianFerre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ab097/32.png) [@lucianFerre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucianFerre)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oceans-twelve-is-the-worst-movie-ever/534711/44 "2014-07-14T19:28:31Z")
> [@infinitii](#): > > I agree with this, except possibly the “it didn’t work” part. It was one of my favorite movies of the 2000s, and definitely my favorite of the Ocean’s series. Not many directors have the clout and the sense of experimentation that can make something like that, so you have to give them props just for that. > > And I’m not really sure why people hate it so much. It’s rewatchability is high, and I’ve seen certain scenes many times. And while I agree with the music being pretty cool, I also have to say that Julia Roberts thing was incredible. But the Nightfox scenes were even cooler. I watched this in Rome December 2004, the style in which Soderbergh filmed O12 felt very modern at the time - audiences over there loved it. It definitely has more of a European edge. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oceans-twelve-is-the-worst-movie-ever/534711/45 "2014-07-14T20:01:36Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > If people recognize Julia Roberts’ character as looking like Julia Roberts, why in the world don’t they recognize the other famous actors’ characters?! I mean, what the hell?? Yes, exac… wait. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oceans-twelve-is-the-worst-movie-ever/534711/46 "2014-07-14T20:57:18Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > Yes, exac… wait. I love it when that happens in a zombie thread. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oceans-twelve-is-the-worst-movie-ever/534711/47 "2014-07-14T22:00:59Z")
Red 2: the new Ocean’s Twelve. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oceans-twelve-is-the-worst-movie-ever/534711/48 "2014-07-15T02:36:46Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > That’s pretty much how I describe Apocalypse Now. 😃 Them’s fightin’ words, bub. Apocalypse Now is one of the greatest movies of all time. I think you may have ingested too much of “_…you know, that gasoline smell!_” Heh. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oceans-twelve-is-the-worst-movie-ever/534711.md?page=2)