- Format: NTSC
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Classification: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- DVD Release Date: 7 May 2002
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0028O9T94
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Ocean's Eleven improves on the 1960's Rat Pack original with supernova casting, a slickly updated plot and Steven Soderbergh's graceful touch behind the camera. Soderbergh reportedly relished the opportunity "to make a movie that has no desire except to give pleasure from beginning to end", and he succeeds on those terms, blessed by the casting of George Clooney as Danny Ocean, the title role originally played by Frank Sinatra. Fresh out of jail, Ocean masterminds a plot to steal $163 million from the seemingly impervious vault of Las Vegas's Bellagio casino, not just for the money but to win his ex-wife (Julia Roberts) back from the casino's ruthless owner (Andy Garcia). Soderbergh doesn't scrimp on the caper's comically intricate strategy, but he finds greater joy in assembling a stellar team (including Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle and Carl Reiner) and indulging their strengths as actors and thieves. The result is a film that's as smooth as a silk suit and just as stylish. --Jeff Shannon
On the DVD: Ocean's Eleven on disc is hardly swarming with special features, but just like all good heists it's quality not quantity that counts. The cast commentary is lively and it's nice to hear intelligent comments coming from Hollywood's big league for a change. However, it's the director and writer's commentary that is the real gem; it's funny, enlightening and most of all it allows Ted Griffin to put the case forward for all screenwriters across the world as to the importance of their craft. The main feature has an impressive transfer of sound and visuals, making the suits sharper and David Holmes' soundtrack even funkier. --Nikki Disney
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Regardless of your feelings for Oceans Eleven (I admit, I quite enjoyed it, despite it being quite a light-weight bit of cinema), I'll be skipping over the movie to get down to the quality of the Blu ray disc:
Oceans Eleven is a product of style, and it's a grainy style at that. While it's never going to be the sort of film that will leave you awed, it has to be said the picture is a big leap from Warner's standard DVD. It's sharper, more vibrant and picture crawl that dogged the original release is gone. A definite improvement. Picture: 3/5
The audio is again outstanding, but only a subtle improvement over the original DVD. The music mix is immersive, and drips "cool". The range has also improved and the spatial effects are more defined, especially in the casino scenes. Again, not a jaw dropping improvement, but not bad at all. Audio: 4/5
The extras are pretty much what you got the first time around on standard def, but if you haven't already bought it on DVD, they are worth the purchase. For everyone else, you should probably think twice about upgrading unless you can get the Blu-ray disc for around a fiver. Extras: 3/5
(Reviewed on:
Samsung LCD 40" Series 6 100mhz, 1080p
Sony BDP350
Sony STDR-850 5.1 surround sound amp)
Oceans Eleven is a product of style, and it's a grainy style at that. While it's never going to be the sort of film that will leave you awed, it has to be said the picture is a big leap from Warner's standard DVD. It's sharper, more vibrant and picture crawl that dogged the original release is gone. A definite improvement. Picture: 3/5
The audio is again outstanding, but only a subtle improvement over the original DVD. The music mix is immersive, and drips "cool". The range has also improved and the spatial effects are more defined, especially in the casino scenes. Again, not a jaw dropping improvement, but not bad at all. Audio: 4/5
The extras are pretty much what you got the first time around on standard def, but if you haven't already bought it on DVD, they are worth the purchase. For everyone else, you should probably think twice about upgrading unless you can get the Blu-ray disc for around a fiver. Extras: 3/5
(Reviewed on:
Samsung LCD 40" Series 6 100mhz, 1080p
Sony BDP350
Sony STDR-850 5.1 surround sound amp)
Format:Blu-ray
First of all i love the whole oceans series so when i saw this for £3 i couldnt resist buying it however when i played it i found the conversion from normal dvd to bluray to be poor with the picture being unclear in places which you whould'nt expect from something meant to be high definition. I have tried it on ps3 and a standalone player with the same outcome and in my opinion the upscaled dvd version is of better quality.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
After reading some very negative reviews about the blu-ray of Ocean's Eleven, I was really curious how I might like it or not.
The film itself is one of my favourites for many years and I won't write about it here as I beleve most people know it anyway.
After the first minutes, the scene where Clooney is sitting in that interrogation room in jail, I was really shocked on how bad the blu-ray looked.
Luckily, this being about the only scene with natural light, the rest of the film is ok. It surely is not a great blu-ray transfer, but apart from the opening scene it is not a actastrophy. Once the film starts to play inside the casinos almost exclusively, the picture quality is good enough to watch it and enjoy it.
Still this could have been so much better....
The film itself is one of my favourites for many years and I won't write about it here as I beleve most people know it anyway.
After the first minutes, the scene where Clooney is sitting in that interrogation room in jail, I was really shocked on how bad the blu-ray looked.
Luckily, this being about the only scene with natural light, the rest of the film is ok. It surely is not a great blu-ray transfer, but apart from the opening scene it is not a actastrophy. Once the film starts to play inside the casinos almost exclusively, the picture quality is good enough to watch it and enjoy it.
Still this could have been so much better....
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