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Ocean's 8 (2018) https://letterboxd.com/smudgeefc1985/film/oceans-8/
I wasnt really expecting to like this all that much, I never especially enjoyed Ocean's Eleven, and this was something of a 'let's go the pics tonight, it's this or the Purge...stuff the Purge, I'd rather watch Anne Hathaway camp it up!'
So expectations were pretty much non-existent going in. But you know what? I think that helped me to enjoy it more. There will be a lot of horrified white man fearing for their masculinity at a franchise being spun off with an all female, and not all white cast, as there always are. But up yours, this is what representation is supposed to look like, everyone playing a part and contributing to a story that is just plain fun. It's nothing overly groundbreaking in the heist genre, but it's strength is in it's characters. The 8 are all given adequate screen time to flesh out who they are and what they bring to the group, the chemistry is good, there are funny moments, it is basically a fun and enjoyable 2 hours. Will probably never win awards, or make anyone's top 10 list, but just plain fun, which is all you need from a film sometimes.
I wasnt really expecting to like this all that much, I never especially enjoyed Ocean's Eleven, and this was something of a 'let's go the pics tonight, it's this or the Purge...stuff the Purge, I'd rather watch Anne Hathaway camp it up!'
So expectations were pretty much non-existent going in. But you know what? I think that helped me to enjoy it more. There will be a lot of horrified white man fearing for their masculinity at a franchise being spun off with an all female, and not all white cast, as there always are. But up yours, this is what representation is supposed to look like, everyone playing a part and contributing to a story that is just plain fun. It's nothing overly groundbreaking in the heist genre, but it's strength is in it's characters. The 8 are all given adequate screen time to flesh out who they are and what they bring to the group, the chemistry is good, there are funny moments, it is basically a fun and enjoyable 2 hours. Will probably never win awards, or make anyone's top 10 list, but just plain fun, which is all you need from a film sometimes.