RKMBs Forums .::Robegories::. Media ocean's eleven

if they all got their typical salaries, they'd be damned near 200 million in actors, alone.

thankfully (and, actually, pretty "cool" by hollywood standards), they all took HUGE pay cuts of up to 75% off their usual rates (for example, clooney took home under 5 mil, instead of his possible 17. julia roberts typically makes 23 mil now, per film. she did this for just under 8. ...aww... poor guys...).

whats weird is, judging by the fact they chose mostly all hollywood's higher-ups for the roles of the ratpack (and even extras), you'd think they could do better for sammy than "the goat."

Sides, a bigger name actor would have wanted a bigger credit and that wouldn't happen, what with Clooney, Pitt and Roberts fronting the show. Don't sleep on Cheadle. He's been excellent in everything I've ever seen him in. A bigger name wouldn't have done the film justice.

Besides, he's just the token black guy of the flick, much as Sammy was of the Rat Pack or I myself am of the NBs....Theo is much more accepted and has crossed over. I think there are still NBs that don't like me.

Once my buddies and I went to a video store and put our faces on the cover of Robin and the seven Hoods over the rat pack's faces and it stayed there for a year!

so... ANYway....

yeah, i do think the goat is cool n'all (and, actually, to be honest... i liked "the goat"). but... i was thinkin denzel would have more aptly filled the role ESPECIALLY cuz all the other spots were jacked up with the big names.

(and thank the good lord it WASNT will smith or steve harvey or martin or whatever)

sam jackson, mebbe? he'd be good, but then, they'd have to kill him before the movie ends.

I give it a thumb up. There are definitely worse things to see.

• It wasn't the best flick of the year (not by a long shot)...but it certainly was interesting.
  
• The cameos (as themselves even) were interesting and funny as hell to see Pitt's character interact with them. I got a good chuckle out of that.
  
• Cheadle was great. Loved him...accent and all.

Best movie I've seen this year was the Denzel flick...Training Day. Except the last 15 minutes of that movie were pure crap.

This movie is yet to be released here. Probably get it on DVD...oh, hang on, Clooney is in it, so we'll probably go to the movies, then.

saw it this weekend and frickin loved it.

describing it as a "cool" movie is perfect -- its not like its some amazing flick with incredible acting and special effects or anything, but... its just... cool!

its incredibly hip, and you sorta feel cool watching it (my mom says im cool!)

i loved the entire bit -- definite contender (with monsters inc) for film of the year.

funny, smooth, intelligent, clever... all those stupid words fit well. i even loved how the whole thing was shot like a 60s movie (with weird sorta focusing, scenes that didnt cut or break away, camera's zooming all over the place, odd angles, etc).

great shit. id even pay to see it again!

I agree with all the things Rob mentioned... absolutely loved it.

I loved the bit with the young actors... "All reds!"

Now I must check out the original...

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Originally posted by Rob Kamphausen:
anyone see it?

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Yeah, I saw it. Pretty stinky, IMHO; slow AND predictable--- kinda like "The Score", but worse (at least that one had some pretty good scenes with the BRILLIANT Edward Norton ).