Michael Clayton

This film is nominated for 7 Oscars so we thought we’d go and find out why.

It’s definitely a thinking movie. I was confused and lost in the first 1/2hr. George Clooney is a fix it guy for a law firm. He has no opinions, he just goes in and does what needs to be done to solve the problems of the law firms clients.

Interesting concept and had potential to be quite intriguing but personally I found it difficult to follow. Wayne said he didn’t have that problem…but it was definitely slow going. This film’s getting a lot of recognition, but I wasn’t really impressed by it. It was just OK. I hoped it would be like ‘Fracture’ but it didn’t really do it for me.

Steph’s rating: 5.5/10

Ocean’s Thirteen

This movie was everything that you’d expect or hope from the last two.

One of the things I enjoy most about this franchise is always the cleverness of the team’s characters, plus I always love the visual treat of all the 60’s retro decor and set styling that they use (of course for most people this probably goes over shadowed by the cast).

The movie itself is enjoyable, light, high rolling fun. There are are a couple of funny statements thrown in that play on real life…George Clooney says to Brad Pitt ‘Go have a couple of kids!’ and the ‘Oprah’ scenes – you’ll know what I mean when you see them – very funny!
Steph’s rating: 7/10

Syriana

Very thought provoking movie.

Slow in places, but pulls all pieces together at the end to give the movie meaning and depth.

Best movie of the year so far for me. Syriana Movie Link