Furthermore, the trilogy rejects the modern obsession with "the big score." By the end of Thirteen , the crew has essentially broken even financially. They have risked everything for intangible rewards: a woman, a reputation, and a friend’s honor. In doing so, Soderbergh elevated the heist genre from a question of "how much?" to a question of "why?"
Ocean's Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen reviews - Halifax Bloggers
A significant portion of each film is dedicated to the "work" before the crime—surveillance, blue-printing, and social engineering. This emphasizes intelligence over brute force.
Here, the crime work pivots from the physical to the meta-physical. The crew is pitted against a rival thief, the European master François Toulour (Vincent Cassel), and the legendary detective, LeMarc (Albert Finney). The film introduces a radical idea:
Danny assembled his eleven: Rusty Ryan, his cool-headed lieutenant; Frank Catton, the inside man; Saul Bloom, the aging con; Basher Tarr, the explosive expert; the Malloy brothers, Virgil and Turk, for logistics; Livingston Dell, surveillance; Yen, the acrobatic greaseman; and the brothers’ pickpocket cousins, Saul and Reuben. Linus Caldwell, a rookie, rounded them out.
Furthermore, the trilogy rejects the modern obsession with "the big score." By the end of Thirteen , the crew has essentially broken even financially. They have risked everything for intangible rewards: a woman, a reputation, and a friend’s honor. In doing so, Soderbergh elevated the heist genre from a question of "how much?" to a question of "why?"
Ocean's Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen reviews - Halifax Bloggers oceans eleven twelve thirteen trilogy crime work
A significant portion of each film is dedicated to the "work" before the crime—surveillance, blue-printing, and social engineering. This emphasizes intelligence over brute force. Furthermore, the trilogy rejects the modern obsession with
Here, the crime work pivots from the physical to the meta-physical. The crew is pitted against a rival thief, the European master François Toulour (Vincent Cassel), and the legendary detective, LeMarc (Albert Finney). The film introduces a radical idea: This emphasizes intelligence over brute force
Danny assembled his eleven: Rusty Ryan, his cool-headed lieutenant; Frank Catton, the inside man; Saul Bloom, the aging con; Basher Tarr, the explosive expert; the Malloy brothers, Virgil and Turk, for logistics; Livingston Dell, surveillance; Yen, the acrobatic greaseman; and the brothers’ pickpocket cousins, Saul and Reuben. Linus Caldwell, a rookie, rounded them out.