 Guys, what is up welcome to a brand new movie review today. We're talking about oceans 8 the brand new spin-off kind of Reimagining of the oceans franchise it does tie in in some stupid ways, but it's a fun Enjoy wise film and Cody's back with me reviewing one more last film before he goes home Yep, you got that right and pretty much. What do you think about oceans 8? Absolutely? Okay, so oceans 8 Zach's absolutely right Honestly, I think the most you can say about this film is it is fun. It's got it It is it's a lot of fun. It has a it has a couple of problems But the problem is that it does have has nothing to do with the performances the performances in here are Great, everyone does a really good job and especially I'm not gonna say she was like a standout, but Rihanna was really good in here. I like Rihanna She was fun I like their character that she was doing and everyone really goes to those nice one-liners and nice moments in here Aquafina I think that's a name say how you say her name She plays Constantine in here. She was nice would have liked to see a little bit more of her. Mindy Kaling's great Sarah Paulson's great. I wanted more for I love her. I think she's such an underrated actor in Hollywood But really the big three main standouts in the film is Sandra Bullock Kate Blanchett and of course Anne Hathaway, and they're all great um for me I think out of the three main leads my favorite was probably Anne Hathaway I love the humor, but she had a lot of the best humor in here But also Sandra Bullock was great and yeah, who was your favorite out of the whole cast? Yeah Well, we were talking about this on the way home and here's the thing I have I probably have the biggest crush on anyone in Hollywood on Kate Blanchett because I think doesn't I mean She's gorgeous. She's a great actress, but I think my favorite standout in here was probably Sandra Bullock Yeah, she was great and again um Ocean's 8 to fun film if you're a heist fan, you're really gonna like this I mean if you guys follow me following my channel You guys know I'm a huge fan of heist films in general and Ocean's 8 is one of those great little heist films You know it doesn't do anything new no and um the thing with this film is we will get into our issues in a second But I do want to praise this film It is a fun enjoyable heist film and if that's your kind of cup of tea you're gonna like this film You're gonna have fun with it You're gonna laugh you're gonna smile and that's what this film does a lot of the cast brings that now our issues with it are They don't really affect the movie. I just would have liked to see more One is we we both agree we needed more connections to the oceans franchise Yeah, you don't need to see the other ones and in general at all like I haven't even seen the other ones in forever And it really just there's some nice little tie-ins here and there Yeah, but I think there it was missing a lack of you need something, you know, I'm gonna let you guys know this isn't a spoiler but You guys are gonna be expecting stuff and don't get your hopes up too high on how it would connect to the oceans franchise You know, it's just another nice little heist film in this universe Yeah, absolutely and another one of the bigger issues that we have is the fact that we all know that Steven Soderberg directed Directed Oceans 11 and the Oceans franchise. Yeah, I mean he has his own style. Yeah, absolutely special about Soderbergh Gary Ross actually took over for Oceans 8 and it honestly feels like Gary Ross was trying to copy Soderbergh's style from Oceans 11 Doesn't go to say the editing is bad or anything It feels like you can tell it's not a Soderbergh film like I saw him saying this year that was a Soderbergh film You feel any film you really even Magic Mike's a Soderbergh film. Yeah, you can feel his style and in here I didn't feel it. No, absolutely not It actually it almost feels as though Gary Ross was not only trying to copy a style But he made it was like grade B Soderbergh and unfortunately that kind of makes the film Not very special in any way. Yeah, and that's where it kind of dipped down I think they're they needed to get another direction on here either another Soderbergh or someone else who has a different lens I just don't feel like Gary Ross has ever had that his sense of style. I don't think he has a sense of style He still did a decent job directing this film like it's not bad directing No, it's bad right now You can tell that the whole film will fall apart if it's bad directing But I do wish that they would have gone for a different kind of style because this in it does feel like an Oceans film It's just missing that umph that pushes up to be something special again It's an enjoyable film. I'm most likely gonna forget about this in a couple weeks But if you're looking for something that's fun, this is the film. Yeah, absolutely again There's one other con that I do want to bring up that you me you actually brought up to me is yeah The motivations for Sandra Bullock's character to do this heist is dumb. It's stupid. Absolutely. You did why? No, absolutely. There's no spoilers. We're not gonna spoil what her reasoning is, but no I mean if you guys remember if you guys remember in Oceans 11, what was Danny Ocean? What was George Clooney's motivation in Oceans 11? He feels as though this guy took his wife away from him So him and his buddies are gonna rob the three biggest casinos in Las Vegas. Yeah, and that works I mean in in here Sandra Bullock's character her motivation in here It didn't work for either of us and honestly at it kind of felt like They were just trying to get the motivation in there so they could push the film forward Yeah, and I mean a lot of it is you're rooting her on because it's Sandra fucking Bullock That's why you're rooting her on in this sense, and it doesn't go away from her performance She's great It's just more go down to how they wrote her character and how they wrote some of the other characters in here Because everyone else really you can understand their motivation why you would go along with Sandra Bullock I mean, I would rob someone for Sandra Bullock. Yeah Those are three issues again It's a fun heist film great performances from our three main leads Nice supporting cast in here that again the film makes me want to see another Oceans film with this cast Add on more oh and the score. Yeah, I can't forget to talk about the score The score is a character of its own Thank you for bringing that up. Yeah, it really like I would buy that score. It's fantastic It that's one of the things that actually made it feel like an Oceans film. Yeah is the great score in here But you got any last thoughts for this film honestly my last thoughts are to repeat what Zach said I mean we have problems with it Oceans 8 if you're looking for something to just have something Refreshing something fun if you just you want something very fun to go see in the movie theater This is definitely the film to go see. Yeah, if you're looking forward to this film You're gonna enjoy it if you like heist films You're gonna enjoy it if you're a fan of the Oceans films You're gonna like it and if you're a fan of any of these beautiful ladies, you're gonna like it They all do a great job again Even the ones that I didn't think we're gonna do a good job did a good job Yeah, I want to see another Oceans film with the same cast Get on board with that Warner Brothers with all that said though We're gonna give our ratings Cody. What's your rating cuz I know that we actually have a little difference Yeah, this isn't like some of the other reviews you've seen um so for me I enjoyed a lot of the elements in here some of the stuff definitely brought it down for me But I think this is a fun enough film So I'm going to give Oceans 8 a B and for me guys I'm gonna be giving Oceans 8 a B minus just a little bit below. I would have like to see a better motivation I also would have liked to see a little bit more character dynamics, but overall I had fun with it I'm gonna end up buying this film. I thought it was fun And you know, it's not just because like I have to have all the Oceans films to just tie in because let me tell you I do not own Oceans 12 and I probably never will This is no Oceans 12, but I enjoyed it and the most important thing guys I want to hear what your guys thoughts are of the Oceans franchise. Are you guys excited for Oceans 8? Are you not? Who's your favorite cast member in here? Again, I think we both have our favorites mine's Anne Hathaway and yours is Kate Blanchett. Yeah, she's great, but guys seriously. I want to talk with you guys about the Oceans franchise all the heist films Let's talk about it. Have a great discussion down below and of course guys before we get going Cody Where can they find you at? Okay guys? 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I absolutely loved how if you work in retail There's a scene right in the beginning of this film or you'll be like I know exactly what she's gonna do because I deal with this on a daily basis. I love that scene It was great I loved it and it made me laugh because I deal with that at my job every single day But of course guys until next time stay classy and have a great rest of your guys day