Oh George and Scarlett...

Ocean's Thirteen(dir. Steven Soderbergh)
The first one was cool and suave. The second was I don't know since I didn't see it. The third one was dumb and clumsy. It's dumbness and cluminess was probably what was entertaining about it. It's attempts at cool were the weak portions of the film like it's use of split screen in an extended sequence. It really doesn't enhance the experience, it just felt like an uncool film trying so hard to be cool. The film's best portions were the most ridiculous. A revolution at an Mexican dice factory was ridiculously entertaining and seeing Brad Pitt and George Clooney crying to Oprah was another highlight. The film is pretty visually uninteresting, which made the stretches that weren't comedic drag. It's definately not as good as the first one and it definately needed more Elliot Gould, but it was still fun nonetheless.
*** out of ****
Scoop(dir. Woody Allen)
A light, fun romp. I don't really understand the critical reaction to this film. I guess Match Point is an easier film to praise just because it was serious and didn't feel like a Woody Allen film so you could easily state he was growing, but that film was surprisingly underwhelming and it was pretty much a retread of the same thematic territory that was in Crimes and Misdemeanors, which is much better in it's handling of said thematic territory. This film isn't deep. It's just a lot of fun, which is good enough for me.
***1/2 out of ****