Ocean's 11 ---------- I'm pretty happy about the remake of Ocean's 11 mainly because I hate it when a remake is a simple rehash of the original. In this case, the only thing that was lifted was the basic idea of a simultaneous heist of several Las Vegas casinos; the endings were quite different and each film has its own offerings: --- original 1960 rat pack version: -hepcat singing: sammy davis jr sings and shuffles accompanied by groovy harmonica backup, deano the lounge lizard sings 'love- ain't that a kick in the head?' , but why doesn't sinatra sing in this thing? updated 2001 hottie pack version: -features snappy dialog between george clooney, brad pitt, and matt damon, though no singing whatsoever, which is probably a good thing. tasty soundtrack tho --- original 1960 rat pack version: -mysogynistic pre-PC days scenarios and dialog including hot chicks whose sole purpose in life is to provide backrubs while dressed in little white shorts updated 2001 hottie pack version: -the only chick in the film is Julia Roberts who basically sells out to a rich guy after getting screwed over by Danny Ocean, but it is easier to sop up tears with dollar bills than kleenex, girlfriend! --- original 1960 rat pack version: -very tasty ending updated 2001 hottie pack version: -sappy-happy ending --- original 1960 rat pack version: -really hip african decor on the wall updated 2001 hottie pack version: -some tasty clothes in this, especially the asbestos heist gear (mmm). I love the haz-mat look this fall ---- original 1960 rat pack version: silly fun stuff: -the heisters are a bunch of war heroes who served in the same battalion -the "bad" guy is caesar romero who turns out to be an absolute pussycat -stakes are $1 million bucks a piece :-) -the widow gets 10K which is enough dough to pay for her son's college education updated 2001 hottie pack version: silly fun stuff: -brad pitt is constantly eating junk food throughout the film -the film repeatedly crosses into the "MI2 zone", especially when they rip off the university's cheesy electro gadget doojobby device (the only one in existence on the planet!) like a pack of macguyvers in the A-team van All in all, both films are a fun romp worth seeing.