are you ready for this?

*i* went to the movies last night. that's right. not only have i seen a movie, but i saw it while it was still in the theatre. only nine days after it opened, no less! i've had this movie gift card for over a year already.

i loved Ocean's Eleven. it was a totally fun, if not completely improbable, movie. i saw it in the theatre three times, i think. (went with different people each time.) and i used to own it but =/ anyway... then i saw Ocean's Twelve. i am one of those people who firmly believes that sequels are always a disappointment. or almost always. this one? was so bad, i can't even remember what the plot was! i remember sitting through it & thinking "i cannot believe i paid money to watch this." it fell so far short of the original, it was sad.

so what possessed me to see Ocean's Thirteen? the fact that i loved the original & i hoped against hope that they would make an rebound with the third movie. well, without spoiling anything, they did. at least in my opinion. now it's still not as good as the first one, but it was back in character with Ocean's Eleven. for starters, back in Vegas. this time with a different agenda. but i won't spoil it for anyone who plans to see it. it doesn't have quite the same excitement factor that Eleven did, but it was still a lot of fun.

oh & the cast just keeps getting more & more well-known actors in it. crazy that they can afford to support a cast that huge, when the first one had a ton of names to begin with!