Posts Tagged Weekend

You know, just because we work with movies, TV series and other discy entertainment during the week, it doesn’t mean that we don’t like to kick off our shoes and lie back with some DVD-style watchin’ on the weekend.

Because we thought you might be interested, and to help you flesh out that dossier you’ve been creating about us, here’s a taste of what we watched on the weekend.

We know that we’ve been bangin’ on about it for a little while, but we had a look at Season One of Leverage, and it reminded us that the hype is right on the money. It’s not surprising, because deep down don’t we all want to be con-men; especially cool con-men who stick it to the big boys and give the proceeds to the little guys? Yeah, we know you’re agreeing with us.

That makes this guy the original cool con-man!

And Leverage oozes cool at every turn. Hell, even with Elliot Spencer sporting the most dramatic hair-cut since Jennifer Aniston was on Friends, they still manage the cool.

If you spend your life showering in soft focus under waterfalls, your hair could look this good too.

We found ourselves sucked into this one, and before you know it we were four episodes down. That’s compelling TV right there.

Because Leverage got us thinking about cool teams on the screen, we also revisited the Ocean’s series. Now, we’re going to completely ignore the ‘60s original, because it was a vanity project for Sinatra and his mates (although it’s actually a pretty good film), and go straight to 2001’s remake.

George Clooney - I'm lookin' hot!

George Clooney. Brad Pitt. Julia Roberts. Matt Damon. Andy Garcia. Other people. Now, that’s a pretty cool cast, and the first in the new Ocean’s series was a pretty cool movie. We aren’t sure how many figured out how they pulled off the crime before the big reveal at the end, but we’re sure it wasn’t many.

Catherine Zeta-Jones - all the photoshop you see here is totally natural (cough)

However the sequel didn’t live up to the original. The plot was even more convoluted, and the new additions into the cast (Catherine Zeta-Jones and Vincent Cassel) weren’t as memorable as they could have been. But it’s not all bad; Bruce Willis was pretty darn hilarious playing himself, and it’s still a decent movie, just not great like the first one.

Al Pacino in his Bob Dylan circa 1985 phase

Thankfully, the last in the series marked a return to form. Sure the plot is as complex as the previous two, but you can see in every scene that the cast are having fun; and this time round the additions to the cast (Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin) were inspired.

Hey, why don’t you con yourself into having an Ocean’s weekend yourself?