![]() Often the prankster who delights in playing tricks on his friends. Of these, the ‘eleven’ in question are ex-commandos, men of the 82nd Airborne Division, guys who’ve worked as a team during World War II. The film begins slowly and leisurely, meandering its way through a few conversations, some leg-pulling and a couple of emotionally tense scenes that help introduce the audience to the main characters. Here’s a review of the original, therefore (which is mostly what this post is about-I’d be violating the self-imposed rules of this blog if I devoted an entire post to a film newer than the early 70’s!) And in this case too, the remake features a much sleeker robbery than the original-and a happier end. Ocean’s Eleven, both the 19 versions, are also about robberies. And, ”The film is not just content with redoing the heist bit it also wants to fix the romance by giving it a happy ending.” That reminded me of another film, again with two versions, for which I could quote Sabrina verbatim. So the remake fixes the problem with a daring art heist…”. A couple of things from Sabrina’s review struck me: “The remake is keenly aware that the original got away with a lame robbery only because Steve McQueen planned it. ![]() Sabrina Mathew’s latest post is an interesting one that compares the two (19) versions of The Thomas Crown Affair.
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