The first thing I noticed about this movie is how great the transfer looked.  The next thing I noticed is that it's a Christmas movie.  Well, actually more of a holiday movie.

Basically the movie revolves around Danny Ocean and his desire to gather up some buds of his from the military and, on New Year's Eve, rob five casinos.  The plan sounds good and so they set about to make it happen.  I won't spoil things by telling you who gets away, who dies and who gets melted by acid but I will say I guessed the ending after about halfway through.

I'm a big lover of extra goodies on discs.  I like learning about the making of movies.  I'll go so far as to buy books on the making-of and things like that.  That being said I was kinda disappointed by the commentary on the Blu-ray.  Not that it's bad or uninformative, but it's not new.  It's the same commentary from the DVD release.  It shouldn't bug me too much I suppose.  I think everyone in the movie is dead.  (Well, you know what I mean.)  And Sinatra Jr.'s commentary seems a bit dry.  A bit too technical.  Angie Dickinson's commentary is a bit more lively.  There's even an easter Egg.  (One that I found, anyway.)

It's funny to see how things have changed in the last 50 years.  Everybody smoked, everybody dressed up, everybody had incredibly slick hair.

I had the most fun realizing how many people were in this movie that I recognized from elsewhere.  Norman Fell is there.  Dude, that's Mr. Roper.  And Angie Dickinson was Police Woman.  Henry Silva (in his first movie, I believe) was always a bad guy from the Buck Rogers TV show.  And Cesar Romero.  The Joker himself.  Duke Santos.

Great name: Duke Santos.

Another surprise was the singing.  Dean singing: check.  Sammy singing: check.  Frank singing:  NOPE.

The movie works well for me because of the ensemble feel.  Nobody seems to have the ego to be the standout.  Screen time is shared equally among the actors.  But I really like Cesar Romero.

Having watched this film it makes me want to do 2 things.
1. Read the book.  (Yes, the film is based on a book.)
2. Watch Bugsy with Warren Beatty.

I'm not sure if this movie makes its way onto my list of "Watch Anytime" movies, but will be on my "Christmas Movies" list right there with Invasion USA, Lethal Weapon, and the first 2 Die Hards.

Here's what you get:

• Commentary by Frank Sinatra Jr. and Angie Dickinson
• Interactive Las Vegas Then and Now Map Casino Vignettes
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Excerpt Featuring Guest Host Frank Sinatra and Guest Angie Dickinson
• The Movie Itself in Hi-Def, 2.40:1 Widescreen