Movie Incongruities/Lucky Coincidences

[prohornblower]

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The Ocean's 11 ones are ok but Ocean's 12 is really strange to me.

They go through this whole charade of various plots and arrangements, getting arrested and thrown in jail etc etc etc. They go to the Night Fox's house and arrange this elaborate bet with him bla bla bla. Why did they not, as soon as Night Fox says "ok let's bet who can steal it", say
"ok, here it is, we win, pay up fool."

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I don't really remember much about Oceans 12 because it was such a steaming pile of crap for a movie, but I assume that if they do what you say, there isn't a 2 hour movie to make?

Another "lucky coincidence" is that Julia Roberts' "character" looked so much like Julia Roberts, which really helped them pull something off, I can't remember. Probably the gayest 15 minutes in cinematic history.