Lenore C
Honestly, the only positive thing I could see in this movie, apart from the beautiful scenery, was Johnny Depp's somewhat endearing character. The plot was boring and unconvincing. Angelina Jolie's character I imagine is supposed to appear quirky yet classy and alluring but I found her to be is dull, emotionless and annoying. There was no chemistry between Depp and Jolie and for the whole span of the film I could not fathom what made her such an attractive person in all the male characters' eyes. In fact, I think the main problem with the movie was Angelina's character. Without it "The tourist" would have been another mediocre try at a mystery-romance-action movie - boring but tolerable. But the lead female character was in, my eyes, so incredibly vexing that her mere presence in a scene made me want to skip forward. All in all, The Tourist was a major disappointment. I do not recommend it unless you're a hardcore fan of any of the actors as I suspect only fans can find any enjoyment watching this movie.
nzswanny
The Tourist had a distinct something to it that made it special, which I can't figure out what. It wasn't the action scenes, it wasn't the acting, it wasn't the directing...so what was it?!After a long think, I think it was the editing. It flowed the film through, it weaved scenes together rather than pack them on each other. The location also helped, I think, being set in Italy. The story line for this film was also very interesting, the humour was funny and...the cinematography was especially good. I still feel like it had a certain something to it, though...so what was it?It's a movie where you cannot explain why you like it. There were plenty of cons here, sure, but there was something special about this movie...I hope I can identify it someday. I think you should give it a watch. You may find yourself enjoying it, and maybe you could identify for me the goodness I found in this film. Overall, I rate this a 7.1/10. Good job, go see it.
dbrownridge
I just reviewed Chaos, and this is much of the same. A great idea with lazy writing by some mentally disabled con artists who stole another idiots money to make this pile of steaming ____ (fill in the blank). OK, so it's entertaining in some ways, BUT to me that's not enough, the plot still has to hold together somehow. And I know all about 'suspension of disbelief', but this is just too much !! WORST OF ALL, the hole came right at the end of the movie, so they really sucked me in !! SO, Depp and Jolie are with the CIA or whomever, Depp is a master thief but has fooled the CIA. The climax comes as the REALLY Bad Guys want Depp to open a safe or they kill Jolie. Thankfully just as he is about to do it, the CIA kills the Bad Guys. Then there's a radio call that the Master Thief guy has been caught. ALL THE CIA AGENTS RUN AWAY AND LEAVE Depp, the real Master Thief, alone with his girl Jolie. With no one around except a bunch of dead guys in an expensive hotel suite, not even the manager has come around, Depp opens the safe and they run away with the money, AND give the 'finger' to the obsessed agent pursuing them.... YEAH, OK, MAKES SENSE TO ME ! d-OH ...
mark.waltz
Still trying to figure that out. An action style opening is very uninvolving and then nothing really happens for 40 minutes. Angelina Jolie, one of the hottest actresses of the past decade or so, really isn't as much an actress as she is a scandal sheet headline. She has every man practically drooling over her, but I find her to be an ice princess whose career seems to be melting around her. It may take time, but she's a lackluster personality with too much ecologin who just isn't all that interesting on the big screen. Certainly no Audrey Hepburn in "Roman Holiday" taking a weekend trip to Venice via Paris.She's involved in some sort of international intrigue, and by sitting with Johnny Depp on the train from Paris to Venice involves him in her caper, putting him in danger, a sequence which finally adds some action when he is chased atop Venitian rooftops by the bad guys and ends up in an Italian prison because of it.Any time that Depp appears on screen, this film manages to be raised a notch, even though his character seems to go from dorky buffoon to wised up and angry, and following Jolie all over in spite of her admission that she just used him.One dimensional bad guys mistake Depp for one of Jolie's associates, and this continues to involve Depp in her intrigue. This should have been much more exciting and fails miserably in its attempts to be a romantic thriller with Jolie yet another adventuress living a James Bond/Indiana Jones life a la Lara Croft. At least that mediocre series moved at a fast pace. This moves along like a snail and has little cleverness. I felt sorry for Depp, but as far as Jolie was concerned, it sludged her down my ratings scale.
AD
