The Tourist

I have to admit, I’m slightly disappointed, I guess this just proves that just because a movie has 2 A-list actors doesn’t mean it’ll be amazing. I mean sure, maybe I was a little star-studded, who wouldn’t be? It was Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, for crying out loud.

So “The Tourist” revolves around a man(Johnny Depp), a tourist (who would’ve guessed?) being framed for something, and it all started when he met a woman(Angelina Jolie) on a train on his way to Venice.

This movie is so deceiving, Depp and Jolie are experts at playing double characters, so you would’ve expected this to be the same. Like you can never really know if Jack Sparrow’s intentions are pure, or who Salt really is.

So based on their previous films, I thought this would be the same case.

It wasn’t.

It was nice seeing Johnny Depp playing a seemingly normal character, an awkward one, even. Angelina played the sensuous leading lady, who seem to turn heads wherever she goes. But the whole movie seemed absurd, for me. It was predictable, too predictable. Whatever you’re thinking when you’re watching this movie, that’s exactly what’s going to happen. And if you think what you’re thinking is absurd and couldn’t possibly happen, you’re on the right track.

It was so predictable, you wouldn’t predict it would be THAT predictable. I was like, “What? I was right?”

So it was kind of disappointing since I always look forward to a good twist, not the twist I figured out 20 minutes into the movie.

So it was funny, a bit touching, nice to see Jolie in a romantic film, she actually acted all girly here. And many people say they couldn’t see the chemistry between then, I beg to differ. Even the pajama scene was nice. So I’m disappointed because I expected a lot more from this movie (I’ve been waiting for this to come out since its trailer was out about half a year ago). It was good, not great. I still love Depp and Jolie though. And let’s not forget about beautiful Venice. I love Venice, it’s one of the most fascinating city to me. No streets, just alleys, garages for boats it boats everywhere, I imagine the traffic to be a little heavy but whatever. Anyway, “The Tourist” is still a good watch.

Cast includes Paul Bettany, Timothy Dalton and an unexpected performance by Rufus Sewell (that’s a giveaway).