Friday night at the movies.
I absolutely adore The Tourist! As is my wont, I went to see without knowing much about it other than it starred Angeline Jolie and Johnny Depp, and I had this vague idea that it might be a spy thriller but that could be because I still had Salt in my mind. So it was such a sweet, sweet surprise to see Paul Bettany in it. He was so adorable!
Love the movie. I love Jolie, I love Depp and I love the whole cloak-and-dagger stuff. I was initially slightly taken aback to see Depp, I didn't quite expect to see him looking quite like that, I almost didn't recognize him! And you know how Jolie's mere presence would shadow the other characters, that woman is so ... dominating and with Depp looking so washed out, you'd expect him to just disappear under Jolie's strong everything. But he didn't.
Johnny Depp is one of the few A-list actors that doesn't scream Johnny Depp with whatever characters he played on screen. You know, the way, say, Tom Cruise said Tom Cruise! or de Caprio said de Caprio! ( to me I mean, my apologies to fans of both actors ).
And the movie kept me guessing right to the very end. I had guessed almost from the beginning that Frank was Alexander Pierce but I wasn't sure. It was was he? or was he not? and I'm still not quite sure whether Elise really knew that he was actually the elusive Pierce. I'm thinking that Elise knew Pierce got his face and identity changed but she didn't know how the new Pierce was going to look like.
When Frank was about to punch in the security code, I was crowing to hubby that I was right ( hubby, for some odd reasons, thought that Pierce was either Bettany or Dalton ) and then the bad guys were shot down and I was back to was he? or was he not? lol.
A very enjoyable movie with all round great acting, and I love the European setting. Very romantic!
Love the movie. I love Jolie, I love Depp and I love the whole cloak-and-dagger stuff. I was initially slightly taken aback to see Depp, I didn't quite expect to see him looking quite like that, I almost didn't recognize him! And you know how Jolie's mere presence would shadow the other characters, that woman is so ... dominating and with Depp looking so washed out, you'd expect him to just disappear under Jolie's strong everything. But he didn't.
Johnny Depp is one of the few A-list actors that doesn't scream Johnny Depp with whatever characters he played on screen. You know, the way, say, Tom Cruise said Tom Cruise! or de Caprio said de Caprio! ( to me I mean, my apologies to fans of both actors ).
And the movie kept me guessing right to the very end. I had guessed almost from the beginning that Frank was Alexander Pierce but I wasn't sure. It was was he? or was he not? and I'm still not quite sure whether Elise really knew that he was actually the elusive Pierce. I'm thinking that Elise knew Pierce got his face and identity changed but she didn't know how the new Pierce was going to look like.
When Frank was about to punch in the security code, I was crowing to hubby that I was right ( hubby, for some odd reasons, thought that Pierce was either Bettany or Dalton ) and then the bad guys were shot down and I was back to was he? or was he not? lol.
A very enjoyable movie with all round great acting, and I love the European setting. Very romantic!