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Ranked Slightly Better Than The Tourist

posted 9 years ago by goldenskies
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Well it's early yet but Rotten Tomatoes shows The Tourist at 20% and By the Sea at 25%. There's more reviews to come though so we'll see if it holds. I'm surprised Melanie Laurent agreed to this Jolie Pitt vanity project.

[–] monster_blush 9 years ago

Please let this crash and burn into the crapper!

[–] qofreason 9 years ago

While THE TOURIST was by no means good, it was better than two other similarly plotted films (KNIGHT & DAY, and THE KILLERS(?) (the awful movie with Ashton Kutcher and the ungrateful shrew from KNOCKED UP)). Moreover, Jolie was pretty good in it. Yes, the whole thing looked like a perfume ad with everyone watching her sashay into a room, but it also exposed Depp's lack of chops. He couldn't hide behind the hair & make-up people.

[–] goldenskies 9 years ago

Sorry, I found The Tourist completely terrible.

[–] Sauvage_98 9 years ago

but it also exposed Depp's lack of chops. He couldn't hide behind the hair & make-up people.

Not really. He did a good job at playing the role of an ordinary teacher who falls in love with a goddess-like mysterious woman. It was hardly the first time he played a character without hair & make-up people (as if they can make you magically give outstanding performance). You should check out his Oscar-nominated performance in Finding Neverland if you want to see his real chops exposed.

~Never Forget. Never Forgive."

[–] qofreason 9 years ago

Agree to disagree, although I have Finding Neverland and I remember quite liking it. Except the end where I got something in my eye.

[–] Artemis7890 9 years ago

Was 'The Tourist' that bad?