Call it the rom-com version of “Salt,” but the trailer for “The Tourist” has arrived and it looks like it could be a pleasantly diverting piece of holiday season fare.
Directed by Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck (the German helmer behind “The Lives Of Others”), “The Tourist” is a romantic spy drama based on the 2005 French film “Anthony Zimmer,” that follows a bumbling American tourist (Depp) as he finds himself romantically involved with an international spy (Jolie) in this quasi-Hitchcockian tale of a man in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Yeah, we have our quibbles with the film (the biggest one being the ridiculous accent Jolie is wearing), but it’s really nice to see Depp shifting gears here as a man trying to play catch-up to a situation that seems to be outpacing him five steps at a time.
The film co-stars Timothy Dalton, Steven Berkoff, Paul Bettany and Rufus Sewell and hits theaters December 10.
i am in.
Does this seem like an un-campy version of Knight and Day? Granted this is based on trailers alone, I didn't actually spend $$ to see that train wreck.
Jolie's accent sounds fine. If you want bad British accents, listen to Natalie Portman in any films where she's British or Anne Hathaway in Becoming Jane.
Two things:
1- Johnny Depp's FACE! I cry. What happened? I hope this is a weight gain issue and not something more irreparable.
2- That bathroom/pajama scene looks to be quite the homage to "Foreign Correspondent," one of my favorite Hitchcock films, and that makes me happy.
Pass on this drivel.
Jolie doing accents, ugh, not again.
looks alike "knight&day"(fun) what happened to their faces and their accents?
To answer the question re: Johnny looking heavy.. he's made up that way with the extra facial hair and he has padding under his clothing. Guess what? It's like he's acting!!
This is going to be good! (and I'm not much on Jolie but the pair will probably pull it off).
Not so 'ravenous' for this….
so @Anon 4:23, they are frumpy-ing him up for the role? Was Seth Rogen not available?
This looks just like a dozen other movies I've seen before…
… I remember when I started reading the script for this about a year ago. I stopped after 23 pages. Now I see why.
This looks just like a dozen other movies I've seen before…
… I remember when I started reading the script for this about a year ago. I stopped after 23 pages. Now I see why.
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GUESS WHAT?? THAT WAS AN OLD DRAFT!
The script they filmed was written by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. He has the top billing for screenwriting credits in The Tourist: http://www.sonypictures.com/publicity/article.php?movie=thetourist
looks decent.
but i expected more from the guy that gave us the Lives of Others.
I think there's a definite attempt at capturing the feel of Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief. The trailer also hints at a heavier story interspersed among the glamour and action shots. They're selling it as a mystery thriller with a sense of humor. I guess Jolie's accent is because she's supposed to be an Interpol agent. Better British than French or German.
Oh Johnny, what's with the bloat?!
and that accent from Jolie? WTF? Are we back to the Alexander days? UGH.
This looks quite fun. It's refreshing to see Johnny Depp just playing a regular guy, arguably for the first time since Nick Of Time in 1995.
Bingo. Scott Mendleson gets it. Depp's character is supposed to regular joe, just like that Nick of Time character, which also explains the weight. He's supposed to be a schlubby dude, but i don't get the hair at all. if he was shlubby dude with glasses and nerdy short hair i would get it, but the shaggy hair is like Depp decided, "yeah, i'll gain weight for the role and look like shit, but sorry, i just can't cut my hair shorter than this."
Also, now that you've seen it, do you all believe us when we said it wasn't going to be an Oscar film despite the December date?
Obviously that's clear now, but was funny to read all the "it's entered the oscar fray" when the Dec date was announced.
I've met at least 5 English people online who said her accent sounds fine. If you think it sounds like her Alexander accent, then you need to clean your ears.
I've met at least 5 people online who said this movie looks terribly obvious. If you think it's something other than a soulless blockbuster, then you probably paid $10 to see K. Heigl in "Killers".