It certainly did not disappoint me as my hopes for the movie was to suck and it did! LOL totally a big time waste and no story line as how I would like to put.
Well I am not sure if most of you people have watched this movie yet or not. Yet still I will add in the plot.
The Plot.
A woman named Elise (Jolie) is being trailed in Paris by French police working with Scotland Yard. At a cafe, she receives a letter from Alexander Pearce, a former lover, with explicit directions to board a train to Venice, Italy, pick out a man who resembles him and make the police believe that this man is Alexander Pearce. A mysterious stranger, not involved with the police, also seems to be watching Elise. Elise burns the letter and boards a train.
She takes a seat beside Frank (Depp), an American tourist reading a spy novel, who is instantly attracted to her. The train arrives in Venice, and they take a boat to the Hotel Danieli. At dinner, much to Frank's dismay, Elise admits to having feelings for another man, presumably Alexander Pearce. They share a kiss, witnessed by the men following her.
The next day, Frank awakens to find Elise gone. Men suddenly try to break into the hotel room. Frank barely escapes but is caught by the Italian police. A sympathetic detective listens to Frank's story that he does not know why these men are after him. He takes Frank from the jail and tells him that his story checks out, and that the men after him were Belarusians who have placed a prize on his head and who believe Frank to be someone else. The detective however then delivers Frank into the clutches of these same men, in order to collect the money they promised.
Elise appears suddenly to rescue Frank, fleeing on a boat. Elise finally tells Frank that all this is happening because she kissed him and made the police believe that he was Alexander Pearce. Frank learns that Pearce stole two billion from a gangster named Shaw (Steven Berkoff) and is wanted by the British government for tax evasion. Stunned by the news, Frank says he still does not regret kissing Elise.
Elise apologizes for getting him involved and tricks Frank off the boat. Frank says he loves her. Elise goes to a government building — where she works as a secret agent for Britain. She sees her fellow agent Acheson (Paul Bettany), who was among those following her in Paris. Elise had been assigned to investigate Pearce, but fell in love with him and had disappeared from her job. She tells Acheson that she is ready to help him find Pearce, because she wants to prevent anybody else from getting hurt.
Elise goes to a ball Pearce has invited her to attend, wearing a wire. She is handed a letter by the same mysterious stranger from Paris. The letter is from Pearce, saying where to meet him. As Elise turns to leave, Frank is standing in front of her. They dance. Elise leaves to find Pearce and agent Acheson's men apprehend Frank. They both watch on surveillance equipment as Elise walks into a trap set by the gangster Shaw. The gangster threatens to kill her unless she returns the money Pearce stole from him. Acheson doesn't help her, confident that Pearce will show up to rescue her.
Elise reveals the safe's location but does not know its code. Frank watches in horror as Elise is threatened yet again. Seeing that Acheson won't help Elise, Frank picks the lock to his handcuffs and escapes to help her. Frank pretends to be Pearce. Elise begs him to stop or he will be killed. Frank, acting as Pearce, tells Shaw that he will get his money but only if Elise is first released and safe. As Frank pretends that he is about to open the safe, Elise mouths "I love you."
All of a sudden, Chief Inspector Jones (Timothy Dalton) gives the order for the police snipers to shoot Shaw and his men. Frank and Elise are unharmed. As the police survey the scene, agent Acheson can't believe that Pearce did not save Elise and Jones is furious with him for exposing her to danger. Jones then informs Elise that she has been terminated from the force. A police report informs them that Pearce has just been caught. As the room clears, Elise and Frank embrace. He asks her if she loves both him and Alexander Pearce. Elise answers yes. To spare her from this dilemma, Frank reveals that he is the real Alexander Pearce by entering the correct code for the safe. Pearce had gotten plastic surgery, so he could have a new life.
The arrested man believed to be Pearce explains to police that he was paid to pretend and that he is just a tourist. Elise and Frank/Pearce leave on a boat with the money, finally being able to be together. In the safe, police find a bankers check for the ₤744 million in back taxes Pearce owed the British government.
Even the plot seems kinda confusing. Feels more like millions of dollars was wasted on giving Depp and Jolie a nice vacation in Venice rather than a movie. Damn! People are too rich at times they don't know what to do do they?
Even the Golden Globes made a mockery out of this movie. Despite its critical reception, the film was nominated for three Golden Globes: Best Musical or Comedy, Depp for Actor Musical or Comedy and Jolie for Actress Musical or Comedy.The fact that a film originally promoted as romantic thriller was nominated for the comedy or musical category garnered the film and the Golden Globes considerable mockery; when the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) made the official announcement of nominees, the press room erupted with laughter. It was later revealed that the film was originally submitted by the studio as a drama, but von Donnersmarck then told the HFPA that the film should be categorized as a comedy. HFPA President Phil Berk noted that "Given the differing opinions, we asked the studio to screen the film for us in advance, and collectively, we decided that the elements of preposterous fun lent the film more to a comedy than a straight drama category."
Yet still the achievement that the movie made is quite suprising. As The Tourist opened at $16,472,458 on its first weekend at #2 spot behind The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. It has grossed more than four times of its first weekend profits. As of 2/21/11, the film has grossed $67,276,023 domestically and (as of 2/27/11,) $183,800,000 internationally for a total of $258,631,157 worldwide.[After its run, it will be Angelina Jolie's fourth most successful film (after Salt, Wanted and Mr. & Mrs. Smith), outgrossing Gone in 60 Seconds, The Bone Collector, the Lara Croft series and every other non-animated film she has starred in. It ranks as Johnny Depp's most successful film after the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Alice in Wonderland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, easily beating Sleepy Hollow and Public Enemies, nearly doubling the gross of Chocolat and Sweeney Todd and more than doubling the gross of Donnie Brasco.
Am seriously craving for more movies like Inception as the story just left us with a lot of question marks! Though it is annoying but that's what I expect from movies rather than some time and money wasting recording that's being showed just like this.
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