The Tourist Movie Review

It has been a very long time ever since I last watched a movie in the cinema, and it's very torturing for me (in fact it was just for two weeks I didn't step into the cinema, LOL). So last weekend, finally I broke the "chasten". hehe....

This time around, I watched "The Tourist" by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. If you know "Pirates of Carribean" and the female actor, I am sure you have already guessed this is going to be a good movie.

In fact, it is. At first the story started off with a girl(Elise) was "summoned" by her lover (Alexander Pearce) to meet him somewhere in Venice, Italy.

And unfortunately, Elise had been under surveillance by the police because Pearce was a wanted criminal by British government for eluding taxes up to 744 million pounds and also a gangsters' head, Shawn, for stealing 3 billion from him.

The whole meeting process was very complicated and confusing. Elise was told to pick a guy that looked like Pearce in the train to Venice in order to distract the police. She did and she chose Frank, a guy seemed innocent and naive who worked as a Mathematics teacher.

Then the whole exciting journey began. Frank acted so naively and foolishly that he was always in the way of the police's operations and also Elise's plans. In the end, when Shawn caught Elise and threatened to kill her if Pearce never show up with the money, Frank interfered.

Surprisingly, the story ended with an unexpected ending. I am not going to spoil the movie here but please do go and watch the movie. It's going to be exciting.

Food for thought

I was very impressed by Pearce understanding of Elise's taste and preference even in her likings of a guy. He understood very well what kind of guy she would pick up in the train and he had a lot of faith that she would pick the guy he had arranged to be in the train, thus the whole story unveiled. I wonder how many people we could find in this world that can understand us or how many people in this world we can understand fully just like how Pearce understood Elise's likings and choices?

It's going to be great huh? Imagine if you going out with a friend, and without you explaining, he/she would know what food you going to choose and what places you want to go? :) That would sound kind of cool. hehe...

Another thing as well, if we look from another side of the coin, that kind of understanding can be used for adverse effects. It is just like how Pearce used his understanding of Elise's trust, likings, and taste that he was able to carry out Frank the way Elise would like him and yet Elise didn't know Frank was actually Pearce (ooops, I leaked the spoiler!LOL). Kind of spooky in a way as well huh? But I think that kind of drama rarely happen in our daily lives? :)

Cheers people. Have a nice day. :) Remember to watch the movie in cinema!