Where’s Cary Grant when you need him?
OK, he’s dead, like all the movie greats, but I think The Tourist totally was made for him.
Him and, I don’t know, one of Hitchcock’s icy blondes.
It just doesn’t seem like the right fit for Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie.
Not that I’m saying Johnny’s doing a bad job, because he never does a bad job, and in fact, by the end of the trailer, his flat yet somewhat surprised deliveries were really beginning to grow on me.
I’m just saying this is a Cary Grant movie.
In fact, it’s basically North by Northwest, without the Mount Rushmore scene. Or the plane scene. Or Cary Grant.
Really, The Tourist needs Cary Grant.
Because, otherwise, what you’ve got is another spy thriller with Angelina Jolie playing the femme fatale for the umpteenth time and Johnny Depp looking like he’s slightly bored.
“I don’t regret kissing you,” he says to Angelina Jolie, because apathy leaves no room for regret.
dangerousmeredith said,
December 10, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Cary Grant is lovely. Have you seen arsenic and old lace? It’s hilarious. I love Johnny Depp but I find Angelina Jolie (although stunning and undoubtedly talented) just a teeny bit wierd for reasons I can’t understand
lokifire said,
December 14, 2010 at 7:29 pm
I never have! Not even the play, which our local theater stages every couple of years or so.
(And it’s her oversized lips. They’re freaky.)
dangerousmeredith said,
December 18, 2010 at 6:06 pm
I think you might be onto something there…
Supremely Weary said,
October 16, 2011 at 3:14 am
i cant imagine seeing that with anyone BUT cary grant! (otherwise it would really be a disturbing and not funny movie at all :< )
Supremely Weary said,
October 16, 2011 at 3:13 am
everything i want to say about cary grant, (plus memories of my mother and i spending literally two days with cary grant VHS’s), all in one snarkky blog! đŸ˜€