'THE TOURIST'... A REMARKABLE SPYLOVE STORY

First off before you want to watch this movie, make sure you are not trap in the perception of physical beauty for love. Second off, please do not compare Johnny Depp 'less-handsome-feature' in the movie to how you saw Angeline Jolie with Brad Pitt 'much-handsome-feature' in 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' (2005 film). All you have to do is understand the first letter Alexander Pearce sent to Elise Clifton-Ward at a cafe by a young handsome delivery boy who happened to be nobody (he smiled because he thought by giving his pen to a beautiful lady will brought him luck that the lady will fall for his generosity... the type of sleep over boy, d'oh!).

"Pick someone my height and build and make them believe it's me..."

— Alexander Pearce

Then please understand the whole conversations they had in the train because strangers don't talk that way when they first meet. Even when they do attracted to each other, that's not the way to begin a 'cliché' (if you know what I mean...) especially when she said "Frank? That's a terrible name... Maybe we can find you another." That obviously explained the whole plot or below, sounds like they were the one who setup the whole plot!

"... I'm a serious woman on the train, you tell me what my story is..."

— Elise Clifton-Ward

"Ok... hmm... I think you'd be a diplomatic attache or maybe a girl from this Germany whose father been kidnapped & they're blackmailing you into stealing something for them... "

— Frank Tupelo

Angelina Jolie is a real goddess of beauty in this movie & that's the main point why she was chosen to play the role of Elise Clifton-Ward. Only an exotic beauty with confident such as her can make any real man feel betrayed by their own intuition for love & hates her yet loves her simultaneously. But for an innocent man with honesty & brilliant strategy... watch how Alexander Pearce did it. Only losers will find his efforts as an absurdity!

Love is in the eyes of the beholders & circumstances they were in. Therefore 'The Tourist' takes plight by the critiques who didn't have a heart to understand the true concept of the whole story. This is a remarkable movie with mesmerizing action from start to end, much better than the original, 'Anthony Zimmer' (2005 French film).

The only reason Rotten Tomatoes thought it was slow muddled plot, or the lack of chemistry between Johnny Depp & Angelina Jolie was because their critiques were trap with the reality of Angelina Jolie's exotic beauty that is only match for a handsome character like Brad Pitt or Inspector John Acheson (played by Paul Bettany) or the missing sign in the movie... Rufus Sewell. I also find it absurd to read Roger Ebert's critique said the plot was absurd when I found the plot is rather tempting to watch, why? Because I have to say "love knows no boundaries." On second thought I agreed to what Daily Mail said about the movie—"a glossy, sophisticated, gloriously improbable romp — escapist fun for these austere times".

I got the feeling that Rotten Tomatoes & Roger Ebert were playing the emotion of Inspector John Acheson (Paul Bettany) who were jealous to find that such a beauty like Elise Clifton-Ward (Angelina Jolie) could fall for a man like Frank Tupelo (Johnny Depp). They should at least look deeper to the conversations & eye contacts that they had. Love doesn't always means perfect at a first glance when you look at them, but love also can be perfect throughout the journey they had for each other.

My favourite part of lines when they first met on the train:

Elise: Is there a man in my life...
Frank: i so ein see... (note: I believed he said that, means like "such I see")
Elise: Invite me to dinner, Frank.
Frank: What?
Elise: (point her eyes to the table)
Frank: Would you like to have dinner?
Elise: Women don't like question.
Frank: Join me for a dinner.
Elise: Too demanding.
Frank: Join me for a dinner?
Elise: Another question.
Frank: I'm having dinner... if you care to join me.

"LOVE
OUTSMARTS
EVERYTHING...
I MUST SAY."