Alright I promised a movie review tonight and here it is. Actually, honestly it is a couple of them because I watched a couple of movies. The movies were "How Do You Know" and "The Tourist." I must warn you all that I don't have high praise for either of them, they were both simply mediocre. Let me explain.
"How Do You Know," starring Resse Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, and Jack Nicholson and written and directed by James L. Brooks, is a romantic comedy that forgot to bring both the romance and the comedy. Resse Witheespoon plays, Lisa, a baseball player who for most of the years of her life has focused on nothing but baseball. She has dated only jocks, and is pretty hard. She is at a time in her life when she is just past her prime and has found out that she has been cut from her team. She starts dating the ever egotistical Owen Wilson, another baseball player, who isn't so much about quality but rather quantity when it comes to relationships. And because things aren't serious with him she agrees to a blind date with Paul Rudd. Paul Rudd is a man who works in his father's company and who is currently being investigted by the government for...something. I couldn't really tell what was happening there. Anyway they have a great first date, according to George (Paul Rudd), and this is the first good thing to happen to him in awhile. He thinks that this might just lead to something great. She on the other hand pretty much forgets about him and moves in with Owen Wilson, who happens to live in the same building as George's father, played by Jack Nicholson. One day George goes to visit his dad and runs into Lisa. Lisa invites George into her new home and introduces him to her boyfriend Matty (Owen Wilson). Matty gets upset that she invited someone into HIS place, this statement makes Lisa angry and so she gathers her stuff and moves out. George invites her to his place for a drink. They have another great night together. After a few hours Matty calls and Lisa goes back to him.
That is pretty much the movie. There is no real surprise at all, and the comedy is so subtle that it's barely there. Paul Rudd has a few funny moments, he is usually the one to bring the real comedy, but other then that I spent most of the movie bored. Resse Witherspoon's character is supposed to be tough and kind of like a tomboy but she's really just annoying. And as for the romance part of this romantic comedy it was really all one sided until the big end. I found "How Do You Know" to be boring and pretty lame. Sorry to all those out there with high hopes for a Resse Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, James L. Brooks romantic comedy but this is definetly not.
On to "The Tourist." Starring two of the most beautiful and well loved actors in Hollywood Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp and written by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Christopher McQuarrie, and Julian Fellows and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, this movie was simply okay. I had heard that the critcs weren't in favor of the film, they found that Jolie and Depp had no chemistry and that the whole film was a little awkward. However I also heard from the people that it was a good action/suspense movie. That everyone did a grand old job. And I was personally excited to see it because I have been hoping the two of them would make a movie together for a long time. It turns out that, that should have stayed a dream. The film is about Frank, a math teacher from Wisconsin, and Elise, a mysterious woman being followed by the police. They meet on a train on their way to Italy. Elise invites Frank to spend the evening with her and sleep in her hotel suite. What ensues then is case after case of mistaken identity. Frank is mistaken for a big time theif by Interpol and the gangster this theif stole from. And so begin the chase scenes and shoot outs.
It sounds exciting right? But it was really kind of boring. I disagree with the critics about Depp's and Jolie's on-screen chemistry. I felt that they had some. I don't know if there were sparks between them nor did I believe they made the most interesting couple but there was good acting going on. The chase scenes were typical action scenes, the bad guys easy to spot the good guys in the right. Yes there were a few twists that were supposed to shock but I kind of figured things out before they were revealed. It made for a rather boring film. I know that plenty of people are going to see the film due to it's star cast but I am stating here that I found it lacking.
There you go. On both films I would have to give them a low rating. "How Do You Know" gets a 3 out of 10. I was hoping for laughs and found none. "The Tourist" recieves a 5 out of 10 due to the performances of the actors involved. However I can't give it more then that because it really was rather perdictable. The Venice back drop did make for nice visuals but really nothing too exciting. A shame that this weekend yielded such poor movie results but I guess that happens.
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