With names like Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, you’d expect a steamy romantic thriller from The Tourist. Unfortunately for anyone who gets suckered by the trailer, this is anything but. The stars are like two cold, dead fishes in a plastic bag hanging off the back of a garbage truck. They might be rubbing up real close but it’s not because they’re attracted to each other.
While under police surveillance, Elise Clifton-Ward (Angeine Jolie) is given instructions by her lover, Alexander Pearce. “Find a man about my height and build on the train to Venice, Italy. Convince them it’s me.” Pearce is wanted by Scotland Yard’s Inspector John Archeson (Paul Bettany) and the mobster he stole $2.3 billion from, Reginal Shaw (Steven Berkoff). Alexander's recently had cosmetic surgery so no one knows exactly what he looks and Elise goes along with his plan. On the train, Elise selects Frank Tupelo (Johnny Depp). He’s smitten by the beautiful woman, unaware of what kind of adventure he’s about to embark upon.
You can see what the film wants to do. Elise is stringing along this man, this “regular guy” (we’ll get to that in a bit), keeping him out of harm’s way only so those in pursuit can become convinced that he’s Alexander Pearce. In the process, they fall in love. In theory, it would be romantic, exciting, and dangerous.
The first problem comes from the stars. Whenever Jolie and Depp kiss, you swear they’re about to wretch. They have no chemistry, whatsoever. It makes her sudden infatuation with him completely unbelievable. The casting's the problem. Depp has been named World’s Sexiest Man TWICE. It doesn’t matter how much he tries to bumble his way around stray bullets and cartoonish Russian mobsters, he’s unfit to play an everyman.
To compensate for the lack of sparks, director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck makes the villains into cartoon supervillains. The idea is you'll hate them so much your brain will latch onto the “good guys” and cheer for them to succeed. It’s done with all of the subtlety of a grenade stuffed in your mouth. After Shaw finishes strangling one of his own minions for failing his mission, we’re told how he tracked down all the men who slept with his wife before they met, killed them, then killed his wife. Why stop there, movie? Have him kill their mothers and family doctors too! Oh, he says that he did? My mistake. The police are just as bad, with Inspector Archeson taking his obsession with Pearce to an inhuman extreme while the rest of the police fumble and stumble around this operation so poorly it’s a wonder they can manage to get their shirts buttoned all the way up.
Advertised as a travel romance (you bet it is, there are so many lavish shots of Venice here it’s like the city sponsored the movie) with thriller elements, what this is actually is a whole lotta nothing. Venice must the worst city to set an action movie. All of the boat chase scenes are slow, unengaging, and agonizingly long. The movie’s so dull you’ll be begging for it to end but it takes forever to get to its twisty conclusion: a surprise reveal so obvious its predictability is only surpassed by its convolutedness. So much of this film makes no sense or would’ve fallen apart completely if the characters hadn’t behaved in a very precise but illogical manner. You might think the movie is good but just kind of boring up until that moment. After the shocking conclusion, it’s pretty obvious this is little more than a vanity project gone way, way wrong. Can you believe this cinematic soporific cost $100 million dollars to shoot?
The funniest thing about The Tourist is that it was nominated for Best Musical or Comedy at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards. Only the beautiful imagery throughout and the beautiful performers manage to elevate this picture above a 0-star rating. It’s that dull and fails that spectacularly. (May 15, 2021)
Es ist ein eher selten gespieltes Frühwerk Giuseppe Verdis und war die erste Zusammenarbeit mit dem Librettisten Francesco Maria Piave, nun ist es in einer sehr interessant konzipierten Version der Regisseurin BARBORA HORÁKOVÁ und in einer sehr starken Besetzung am Theater St. Gallen zu erleben: “Ernani”….
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BLOOD THIRST (2023) Preview of female vampire vs. serial killer movie with trailer
Blood Thirst is a 2023 American horror film in which a lonely female vampire teams up with an addicted detective to defeat a serial killer.
Directed by Christopher McCleod from a screenplay written by Chris Helton.
The Silver Line Films production stars Sarah J. Butler, Sky Crystal, Baxter Dowell J.R. Hartigan, Dorothy Hadley Joly, Lindsey Mitchell, Grant Pfost, Waseem Rahim, Ginger Renee and Tim…
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other have already made posts about punarvasu's connection to butterflies but i thought id add to it
Miranda Kerr (Punarvasu Moon)
Drew Barrymore (Punarvasu Moon) with her famous butterfly tattoo
Drew with butterfly wings, from the movie "Ever After" (a unique Punarvasu interpretation of Cinderella)
Dita Von Teese (Punarvasu Ketu), walking for Jean Paul Gauthier
Margot Robbie (Punarvasu rising) in a Chanel butterfly print dress.
Dua Lipa (Punarvasu moon) wearing a dress with butterfly detailing. Dua has a well documented obsession with butterflies and her current ig pfp also features a butterfly. Her recent collection La Vacanza with Versace heavily features butterflies!!
Shakira (Punarvasu Moon) wearing Dua's butterfly shirt from her La Vacanza collection
Previously mentioned Pisces' connection to butterflies and here's Revati Moon, Angelina Jolie wearing a butterfly top!!
2. Here are a few more examples of Pisces rashi folks playing mermaids/aquatic roles
Gemma Ward, played Tamara in the Pirates of the Caribbean. She has Revati Moon & Jupiter (her atmakaraka) and Rahu in UBP
dont ask me what this look has to do with mermaids, to me its just a very mermaidcore look 🤣🤣🤣 and Emrata is UBP moon
3.Gana in Vedic astrology represents one’s nature. There are 3 types of ganas: Deva Gana (Divine), Rakshasa Gana (Demonic) and Manushya Gana (Human). now obviously not everyone with deva gana naks are going to be the nicest people ever, your gana is about what you project, people with deva ganas are perceived to be good people whereas those with rakshasa gana are either known for being shrewd and cunning or in some cases, have a really terrible reputation/other generally dislike them or may see them as "fake".
Deva Gana: Mrigashirsha, Ashwini, Revati, Punarvasu, Pushya, Swati, Hasta, and Anuradha.
Manushya Gana: Rohini, Bharani, Ardra, Shravana and Purvaphalguni, Purva bhadrapada, Uttarabhadrapada and Uttaraphalguni
Actors who have played Angels in movies often have deva gana nakshatras.
Tilda Swinton plays Gabriel in Constantine and she has Swati Sun & Punarvasu Mars (amatyakaraka)
Buck Henry, who plays an angel in Heaven Can Wait has Pushya Moon, Punarvasu Jupiter & Revati Rahu
Christopher Walken plays Gabriel in The Prophecy. He has Revati Sun & Punarvasu Jupiter
Henry Travers, who plays an angel in Its A Wonderful Life. He has Hasta Moon, Revati Mars atmakaraka and Ketu in Swati
Alan Rickman plays an angel in Dogma. He has Swati Moon, Punarvasu Mars & Saturn (his atmakaraka) and Rahu in Mrigashira
Emma Thompson, plays an angel in Angels in America. She has Ashwini Sun, Punarvasu Moon, Hasta Rahu and Revati Ketu.
Emmanuelle Beart plays an angel in Date with an Angel. She has Revati Jupiter amatyakaraka and Rahu in Punarvasu
4. Actors who play the Devil often have rakshasa gana nakshatras
Peter Stormare plays the Devil in Constantine and he has Magha sun and Ashlesha mercury & mars (his atmakaraka & amatyakaraka respectively)
Shatabhisha sun Peter Fonda plays the Devil in Ghost Rider
Magha sun Robert De Niro plays the Devil in Angel Heart
Vishaka Sun Tom Ellis plays Lucifer in Lucifer
Chitra stellium, Viggo Mortensen, plays the Devil in The Prophecy
5. Mrigashira & Rohini both have serpent yoni. the lore of UBP and Ashlesha also features serpents heavily. needless to say, these natives are often depicted with serpents in the media.
In vedic astrology, your yoni animal is said to represent the way you express your sexuality and sexual desire. Serpent yoni natives are known for their intense, hypnotic sensuality and they crave for very passionate, fervent and often, extreme sexual experiences.
Elizabeth Hurley has Mrigashira sun & mercury with Rohini jupiter and rahu.
Jennifer Lawrence has Ashlesha sun & Mrigashira moon
Devon Aoki has Ashlesha sun. She has also spoken about growing up with pet snakes.
Salma Hayek has UBP moon and Ashlesha venus atmakaraka. speaking of filming this scene, Salma has often said that due to her phobia of snakes, she went into a trance to perform her sensuous dance. if you've watched this scene, you'll see how her performance has an almost serpentine quality to it, she moves in a very hypnotic and captivating way.
Rohini sun, Mrigashira mercury atmakaraka, UBP mars, Angelina Jolie with a snake.
Jolie has openly spoken about experimenting with BDSM and how much she likes knife play and what-not. Serpent yoni, sexual freakishness at its best (add to it, her Revati moon, another nak known for being sexually strange lol). She also had pet snakes growing up.
John Krause (t/r Orpheus), Cecilia Trippiedi (u/s Eurydice), Matthew Patrick Quinn (Hades), Lana Gordon (Persephone), Will Mann (Hermes), Marla Louissant (Fate), Lizzie Markson (Fate), Hannah Schreer (Fate), Sevon Askew (Worker), Jamal Lee Harris (Worker), Cate Hayman (Worker), Quiana Onrae'l Holmes (Worker), Daniel Tracht (Worker)
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Near Perfect video of Cecilia and John as Eurydice and Orpheus respectively. They are incredibly fantastic and are such a cute pair. Some washout and shakiness throughout.
NFT Date: November 1st, 2024
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Les Misérables - Sixth US National Tour
February 6, 2024 - Medium Observation
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Nick Cartell (Jean Valjean), Steve Czarnecki (u/s Javert), Hayley Dortch (Fantine), Matt Crowle (Thénardier), Victoria Huston-Elem (Madame Thénardier), Devin Archer (Enjolras), Mya Rena Hunter (Éponine), Jake David Smith (Marius), Delaney Guyer (Cosette), Sky Vaux Fuller (Young Éponine), Olivia Grace O'Sullivan (Young Cosette), Henry Kirk (Gavroche), David Andino (Bamatabois/Babet), Matt Rosell (u/s Feuilly), Kyle Timson (u/s Factory Foreman/Brujon), Kelsey Denae (Wigmaker), David Young Fernandez (Jean Prouvaire), Randy Jeter (Bishop of Digne/Lesgles), Cameron Loyal (Claquesous), Andrew Marks Maughan (Combeferre), Julia Ellen Richardson (Factory Girl), Ethan Rogers (Courfeyac), Juliette Redden (u/s Old Woman), Christopher James Tamayo (Montparnasse), J.T. Wood (Joly), Mikako Martin (u/s Ensemble), Arianne DiCerbo (Ensemble), Genevieve Ellis (Ensemble), Greta Schaefer (Ensemble), Veronica Stern (Ensemble)
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Perfect video of this incredible cast. Steve tears the house down as Javert and is near perfect in the role. The video has very little washout and the colors are very pretty. There is some grain when it's very dark but it's not distracting. Some shakiness throughout.