Thelma and Louise

Never really liked the movie. Not sure why, just didn't like it.

Me neither R1, I just caught it this week after not seeing it for 10 years. Suddenly, it resonated.

Ridley Scott did a beautiful dream scape of the desert in this film as these two women become first desperate, then wild outlaws with desperation beneath, then trapped and at last free. That buzzy electric guitar that cuts in and out of the dust and haze. Again at the end as Keitel runs toward them, and that cool ass car slow motions to the canyon. The look exchanged between Davis and Sarandon at that moment is one of the great moments in film. Because of all that has gone before.

The mistakes in this movie is a couple of scenes where the feminist message goes beyond what the characters would actually do. When they shoot up the tanker, the cartoon dufusness of Thelma's husband, and the too cool to be true Michael Madsen.

The development of Geena Davis' character in this film is amazing. She is fully believable as a naive and kind of dumb woman coming to some self discovery as their journey progresses. She says I have never felt so wide awake and we believe her, though she might be crazy, her face is open with some kind of liberation. The soundtrack is perfect in this film and the performances are amazing. Sarandon is equally good, it is just that she inhabits the humanity of Louise so fully that is seems she must be lacking technique. I have only seen the film twice, first at the theatre. It is a beautiful landscape with many broad and fine moments, but not really a story you can tell over and over.

Imma trying to create some distance between us and the scene of our last fucking crime!

Damn, I made too many grammatical mistakes to correct. I was remembering the movie in my head...stream of consciousness. Brad Pitt's skinny ASS turned out to be expensive.

It made me a star!

I never saw the movie—was Brad Pitt really that skinny and his nipple placement so odd? I'd thought that he was more muscular and succulent, since the movie indeed made him a star. I guess standards really have changed and the rangy ranch hand look was hot to death then—though I was living in SF and we certainly had big succulent boys.

SPOILERS ahead.

I never liked this movie. Both women were idiots. Thelma goes dancing in a rowdy redneck bar and hooks up with a drunken creep; DUMB move. When the drunken creep tries to rape her Louise prevents it; instead of getting the hell out of there, she shoots the rapist dead; REALLY dumb move. They attempt to flee; while on the road they encounter a cute, worthless drifter. Thelma takes a shine to him and they have great sex, which would be all well and good if the drifter hadn't taken flight with all of their money. Thelma's stupidity never ends; she then gets the bright idea to commit robbery to finance their journey and she commits the crime just like her erstwhile drifter lover told her HE did. They blow up a truck; they lock a policeman in the trunk of his car. These women were RETARDS. Amazingly, their criminal behavior was supposedly "empowering" for them and for the first time in their lives they're standing up for themselves. You go, girls! You just keep right on committing felonies; that'll show all those rotten men how tough you are! They both end up committing suicide. I couldn't believe that this was considered a "feminist" movie. What's so "feminist" about acting like a brainless asshole and ending up dead?

Another "must-see" movie I've never seen.

[qutoe]was Brad Pitt really that skinny and his nipple placement so odd? I'd thought that he was more muscular and succulent, since the movie indeed made him a star.

Thelma and Louise was 1991. Playgirl ran these nude pics of Brad in 1997 and he looks the same.

I love this movie. The cinematography and score are excellent.

r7 She shoots the rapist because she is recalling the trauma of her own rape and in a way, avenging what happened to her and what has just happened to Louise. I guess the one thing I don't like about the scene is the rapist is telling her off. He's not the tiniest bit afraid that she will shoot him? I guess the writer wanted you to root for Louise to shoot him.

"She shoots the rapist because she is recalling the trauma of her own rape and in a way, avenging what happened to her and what has just happened to Louise.'

Yes, that was supposedly the "reason" she shot him dead. But her actions were still reprehensible. It was cold-blooded murder; she had a gun on him, he posed no threat. She was a murderer. Kind of hard to feel sympathy for somebody like that.

Y'all are stupid R11 and R7. Same thing.

"Y'all are stupid R11 and R7. Same thing."

You're not even making sense, hon. You're as retarded as poor Thelma and Louise.

A fag who dismisses others with the words "hon" and "retarded" is understandably impaired when discussing movies with a feminist theme. Impaired in general. Y'all are stupid @ R7, R11, R13.

I agree its a movie made with people who make do one stupid action on top of another. And the nihilism! Good looking film but I never need to see it again.

Would Brad have had his stardom without this film. Geena has done well but maybe not as well as I would have predicted.

She disappeared!

R7, I'm curious what you make of characters like Tony Soprano (The Sopranos), Walter White (Breaking Bad), or Michael Corleone (The Godfather trilogy). All very popular movies/TV where the leads were people who rarely (if ever) faced retribution for their crimes. Like you, I have trouble sympathizing with these types of characters, although I fare better in movies than in TV, where you have to watch them week after week. I wasn't rooting against Thelma & Louise, but I was rooting for them to get their asses back home and face the consequences for their actions. I thought Keitel was the hero of the movie.

But, different from you, I liked the movie. Someone upthread noted the great cinematography, I thought the editing/pacing of the movie was great, I liked the score/soundtrack. Overall, I just liked the feel of the movie. Yes, the characters made a lot of bad decisions but what movie doesn't feature that? I.liked the ending too; I had heard the original ending had them driving off at the bottom of the canyon, which would have ruined the film for me.

r18 The original ending was always for them to drive off the cliff and die. Callie Khouri met with Ridley Scott and said she would not change the script and he agreed.

Harvey Keitel was great in the movie. It's a small performance but he does a lot with his limited screen time - he is actually concerned for their well-being.

"A fag who dismisses others with the words "hon" and "retarded" is understandably impaired when discussing movies with a feminist theme. Impaired in general. Y'all are stupid @ [R7], [R11], [R13]."

There's nothing "feminist" about armed robbery and property destruction and kidnapping and murder, you poor little retarded thing.

"Y'all are?" Honey, I know you're mentally deficient, but some remedial English courses might be of some help. Of course, you'd need a tutor to guide you and you'd have to study very, very hard, but maybe if you really, really try you could possibly speak something resembling proper English some day. Good luck, sweetie!

Them two probably killed a cop by suffocating him in a car.