Recap: Two friends decide to leave their tied up lives for just an weekend and go fishing. Bur one quick stop at a nightclub along the way turns out to be fateful. Thelma, a housewife with an asshole husband, loses up a little and starts flirting and dancing with Harlan. Harlan has a plan though, gets Thelma into the parking lot and tries to get her to have sex with him. When she is unwilling, he tries to rape her. Louise finds them, and with the aid of a gun manages Harlan to stop. But Harlan makes one offensive remark to many, and Louise shoots him. The upset friends runs away and suddenly the fishing trip has turned into a run from the law. But at the same times, as the net closes in around them, they feel more free than ever.
Comments: One way to put it, this is a road movie running down two parallel roads at he same time. Both a simple movie with fugitives running from the law, but also a much more deep and complex movie about two women, trapped in their ordinary lives, that finally, at last take charge of their own lives. Unfortunately, they had to break the law to do it, and someone died in the process. Two strong leading ladies, Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, that really carries this movie in a superb way. Especially Davis manages to show the transformation of Thelma from a tied up housewife through several stages were she basically get cheated and tricked by all men in her life, a woman taken advantage of, to a woman that is strong, free and takes control of her life. And a criminal. Louise's trip or transformation is less pronounced, though she reaches the same conclusion, going back is not an option.
Not to forget, they are not alone in making this movie. First off, at the base is a really good script, a script that Ridley Scott handles really well. Some shots are really beautiful, and I like the circle he draws by opening and (almost) ending with the same scene. At least according to the trivia he really made some great decisions and used some good tricks to rally make this movie as good as it is. And Brad Pitt have a small but rememberable part.
7/10
Comments: One way to put it, this is a road movie running down two parallel roads at he same time. Both a simple movie with fugitives running from the law, but also a much more deep and complex movie about two women, trapped in their ordinary lives, that finally, at last take charge of their own lives. Unfortunately, they had to break the law to do it, and someone died in the process. Two strong leading ladies, Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, that really carries this movie in a superb way. Especially Davis manages to show the transformation of Thelma from a tied up housewife through several stages were she basically get cheated and tricked by all men in her life, a woman taken advantage of, to a woman that is strong, free and takes control of her life. And a criminal. Louise's trip or transformation is less pronounced, though she reaches the same conclusion, going back is not an option.
Not to forget, they are not alone in making this movie. First off, at the base is a really good script, a script that Ridley Scott handles really well. Some shots are really beautiful, and I like the circle he draws by opening and (almost) ending with the same scene. At least according to the trivia he really made some great decisions and used some good tricks to rally make this movie as good as it is. And Brad Pitt have a small but rememberable part.
7/10