Are you ready for a 2-hour road trip adventure? And without going anywhere and without paying anything; 100% free and 100% free of mental and physical fatigue!
Since the suggestion came from me, you should join my choices. With 1 glass of cold coke and a plate of potato chips; the 1991 movie Thelma & Louise offers a ten, five star performance with its story and two female characters who are a joy to watch, excellent road trip adventure and fluency.
Before we talk more about the movie, let's get to know the two female characters whose performances I loved. Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon) are two close friends. As you can guess from the title of the movie, it is a road adventure and the entire duration of the movie is spent with these two characters. Don't think that a movie with two characters upfront can be boring because it is extremely entertaining and has a story that consumes time quickly.
Thelma, one of the characters, is extremely indecisive, timid, cowardly and naive; she has a passive personality that anyone can easily deceive and exploit. Despite the fact that she trusts people easily and is deceived in return every time, she does not compromise the unique personality she projects. This attitude, which seems like a disadvantage, actually makes her fun and easy to be happy with. And Geena Davis not only seems to have a lot of fun with her character, she also manages to entertain the audience. She was definitely my favorite character in the movie.
The character Luuise is highly intelligent and has a strong personality that never compromises her values. For the character, as all women deserve positive discrimination, she is always right and very distant towards men. The serious stance of the character, rather than being entertaining, leads her to the attitude that she does not lose her cold-bloodedness and that she can take instant decisions quickly and implement them immediately. With the character she portrays, Susan Sarandon has most of the qualities that a normal person should have. The most prominent of these is her courage to make quick and correct decisions thanks to her intelligent and very logical thinking. She has created and successfully portrayed a character who is quite sure of herself.
No one is born guilty, circumstances make them guilty. The journey that the two characters embark on for a few days of vacation turns from a vacation into a chase as criminals due to the events that occur one after another contrary to the ordinary flow of life.
The events that happen to the characters during this road adventure reveal quite entertaining moments for the audience, if not for themselves. Watching someone who learns how to shoot from television but turns into a sniper at the first challenge is an incredible pleasure. I always think that the luck factor favors the novices, and as if to prove it, the movie constantly changes the plot of the story according to these two characters.
We have to bear the consequences of the decisions we make. From the beginning to the end, the movie is full of teachings about questioning decisions, facing the consequences and taking a new position with the experiences gained. The fluidity of the story makes the movie run out of time quickly.
As in many films made before 2000, Thelma & Louise emphasizes the characters' behavior, facial expressions and dialogues too much. I see this as an advantage, because it is a very effective way of drawing the audience into the flow of the story.
Definitely watch the movie Thelma & Louise. It has many features that require you to watch it. The way the story turns into a road adventure, the chase scenes, the way they face the consequences of their decisions are just some of them. Believe me, you will have a good time and you will not regret watching it.
Thank you for being here and reading. I hope you enjoy the movie and have a good time. See you in my next article, take care and goodbye!
Many people today complain that Hollywood became “woke”. The process actually began very long time ago and became apparent in early 1990s, when “wokeness” was known as “political correctness”. This coincided with the end of Cold War which switched Hollywood attention toward US domestic issues, including plight of various oppressed or underprivileged segments of society. One of the better films to represent such trend was Thelma & Louise, 1991 action drama directed by Ridley Scott, nowadays best known as one of the most explicit expressions of feminism in American cinema.
The plot begins in Arkansas where Thelma Dickinson (played by Geena Davis) lives with her overbearing husband, carpet salesman Darryl (played by Christopher McDonald). Her best friend, waitress Louise Sawyer (played by Susan Sarandon), talks her into joining her during weekend getaway that is supposed to involve fishing into mountains. Along the way, two women make a stop at the roadhouse where Thelma takes a few drinks too many and catches attention of a man named Harlan Puckett (played by Timothy Carhart). He tries to take advantage of her at the parking lot, but the vicious rape is stopped by gun-wielding Louise who shoots the would-be rapist dead following his defiant remark. When this happens, Louise is as confused and traumatised as Thelma, but also doesn’t want to explain the incident to the police. She takes Thelma to motel where they would try to decide what to do next. Faced with the lack of financial resources, while unwilling to return home, two women ultimately resort to armed robberies. Their journey, which filled them with intoxicating feeling of freedom, takes them towards Mexico and finally gets attention of authorities. Arkansas State Police detective Hal Slocumb (played by Harvey Keitel) tries to bring them in before they get hurt or worse.
Ridley Scott is director with many ups and downs in his filmography, with quality of each title often depending on the quality of screenplay. Scott was able to turn merely good scripts into masterpieces, while underwhelming scripts turned into disasters. Thankfully, script by Callie Khouri belonged to the former category. Originally developed more than a decade before production, it was originally intended for low budget independent film Khouri was supposed to direct herself. However, this interesting combination of road film, action, drama and little bit of dark comedy ended in the hands of Scott. He used it as another opportunity to display his talent for stunning visuals, aided by brilliant cinematography of Adrian Biddle and iconic locations of American Southwest, including Grand Canyon which is featured in the iconic finale. Composer Hans Zimmer also helped with his score, although it was somewhat drowned with the country songs that effectively create cheerful atmosphere which is at times at odds with serious content of the film.
But the real backbone of Thelma & Louise is a script, which was ultimately awarded with Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Thorne in many ways takes narrative structure of Hollywood road films, but she inverts it by having women instead of men as protagonists. Thorne clearly tries to tell this story from women’s perspective and it is easy to argue that such perspective is feminist. Both women are victims of men and male-dominated society – Thelma in present, being stuck in apparently loveless and emotionally abusive marriage; Louise in the past, through traumatic event that made her distrust men even in case of her well-meaning boyfriend, played by Michael Madsen. Men that Thelma and Louise meet are presented as unpleasant, condescending or dangerous – they can use any opportunity to intimidate, insult or sexually and materially exploit women. At the same time, Thorne presents their heroines as ordinary persons with working-class background. The incident that would spiral out of control happens in a believable way, just as protagonists’ reactions seem believable.
A lot of credit for success of the film should go to perfect cast. Susan Sarandon is quite believable and quite effective in somewhat thankless role of a woman who, apart from past traumas, has to deal with the issues of age, briefly but effectively hinted in couple of scenes. Much younger Geena Davis is equally good in the role of repressed housewife who finds new intoxicating freedom. Sarandon and Davis have good chemistry together, creating one of the most iconic “buddy buddy” pairings in history of Hollywood and one of the rare that features female characters. They also help audience maintain sympathy for their characters despite their actions being obviously ill-advised, irresponsible and ultimately fatal. The rest of the cast is also very good, including young and shirtless Brad Pitt as hitch-hiker in what would ultimately become his breakout role and pave his way to the status of greatest male sex symbols of Hollywood. Harvey Keitel is also good in the role of the only sympathetic male character, despite script that doesn’t bother to explain where the experienced and seemingly jaded policeman found such goodness for his heart.
When it was released, Thelma & Louise was greeted well by critics and had more than solid results at the box office. However, it also created a controversy, with some critics arguing that its explicit feminism at times strayed into simplistic misandry. Some in the audience were unhappy with the end which was strangely bleak for early 1990s Hollywood. Khouri and Scott, on the other hand, were clearly inspired by some of the most popular films in late 1960s which featured similar endings, like Bonnie and Clyde or Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Greatest influence on Thelma & Louise can be traced to another film from the same period - Easy Ryder, road film classic which also featured bleak ending and which is object of many homages in Scott’s work, including the scene that faces protagonists with hostile trucker (here played by Marco St. John). Thelma & Louise isn’t perfect. Scott drags a plot near the end and the scene with mountain bike-riding Rastafarian seems a little bit too cute to be included in the film. However, all those flaws are minor and Thelma & Louise is not only iconic, but also a very entertaining film that could be enjoyed by audiences that don’t care much about authors’ ideologies.
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Hello everyone! Today I bring you a new review, of one of my favorite movies of all time, it is "Thelma and Louise", a movie that will leave you enchanted. I make a Spoiler alert. So let's get started!
"Thelma and Louise" is a film by director Ridley Scott, released in the year 1991 and caused great furor because of the themes discussed in it. It was sterilized by the great Susan Sarandon as Louise and Geena Davis as Thelma. With the special participation of Brad Pitt in one of his first important roles in the movies.
¡Hola a todos! El día de hoy les traigo una nueva reseña, de una de mis películas favoritas de todos los tiempos, se trata pues de "Thelma y Louise", una película que te dejará encantado. Hago una alerta de Spoiler. Así que ¡Comencemos!
"Thelma y Louise" es una película del director Ridley Scott, estrenada en el año 1991 y que causó gran furor por los temas tratados en ella. Fue esterilizada por la grandiosa Susan Sarandon como Louise y Geena Davis como Thelma. Con la participación especial de Brad Pitt en uno de sus primeros papeles importantes dentro del cine.
The plot of the film takes place in the middle of a highway and a couple of friends traveling by car. Thelma is a young woman, a housewife, who is married to Darryl, a violent, macho and domineering man. Thelma is submissive and does little or nothing to change this situation, as she believes that he loves her in spite of everything.
Louise, on the other hand, is an older woman in her forties and her outlook on life is much more open and fair. She works hard in a restaurant, has an informal relationship with her boyfriend (who is a musician) Jimmy, who is not looking for the commitment of marriage but who appreciates Louise very much. The latter decides to propose to Thelma the idea of a weekend trip out of town to escape for a moment from her obligations.
Thelma agrees with some misgivings, fearing that her husband will be angry with her but finally happy with the proposal. Thelma and Louise leave everything arranged at their homes so they can leave. And so they both set out on a road trip that will change their lives forever.
La trama de la película se produce en medio de una carretera y un par de amigas viajando en auto. Thelma es una joven mujer, ama de casa, que sostiene un matrimonio con Darryl, un hombre violento, machista y dominante. Thelma es sumisa y poco o nada hace para cambiar esta situación, pues cree que a pesar de todo él la quiere.
Por el contrario Louise es una mujer mayor, de cuarenta años y su visión sobre la vida es mucho más abierta y justa sobre las cosas. Trabaja duro en un restaurante, tiene una relación informal con su novio (qué es un músico) Jimmy, quién no busca el compromiso del matrimonio pero quién aprecia mucho a Louise. Esta última decide plantearle a Thelma la idea de un viaje de fin de semana fuera de la ciudad para escapar por un momento de sus obligaciones.
Thelma accede con un poco de recelo, por el miedo de que su esposo se enoje con ella pero finalmente feliz con la propuesta. Thelma y Louise dejan todo arreglado en sus hogares para poder partir. Y es así como ambas emprenden un viaje en carro que cambiará sus vidas para siempre.
In the middle of the trip, they stop at an old bar where they decide to spend their first adventures dancing, chatting and drinking. So far so good, but things change when Louise notices that Thelma has had too much to drink and is about to leave with a man she was dancing with. The man takes Thelma to the parking lot and tries to molest her but Louise arrives to stop him. The man continues in his game, unwilling to stop and Louise pulls out a gun to finally shoot him. He drops dead.
Both very frightened and distressed by what has happened they debate on what to do about it. Thelma wants to call the police and explain what the man was doing (she had proof) but, Louise doesn't think so, she thinks they won't believe them because she was too drunk and most likely they won't do anything about it because 'sure Thelma provoked him'. They wouldn't believe that they were just trying to defend themselves against the man. So they decide not to go to the police and quickly escape to Mexico.
Louise contacts her boyfriend and asks him to send some money she had saved to the hotel where they were staying. They have a meeting, he asks her to commit and tells her that he will always be there for her. She rejects him under the circumstances. Then he leaves but, both friends meet a traveler who ends up messing with Thelma and steals all their money. Police investigations progress and they discover that Thelma and Louise are behind the death of the man in the bar.
En medio del viaje, paran en un viejo Bar dónde ambas deciden pasar sus primeras aventuras divirtiéndose bailando, charlando y tomando. Hasta aquí todo va bien, la cuestión cambiaría cuando Louise nota que Thelma ha tomado demasiado y se dispone a marcharse con un hombre con el que bailaba. El hombre lleva a Thelma hacia el estacionamiento e intenta abusar de ella pero Louise llega para impedirlo. El hombre sigue en su juego, no dispuesto a parar y Louise saca un arma para finalmente dispararle. Cae muerto.
Ambas muy asustadas y afligidas por lo sucedido se debaten en sobre qué deben hacer al respecto. Thelma quiere llamar a la policía y explicar lo que el hombre estaba haciendo (tenía pruebas) pero, Louise no piensa lo mismo, cree que no les creerán porque ella estaba muy bebida y lo más seguro es que no hagan nada al respecto porque 'seguro Thelma lo provocó'. No creerían que solo intentaban defenderse de aquel hombre. Por lo que deciden no recurrir a la policía y escapar rápidamente hacía México.
Louise contacta a su novio y le pide que le envié un dinero que había ahorrado hacia el hotel donde se alojaban. Tienen un encuentro, él le pide comprometerse y le dice que estará siempre para ella. Ella lo rechaza dadas las circunstancias. Luego se marcha pero, ambas amigas conocen a un viajero que termina por meterse con Thelma y roba todo el dinero de ellas. Las investigaciones policiales avanzan y descubren que Thelma y Louise están detrás de la muerte del hombre del bar.
Things have changed. There is no turning back now. They must continue to Mexico at all costs because it is impossible for them to get out of this unscathed when they look like fugitives. Here, Louise confesses that she was abused by a man a few years ago and that is why she was not going to let the same thing happen to Thelma. More than ever, the friendship between the two grows into a sort of sisterhood and it's the two of them against the world.
They have a few more violent encounters. A policeman stops them for speeding, they attack him and lock him up. Then a truck driver seems to want to get out of line with them and you end up blowing up his truck. There's definitely no turning back now. They are not the same.
The police are on their heels. They are cornered when a series of police cars and helicopters appear in front of them. Thelma and Louise try to escape and do all sorts of things to avoid talking about what happened to the case officer who tells them he only wants to defend and help them. They ignore him and in the last scene, with no other way out, Thelma and Louise share glances in front of the only way out they had: a big cliff in front of the Grand Cayon. They speed up and we can only deduce that they both die.
Las cosas han cambiado. Ya no hay vuelta atrás. Deben seguir hasta México a toda costa pues es imposible que salgan ilesas de esto cuando lucen como unas fugitivos. Aquí, Louise confiesa que fue abusada por un hombre hace algunos años y por eso no iba a permitir que le sucediera lo mismo a Thelma. Más que nunca, la amistad entre las dos crece en una especie de hermandad y son las dos contra el mundo.
Tienen algunos encuentros violentos más. Un policía las para por exceso de velocidad, lo atacan y lo encierran. Luego un camionero parece querer pasarse de la raya con ellas y estás terminando explotando a balazos su camión. Definitivamente, ya no hay vuelta atrás. Ellas no son las mismas.
La policía les pisa los talones. Están se ven arrinconadas cuando una serie de patrullas y helicópteros policiales aparecen frente a ellas. Thelma y Louise tratan de escapar y hacen todo tipo de cosas al respecto para evitar hablar sobre lo sucedido con el oficial del caso quién les dice que solo quiere defenderlas y ayudarlas. Estás hacen caso omiso y en la última escena, sin más escapatoria, Thelma y Louise comparten miradas frente a la única salida que tenían: un gran precipicio frente al Gran Cayón. Aceleran y solo podemos deducir que ambas mueren.
A strong film, full of a social demand in the face of violence against women and how little or nothing was done about such situations. The beautiful, strong and loyal friendship that exists throughout the plot between Thelma and Louise, touches and makes you feel it is true. How much we wish they could both be saved and never have gone through the tragedies that are pointed out in the film.
It is clear that it is a timeless film with a strong feminist charge. But without falling into extremism, I think that Thelma and Louise makes visible very real situations about abuse of power, domestic violence, sexual assault, injustice, among other things that make a victim can turn against those who corrupt her. A tough ending to watch and one that is hard to forget.
Without more to say (although we could talk for hours about this), I say goodbye and I hope you have the opportunity to see this gem of a film. I send you a big hug and thanks for stopping by. See you next time.
Una película fuerte, llena de una demanda social frente a la violencia contra la mujer y lo poco o nada que se hacía al respecto sobre dichas situaciones. La hermosa, fuerte y leal amistad que existe en toda la trama entre Thelma y Louise, conmueve y te hacen sentir que es verdadera. Lo mucho que quisiéramos que ambas pudieran salvarse y nunca haber pasado por las tragedias que se señalan en la película.
Queda claro que es una película atemporal y de una fuerte carga feminista. Pero sin caer en extremismos, creo que Thelma y Louise visibiliza situaciones muy reales sobre el abuso de poder, la violencia doméstica, las agresiones sexuales, la injusticia, entre otras cosas que hacen que una víctima pueda volverse contra aquellos que la corrompen. Un duro final de ver y que es difícil de olvidar.
Sin más que decir (aunque podríamos hablar por horas sobre esto), me despido y espero que tengan la oportunidad de poder ver esta joya de película. Les envío un fuerte abrazo y gracias por pasar por aqui. Nos vemos en la próxima.
En una maratónica jornada provocada por el insomnio, vi cuatro películas la noche del pasado viernes. No era mi intención, en verdad, pero me senté a ver una película que me pareció un poco decepcionante y para no quedar con mal sabor, puse otra que me mantuvo despierto dos horas más. Con nada de sueño, a las tres de la mañana escogí una película que tenía pendiente hace mucho tiempo, que me mantuvo aún más despierto hasta pasadas las cinco y sobre la cual les hablaré hoy.
Se trata del drama de 1991, Thelma & Louise, una referencia universal sobre los road trips y el cine de lo años noventa. Thelma Dickinson (Geena Davis), es una ama de casa con una vida vacía y asfixiante bajo el yugo de su detestable esposo que abusa de ella emocional y verbalmente; la trata como a una niña, con algo de razón, porque Thelma se casó con el siendo muy joven y como ha vivido un poco aislada del mundo, carece de malicia y no sabe cómo actuar en ciertas situaciones. Su mejor amiga, Louise Sawyer (Susan Sarandon) trabaja como camarera en una cafetería y la invita a hacer un viaje juntas a una cabaña que le han prestado, para alejarse de la rutina mortal de sus vidas llenas de decepciones. Las mujeres que nos presentan al inicio de la trama (Louise alegre de marcharse un par de días y una Thelma que por no saber cómo avisar a su marido sobre su viaje, prefiere no contarle) no serán las mismas que veremos al final.
Porque lo que prometía ser un viaje libre, plagado de diversión, se tuerce antes de llegar a su destino y las cosas comienzan a salirse de control gradualmente. En un bar en el que se detienen a tomar un par de tragos y a comer algo, la ingenua Thelma es abordada por un hombre que después de beber y bailar con ella, la lleva al estacionamiento y comienza a propasarse con ella. Pudo haberla violado, de hecho lo estaba haciendo, cuando Louise apareció, sosteniendo el revólver que Thelma había empacado (no soportaba las armas, pero su marido se la había regalado y ella la llevó por su acaso). Louise rescata a su amiga, pide al sujeto marcharse y todo habría salido bien si él no la hubiera ofendido y ella no hubiera halado el gatillo. Incluso, si le hubiera disparado sin matarlo. Pero el hombre cae muerto y las breves vacaciones se convierten en una cadena de eventos dramáticos y una huida sobre ruedas hacia la frontera.
Ahora bien, las chicas podían haber denunciado la violación y alegar defensa propia, ¿cierto? pero como le dice Louise a su amiga, ¿quién iba a creerles? Decenas de personas habían visto a Thelma bailar con el sujeto, beber con él y salir al estacionamiento, seguramente iban a decir que ella se lo había buscado y con la seguridad del trato injusto que recibirían, Louise (Thelma no puede pensar nada en ese momento) decide no acudir a la policía. Y es aquí en donde la película deja de ser sólo otra persecución más, porque las acciones de las chicas, incluso desde la idea inicial del viaje, van motivadas por una sociedad patriarcal que menosprecia y pisotea la condición de las mujeres, rebajándolas a objetos sexuales y máquinas de procreación. Los hombres no las han tratado bien. Abusos verbales, emocionales, físicos, el uso de un lenguaje soez y vulgar, gestos obscenos y todo tipo de perjuicios son padecidos por las protagonistas y perpetrados por hombres. Desde sus parejas hasta un conductor que, en la carretera y al volante de una gandola, las aborda en la vía, los hombres reflejan una realidad nada envidiable para las mujeres que, desafortunadamente, no ha cambiado mucho a pesar del paso del tiempo.
Por otro lado, las mujeres se ven siempre forzadas a actuar mal. No son malas personas, no desean hacer daño a nadie, pero aquel sujeto provocó que Louise le disparase; un joven seductor que recogen por la vía y que se enreda con Thelma, huye con todo el dinero que Louise había retirado del banco para huir las dos hasta México, obligándolas a tener que asaltar un comercio en busca de dinero; el obsceno conductor mencionado antes las ofende, se propasa con ellas y las chicas, a estas alturas ya con una actitud más libre y poco conservadora, sin ganas de soportar más esos tratos e imbuidas por el poder que les ha otorgado su brevísima carrera delictiva, hacen estallar la carga del hombre. Todas estas experiencias las van transformando, especialmente a Thelma, sumisa e inocente al inicio y decidida hacia el final. En un punto de la cinta, la hermosa mujer le confiesa a su amiga que siente que se le da bien esto de la criminalidad y en bromas le dice haber hallado su vocación.
El único hombre que parece querer ayudar a las chicas es el policía (Harvey Kittel) que investiga el asesinato del sujeto del bar y que al principio sólo quiere interrogarlas, pero a medida que la lista de crímenes se va alargando (homicidio, asalto a mano armada, robo, destrucción de propiedad, ataque a un oficial de policía), se le hace imposible convencer a sus superiores de que Thelma y Louise son más víctimas que victimarias y las autoridades y los medios comienzan a catalogarlas como "salvajes y peligrosas". El detective quiere hablar con ellas antes de que suceda alguna tragedia, pero ¿llegará a tiempo? La película tiene un gran ritmo narrativo, alternando momentos trepidantes con secuencias más tranquilas en las que además del encanto de Thelma y Louise, un tercer elemento comienza a convertirse en protagonista de la historia: la carretera.
Los paisajes desérticos del estado de Texas, la majestuosidad del gran cañón y los caminos secundarios hacen de telón de fondo perfecto para la evolución de la historia, ya que además de la conducción del descapotable de Louise, las mujeres se encuentran en un viaje de transformación del que ya no habrá vuelta atrás porque no pueden dejar de ser quienes son.
El reparto incluye además a un joven Brad Pitt, la música estuvo a cargo nada más y nada menos que del hoy ganador del Oscar Hans Zimmer (Inception, Interstellar) y la dirección en manos de Ridley Scott (Alien, Gladiator, The martian); todo ello, sumado a un guión que obtuvo el único premio de la academia de entre seis nominaciones y a las soberbias actuaciones de Geena Davis y Susan Sarandon, conforman una película increíble, considerada un clásico de los road trips, de las cintas criminales y en especial, del empoderamiento femenino, pues con su viaje, la huida y la evolución en su actitud frente a una sociedad machista, las estelares amigas hablan también por las mujeres infravaloradas de entonces y de ahora porque el tema sigue vigente. Sin querer hacer una segregación de género, aunque recomiendo esta película a todo el mundo, quiero recomendársela especialmente a las mujeres que podrán disfrutar de una película de acción, atracos, explosiones y robos perpetrados por dos amas de casa nada convencionales que son además una oda a la amistad, ¿no es como para verla varias veces?
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