Thelma and Louise was a nice surprise, 17 years after the fact. It had a great tongue-in-cheek sense of humour, and the acting was convincing, except for Harvey Keitel as the compassionate cop (he makes a better bad lieutenant than a good one.) It had some nice scenic shots and weird bits of cinematography too, like a shot from the wing of a crop dusting plane. The musical score was horrible, like most movies made in 1991, but I'll take tuneless country and western guitar over tuneless jazz-lite saxophone any day. I was actually moved by the ending right up until I saw that ridiculous shot of the green car flying through the air, but I never felt like I was supposed to take it 100% seriously. RATING: 75%
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Hey, I like this movie. I think one thing that works against it though is how many times it's been parodied, so if you haven't seen it you probably know the end, thank you Wayne's World 2.
Don't forget about naked Brad Pitt. Back when he was hot, before he got with that bitch.
hey you didn't say anything about feminism.
Thelma and Louise is much more than a feminist movie. It certainly features strong women who don't do what men expect, but it has a sense of humour and it doesn't foist the shame 'n' blame onto men (anyone see Gothika?). Everything that happens to the characters is a result of free decisions for which they accept responsibility, rather than the machinations of some insidious, pervasive patriarchal regime of power and knowledge. Also, it doesn't push an explicit political agenda like, say, Juno does.
There's a subtle but important distinction between smart, inclusive feminine art and feminist art. I think T&L is the former, and it's great.
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