Thelma & Louise
Thelma and Louise is a 1991 American road movie starring two female leads，directed by Ridley Scott.It centers on the friendship of two women and their adventures.Louise (Susan Sarandon) works as waitrees in a café and lives a busy life, so she wants to travel.Since her friend Thelma (Geena Davis ) gets married and lives an unhappy life, besides, Thelma stays at home all day lonely.One weekend, Thelma agrees to have a pleasant trip with Louise after persuaded.Music begins when Louise gets on her own car to pack up her luggage .Although they pack up their luggage in very different ways; they have the same aim which is to relax.
In a bar, Thelma meets a man called Harlan, with whom she dances.She get drunk and the man attempts to rape her in the parking lot.Louise finds them and threatens to shoot Harlan if he doesn’t stop.But Harlan begins to swear and insult them; Thelma shoots and kills him with anger.Thelma wants to go to the police right away, but Thelma worries that because Thelma was drunk and had been dancing with Harlan, no one would believe he was trying to rape her.Instead of going to the police, Louise decides to run away, and Thelma follows.Since then the music becomes bright and vehement.
Unfortunately, things don\'t go with the plan.Though they got the cash from Louise\'s boyfriend, Thelma quickly lost it all by trusting with J.D., which makes Louise feel hopele and cry .Frankly, after the money incident, Louise should have left her on the side of the road and drove off by her.But, this is a movie about friendship, their fates link together after experienced so many troubles.At least Thelma finally made herself useful by robbing a convenience store so they could have some money to escape.This, of course, only exacerbates their problems with the law.Of course, they are crazy, but at least they are happy.They ignore what is right or wrong , just move forward.
Personally, the film is a rare good movie.I appreciate their smile and the struggle spirit.During this film ,Harlan loses his life ,J.D.loses his freedom ,Jimmy loses a cute girl to live with ,and Darryl loses a good wife who he is supposed to love .But Thelma and Louise has a lot ,they have the chance to expre themselves ,much more awake than ever before and they do not remember feeling that important to each other .
The film can be counted as a feminist film.Thelma and Louise contain both positive and negative meages with regard to gender.Thelma is the traditional type who represents the old-fashioned female who is reliant on others.She doesn\'t think of consequences when she makes decisions.Her friend Louise, on the other hand, is the single, independent, and self-supportive type.What keep the film from being completely over-the-top are the characters of Thelma and Louise.The two women want to run away from their traditional roles as women .They all put under too much preure from society and especially men .Both Thelma and Louise feel a need to change their position in society and they do it by changing the way they communicate.Men and women always communicate differently.Traditional women are more careful about what they say and seek to build relationships by the way they communicate.They change from the traditional female forms of communication to a more masculine form of communication.
The film gives us much advice about love, marriage and life .Even during the last moments of the film; the characters leave the world with a smile on their faces.They move on, travel along the road, enjoy the beautiful scenery and have a restart.In the difficult journey they rely on and accompany each other to the last.I prefer to attribute their feelings of both pure and sincere friendship.What impreed me most is the last word Thelma said to Louise, “Let’s keep going.” There\'s never any doubt that no matter what happens, they will always be there for the other.They give each other the best
understanding, the best holiday, and the best of friendship.I think the last moment they spent together is very beautiful.Perhaps for them, this moment really becomes eternal.
