Thelma & Louise (Special Edition) | Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis

Thelma & Louise (Special Edition) | Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis | A High-Octane Joy Ride

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Thelma & Louise (S...

	Thelma & Louise (Special Edition) Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis MGM (Video & DVD), 2003 average customer review:based on 130 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A remarkable movie!

Originality is the supreme adjective for this picture. It won deservedly the Academy Award as Original script. Ridley Scott made an authentical road movie but loaded with humor , cynicism , haunting and above all very anti macho movie.
The sinister fact that will turn a twist of fate in these two women who only wanted to have fun just for a while will become in a permanent and menacing nightmare for both of them .
The spectacular landscapes are a huge background all the way reminds us Paris Texas . The use of big lenses and the arresting images walks together with a solid script .
Brad Pitt appears briefly as the hitch hike guy who eventually seduces Thelma . Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis are the mirror images of Sundance Kid , you may consider it a speculation, but think it carefully . Since the accidental murder , and the sweet smell of the risk when Geena robes a supermarket , the dramatic car chase is very close in spirit to the sudamerican getaway and above all the ending sequence .
Keitel works efficiently , once more and Scott shows us once more why he's on the top direction .
Consider this one from its release as one of the most powerful nineties cult movies!

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A High-Octane Joy Ride

What starts out as a weekend fishing trip soon turns into something much different for friends Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon). Thelma agrees to go away for a long weekend in the mountains with Louise, but only after giving her over-bearing husband Darryl (Christopher McDonald) the slip. After driving for a while, the girls stop at a roadside nightclub. Here, Thelma is hit upon by Harlan, a scummy local who tries to attract as many women as he can. After several drinks, Thelma begins to feel sick and decides to go outside. Harlan follows her and tries to force himself on her, but Louise and her trusty .38 intervene on Thelma's behalf.

What happens next is a cross-country flight across the American Southwest with Hal, (Harvey Keitel) , a determined detective, hot on their trail. Along the way, The girls meet J.D. played by a young Brad Pitt. He claims to be a student hitch-hiking his way back to school, but in reality, he is a convicted thief on parole. Thelma, suffering from lack of attention in her marriage, soon falls for J.D., but J.D. is only interested in the $6,700 dollars that Louise's boyfriend Jimmy had sent to her by Western Union. Soon, the girls are left without any money and are forced to turn to thievery to survive.

I thought this was a very good film. Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis are teriffic in their roles, and Brad Pitt and Harvey Keitel give good performances as well. There are some good scenes in the movie, such as the gas truck exploding after being shot by Louise, and the State Trooper sequence is funny as well.
I recommend this film. It is funny and exciting at the same time and will keep you glued to your screen throughout.

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Girl Power!

This is one of those movies that you can watch with your best girl friend, with the alcohol flowing, or you can have a quiet night in with your best guy, as long as he doesn't go on about the fact Brad Pitt is in this, and yes ladies, he does get his top off. Easy on the eyes, but the accents (or Southern drawls) will get slightly on your nerves!

Yet again, I seem to be on a roll, and having a mad time reviewing films that have a common theme in them - there's lots of driving! And I still can't figure out the stunt drivers and all that kinda nonsense! A total of five identical 1966 Thunderbird convertibles were used throughout the shoot: one 'star car', one camera car, one back-up car, and two stunt cars.

Susan Sarandon & Geena Davis make a great double act in this movie, with Susan acting more of the mother hen during some scenes, but sometimes it can swap over. And then they have a good girlie time.

There's quite a few funny scenes in this movie, and they're laugh a minute. The sequence where Darryl slips and falls over on the builder's supplies as he is leaving for work was unscripted, as Christopher McDonald genuinely lost his footing. Despite this he remained in character (how hard must that have been?! I would have fallen about laughing), yelling at the workmen as he got into the car and drove away. Ridley Scott apparently liked the result, and so it remains in the film. In the scene where the tanker truck is shot and blown up, the reactions of Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis were supposed to be genuine. Rather than filming separate reaction shots, director Ridley Scott rigged the tanker to blow up during the take, in order to get authentic expressions of surprise from the two leads. Despite this, they were so astonished while watching it that they forgot to actually react, so Scott had to film their reactions again.

For guys who are likely to start muttering about how Brad Pitt gets his top off in this movie, chill. I must be the only female in the world who doesn't think he's that terrific looking. He's easy on the eye, but not my type I'm afraid ladies. Give me Keanu Reeves over Braddy anyday! The problem with Brad is he looks like he would spend more time in the bathroom than me - except when he had that godawful beard that is! Brad leaves a strong impression as the charismatic blonde thief J.D. It's easy to see why this film made him a star. And what about the rest of the male actors? Harvey Keitel is charming as the sympathetic lawman, Hal, and Michael Madsen's turn as Louise's boyfriend Jimmy is wonderfully nuanced.

The rape scene - he doesn't end up raping Thelma, but you know what I mean - is very graphic in some scenes, with close ups of panties and Thelma getting slapped about, it makes me quite teary.

I enjoyed seeing the American countryside along the journey. From the dusty roads in the desert, the mountains and open paddocks, to the bars, hotels and roadside stops. It really gives a true feel of what the American rural areas are like. There's one scene filmed at night, where it's just them on an empty road, and it's breathtakingly beautiful. A scene to be seen - if you get my drift.

This special edition has loads of cool looking, but dull extras. Your bog standard extras basically. I was really looking forward to the alternative ending with commentary (love these things), but it disappointed me. For anyone with a tiny bit of an imagination could have imagined that they might have survived the fall. I always think that. The rest of the extras include: commentary by Ridley Scott; commentary by Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis and screenwriter Callie Khouri; "Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey": a 2001 three-part documentary (conception & casting, production & performance, reaction & resonance) featuring new interviews with Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Michael Madsen, Brad Pitt, director Ridley Scott, and writer Callie Khouri; featurette; deleted and extended scenes; "The Final Chase" multi-angle storyboards; and "Part of Me, Part of You" music video.

This film will probably in a few years be considered a classic if it isn't already. A must have for your collections. Just don't decide to go driving after watching. You never know who you might come across, or what you might do...

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Remarkable Movie With Too Much Violence

A Weekend of fun turns into a death spiral for two women due to just one twist of fate. Thelma meets the wrong man while intoxicated on the first day of the weekend gateaway and everything spins out of control for her and her friend, Louise. The movie is full of adventure as the two women try to escape the fast-moving events that surround them.

Women's road movie

Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon) are two good friends who become fugitives from the law, their lives, and the male-dominated world that oppresses them. The film succeeds as much as it does due to fine direction by Ridley Scott, a lively screenplay by Callie Khouri, and top-notch performances by Sarandon and Davis. Somehow, though, these elements didn't gel into a completely satisfying movie experience for me. There were too many missteps such as the troglodyte truck driver who seems unable to do anything more than grunt and spew obscenities. It can be seen as a statement of female empowerment, but it accomplishes this by placing its male characters on a spectrum with impotence at one extreme and brutishness on the other.

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