February 8–The movies
I took half day off work. I wanted to watch Thelma and Louise (T & L)…Some like it hot was supposed to be a bonus.
So I walked in 12 minutes late for T & L, found my self a chair in the darkened Cama hall, and settled down to watch the master piece starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis. Directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri, the movie explores the story of two women, Thelma Dickinson (Geena Davis) and Louise Sawyer (Susan Sarandon). Thelma is married to Daryl, a restaurant owner, who is as dominating likes his wife to stay quiet in the kitchen so that he can watch football on TV. Louise, on the other hand, works in a fast food restaurant as a waitress and has some problems with her friend Jimmy, who, as a musician, is always on the road. One day they decide to break out of their normal life and jump in the car and hit the road. Their journey, however, turns into a flight when Louise kills a man who threatens to rape Thelma. They decide to go to Mexico, but soon they are hunted by American police. Along the way, both women rediscover the strength of their friendship and surprising aspects of their personalities and self-strengths in the trying times. (Source: www.imdb.com)
Seven scenes before the movie gets over, there is some technical problem. Damn yam…Grumble mumble…Shit wit…Nit pick…Yawn gone…
Ah, the movie is back…5 scenes from the end…
If plotted on a graph, the T & L starts with a smooth concrete road ride and then moves on from a long jump leap, to kung-fu walking in the air move, to a superman flight. The build up is fabulous. Add to that, fantastic performances by Davis and Sarandon. The back ground score is awesome. “These girls are not the killing type,” says the waitress to the cop. Chilling…what can one incident do you? How can a harmless weekend getaway turn a monotonous existence to a monolithic adventure? Add to that, the blade-edge twists and turns of both the characters. Thelma’s submissiveness, encouraged by Louise’s ‘you-have-a-louse-for-a-husband’ talks, rages into a one night stand (Brad Pitt), armed robbery and eventual drive over the edge of the mountain. As the film lurches toward its lacerating climax, there are many conflicting feelings about Thelma and Louise: Whatcha-gotten-into-em??? When did they turn from women to bitches? Are they feminist martyrs or bitches from hell?
They are nothing but women…each marred by the transformation of a young dream to a tedious existence. They are nothing but women, who are not angry at the transformation because they don’t know that they should be angry…we do. They are not even vengeful…they just slide and stream into events, and enjoy the ride till the end…like most of us don’t. An iconic end redeems both…the protagonists and the audience.
So I walked in 12 minutes late for T & L, found my self a chair in the darkened Cama hall, and settled down to watch the master piece starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis. Directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri, the movie explores the story of two women, Thelma Dickinson (Geena Davis) and Louise Sawyer (Susan Sarandon). Thelma is married to Daryl, a restaurant owner, who is as dominating likes his wife to stay quiet in the kitchen so that he can watch football on TV. Louise, on the other hand, works in a fast food restaurant as a waitress and has some problems with her friend Jimmy, who, as a musician, is always on the road. One day they decide to break out of their normal life and jump in the car and hit the road. Their journey, however, turns into a flight when Louise kills a man who threatens to rape Thelma. They decide to go to Mexico, but soon they are hunted by American police. Along the way, both women rediscover the strength of their friendship and surprising aspects of their personalities and self-strengths in the trying times. (Source: www.imdb.com)
Seven scenes before the movie gets over, there is some technical problem. Damn yam…Grumble mumble…Shit wit…Nit pick…Yawn gone…
Ah, the movie is back…5 scenes from the end…
If plotted on a graph, the T & L starts with a smooth concrete road ride and then moves on from a long jump leap, to kung-fu walking in the air move, to a superman flight. The build up is fabulous. Add to that, fantastic performances by Davis and Sarandon. The back ground score is awesome. “These girls are not the killing type,” says the waitress to the cop. Chilling…what can one incident do you? How can a harmless weekend getaway turn a monotonous existence to a monolithic adventure? Add to that, the blade-edge twists and turns of both the characters. Thelma’s submissiveness, encouraged by Louise’s ‘you-have-a-louse-for-a-husband’ talks, rages into a one night stand (Brad Pitt), armed robbery and eventual drive over the edge of the mountain. As the film lurches toward its lacerating climax, there are many conflicting feelings about Thelma and Louise: Whatcha-gotten-into-em??? When did they turn from women to bitches? Are they feminist martyrs or bitches from hell?
They are nothing but women…each marred by the transformation of a young dream to a tedious existence. They are nothing but women, who are not angry at the transformation because they don’t know that they should be angry…we do. They are not even vengeful…they just slide and stream into events, and enjoy the ride till the end…like most of us don’t. An iconic end redeems both…the protagonists and the audience.
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