Thelma & Louise

[flick]

I'm watching Thelma & Louise, having recently seen it mentioned in an article, for possibly the first time ever (I remember seeing the ending before, the rest of the film is a bit of a blank to me).

This may be a generational thing, but... wow, that's a bit shit.

Are headscarves on women actually accurate for early nineties non-religious US women? Ditto for most of the first half hour.

And, yes, it passes the Bechdel Test. Because, you know, the women in it are discussing their own reactions to rape and spousal abuse. While the FBI are running after them for shooting a rapist. And Johnny Depp wanders to and fro having not-entirely-consensual sex with one of them before robbing her.

Yeah, great. I think I'd rather watch Heathers. At least it doesn't try to be appealing to the women folk. It just lets them blow things up.

Comments

[onyxlynx]

Er, that's Brad Pitt, not Johnny Depp. (Although yes, in certain senses, they're interchangeable.)

[bibliofile]

The headscarves are fine and, really, required for driving in a convertible. Those scarves, like the car, are probably more retro than anything.

Hey, what have you got against blowing things up? Because usually the women don't get to do it if there are men around.

[con-girl.livejournal.com]

I hated the movie when it came out. I didn't believe the characters, the ending, the plot. The roles felt that the writers just decided to write a movie as though it were male leads and write in girl names. Given how much I despise gender stereotyping, you might think that I would LOVE a movie where a girl gets to do everything a guy can do. But it was too cardboardie and the ending - well that just put me in mind of 1940s lesbian porn where the people living alternative lifestyles come to bad ends.

HATE, HATE, HATE.

[guybles.livejournal.com]

Never watched it, and never cared to.

However, I wouldn't be surprised that you'd rather watch Heathers. That's rather like saying you quite enjoy breathing.

[nils.livejournal.com]

I think you're confusing Johnny Depp with Brad Pitt.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Yes to the headscarves, given an open-top car.
I found it disposable. It was marketed as a buddy film for women -- girls are just like boys really! -- and it works on that level. But feminist? No.