Why or why not?
2006-10-01 01:49:45 · 9 answers · asked by In Honor of Moja 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Hmmmm...I'm not exactly sure. I think they kinda took the easy way out instead of facing their problems ya no?
2006-10-01 01:53:25 · answer #1 · answered by xxxLeveyxxx 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The ending reinforces stereotypes. Even the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where the two male protaganists were also 'outlaws' and die at the end, the male characters choose to fight whereas Thelma and Louise choose to commit suicide. Part of this may have been Hollywood's squeamishness at showing two leading ladies getting shot by an army of male policemen, but the alternative is equally discouraging. The men have already won so why fight back. I can understand that perhaps the two women felt, in a weird way, that death was the only way to preserve their freedom but it also sends a message to women that if you get in a situation like these women did or you challenge the system you might as well kill yourself and not try to fight back, all of which seems to reinforce Wood's claim that the media does not let an aggressive woman be a 'good' woman ,i.e., they must pay in some way for their aggressiveness. Regardless of the reasoning for the end, the film is still ultimately a negative message about how women are still seen by men in our society and the limits of womens' power within that society.
2006-10-01 08:56:36 · answer #2 · answered by Noble 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Along the lines of the film, how else could they have ended it?
Final scenes of Thelma in Jail or Louise smashing rocks?
There was nowhere else 4 them 2 go & no return from the mess they were in.
I think the ending fitted the film.
2006-10-01 08:55:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean versus showing the car's impact (which was also filmed)? You know America needs its comforting at the end, which is why we are shown "Polaroids" of Thelma and Louise smiling after the whiteout of the falling car and before the end credits (never mind all that tragic stuff in the middle).
And before we get carried away with the "women-made-to-suffer" thing, 99% (Keitel is the redeeming 1%) of the MALE figures in that film were portrayed as ******* and the shooting was NOT in self-defense, it was in rage. And murder kiddies, is murder,..state-sanctioned or not.
2006-10-01 18:26:37 · answer #4 · answered by Lost Panda 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, i thought it actually must have felt pretty good for them, the speed, ciggie, music in the background, and your best mate.... I see it like that: the men in this film were not gonna help them in any way,well... appart from the nice boyfriend and ONE understanding cop... the trial would have been horrendous like in The Accused with Jodie Foster...so, where do you go ?
you got it!
2006-10-01 10:48:35 · answer #5 · answered by florence 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With prison as their only alternative I think they made a decent choice..& in my mind they didnt die anyway..when they drove over the edge ,as a semi truck with a flat bed was right there & caught their crash..then they drove off into the sunset...on the back of the semi ..=)
2006-10-01 09:19:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
OMG good question, that is one of my favorite movies, and yes, i think if i was in there position, i would do the same, reason i dont know , i just would do the same
2006-10-01 09:22:28 · answer #7 · answered by mateli6 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep better then going to prison
2006-10-01 08:59:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The thing is
They really have no choice
That's the point
They just have to keep going...................................................
2006-10-01 18:29:57 · answer #9 · answered by mesmerized 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋