Thelma and Louise

Thelma and Louise starts off by showing a long road which looks to be some where in the desert, this scene is interesting as the same road is shown towards the end of the film but with Thelma and Louise driving along it, to me this represents a long journey ahead but I think that is what the director is trying to portrait as it starts off in black and white and then fades into colour just as you see in older films that are about to tell a story.

After the opening scene of the long road a different setting is set of a busy local resturant with Louise working as a waitress, music is being played and every one seems to be rushing around and getting on with day to day life, to the audience this shows Louise's way of life and gets the audience thinking how does this film relate to a long road in the desert, when this scene ends it shows Thelma's way of life as a housewife where she gets shown no respect and doesn't really stick up for herself and really has to tip toe around her husband. These two charcaters are linked together by a phone call where Louise asks Thelma about a road trip, the audience is then reminded of the long road which was shown at the begining of the film. Several minutes it shows the two women getting ready for there trip collecting clothes and various other items, one of which is a gun this then gets the audience thinking will they use it, the film reallt takes place when the two women are well into there trip and go to a bar have to many drinks and a man takes advantage of thelma this is when louise shoots and kills him, they are then on the run as they panic and don't go to the police.

During this film there are a lot of clips of long roads with represents a long journey and panning shots of the car as it goes along the road, the weather plays a big part in the film aswell as it changes a lot mainly sunny days but rain is also included this shows the audience the mood of the film at that time and it also shows that one day has started and another has ended.

I enjoyed this film as it had two characters that in the film were the villians but to the audience were the heroes and even in the end when Thelma said to Louise "lets just keep on going" you had a slight feeling that they still could get away and to Mexico but it doesn't end that way but to me that was the right decision to make from the director as it led to a tense and emotional ending.