My Thoughts On Thelma And Louise

Get ready to engrave my trophy and find a good writing pen to sign my Certificate of Completion because I finished my Must See list!

(I will now pause for a moment for all the raucous applause, whistles, confetti and Bravos! to die down.)

(Thank you for all your raucous applause, whistles, confetti and Bravos!. They are sincerely appreciated.)

Thelma and Louise. It premiered in 1991 and was an immediate hit. I don't know what I was doing in 1991 to have missed seeing it other than graduating from high school, complaining that the price of Sun-In went up again, and wearing high waisted jeans. Thankfully, twenty-one years later, it went on my Must See list. Going in, I only knew two things about ole Thelma and Louise: One, the two women shoot some dude and go on a crime spree and two, it starts a baby Brad Pitt.

Can I get an amen for a baby Brad Pitt?

For those of you who were with me griping about the cost of a bottle of Sun-In and missed it, Thelma and Louise is the story of two women with rather boring lives getting out of town for a weekend in a rural cabin, shooting a guy, and subsequently running from The Law.

And it's a great movie. Parts of it are extremely funny, some scenes are rather sad, others are dramatic. All of the parts are woven together to create a fantastic flick. Some scenes stay with you long after the movie has ended.

Specifically, the scene in which a gas station advertises $1.19 for a gallon of unleaded. Jeez Louise. A buck nineteen and gallon. I could so get on board with that price today.

To recap: Saw Thelma and Louise and loved it. It was funny, dramatic, heartwarming, and totally worth the ninety-seven cents it cost me to rent. Oh, and the ending? Did not see that coming. Well done.


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