Louise: I am not giving up.
Thelma: ok, then listen. Let's don't be caught.
Louise: What are you talking about?
Thelma: Let's keep going.
Louise: What do you mean?
Thelma: Go!
Louise: (smiling..) You sure?
Thelma: (smiling...) Yeah, yeah.
This is the last line of the movie "The End of the Wild Flower". After saying this, the protagonists Louise and Thelma drove off the cliff , Because this is their only way to happiness, although everyone knows what the result is, maybe the director thinks the same way, so at the end when their car rushed out of the cliff and freezed in the air, and then they were happy when they started. In the scenes, maybe they didn't rush towards death but rush towards happiness, eternal happiness, if there is really heaven.
Thelma said that she didn't want to go back to the past, and could not live, because instead of living as painful and numb as before, she would welcome death with a smile.
Many people say that this is a feminist movie. Why is there the term feminism? It is because of the existence of male chauvinism and male chauvinism. Some people say that this is a road movie, because the whole movie is based on road movies. And I think this is a film that reflects the loss of women’s feminism in society based on road movies. Feminism here only refers to women’s minimum rights in society, and the two heroines in the film connect this The most basic rights are not guaranteed.
From the perspective of the structure of the film, the film briefly introduces the general situation of the two protagonists at the beginning, and then writes how they walked on this journey of the end step by step, until they finally stepped into the palace of death.
From the perspective of the main story line of the film, the protagonist in the first half of the film is Louise and the protagonist in the second half is Thelma. Since Thelma robbed the convenience store, she has led the development of the story. She rescued Louise from the state police with a gun, and together with Louise broke the truck of the perverted truck driver, pushing the story to a climax. In the end, she Tell Louise to drive the car to the cliff to complete the last symbol of life. Although Thelma is a supporting role in the film, I always think that she and Louise are the protagonists of the film.
From the perspective of the characters in the film, we can summarize it as a story of two women and seven men, because seven more important male characters have appeared in the story. The first is the four bad men. The first is Thelma's husband. This character is typically a male chauvinist man. He doesn't care for his wife Thelma at all. Some are just cursing and ordering, as if Thelma is his pet. Same. The second is the man who wants to rape Thelma in the parking lot of the bar. He represents a typical rogue type of man. The third is the gangster played by the now-famous movie star Brad Pitt. He not only defrauded Thelma’s feelings, but also stole all the money that Louise put in Thelma after a one-night stand with Thelma, which is also the future of Thelma and Louise. Hope. And after being arrested by the police, the destinations of Louise and Thelma were exposed. The fourth is a perverted truck driver. He repeatedly sexually harassed Thelma and Louise. Finally, Louise and Thelma, who could not bear it, blasted his truck. Let's talk about the other three men, and call them three men who are not bad for the time being. The first one is Louise's boyfriend. This man can be said to be a good extinct man. He believes in Louise, and he will not leave Louise when he is the most difficult, and he is like Louise proposing marriage. The second one was the investigator. He tried to save these two poor women, but in the end he was helpless. The last one is the state trooper who was locked in the trunk of the police car by Thelma, a typical fox fake tiger.
Although the story does not directly describe how unsatisfactory and difficult the two heroines had in their previous lives, it can be seen from the other details of the film, and the performance is vivid and more real.
Let me talk about Thelma first. Thelma wants to travel with Louise. It's such a simple request. Thelma doesn't even have a chance to speak. And the two best performances are two calls that add up to less than a minute. The first is that when Thelma called and told her husband that she was outside, Thelma's husband roared and ordered Thelma to go back that day. There is a small detail in the middle. During the call, when Thelma's husband suddenly saw a wonderful place of the football game on TV, he took the phone away from his ear and focused completely on the game, completely ignoring the phone. Thelma on the other end was talking, and at this moment Thelma was telling him what she was doing. When Thelma's husband turned his attention to the phone again, he was ordering Thelma to go home. From this we can see that Thelma’s husband and his disrespect for Thelma, the least courtesy, and that he doesn’t care about what Thelma is doing. All he cares about is whether Thelma is at home or not, not to mention that he cares about Thelma’s. Feel it. The second call was when Louise asked Thelma to call the police to test whether Thelma's husband was controlled by the police. When Thelma's husband answered the phone and greeted Thelma, Thelma quickly hung up the phone and confirmed that the police had controlled her husband. It was Thelma husband. The uncharacteristic greeting made Thelma aware of the problem. Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine how Thelma's husband usually treats Thelma.
Also, when the police asked Thelma's husband to cooperate in finding out the whereabouts of Thelma, in the conversation with the police, Thelma's husband slandered Thelma in an insulting manner. This is something that a normal husband cannot do to his wife. Then the police told Thelma's husband to be as gentle as possible when receiving the call from Thelma, but Thelma's husband looked surprised. This husband was so gentle and caring for his wife that he asked an outsider to teach him, and when he heard it At that time, it seemed to be a fantasy. From his expression, he showed his machismo to the fullest, and then after the conversation, the laughter turned his ugliness into the bone.
Many people say that Thelma is slutty. It was because she danced intimately with men in the bar that Louise shot and killed the gangster in order to save her who was almost raped. Then she embarked on the road of escape. On the way of fleeing, she led the wolf into the room because of her. , So that all the money was stolen, and I think she is more naive than her dissolute nature. From the story, we can see that Thelma only fell in love once, that is, with her current husband. Depressed, she just wants to release herself, she wants to do what she wants to do, she learns Louise smoking in the car, and sees how she smokes in the mirror, like Louise, she wants to try fresh food and release herself, She wanted to make friends. She wanted someone to show her care, but it was a pity that all she met were beasts.
Looking at Louise again, Louise seems to be a very strong woman, and the formation of this character is more related to her previous trials. From the story, we can know that Louise was raped before, so when Thelma was threatened by rape. Louise was extremely excited, and finally shot and killed the gangster. And Louise has no longer believed in men since she was raped, so that she has always been suspicious of her boyfriend’s love for her, and resolutely did not choose to call the police after killing herself in self-defense, because she does not believe in the existence of axioms, she only believes in her own talents protect yourself.
Another aspect of the film is the transformation of the two heroines' personalities. At the beginning of the film, we feel that Louise is a very manly woman. She has a carefree life. She smokes and has a bold personality, while Thelma is a typical little woman. Even a girl, she needs someone to protect her after doing things. From the preparations when they go out, it can be seen that Thelma brought two large suitcases and some big bags, and basically brought all the clothes. Things like that, and Louise only has a satchel. When Thelma was threatened by rape, she did not dare to resist, and only begged blindly, but Louise decisively used violence to control the violence and shot and killed the gangster.
While on the way to escape, their personalities changed little by little, or exchanged. When Thelma called her husband, she bravely refused the husband’s unreasonable request for the first time and insisted on her choice. After meeting her boyfriend, Louise also showed her gentle side as a woman through a series of conversations. She also needs care, especially after discovering that the money was stolen. Lost, she could no longer restrain the pain and helplessness in her heart. At this time, she was pitiful, but at this time, Thelma was very calm. She was not as helpless as before. She comforted and encouraged Louise. At this time, the characters of the two heroines have undergone a complete change, and the following story is the sublimation of their two lives. The difference is that Louise has found her true self and her life has been sublimated, while Thelma's hardships and experiences have brought her life to a sublimation.
And the two heroines in this film gave me another feeling. I suddenly felt that they were not only a pair of friends, but also a pair of lovers. They depended on each other, and they were the only dependence, especially in the end they decided The moment they walked towards death and happiness together, their affectionate kiss gave me this feeling even more strongly. Can they still fall in love when men can no longer make them believe? Can you get married?
It’s worth mentioning in the film that when the state trooper was pointed at with a gun, he begged Louise and Thelma not to kill him, and his begging words were that she still had a wife and children, and a man actually wanted it when he was threatened. Relying on women as shields and excuses, and when the two heroines are subjected to all the hardships and threats, they can only rely on themselves. This has to be said to be an irony of male chauvinism, and this man is also a state police representative. It is power and justice, and when all of this is broken, these big men are naked, nothing is left. After removing the gorgeous appearance, only the ugliness of human nature is left.
IMDB rated this film as one of the ten must-see films for women in their lives, and I think it is even more a must-see film for men. We should learn how to respect women, how to love women, and how to understand women.
When they rushed to the cliff, maybe they really did not rush to death, but flew to happiness. They are so beautiful, but the men who live behind them are so ugly. They are not pitiful, the poor ones are those men...
"If you want to continue flying, don't look down, let alone look back, because this will only make you cry."
-"The End of the Road" theme song
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