Thelma and Louise (1991)

First of all, this movie is now one of my favourites.

Thelma and Louise is a movie by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Robin Hood, Prometheus) in which the two main characters are women (HURRAY!). 

Thelma (married to a douche bag of a husband, let's get real) and Louise take off to a two-day vacation in the mountains. Now, I know what you're thinking, "Horror movie...". Nops, it's not.

They decide to stop in a bar, get some drinks, have a little fun, and some girl time and then continue their journey, and that's when they meet Harlan Puckett. Harlan and Thelma hit it off and spend the night dancing and drinking. Later on, Thelma and Harlan leave to get some fresh air and he tries to rape her. And that's when Louise appears, threatens him with a gun and shoots him dead.

I know, I'm spoiling you, but it's a necessary spoiler, okay? Bear with me for a while.

Louise decides they should both flee the scene and not go to the police (they never do) because she knows they'll never believe it was self-defence, everyone saw Thelma and him dancind all night. 

The movie is about them trying to get to Mexico and run from the police and unleashing their badass-side during the run. You see arm robberies, sex-scenes with Brad Pitt (oh, yeah), explosions, car-chasing scenes...They now live outside the law, defying cops and still having fun.

The movie just gets better and better by the minute. The reason why I loved it so much is because of the moral implications. Twenty years ago, these two girls knew the police wouldn't help, no one would believe that man had tried to rape her, and now, 2012, it's still happening. So they decide to make their own laws, run, have fun, but they still know they did the right thing when they shot him. It's a film about friendship, about doing what's right, about freedom, most of all, because they'll refuse getting caught once they know they'll either go to jail or be sentenced to death for trying to save their own lives. So they just run, they start living,  really, they become these badass chicks who learn how to defende themselves, how to outsmart the cops and have fun. 

I won't tell you how it ends, obviously, just know that it's a great movie, you'll have the greatest time, and it's gonna make you think about women's rights and how women are perceived in today's society.

As for me, I'll really try to buy it on DVD.

It's a do watch, y'all.