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Naledi Davy- Thelma & Louise VS True Romance

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Naledi Davy- Thelma & Louise VS True Romance

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True Romance and Thelma & Louise share the same themes. Their themes consist of romance, crime. road and death. In both films, the protagonists- which are duel- are spiraled into the road to flee their penance, when one the characters kills someone. This extreme and permanent action is done out of love or endearment for their partner in crime and the characters are initially portrayed as civilized individuals. This story-line ritual is broken, however, in True Romance. Christian Slater's character became questionable when he was hasty to get married in the beginning of the film, which followed onto an internal monologue of him thinking awful things of his new wife. Another contrast between the two movies would be the use of sound and narration. In Thelma & Louise, there was a lot more diagetic sound, whereas, True Romance used compositions throughout the film; with exception of scenes with major dialogue. Some may argue that the some compositions featured in True Romance were contrapuntal, as the upbeat melodies differentiated with the intensity of the film. When it comes to mis-en-scene, True Romance created more effects with lighting than Thelma & Louise. The lighting in TR appeared more gritty and fluorescent , making the movie feel more alive, vibrant and vivid. In the case of T&L, very little was done to extend the experience of the film through lighting. Nevertheless, both films use wide range and action shots as they are road movies. They also used a lot of close-ups as these romance movies often need to portray emotions of characters; or lack of. The morals of these movies could be stand up and fight for what you believe as both sets of protagonists get away; although Thelma & Louise die but it could be argued that in death, they found their freedom.

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Thelma and louise is a crime based road movie based around two women: Thelma & Louise. They are two slightly depressed and bored women, one a lonely housewife in a highly dysfunctional marriage, the other Louise, a fractionally older woman in a dead end job at a roadside cafe. From the outset of the film, it is possible to assume that the women will do something not necessarily lawful due to their extreme boredom and depressing lives.During the film after rather disturbing events such as thelma’s rape, we see a slight change in louise, as she becomes ever so emotionless, and ruthless towards people, whereas thelma remains her child-like self. As they become more segregated from society and the fringes of law, the company of other people still seems normal to them, and they do not seem to learn from their mistakes.Thelma and louise has a strong underlying moral to it, which i believe is to live life to the full. However cliche it may sound and difficult to presume seeing as they drive off a cliff, i believe it is the undercurrent moral as they have added some form of fun to their lives, and for a short period of time made it worth living.

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Thelma and louise is a crime based road movie based around two women: Thelma & Louise. They are two slightly depressed and bored women, one a lonely housewife in a highly dysfunctional marriage, the other Louise, a fractionally older woman in a dead end job at a roadside cafe. From the outset of the film, it is possible to assume that the women will do something not necessarily lawful due to their extreme boredom and depressing lives.During the film after rather disturbing events such as thelma’s rape, we see a slight change in louise, as she becomes ever so emotionless, and ruthless towards people, whereas thelma remains her child-like self. As they become more segregated from society and the fringes of law, the company of other people still seems normal to them, and they do not seem to learn from their mistakes.Thelma and louise has a strong underlying moral to it, which i believe is to live life to the full. However cliche it may sound and difficult to presume seeing as they drive off a cliff, i believe it is the undercurrent moral as they have added some form of fun to their lives, and for a short period of time made it worth living.

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Thelma and Louise + True Romance are both crime and road movies, this is made obvious from the amount of travelling done in the movie and the actions that takes place during the movies (i.e. murder, theft, dealing with drugs). The final scene in each movie were very contrasted with True Romance living up to the title, being truly romantic and a happy ending whereas with Thelma and Louise it ended on a negative note with them both driving off a cliff after literally and metaphorically being pushed into a corner.

There is a message in both films being ‘don’t commit murder’ – this is put there when both pairs in the films murder other characters and for this are then followed by the police or other criminals.

During Thelma and Louise, femininity plays a large role in the film, as it’s two women on a road trip that – after a certain point in the movie – hold all the power and they gain more authority through the film.

However in True Romance it has an element of a gang theme inside the plot, with the Mafia tracking the couple throughout the movie.

The story-line of the movies are very different where in Thelma and Louise they plan a road trip which then leads to them escaping whereas in True Romance it only gains the genre of a road movie when the couple flee Detroit in hope of selling their narcotics to begin their new life together.

There are themes of romance in both movies, but it’s only in short spouts in Thelma and Louise as it focuses more on the crime and feminist genre. During the other film this theme is established in the beginning in the cinema when Alabama and Clarence meet in the cliché ‘boy meets girl’ scene. There is also two different types of romance presented – in Thelma and Louise it’s shown in a more friendly sisterly type of romance, some may also say it’s a type of lesbianism romance because of the big feministic role in the play whereas in True Romance it’s a very orthodox type of romance they experience, being love at first sight.

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"True Romance" aswell as "Thelma and Louise" are films based around crime and the attempt of escape from the aftermath, thus making them road films aswell. In "Thelma and Louise", this is eventually achieved through the joint suicide of both of the main characters whereas in Tarantino's "True Romance", the two protagonists end the film alive and well in a country they speak of in an earlier scene. Both films also kick off with a very similar event of which is a murder that may not have had to happen. In "True Romance", Clarence murders his newly wedded wife's ex pimp and in "Thelma and Louise", Louise shoots a man who attempted to rape her friend and the films second protagonist, Thelma. Both actions committed by the characters of either film have been committed on a person who is doing something illegal and of a particularly dark nature. That is saying that a drug dealing and abusive pimp as well as a rapist fit into this category.

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Ryan Baxter (can't delete the old one) this is the real one btw

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Ryan Baxter (can't delete the old one) this is the real one btw

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The categories of which both of these two films fall under are the genres of “romance” “crime” and “road movie”. Surprisingly, even though
these two movies share a similar time period of release, as well as a commonly
blonde and handsome young man; the storylines follow down a fairly similar path.
This is the path that involves: love, sex, cars, death and the law!

The plot of “True Romance” is that the Elvis frenzied and comic book store worker, Clarence has what is supposed to be a ‘one night stand’ with the gorgeous, Alabama. However they can’t help but fall for each other. I know what you’re thinking, how is that similar to two of your everyday women back in
the 90’s fleeing their homes to run away together? Well, Clarence’s pride can’t hold back anymore after he marries his only, four day whore girlfriend, and has
to cut her loose of any ties to her old life. Nevertheless, as Thelma and Louise do, Clarence can’t help but to get into trouble, as like most things in this world, don’t always go to plan. From then on, life seems as though it goes downhill from here with the involvement of the authorities, or does it from
these characters perspective?

The message that I believe is expressed through these films
are that in the long term, crime doesn’t pay… although Clarence is missing an
eye, a few friends down, and is a little crazy anyway, may disagree with you as
he could be walking on the beach with his wife & son (Elvis) right now. A
value that I have learned from this movie is that you should not value money or
even your own life before happiness. If your life is not how you want it, then
make a change!

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'Thelma and Louis" and "True Romance" are both similar and different films, a similarity between the two is that they are both 'On the road' films and both crime films and a difference between the two is that in the film "Thelma and Louis" it followed friendship from the beginning and throughout the film whereas in "True Romance" it followed lovers as soon as they were together and even at the end of the film and "True Romance" follows the genre of romance more than "Thelma and Louis"

The film "Thelma and Louis" closely follows two woman who are running from the law, they start their journey because their home life isn't that great at home, so they go on the road as a form of escapism, we know this film is a on the road film as they spend the majority of the film on the road, escaping from the police. The film truly starts when Thelma is being forced to do things by a man and Louis couldn't stand there watching, and the man is being rude to Louis and because of this, she shoots him, and from this point onwards, the film took a different turn and if it wasn't clear already has turned into a crime and on the road film. An underlying tone in the film is the woman's suffrage that happened during the time the film was made as what happened to Louis in Texas kept coming up in the film which truly showed why Louis shot the person trying to harm Thelma, it was because she herself, was forced to do things by another man in Texas and she couldn't stand to watch Thelma suffer the pain like she did.

The film "True Romance" is quite different to "Thelma and Louis" as the film follows a romance between two people, the film starts with a lonely guy who has no friends nor girlfriend and his boss then hires a showgirl to have a good time with him, and she tells him about how her boss used to abuse her, and Clarence couldn't stand by to let that man be alive, so he goes to where he lives and shoots up the place and then accidentally steals a lot of cocaine, and like "Thelma and Louis" at this point onwards, you know the film truly beings, the film follows Clarence and Alabama as they try to sell the Cocaine, and they soon realise how much trouble they are truly in as they are suddenly chased by the people who own the cocaine, the film changes again when Alabama is beaten up by the Gangsta people and they really realise that they are way over their head, Clarence drives her away and into safety, this I would say foreshadows the end scene as when Clarence is beaten up and out of shape, Alabama is there for him just like how he was there for her, that's what truly shows that this film is a romance film.

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TRUE ROMANCE falls under the genres of Crime and Romance, as well as being a road movie. The narrative of this film involves a husband and wife on the run from the police, after the man has killed a pimp and taken his suitcase of cocaine. One of the messages/values in this film is that ‘crime doesn't pay’ as both characters suffer because of their crimes, even if they don't get caught by the police. The message of the importance of love is also shown; as Alabama is willing to put her life in danger to protect Clarence. This value is also shown in the final shot of the future, of Clarence, Alabama and their son. This film is shown to be a Crime movie in its resolution by the intense final shoot out in the hotel room.  Visual elements include the gun shot wounds, dead bodies as well as lots of blood. The aural elements which show the criminal aspect of the film are the repetitive gun shots and police sirens. The ending of the film shows it to be a Romance and a road movie because the characters are driving into the sunset (which indicates romance, as this ending is often used when theirs a happy ending.) Regarding the aural elements, the sound of the car can be heard (indicating its a road movie.) Alabama’s words ‘’..if he had died…i would want to die.’’ This signifies all she is willing to sacrifice for him.

THELMA AND LOUISE is also a Crime and road movie. This movie is about two women who go away together, and end up committing crimes to try and secure their freedom while running from the police. The main message in this film is the gender issues women suffered in this time period. This film expresses the over sexualisation and inequality women received at this time. For example, Thelma and Louise knew that if they had told the police about the rapist, then the police wouldn't believe them. This shows the low status of women in the film. Another message in the film is how restricted women were (being housewives or in low paid jobs.) The women are finally free when they chose their own destiny by driving off the cliff. This film is shown to be a crime movie visually in the ending, due to the large number of police and guns. Louise also steals from a shop and there are violent parts.Aurally, gun shots are heard throughout the film. The film tells us that its a road movie by the fact that the women are on the run and driving though the whole film. The last scene also involves a car chase.

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‘Thelma & Louise’ and ‘True Romance’ both contain hybrids of the genres: Crime, Romance and Road Movie. These are seen through the narrative aspects of the movies. In ‘True Romance’ they have all encountered with each other (as in the protagonists and the antagonists) which leads to the major crime scene of the movie; and can be considered as a narrative event as many are killed instantly at the ending of the film. This could be seen as a similarity with ‘Thelma & Louise’ because they also die at the end but in a way that couldn’t be seen as a crime, as it was suicidal.

In terms of the visual and aural elements of the both films, they were both set on the road throughout most of the films hence the reason they both share the genres of road movie. But at the ending of ‘Thelma & Louise’ the scene does not consist of only the two of them, there are many police officers, which contrasts with the fact that the movie was based on the two ladies travelling alone. Also in terms of the mise-en-scene for ‘True Romance’, the props used at the ending are guns, which portray the crime genre as a gun can be seen to symbolize death; which again occurs in the endings of both films, however in ‘True Romance’ They do not die because they were shot but because they drove off a cliff which has connotations of still being on the road. This is quite effective as it is a Road movie.

Finally, looking at the messages and values behind the films, I would say that travelling away from their troubles/problems have only led them into the wrong positions in ‘Thelma & Louise’ and it could also be said for ‘True Romance’, however they had a happy ending.

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‘Thelma and Louise’ and ‘True Romance’ are both hybrid genres of road, romance and crime movies. This is shown clearly through the whole narrative of the film as we see the protagonists face all sorts of obstacles while on the run from the law and/or criminals after doing some terrible crimes that are quite similar. In ‘Thelma and Louise’ it begins with killing an (attempted) rapist whereas in ‘True Romance’ it starts with killing a pimp. Despite the beginnings being similar in ways, the endings are very contrasting - in ‘Thelma and Louise’ they are cornered by the police at a cliffside with only one escape, we, as the audience, believe after all they’ve been through they should be free and will escape but instead together they drive off of the cliff and though we don’t see, we know that ultimately they die. However, in ‘True Romance’ after the foregoing scene when everyone (criminals, police etc.) die, the lovers fly to another country where they have a son and live ‘Happily Ever After’.

We see the romance aspect of both films through the end scenes, as when Louise and Thelma kill themselves we can tell that they love each other, even if not in a sensual aspect of the word. Meanwhile we see the romance in ‘True Romance’ as Clarence tries to save Alabama before being shot, and then when Alabama breaks down at the site of Clarence’s thought to be limp, lifeless body. The crime and road features throughout both films as they attempt to escape facing the penalty of the crimes they committed. Both films give the same underlying moral (message/theme) - crime doesn’t pay, even though the protagonists of ‘True Romance’ eventually get away they had to go through a lot of difficult circumstances to get to their paradise.

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'Thelma and Louise' and 'True Romance' are a mix of crime, romance and road movies. They both follow a similar pattern of two people, in one a friends and the other lovers, going off on a trip together and ending up killing people.

In 'Thelma and Louise' the two titular characters intend on going on holiday together but after Thelma is almost raped by a man at a bar, Louise shoots him and they go on the run. From the beginning of the film the road trip genre is present since they were on the road already before they went on the run. However after their first murder, the crime aspect of the film kicks in, with the two characters getting more and more reckless as the film goes on and committing more crimes as they realise that there is no going back for them and this is life now. Its not until the very end of the film that the romance genre plays a part since in the last scene, when Thelma and Louise get cornered by the police and they decide they can either go to prison or keep running, they kiss before driving the car off the edge of a cliff. Throughout the film their relationship is only shown as a friendship but it is clear that they deeply care at each other and this final scene is where it is shown that they have romantic feelings towards one another and decide to die together.

'True Romance' has similarities to 'Thelma and Louise' but in many ways it is different. Firstly the two protagonists are in love, almost from when they first meet. The crime genre is also present from early on because Detroit, where the first half is set is painted as a crime ridden and gritty city. This genre relates to the story in that Alabama is a call girl and after Alabama and Clarence fall in love Clarence gets into a fight with her pimp which ends in the pimp's death. After this they decide to run away together kicking of the road movie element of the film. The difference is, before they go, they try and find out if the police are looking for them and it turns out they aren't, so throughout the entire film Clarence and Alabama aren't aware that the mob are after them so they are very careless and nonchalant in their actions. They also aren't involved in any violent crimes (after killing the pimp) like 'Thelma and Louise' but they do attempt to partake in the selling of cocaine. Another difference is that the film actually ends happily ever after with them being able to start a family together and leave the past behind them.

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We can see that in both 'Thelma and Louise' and 'True Romance' that they are both hybrid movies consisting of the genres of; Romance, Crime and Road movie. The characters being in a car and on the road, suggest that the film is a road movie. This seen whether they are being chased by the authority or just traveling on the road, making their way by.

Through visual and aural elements we can tell that the films are crime and romance genres, because crime: we see guns, drugs and robbery, romance: there's flirting in the air and kissing.

In Thelma and Louise the main theme they were putting on was the fact that crime doesn't pay (if you can't do the time don't do the crime). So at the end of the film when they are put in a situation whether they die or get caught they choose to die together. This also tells us that the theme was also stay with people you love forever.

However in True Romance neither protagonist die, although the man gets shot in the eye, just about surviving the massive gun war at the end. The narrative for them was typical for a romance genre; boy meets girl, they fall in love with each other, get married and eventually have a child together. The only differentiation True Romance has with an ordinary romance film is that they fell in love we each other and got married much quicker.

The narrative for Thelma and Louise is that two middle-aged women had boring lives and once one shot of excitement came along they grabbed it straight away. Saying that It's seems whenever someone had a gun in 'True Romance' or 'Thelma and Louise' they had a mad rush of power cosume them, like they were unstoppable.

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Both 'Thelma and Louise' and 'True Romance' are Crime/Romance/Road movies.

The aspect of crime is shown throughout with different narrative and scenes such as in 'Thelma and Louise', one of them robs a liquor store and from the beginning they are carrying a gun. This same trend is also shown in 'True Romance' as throughout the film the protagonists are on the run from people who they stole from.

Another feature that occurs is the one of romance as in 'True Romance' Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette fall in love from the offset and are together throughout the movie. In 'Thelma and Louise', they are both in love with the idea of crime and also the factor that causes them to leave on this journey is that their husbands are mistreating them and how they have sort of fallen out of love with them.

The final trend that both films follow is that they are both road movies. In 'Thelma and Louise' throughout the whole film they are on the run whether it be from the police or their husbands. Whereas in 'True Romance' they are only on the run after they steal the cocaine from the gangsters.

By the end of 'Thelma and Louise' both main characters are dead and by the end of 'True Romance' the main characters are amongst a massacre and with one of them nearly being killed. This shows that both movies have protagonists with fatal flaws meaning that the films follow a sort of Greek Tragedy feel.

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Thelma and louise and true romance are both road and crime movies. Both films follow the characters being chased whether by criminals or police due to the criminal activities they get up to through out. The endings of both films are quite different true romance ends with the characters living happily ever after despite there being a lot of death in the penultimate scene. Where as Thelma and Louise ends on more of a depressing note with both the protagonists driving off a cliff and killing themselves. Which gives both films different messages in true romance after all the characters have done including killing someone and trying to sell a huge amount of cocaine they get away and live happily ever after so they don"t really face any consequences of what they've done . Where as in thelma and louise despite the circumstances they killed some one under making it seem more acceptable they still end up getting caught and instead of being sent to jail they kill themselves.

The determining feature of both films genre is the amount of driving scenes there are in the film labelling it as a road movie. Both films see multiple long shots displaying scenery and landscapes as well as the car driving making the car seem so small emphasises on the length of their journey. Thelma and louise ends with a driving scene showing them rolling up to an excessive amount of police officers. The scene includes masses of guns all of this points towards the film being a road and crime movie. The final scene of them driving of the cliff could hint towards the film being a tragedy as both the protagonists kill themselves. The penultimate scene of true romance also includes a massive shoot out full guns, shooting and folly sound which is also of an example of why this film is a crime film. But the very last scene of both the protagonists getting away together and surviving is evidence of this film also being romance.

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Thelma and Louise and True Romance are both films that fall under the genres ‘Crime’, ‘Romance’ and ‘Road Movie’. They are similar in that they share a message which essentially says that no good can come from crime. Another similarity would be that in both films the characters only commit the crimes they do as a result of themselves or their loved one being in danger or oppressed. In other words, they are not just doing it for the fun.

The first thing that immediately suggests the genres is the visual aspect. In both films there are multiple car scenes, which automatically labels them as road movies, particularly in Thelma and Louise, as they spend most of the film trying to escape the crimes they’ve committed en-route to Mexico. We can see it’s a crime movie because in both films a major crime is committed pretty early on. Even in the endings it’s plane to see that they’re based around crime what with all the police. I think that True Romance is more romantic than Thelma and Louise, but both have elements of romance in them. In the resolution of True Romance, Alabama is tending to her love who she had believed to be dead. The romance is harder to see in the end of Thelma and Louise, but there is evidence of a very strong friendship between the two women.

In terms of narrative, and mise-en-scene in general, I think that the clearest genre shown by the end of True Romance in particular is romance. This is because after the police raid, the focus is on Clarence and Alabama, and how she takes care of him the way he does for her earlier in the film. It’s almost as if the earlier scenes where she is attacked and he rescues her and drives off with her are foreshadowing the ending. As for Thelma and Louise, the most prominent genre is probably road movie, as it ends with the two of them driving off the cliff.

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Both, ‘Thelma and Louise’ and ‘True Romance’ are both
hybrids of : road movie, crime and romance. This is clearly presented through
the narrative of the story which sees the characters face various encounters
against the law – murder, robbery and drugs.

The messages and values in the films is that ‘crime doesn’t pay’.
This means that in both films the characters commit a crime and eventually
their actions catch up with them even if they escape the police.

At the end of both of the movies the hybrid genre is very
clear; this is from the mise – en – scene. In ‘True Romance’ there is an ending
scene of violence and guns. This shows the genre of crime as it is characters
breaking the law and facing the consequences of being shot at. The aural
elements also indicate the genre of romance. This is seen through the sad,
romantic non diagetic music being played over the background when the protagonist,
Clarence, is shot by the police and Alabama is crying about his supposed death.
This music is a piano which connotes romance and also expresses Alabama’s love
form Clarence and her desperation at his ‘death’.

At the end of ‘Thelma and Louise’ the genre of crime and
road movie is very prominent. This is because of the mise- en – scene of the
two main characters driving off a cliff while being shot at by the police. This
is their crimes catching up with them , here one can see it is a road movie.
Moreover they are being shot at by the police like ‘True Romance’ showing that
it is in the genre of crime movies.

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The genre of the films True Romance and Thelma and Louise are both hybrid features of the three genres: road movie, crime and romance. This is shown through the narrative of both movies because they show the protagonists’ encountering the following crime tropes: violence, breaking (and being pursued by) the law and the use of weapons. For example there are several violent moments in Thelma and Louise, such as when Thelma is almost raped and as a result her attacker is shot by Louise. In this scene there are several factors to show it is violent, from the actions that are taking place, to the threatening music and dark setting, and finally to the prop and Foley sound of a gun being used.  A similar example of this takes place in True Romance in a scene where the female protagonist, Alabama, is beaten by a gang member in an attempt to extract information from her. Throughout this scene, there is a use of non-diagetic sound, which is prominent and feels somewhat manic. This has the effect of highlighting the fast paced action and violence, making the scene more effectively disturbing to the viewer.

In the same way, there are significant factors that contribute to the mise-en-scene in both movies which enforce their romantic themes. An example of this can be found in the acting which conveys demonstrations of love between characters; in the movie Thelma and Louise this can be observed in the final scene wherein Thelma and Louise hold each others hands as they commit suicide. By way of contrast, such an obvious example is not so prevalent in True Romance but is rather gently reinforced through the theme music the protagonists share as well as the short scenes showing them committing to each other, such as when they get married.

Finally, it can be seen that both movies contain these themes because of the mise-en-scene and sound throughout as well as this the fact that both are road movies is clear because of their settings; on the road, with the occasional setting of a motel or secondary characters home.