This movie really appealed to me because it's about two bad-ass babes on a crime spree that don't give a f*ck! I thought the movie was amazing, and very empowering. One scene in particular really stood out in my mind when it came to quality within a film. This was one of the last scenes in the movie where they drive their 1966 Thunderbird off a cliff. The scene firsts starts out with a 2-shot and an extreme close-up, with someone in the background but they're blurred so your focus is completely on the one person in the foreground. I believe that this scene is amazing because it uses all the shots we were taught in class such as, establishing shot, long shot, medium shot, medium close-up shot, close-up, extreme close up, over the shoulder shot, low angle shots, high angle shots, moving shot, pan shot, & reaction shot. They also used the rule of thirds very effectively, so it wasn't one flat looking sequence. The only shot NOT used in this scene was a tilt shot. I think it's brilliant how they used every single shot known to film in one scene. The reaction shots in the last scene of Thelma & Louise are the most important of all, especially when they show the faces of Thelma and Louise before they plunge to their deaths at the end. Surprisingly they were still smiling, with no fear in their eyes. Without that shot this scene would be nothing!
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