I understand he was very good looking and had "a nice butt"... But she hated men! Her husband was an a-hole! She was almost raped the night before for God's sake!!! And yet she didn't mind, the day after, going after some young stranger? It felt very strange and uncharacteristic of her.
shareI don't know what you pull your 'facts' out of but Thelma did NOT hate men...she resented being married to her prick husband and she was battered and nearly raped by Harlan but she never said anywhere in the movie that she hated men. She liked men but Darryl had been the only guy she dated before she married so she knows that she hasn't been with the creme of the crop. So she sees a nice looking guy who seems genuinely nice and sincere and shares her thought that her husband is an a$$hole, it makes sense she's going to grow an attraction to him.
shareNot a night after you're almost raped. That just doesn't make any damn sense, and you know it. I don't know much about rape/assault, but I'm sure a woman who goes through such trauma DOES NOT gleefully jump into bed with a (strange) man a day later.
shareAnd this point has been debated to death. People say she doesn't act like a rape victim...oh, so they all act the exact same way?
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Is there a set in stone way you're supposed to act after you're almost raped? She had a dick head husband, and was almost raped by a very charming, yet kind of obvious scary man. Even before he tried anything, you could tell Thelma was uneasy with him out in the parking lot and wanted to get back inside.
Jd's character was very sweet and friendly, and she obviously felt safe with him. Being attacked by one man doesn't necessarily mean you automatically distrust and hate all men. In fact the attempted rape probably made her more susceptible to be with JD because she was seeking comfort and protection. Unfortunately, she was quite gullible and trusted him too quickly, especially since she left him alone with the money even after he admitted to being an armed robber.
It's not odd at all! If I were to encounter someone with a body like Brad Pitt's I would be enthused with him too, whether I'd been raped or not the day before!
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I agree. She didn't hate men, she'd been traumatized but wasn't a man hater. She did however pick some bad apples.
And so she's on the road, running for her life and she does transform..plus honestly look at Brad Pitt in this movie. He became a mega star after this movie even though his role in the movie is limited. But from womens' reactions(including mine) it's not hard to see why Thelma would be attarcted to him. I mean the guy was absolutely HOT and Thelma had never had good sex(from what Louise implies-great scene) and she desired him... I didn't think it was weird at all.
I agree. She didn't hate men, she'd been traumatized but wasn't a man hater. She did however pick some bad apples. --blondepittbull
I agree with blondepittbull. I don't think Thelma and Louise hate men, but they DO have crappy taste in picking men.
Au contraire my naive princess, just because a woman is raped and treated bad by men does not mean she is a man-hater. I have friends who love men even though they abuse them and use them (which is wrong), but it doesn't make them any less desperate or needy for a man. I love men, even though I have been raped and used. All men are different. Not all men are pigs. There is always a nice guy out there and obviously Thelma was looking for him.
The dude gave her a good time, he was a thrill. She'd never had anyone but her deadbeat hubby and she had got a chance to 1. Get back at him for not letting her do what she wanted and 2. Do what she wanted.
"I'm comin' atcha like a breezeblock of pain." - Howard Moon
And 3. She finally got laid proper.
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I always thought this scene was out of place, I could see it happening if not for the almost rape the night before. Thelma and louise certainly did not hate men though.
shareThat's the key. She bought it at the end. So before she goes out, she might as well get doxrked and doxrked good. All her husabnd was good for was stepping on pizza. J.D. was a sniveling skinny little twerp, but he apparently was able to give it to Thelma better than her husband did.
shareI actually came to the message board to start a thread on this very topic, but Emunah beat me to it.
Emunah's reasoning seems right to me, except for the "she hated men" remark. It's not out of the realm of possibilities that Thelma would go for Brad (she's not exactly loaded with common sense), but it's just not probable -- as a "normal" woman -- that she would trust any man (especially a drifter) so soon after being brutalized by Harlan (who, remember, also used the soft sell). And, of course, to leave a self-declared thief alone in your motel room is beyond moronic.
"Martha Washington was a hip, hip, hip lady, man."
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Except Darryl didn't seem to be a decent anything anywhere, you notice how he talks to everybody about the same way?
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Except Darryl didn't seem to be a decent anything anywhere, you notice how he talks to everybody about the same way?
Considering the magnificent physique of Brad it's perfectly understandable that she would want to do him.
shareCan I say one thing to you? And I say this with an unblemished record of staunch heterosexuality. I completely agree with you.
I want the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.
You are all forgetting something. Thelma was NOT raped. She was about to be raped, but it didn't happen. Getting raped and almost getting raped is a huge difference. Thelma was a very sweet, naive, bubbly person, not the type to suddenly hate all men because one ALMOST raped her.
shareSo trauma doesn't come about from things that ALMOST happened but didn't? So anybody who was just an ATTEMPTED murder shouldn't have any trauma just because their assailant didn't succeed in cutting their head off?
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