Sep 15, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min · 16 segments
Bob and Brad finally watch Ridley Scott’s *Thelma & Louise* for the first time and come away stunned by Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, a brilliant screenplay, and one of the best films they’ve…
I think part of it too is, like, when you know that you've got big, glaring blind spots in your film watching history, I, I kinda try to watch the ones that everyone agrees is a classic, and by that, you know, sometimes you can get a little snooty.
I'm not sure if it shows up on the Letterboxd list or not, but it seems to be a film that everyone agrees is darn good without having that sort of, like, prestige layer of winning multiple awards or being included in all-time lists.
And I guess my main takeaway coming out of the movie now is that I think even, what, 35 years on, this film's being a little underrated, even in the canon of Ridley Scott films.
We talk about Alien, we talk about Blade Runner, we talk about Gladiator, and then maybe Thelma & Louise.
And I, I'm just gonna come right out and say it, man, best Ridley Scott movie, question mark? It's, it's right up there for me, man.
I, now I will say, Bob, a- along the vein of this being underrated, this is not on the IMDb Top 250.
Like, I feel like 7.6 and below is where you start to get to, like, the majority of movies, and once you get to 7.8, 9, that's when you're starting to talk, okay, a lot of people really like this movie.
Maybe, maybe we're just missing something that everybody else is seeing in this film, Bob, but-
Every time I come across something with this film that I'm gonna disagree with, I'm gonna say it's the freaking patriarchy, man.
I think part of it too is, like, when you know that you've got big, glaring blind spots in your film watching history, I, I kinda try to watch the ones that everyone agrees is a classic, and by that, you know, sometimes you can get a little snooty.
I'm not sure if it shows up on the Letterboxd list or not, but it seems to be a film that everyone agrees is darn good without having that sort of, like, prestige layer of winning multiple awards or being included in all-time lists.
And I guess my main takeaway coming out of the movie now is that I think even, what, 35 years on, this film's being a little underrated, even in the canon of Ridley Scott films.
We talk about Alien, we talk about Blade Runner, we talk about Gladiator, and then maybe Thelma & Louise.
And I, I'm just gonna come right out and say it, man, best Ridley Scott movie, question mark? It's, it's right up there for me, man.
I, now I will say, Bob, a- along the vein of this being underrated, this is not on the IMDb Top 250.
Like, I feel like 7.6 and below is where you start to get to, like, the majority of movies, and once you get to 7.8, 9, that's when you're starting to talk, okay, a lot of people really like this movie.
Maybe, maybe we're just missing something that everybody else is seeing in this film, Bob, but-
Every time I come across something with this film that I'm gonna disagree with, I'm gonna say it's the freaking patriarchy, man.
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