Thelma And Louise/Bull Durham (DVD)

Advantages: Hugely enjoyable, great performances, beautiful photography, a breathtaking and liberating ending
Disadvantages: Some improbable plot twists

...Ridley Scott's THELMA & LOUISE was released in 1991 to an unprecedented level of uproar against the film's chauvinist preoccupation, but how much of it is true? Louise talks her best friend, bored housewife Thelma, into packing together some bags and taking off for the weekend. Notwithstanding her overbearing husband's wishes for her to remain at home like she's expected to, Thelma agrees and, leaving him a microwave dinner and a beer, she joins Louise in her classic ThunderBird '66 car, packing it to the brim with everything but her kitchen sink, to cruise the highways, smoke cigarettes, sing Aretha Franklin inspired songs and enjoy America's beautiful great outdoors. At a country bar along the way they have one too many drinks and Thelma gets involved with a charming cowboy who in one moment, like a gentleman, escorts her... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: Great acting with an all star cast.
Disadvantages: None.

...I think i first saw this movie about 11 years ago and I have watched it again many times since then, it's one of those great action movies that stick in your mind and you dont get tired of watching. It stars Susan Sarandon and Geena Davies who are fed -up with their boring everyday lives who decide to leave their equally boring boyfriend and hubby for a weekend of excitement and freedom. The first place they go to is a bar where they have a few drinks and generally have a good tjme enjoying themselves and dancing with some of the locals, but things soon turn nasty when one of the men follows Thelma into the car park and tries to rape her, in retaliation Louise shoots and accidentally kills him. While on the run from the police they get mixed up in all sorts of trouble, they meet a young cowboy along the way ( a very young... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: An amazing cathedral, Unesco World Heritage site, free entry,
Disadvantages: none that I can think of

...INTRODUCTION: The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, otherwise known simply as Durham Cathedral is in the city of Durham, in North east England. The cathedral is thought to be one of the finest examples of Norman architecture and because of this has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site together with the Castle which is opposite the Cathedral just cross Palace Green. The Cathedral was built on a peninsula of land created by a loop in the meandering River Wear and the west end towers over the gorge. The northern front of the Cathedral faces onto Palace green and from here you can get a view of the entire 143 metres of this building which is an imposing sight. The view from the air shows this view to perfection but I only experienced this in a postcard as we did not have access to... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful