If youve not seen Thelma and Louise (and why wouldnt you have seen it you idiot) then youll know its final shot: the two friends commit to their adventure, kiss, and floor it toward the Grand Canyon and near-certain oblivion rather than give in to the police. Its romantic and daring and has been parodied endlessly. However, the plan was to have the two friends launch themselves off into the unknown, but to also show that they actually lost their brief tussle with gravity, and that they subsequently suffered fiery, explosive deaths. Its not quite the same hopeful, noble, sisterly road trip movie when you get to see Gina Davis and Susan Sarandons charred corpses at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. All that said, Roger Ebert wasnt a great fan of the white-out fade of the ending that was eventually used in the theatrical release, describing it as unsettling to get involved in a movie that takes 128 minutes to bring you to a payoff that the filmmakers seem to fear. Somewhat confusingly, though, the uncut ending features the two friends driving off into the sunset together anyway, so quite whether were meant to assume that Thelma and Louise survived an impact with the bottom of a canyon from about half a mile up in the air or if its purely a bit of wish-fulfilment on director Ridley Scotts part. As it is, you can make up your own mind as to whether they make it or not. I mean, they probably don't, but one can dream.
