THERE WILL BE BUDS
THELMA & LOUISE
FILM THELMA & LOUISE (1991)
MEET-CUTE Who knows? But these gals are, literally, each other’s ride-or-dies.
SHARED INTERESTS Road trips, hold ups, uncompromising goodbyes.
WHAT LARKS Two Arkansas women become fugitives after a sexual assault turns fatal – and who knew that being on the run would be so darn fun? “I don’t remember feeling so awake,” Thelma marvels.
BANTER Thelma: “Let’s not get caught.” Louise: “What you talkin’ about?” Thelma: “Let’s keep going…”
SEE ALSO Sadly, no further adventures. Unless you count their likely burning rubber in heaven.
JOHNNY & BODHI
FILM POINT BREAK (1991)
MEET-CUTE Undercover FBI agent johnny Utah first spies Bodhi as he surfs a tube (slo-mo) at the beach. “He’s even crazier than you,” Utah’s told. Soulmates.
SHARED INTERESTS Surfing, Tyler, dead-president bank robberies, skydiving.
WHAT LARKS Johnny’s journey following Bodhi takes in beach parties, house raids, footchases, jumping out of planes without parachutes. And colleague Pappas’ stakeout meatball subs – so good you need two at 10:30am.
BANTER Johnny: “Bodhi, this is your fuckin’ wake-up call, I am an FBI agent!” Bodhi: “Yeah, I know, man… ain’t it wild?”
SEE ALSO Point Break (2015) [shudder]
BUTCH & SUNDANCE
FILM BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
MEET-CUTE Real-life Harry Longabaugh (Sundance) and Robert Parker (Butch) hooked up at Robber’s Roost in Southern Utah.
Robberies, Etta
