Thelma (2017)

Best movie of this year hands down!

I love this movie so much

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

I really like bed this movie. It's a slow burn and very subtle in its horrors. But there are images I can't shake a week after seeing it (snakes, babies under ice, hair caught in the middle of a pane of glass). I think a lot of people misunderstand this film. My take, for what's its worth is that this is an art house version of Carrie. Telekinetic powers are unleashed with the sexual awakening of the main character, Thelma (that's pretty obvious). These are initially confusing and terrifying for her and she's horrified that she could possibly have made her same sex love interest, Anna, disappear into the nether. She goes to a neurologist to try and figure out why she's having seizures resulting in horrifying consequences. She ultimately turns to her fundamental Christian parents in her despair who explain to her she's always had these powers and that she killed her baby brother when she became either sick of his crying or because of jealousy over her parent's attention to him. Here's the part I think people miss. She kills her father before he kills her (he draws up a syringe for the act but ultimately puts it aside) in a quesrionably purposeful way. She then brings Anna back and heads back to Oslo/college fully aware of and in control of her powers, only slowing to heal her mother in the process (the mother is a paraplegic probably because of a suicidal jump from a bridge, years earlier, that didn't kill her). Anja probably isn't in love with Thelma, she is just being controlled by her. The ending isn't as happy as most here seem to perceive it to be. We know this because Thelma dreams/wants Anja to kiss her neck and then, moments later, Anja shows up to do so in the exact way as Thelma had just fantasized it. Anja is being controlled by Thelma and has no free will as this point whether she realizes it or not. Thelma seems to know her powers and how to use them finally (she isn't evil, per se, however) and isn't afraid to use them.Watch out ladies, you're not going to know what hits you when Thelma takes a liking.

This movie is not for the people that want logic. It is beautiful: The scenery is perfect, the photography is sweet as hell, the music is delicious... the main problem I have with this movie is the plot.Plot sounds as something that should be there. Everything is normal and suddendly we get a girl with mindpowers... but without them... from her childhood but not always... with limit or without them. She can control them but doesn't. Her father is an asshole but isn't and everything is but isn't. Confused? You should be.The movie never answers. Just expects you to accept everything with no questions, but at the same time to question everything. It fails totally at engage you. The acting is on point, but sometimes even thay seem to be confused on how to feel. I loved the graphical aspects. The "plot" is too weird to be likeable.Watch it without a thought. You won't need it.

I've read people saying: 'Well, movies ran out of ideas'. Do you want something different? You don't want to watch the same thing (idea) in the different version? This is it! This movie was 9 out of 10 for first 3/4. First three-quarters of the movie were nearly perfect: slow and profound development of characters, tense mystery, an event opens questions. There were no unnecessary scenes or conversation The puzzle is near zenith. And then. Well... this movie flops. Last twenty minutes: the plot goes too quickly, an intensity of mystery-suspense elements is insufficient. Instead of increasing, the important elements are decreasing. Overall, one of the best movies that I've seen this year (despite the ending). If you like a good mystery, I would recommend Thelma.

Thelma Starts very Subtle and powerful, Ewoking that dark tone of Carrie, Firestarter or that 1 minute scene with rogue kissing a boy for the first time. when thelmas uncontrollable powers start shaking It has a more realistic impact on the viewer because of the tempo and scene of the movie. Something missed from every CGI superhero drivel today that makes haste skipping that coming of age story. All Is well Til Its final Act. But then the director makes the biggest mistake and loose focus on the credability. Thelmas powers seems to have endless possibilities and are never really explained except she has the powers of Jesus. She can make people disappear and reapear and her dreams becomes reality. she also have the same kind of telekenetic firestarter power and can make things move. And she can travel between planes. The problem for me with this Is that all mystery and suspense Is lost cause of her enormous powers. All she needs to do is to wish people away. So not even superman would stand a chance really. Her tragic story also abruptly ends there. she kills her family and that,s the weird ending. There,s some good scenes throughout and are definetly a movie worth seeing one time, but won,t end up on my end of the year list. The soundtrack Is also very bad, We have one great song from agnes but Its an old tune and heard so many times before this movies release so theres really not much here for me to find