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Catherine=Who cares?

posted 17 years ago by repete66211
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I was thoroughly unimpressed with Jules and Jim. I liked Jules and I liked Jim, and although the movie is named after them, the linchpin in the whole movie seemed to be the character of Catherine. Caring about her is caring about the movie and since I didn't care one way or the other what happened to this fickle, un-interesting and unattractive person I didn't really care what happened in the movie or how it ended. There was a lot of potential in the beginning, but once the setting changed to the chalet I lost all interest in the fate of the main characters. I was unable to fathom a motivation for their beweldering actions.

[–] onheadphones (20) 7 years ago

I mostly agree with you. I did enjoy the film, but I found Catherine to be completely vapid, immature, and insufferable. I liked Jules and Jim separately, and I liked their relationship - but Catherine greatly detracted from all of that. My interested and enjoyment also greatly deteriorated after the war ended, but didn't disappear completely.