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Ugh, Kate

posted 9 years ago by pennilayne
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Are we supposed to like Kate? She just comes off as a selfish, lost, manipulative, alcoholic who is self absorbed, never really grew up or has any intention to, has no idea how to be a girlfriend OR friend, treats everyone around her like they are disposable, and in the end I am really glad they didn't end up together, because she didn't deserve him. But I think him and Jill should have broken up. Obviously if he was even entertaining the thought of being with Kate, he wasn't in love wit Jill. Obviously Jill felt that tension, and I feel like her still staying with him is kind of a weak move. She allowed him to never talk about really getting married, to flirt with Kate all the time in front of everyone --even her. She even kissed Chris because she was probably confused as well and upset about his obvious crush on Kate. He was a good a guy. I also liked Chris. Jill was a nice girl but shows a bad representation of those girls who settle, and allow their relationships to stay in limbo. The ending would have been better if she came back from Costa Rica, confessed, and then said she realized they were never going to get married, and even though she loves him, she gets it's not working..and for him to confess he feels the same. She even said she met him when she was really young and didn't get to date a whole lot. And then the ending with them just realizing they were way better as friends, would have been good too.

But Kate honestly needing some sort of redeeming quality somewhere in the film or at the end. She is the main character, and I truly disliked her and wanted to slap her most of the time, especially when they had that fight moving. They were both being immature but he said "Can you get in this moment right now?" He was still bold enough and mature enough to wanna talk about what was really going on. Ugh, Kate was just the worst.

Not a huge fan of this movie---but Kate really made it even worse for me.

[–] Airman87 9 years ago

It's funny how you (a woman I pressume) found Kate to be the antagonist and annoying, where as I (a man) found Luke to be the the real antagonist of this movie.

Luke was equally as guilty as flirting with his coworker Kate at the beginning of the movie. And when Chris dumped Kate, Luke was the one who still kept flirting with her and spending time with her, while he had a significant other that he was stringing along...not Kate. Kate was the single one in the story while Luke was playing Jill for a fool.

I think the most appropriate ending would've been if Jill came home from Costa Rica and told Luke about the kiss, but then about how she felt he didn't care to love her enough or be serious enough, so Jill tells Luke she is leaving her. And then later we see the first dialogue of the Kate/Luke since Jill/Luke split, and before Luke has time to tell Kate that hhe is now single, Kate tells Luke she doesn't want to hang around or be friends as much outside work.

Luke should've ended up single and lonely.

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[–] ACME_Horses 7 years ago

It's ok not to like Kate. Not everyone is likeable. Not everyone can be helped. Only Kate can change Kate. But that's better left for a different movie.

[–] irishwhip03 7 years ago

The problem with girls like Kate, or "cool" girls in general that are just one of the guys blah blah blah, is exactly what this movie portrays them to be. mind fckers.

They appear to be amazing. But underneath their exterior is a cold and pointless human.