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Years ago my wife (of 21years, now) and I were watching some movie in a theater. Both of us were NOT...

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In Reply to: Antonioni's 'The Passenger'. Wow, what a bore. --SPOILER-- posted by jeffreybehr on December 8, 2005 at 10:06:09:

...enjoying it so we left. On the way out, she said something like 'I didn't care about any of those people, so why waste my time?' I now call that the Katherine test.
K and I have walked out from 'Thelma and Louise'*, 'Goodfellas'**, 'Lost in Translation', and several more whose names I can't remember.
'The Passenger' wasn't that bad, but it was close.

* Why anyone would watch a story populated by 2 implausibly stupid women becoming more stupid by the minute is beyond me.
** Populated by absolutely NO ONE I cared a bit about. There was nary a socially redeeming creature in the movie, at least the third that I saw. Others have said it's an excellently constructed movie. Perhaps it is, but I don't enjoy watching technical exercises, I enjoy watching interesting stories about people I care about.

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"Katherine Test" - Jim Campilongo 09:17:18 12/09/05 (1)
Although I suspect your "test" is intellectually based and a means to be discriminate - unless I am missing the point it seems like a narrow criteria for enjoying and rating a film.
Would a film like "French Connection" that exclusively has characters that occupy and exhibit the lower forms of humanity pass the "Katherine Test" ? If so , why?
- Don't know about TFC; have never seen it. I think the pic of Gene Hackman... - jeffreybehr 09:44:24 12/09/05 (0)
  ...in that stupid-looking hat keeps me away from it, altho he's one of my faves.
  The Katherine test may well be a narrow criterion, but I don't watch movies as intellectual exercises, I see them (and own hundreds*) because I ENJOY watching them. K wonders how I can watch 'Star Wars' the umpteenth time, but I love it every time I see it. Same with 'Limbo' and 'The Godfather' and 'Knockaround Guys**' and 'Nobody's Fool' and...
  
  * All listed in an Excel spreadsheet; I'll send a copy if you e-mail me at jeffreybehr(at)cox(dot)net.
  ** HIGHLY recommended. Vin Diesel is fabulous in this role, done before he became a 'star'. He plays his character very understatedly.

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