Why did the film have to end with Cassandra alone and Simon leaving. She should of ended up with Simon or Stephen. I'm happy she didn't go with Simon since he still loved Rose. But why? He should have loved Cassandra. It's like everytime I read Little women (or see the movie) I get so sad that Joe and Laurie don't end up together.
"You're like a life support system for a c*o*c*k!"
he asks her to by companions, but she says that it's not enough for her. she can't live like her mother not really knowing if she is loved. she wants to know that she isi loved. and with stephen, she doesn't love him and she knows that it isn't fair for him, even though he does love her.
shareGiven time, I think Simon would get over Rose. He's a deep person so he doesn't let go of things easily. But once he woke up to the fact that love is not about the one who simply makes your heart jump, but one who will want to share a life with you...then perhaps he and Cassandra stand a chance.
I loved "The Painted Veil." Please do try to see it.
Just to add...I think he also did love Cassandra back. Why would he even bother making a promise of "I Will Come Back" after she rejects his offer of companionship? If he knew he had zero romantic feelings about her, he wouldn't bother raising her hopes up with that firm promise of returning. That's too cruel. He could have just said, "Thank you." He just knows that he has to deal with his residual feelings for Rose before he can be with Cassandra.
On some level, I think he already felt love for her, but he just won't admit it. Throughout the film, we see that he is very much drawn to her. Cassandra doesn't initiate their meetings and contacts, he does. His heartbreak over Rose and Neil's elopement just added to the confusion and he needs time to sort things out.
I loved "The Painted Veil." Please do try to see it.
I agree that he did have feelings for Cassandra but they both realised that it was going to take him a long time to get Rose out of his system and that he had to go away and try to move on.
I think he promises to come back because he has hope that one day he will get over Rose and be able to function again but that Cassandra doubts it and so doesn't want to be with him.
Another school of thought is that he doesn't really want to get over her. Perhaps he wants Cassandra around because she reminds him of Rose - perhaps he realises its the closest he's going to get to her and he wants to hang on. Thinking about it, spending everyday looking at her sister is not going to help him get over Rose is it?
All men would be cowards if only they had the courage.
Another school of thought is that he doesn't really want to get over her. Perhaps he wants Cassandra around because she reminds him of Rose - perhaps he realises its the closest he's going to get to her and he wants to hang on. Thinking about it, spending everyday looking at her sister is not going to help him get over Rose is it?
He's rich and she is rather plain. He's pretty pathetic, but that kind of match only happens in cases of massive physical or mental defect.
shareI think why he did what he did was because while he was still in love with rose, i believe he was in love with cass... but i think he had to work in issues with what occured with rose. Sometimes you have to get through what your going through to get to the root of what you need and i think that is what would occur if the novel and movie had gone on.
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