Reasonably Intriguing, but slow-moving with a trite ending.
The third movie in Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colors trilogy. Each movie is separate and doesn't feature characters from the previous one(s) (except at the end of Red, but it made no difference to the story and was essentially Kieslowski showing off).
The first, Blue, was engaging and mostly reasonably interesting. Doesn't end very well, but getting to the end was an interesting journey.
White, however, doesn't have that same level of engagement or interest. Starts off okay, develops slowly and without a sense of direction, then all of a sudden you have some fairly bizarre and implausible twists. Then it ends. Even more unsatisfactory ending than Blue.
Red is marginally better than White. Was reasonably intriguing, but none of that intrigue ultimately goes anywhere. I was hoping for an exploration on themes like privacy, or a Conversation-like thriller, but the first one was only touched on and the second never materialized. Instead we have a lot of pretentious talking, about nothing that significant. Moves very slowly.
Some interesting themes are explored, especially fate and coincidence, but in a very heavy-handed and obvious fashion.
Plus, the ending just seems predictable. Throw in Kieslowski throwing in a few characters from Blue and White, just because he can, and it just feels very trite.
The third movie in Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colors trilogy. Each movie is separate and doesn't feature characters from the previous one(s) (except at the end of Red, but it made no difference to the story and was essentially Kieslowski showing off).
The first, Blue, was engaging and mostly reasonably interesting. Doesn't end very well, but getting to the end was an interesting journey.
White, however, doesn't have that same level of engagement or interest. Starts off okay, develops slowly and without a sense of direction, then all of a sudden you have some fairly bizarre and implausible twists. Then it ends. Even more unsatisfactory ending than Blue.
Red is marginally better than White. Was reasonably intriguing, but none of that intrigue ultimately goes anywhere. I was hoping for an exploration on themes like privacy, or a Conversation-like thriller, but the first one was only touched on and the second never materialized. Instead we have a lot of pretentious talking, about nothing that significant. Moves very slowly.
Some interesting themes are explored, especially fate and coincidence, but in a very heavy-handed and obvious fashion.
Plus, the ending just seems predictable. Throw in Kieslowski throwing in a few characters from Blue and White, just because he can, and it just feels very trite.