Three Colors: White
Top badass moment? Revenge is always good for the soul, never mind all those goodie goodies who whine, “forget it, it will hurt you more than you hurt them”. Bollocks to that. Revenge is all about maximising the damage you do, not minimising what happens to you. It’s not a mathematically based option, it’s about personal honour.
Karol Karol, an award winning hairdresser, is divorced by his wife after failing to consummate their marriage. (Quite why I’m not entirely sure, as she is very attractive and no one forced them to get married, so there must have been some sort of physical attraction between them.) In the process of doing so, his very pissed-off ex basically destroys his life. He goes back to his home country of Poland, in a suitcase (don’t ask), and becomes fairly wealthy as Poland’s answer to Arthur Daley; (and if you don’t know who that is, Google him, or search YouTube for “The Firm - Arthur Daley 'E's Alright” to get an executive summary). The whole point of all this being to enable him to get his own back on his ex-wife.
To be perfectly frank it’s all a bit silly, with the plot being driven by a few too many bits of good luck for my liking, but accepted as a bit of a farce this film does acquit itself well enough. It all looks very grey and grim, something that standard definition versions often portray better than high def ones – I watched it on a slightly suspect South Korean DVD.
I think I’ll move to Poland, as it seems very straightforward to earn a lot of money there. I guess that’s why so many people from Poland now live in England, because life was too easy for them and they wanted the challenge of having to work a lot harder to have a decent standard of living in the UK instead. (No, that statement doesn’t really work for me, either.)
Technically it’s fine, if somewhat colourless and grim; the plot’s kind of silly but hangs together pretty well; the script does its job; and the acting’s very good.
I felt quite sorry for Karol, even if he was a bit of a devious little sod who probably could have made his point in a far easier way. Dominique, his ex-wife, was nice to look at but seemed a vengeful little bitch. In hindsight, they probably deserved one another.
No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.
Karol Karol, an award winning hairdresser, is divorced by his wife after failing to consummate their marriage. (Quite why I’m not entirely sure, as she is very attractive and no one forced them to get married, so there must have been some sort of physical attraction between them.) In the process of doing so, his very pissed-off ex basically destroys his life. He goes back to his home country of Poland, in a suitcase (don’t ask), and becomes fairly wealthy as Poland’s answer to Arthur Daley; (and if you don’t know who that is, Google him, or search YouTube for “The Firm - Arthur Daley 'E's Alright” to get an executive summary). The whole point of all this being to enable him to get his own back on his ex-wife.
To be perfectly frank it’s all a bit silly, with the plot being driven by a few too many bits of good luck for my liking, but accepted as a bit of a farce this film does acquit itself well enough. It all looks very grey and grim, something that standard definition versions often portray better than high def ones – I watched it on a slightly suspect South Korean DVD.
I think I’ll move to Poland, as it seems very straightforward to earn a lot of money there. I guess that’s why so many people from Poland now live in England, because life was too easy for them and they wanted the challenge of having to work a lot harder to have a decent standard of living in the UK instead. (No, that statement doesn’t really work for me, either.)
Technically it’s fine, if somewhat colourless and grim; the plot’s kind of silly but hangs together pretty well; the script does its job; and the acting’s very good.
I felt quite sorry for Karol, even if he was a bit of a devious little sod who probably could have made his point in a far easier way. Dominique, his ex-wife, was nice to look at but seemed a vengeful little bitch. In hindsight, they probably deserved one another.
No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.
Mini Review: Top badass moment? Revenge is always good for the soul. Karol is divorced for failing to consummate his marriage, his pissed-off ex destroying his life in the process. He goes back to Poland and becomes a Polish version of Arthur Daley - Google him if you don’t know who that is - the point being to punish the ex. I felt quite sorry for Karol, even if he was a devious little sod. The ex seemed a vengeful bitch. In hindsight they probably deserved one another. No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.
More Reviews of Three Colors: White
Watch the Trailer