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Summary: Masterpiece? Hardly
Review: Okay, I guess Ive been spoiled by the likes of Gladiator and The Perfect Storm. But I realize that Steve Soderbergh is a good director ("Out of Sight"). But I was astounded to realize that he had been nominated for THIS!I went to the theater HOPING I'd like this movie. I'd been waiting a while to see it. Ultimately, the movie seemed like a 4 hour drug trip (no pun intended). It felt like you do at 2:00 in the morning, when your'e not sure what's real or not. I don't know if this was intentional or not; I doubt it. Each location is shot with a different filter; Mexico is yellow, DC is blue, etc. Call it inventive, call it annoying, I didn't like it. It gave the movie a fake look to it (especially when it strives to be realistic). My main problem is that it is not a good movie to sit down and watch. It is NOT entertaining. It probably does do a good job of protraying the world of drug traffic. And I do recommend it to anyone who takes drugs or wants to. This movie is too long, and there are hardly any characters to sympathize with besides Michael Douglas. And, as in real life, there is no 'Hollywood Ending'. After watching this 3 hour movie, I was very disappointed at the ending. I felt I had wasted my time. Thank God we can all look forward to "Pearl Harbor" on Memorial Day, May 28.
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Summary: Utterly Amazing
Review: Many parents won't let their children see this because of the gritty drug content. Those parents are missing the point. No self-respecting child would get involved in drugs after viewing this film. Traffic has a realistic quality usualy only found in documentaries. The cast is so good that you forget that they're even acting. This movie deserved every oscar it garnered and then some (namely Best Picture.)
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Summary: Proving Soderbergh as the closest we have to an old HW great
Review: It is not the job of great directors - like Hitchcock or Sirk - to simply film the scripts they are given. They should be more like critics, interpreting the script, opening up its assumptions, undermining its neatness. Soderbergh follows in this great tradition. 'Traffic' has a brilliant script, but its traumas are contained in implausible formal neatness, with some audience-pleasing concessions. Soderbergh rejects this neatness, most obviously in the way his stark colour-coding - sepia monochrome for stereotypically sinister Mexico; 'normal' colour for 'normal' US - seeps its boundaries, the one messing up the other, just as the border between the two countries becomes a kind of fairy tale threshold; here the aims of 'reality' or 'realism' become impossible. In the process he turns a good script into a modern film masterpiece.
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Summary: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Review: I am sorry, but I also was bored by this well-executed movie. The saving grace of this cinematic 'collage' was Benecio del Toro's wonderful performance. Pet peeve: Does the camera have to move around quite SO much?
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Summary: Best movie I've ever seen
Review: This movie was absolutely wonderful, they took a huge problem and broke it down from one thing to another, with a beautiful script and wonderful acting traffic really is a great movie. I don't see how it could be boring, it was the most original film I've seen in a long time, it's about time someone did somthing original in hollywood, this is a classic never to be forgotten
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Summary: A wonderful film...
Review: I hate to sound like a film elitist, but this is NOT, I repeat, NOT a bad film -- so ignore those pathetic (and unreasonable) one star reviews below. In fact, Steven Soderbergh's descent into the drug trade is absolutely brilliant, giving us the lowdown from all angles. Beautiful cinematography, top notch acting from a talented ensemble cast, and simply good filmmaking on so many differently levels. Traffic is definitely worth buying and it should have won best picture.
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Summary: TRAFFIC IS THE YEARS BEST THRILL RIDE!!!
Review: A awsome Picture about, drugs, sex and alcohol! It catches you! It scares you! And it is a spectacular Thrill-Ride!!! See it its really worth your time!
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Summary: One of this country's more "important" films.
Review: CAN'T WAIT for this title to hit DVD. If you've seen and enjoyed Soderbergh's other stuff (Brockovich, sex lies and videotape, Limey, Kafka, etc.), it's a pretty good bet that "Traffic" will blow you away. It's a film people will remember 20 years from now, no doubt about it.
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Summary: Anyone Who Calls This Move Boreing is an IDIOT
Review: This is a great movie. Just ... because you are used to mindless films doesnt make it a bad movie. On any stand poit, critic and movie go-er, this movie rocks, honestly. DONT LISTEN TO ANY BAD REVIEWS, THEY ARE ALL PEOPLE WHO DONT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. BUY THIS MOVIE.
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Summary: Worst Movie I've seen in a while!
Review: My streak continues... If critics like it, I hate it. This movie has been hyped by the media because it is politcally correct. The entertainment value of this movie is zero. I got bored throughout and probably would have left if I was not with a group of people. Come to find out we all thought the movie was a waste of money.
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