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Finally saw Traffic, best I can say: Didn't fall asleep.
Not only was this the most run of the mill film but the director was so tiresome and pretentious overexposing every frame in Mexico.
I know, I know but god was that boring, made me cringe every time I saw it.I don't even know how this could possibly be considered for an award of any kind.
Gladitor was 10 times better than Traffic
Crouching Tiger was 100 times better than GladitorWhat trash is out there.
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Gladiator was one of those same old cliched type movies - hero/heroin/villian, good vs bad, pointless/unprovocative, silly cheap emotional kicks, that I've seen about a million times. Granted it was pretty well done and a good action film but surely I would have been disappointed to have paid to see it. Traffic was provocative, refreshing and worthwhile, and I wouldn't have been disappointed if I had paid to see it.
I agree. Traffic had something to say. I particularly liked the quasi-documentary style. Gladiator, though it appealed to the hero wannabe in me, had virtually nothing to say. Obviously awards have many and varied criteria.
I sincerely doubt crouching tiger was half the movie Gladiator was. People flying through the air while fighting...ok, where was Superman? Gimme a break...
Sorry, but it is EXACLY Oscar material. Look at the winner list from the past years. Ah, and how about that gem of the movie - Marthy?Traffic made many people feel good. It gave them reason to wear those ribbons (whatever color this year?). Who needs more reason?
Anyway... that stuff sometimes gets me going too. People tell me to relax, this is just a show.
So take it as a cheap show attended by bad actors mostly.
No offense, but in this audience member's opinion Steven Soderbergh's "Traffic" was the biggest waste of film stock since Robert Altman's dog-poop laden farce "Pret-a-Porter" (Ready to Wear). Michael Douglas has rarely been more "hammy" and unbelievable and Catherine Zeta-Jones looked like she phoned in her performance. About the only actor who deserved the praise lavished on this film was Benicio Del Toro. The obtrusive overexposure of film to denote differences between the hot slimey world of the Mexican drug dealers and the cold sterile clueless suburban world of the Washington DC drug enforcement bureaucrats was so blatant that it constantly drew attention to itself. Shame on Steven for his lack of subtlety and unwillingness to let his actors tell the story, even if it was poorly written. The fact that most of Hollywood jumped on the bandwagon and embraced this tripe in order to appear concerned about the proliferation of drugs says more about the desire to maintain a positive public image in the midst of so much bad press about the growing number of actors with drug addictions than it does about sincere concern over drug abuse. BTW, the disappointing cliche` riddled script was written by Steven Gaghan, who, in theory, can do no wrong... well, at least until he writes his first financial flop.In short, being stuck for over 2 hours in "Traffic" was plenty long enough.
Now Soderbergh's OTHER nominated film from this years Oscars, "Erin Brockovich," is a MUCH better film with genuinely stellar acting from Julia Roberts. Add to that a wonderful performance by Albert Finney and it's a must see film; BTW, the DVD has a WEALTH of deleted scenes (over 30 min. worth!), many of which explain certain behaviors, but were unnecessary to move the story forward and thus edited to tighten the plot and shorten the film's running length. This film was much easier to sit through and had a very positive hopeful message.
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Soderbergh's **Erin Brockovich** was an even bigger waste of time. And Julia Roberts' "stellar" performance was about as nuanced as was Al Gore's bearing during each of the three presidential debates. Kinda like her Oscar reception speech at this year's Academy Awards ceremony.I still think that **Out of Sight** is Soderbergh's best film.
but for who is the most popular in Hollywood politically.
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