Dorathen
Better Late Then Never
HottWwjdIam
There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.
Invaderbank
The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Quiet Muffin
This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
fdalmolin
I personally think that Traffic has aged really well. Firstly, that's because of the intricate and still modern plot that involves a lot of deep characters very well portrayed. Most of all, the performances of Benicio Del Toro (as Javier Rodriguez Rodriguez), Michael Douglas (as Robert Wakefield) and the debuting Erika Christensen (as Robert's daughter) were absolutely stunning. Douglas stands out with the character of the new head of DEA Wakefield who at the end resignes from his post because of several reasons. For example, his daughter ends up in an addiction from cocaine and he decides to stand by her side. He also thinks that the war against drugs can't be won, because it's an endless cycle and when you think that you finally defeated it, it is actually just getting worse.
Finally, I also appreciated the experiments with filters (blue, yellow and neutral) and light. Even if in some cases I found them a little bit too exaggerated, I think that they add drama to the story and that they help the audience distinguish the three main stories.
miladbathani
This film was a series of various stories happening at the same time but i feel like it doesn't hold up all the way to the end. It switches for story to story depending on the location and events but confuses the audience on whats exactly happening. If the stories tansitioned to one another a little bit more smoothly i feel like it could've held up exceptionally well and caught the audience to the end.
Michael Douglas resigns because he comes across an epiphany that makes him realize that the war on drugs is happening outside of the US when it should be resolved and fixed within the country. Michael Douglas sees this war happening within his own family and realizes Americans suffering form drugs should be helped rather than killing the supplier because there will always be a demand for the product.
The colour change helped the movie by helping you know which story is playing on screen, but on occasion it seemed very over exposed. Whenever the story in Mexico would play you could tell that the picture was a little over exposed and is a little irritating to the eye. I believe that the colour change could've benefited the movie but it was sort of gimmicky to me because it just wasnt executed properly. It was just way too noticable and odd.
mattjseed
When watching traffic it evokes memories of more recent and more popular shows like narcos. You get a similar setting and overall feel to it. However traffic is different in that it was made just after the events it depicts took place. This puts it in an interesting place for movies. Because it is set in the time it was filmed and is meant to be that time and makes this clear you are almost taking back in time 18 years. On top of this the movie doesn't use any effects that have aged badly or look inferior now. So over all I would say the movie has aged well and is still very much watchable.
Michael Douglas' character could be argued to be the main character so it is important to look at how his arc ended. Specifically his resignation. This was for a few main reasons the main of which being his daughter. He also could not look the American people in the eyes and tell them that their own families are the enemy. I would also attribute the betrayal of general Salazar as a factor as well. This showed him how corrupt everything was and how the only person he thought was helping in Mexico really wasn't.
The last important thing to talk about is the elephant in the room of the tone and colour shifts from scene to scene depending on the location. Although a cool concept I don't think it adds to the story and I just see it as a gimmick.
ericou-40022
Traffic was an interesting movie, it had very intense scenes but also boring parts.
I think it would have been a good movie back in the 2000s, but now it hasn't been aged so well.
The different tones in the scenes help you know the difference in places and situations, so in one part it helped in the other part maybe the color they added was maybe too intense. However, the movie was filmed good, all the angles and the characters were also very good.