I actually groaned out loud in one of the movie's final scenes as Michael Douglas preached to the American people on what has to be done to combat drug use. The man seated in front of me turned his head and glowered at me but I had had enough. The biggest waste of my time and money since I paid to see Jerry Maguire. Catherine Zeta Jones has supplanted Demi Moore as the worse working actress in Hollywood today. I do not get how this movie won even one academy award and has been lauded as a work of art. Horrid dialogue, horrid acting, and you can actually see the director micromanaging this faux masterpiece. This new style of filming that seems to integrate a choppy video feel and seems a bit out of focus is also irritating to me. Maybe I am just not with the times but I DID like American Beauty so I can't be THAT out of touch. To me it was a pure exercise in painful boredom watching middle class kids pretend to be part of the drug culture. Truly a waste of time and a truly unrealistic portrayal of drug culture.
Review of Traffic
