Time to bitch about Human Traffic

A truly contemporary synopsis of the modern day culture, mixing friendship with drug-induced euphoria!
An extremely refreshing view of a non-violent circle of friends looking deeper into mundane day to day activities and living it up for the weekend, including some moments of hilarity, confusion and bewilderment. Watch out for some little gems from the likes of Danny Dyer, Sean Parkes and John Simms.
A film that is definitely worth watching with a few mates, a few beers and a few "Camberwell Carrots"!

ugh!

The story of Jip and his 4 friends is more like a documentary of any clubber's weekend than a scripted film. As a young adult myself I could thoroughly relate to it and enjoy all the action while being reminded of some of my own experiences. The realism of the film is superb and Jip's famous line sums up the feel of the whole thing-"The weekend has landed, all that exists now are clubs, drugs, pubs and parties". Brilliant!

oh man!

What a terrible film. "Sums up the 90's youth culture"? Not mine! Full of cliches, full of rubbish. The acting was as bad as anything I've seen on the big screen. The production is so pretentious it becomes painful. Its so derivative, yet manages to completely misunderstand the deeper essence of such films as Trainspotting. I was like watching 90 minutes (or so) of Hollyoaks! Pointless camera work, pointless to-camera soliloquays, annoying charcters you want to murder in painful fashions, and so many cliches about drug taking, its simply one big joke. Unfortunately, as the film trys to take itself semi-seriously, everything is lost. 1 star is too much for this appaling "film".

well, there are actually quite a few reviws that say this so I guess I still have respect for some of the human population.

First, him working in his record store and putting the hard sell on some complete wigga to buy the latest hiphop thing, followed shortly by the two hooded junglists who come in and say "got any jungle guy?" and go spastic. (well, I laughed. Probably because I know people just like this.)

The rest of the film is absolute TRASH. The lead female (the one the main character shags towards the end) is absolutely HIDEOUS with one of the most disgusting accents I've ever witnessed. The whole thing is a load of self-important garbage and I can't stand it. Gah!

nice one, sorted.

(And it was a period film even when it was made, being set pretty much in 1994). I don't think we should expect it to represent all of club culture, for all of time. It is very specific about its own time and place I think.

Two bits that desrve all the slagging they get:
National Anthem: help me God.
The idea that anyone from Mixmag would have a secretary: Ha! ha ha ha ha. Do your research.

I think it exaggerates the comedown aswell, but then maybe I haven't banged enough pills. I mean I have the soundtrack WHICH MY BROTHER BOUGHT and it has Belfast by Orbital on it, I stuck it on and it has this comedown speech by John Simm's character, and it's like "the children of ecstacy aren't safe anymore, all that's left now is paranoia, depression, and FEAR" or something. I mean that's a bit over the top, all that's usually left is sleep and then a lack of motivation.

Having said all this I have a light midweek schedule. I just think the characters in Human Traffic weren't likeable, Lorraine P*lkington lived a few doors up the road and people didn't like her anyway though.

Quite a sad story really. That said, the bloke at the Guardian who called it The Last Great Film Of The Nineites (which is quoted everywhere about it) must have been on crack.

now i dont know what the sociocultural context for this film is, but, from the outisde it looked like laddy self-congratulation, i get the impression that this is like a trainspotting-lite (tho that was a shit film also)?

It is the most successful of the British clubbing films, of which there has been a rather long string of lousier ones over the last five years.

I think we also have to think about movie representations vs life in other aspects too. Have you ever, for instance, seen a movie pub which seems to accurately capture the experience of going to a pub - because I'm not sure I have. Or even a movie library which are like real libraries (ie in movie libraries people find the books in the right place on the shelves, or said shelves can fall down in an amusing domino fashion a la The Mummy).

Ed it came out in 1999 and was set in 94. Your double negative regarding the truth or falsity of the film have me baffled too. You seem to flat out contradict yourself.

Clubs are central to my experience but as I say the club in HT didn't feel right to me, it wasn't full enough, the scenes were too much about the individual characters when they should have become more anonymous, I mean that's half the point surely.

Off-topic somewhat, but I once made some negative response to someone who said he was a big fan of Gloria Estefan. His defence was "I like Latin music! And she's better than Ricky Martin!" I did point out to him that the world had produced more than two Latin musicians from which to choose, but I do think that may be an even weaker defence.

does Ronan sound like Tracks is what i wanna know...actually that guy's got more of an Ulster accent, like David Holmes, ah well...

Human Traffic is actually set in the LATE 90s....there's a sequence where they flash back to 1991 (you know its 1991 cos they're playing T99's 'Nocturne') and its all based on the idea that 'clubbing's not as good as it used to be'

the implication made in this comment would discredit almost all films/books/songs ever made...

i always thought this was shit.

dog latin otm

I loathe this film for so many reasons (the film itself only being the least of it).

they should remake it with danny dyer, if he wasn't in it.

Worst film ever.

Wasn't he the kid who decides he needs to quit doing drugs?

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I quite liked this film, but I'm easily pleased.

oh yeah now i see dyer was indeed in it.

I was reading half the thread thinking you guys were complaining about Traffic.

Can not be as bad as "The Life of Stuff"

the story behind HT is mildly interesting as an insight into british film production.

i've done so many 'tabs' of 'e' that i can't remember it tho.

I was reading half the thread thinking you guys were complaining about Traffic.

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i used to watch human traffic every weekend before i went out. well set me up for the weekend. captures lifes true meanings

mocking the working classes again? for shame

Some of the details are very well observed. People do act twattish and annoying on drugs. It doesn't really work as a whole though.

I saw it the cinema with my friend and his girlfriend. Me and my friend, who both take drugs, quite liked it. She, who didn't, thought it was one of the worst films she'd ever seen. I don't think this was a coincidence.

drugs kill good taste?

i can't imagine a similar film about booze culture would be any more interesting, and i'll drink you under a table any day of the week

The nature of booze culture is obvious to everyone in the country though, whether they drink or not. There had never been a mainstream film about that particular kind of drug culture before, and me and my friend, probably naively, quite appreiciated there being one, and one that got at least some of it right. I'm not saying it's a good film, because objectively it's not particularly.

And I'll fucking take you up on that drinking challenge.

sweet

can't think of too many films about "booze culture" either tbh, unless you're counting 'whisky galore'. all in all it seems drug cultures are poorly represented in film.

I'd watch a feature length movie version of "Booze Britain"

they should remake it with danny dyer, if he wasn't in it.

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Danny Dyer is in a Mansun video.

booze "culture"?

what culture would that be? being a human being?

Danny Dyer's Football Factories is great...if you like to laugh at Danny Dyer.

being a human being?

hahahahahahahahahaha

"I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE" says Danny, as the sound guys turn his mic down and the surrounding one up so the crowd sound louder.

Thanks to this programme I can now say "To start with we were inspired by the British firms, but now not even they can touch us," in 17 different languages

I like the episodes set in Russia best, Russians dress like shit at the best of times, so Russian casual culture is really a sight to cherish.

Danny Dyer's Football Factories is great...if you like to laugh at Danny Dyer.

there's a really funny pisstake of this on youtube as well: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Voha37ZqL1Q

Did anyone see the one where he walked from the Roma end to the Lazio end at half time?

He wasn't wearing a jersey even, and he hyped it up so much: "THIS IS WELL ROUGH" etc etc, then he just walked in, and nobody really did anything or even noticed him.

You'd think he was attempting to flee the guards at a concentration camp the way he built it up!

In the same episode we got his thoughts on the coliseum: "they could have a right old tear up in this place. Just loike, fill it with firms from all over the world and let em have a right ol' tear up. it could be like the World Cup, only of fighting"

the World Cup, only of fighting

Poll!

okay, are you serious? who asked for this?

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/cult-film-human-traffic-could-11340734

rumours that the film will be set in Ibiza

ffs...