Is the work of Steven Soderbergh the most overrated thing ever?

you know what film of his hasn't been mentioned once in this thread? this one.

http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/and-everything-is-going-fine

I can't bring myself to watch something that sounds so depressing

Gray's Anatomy isn't much more uplifting, at least now.

VHS- have you gotten to the girlfriend experience yet? Be sure you see the directors cut and not the theatrical cut.

traffic is such a huge piece of shit movie just unbelievable bad a corny

wow check out those filters and years before instagram too

side effects is cool too

traffic isn't that bad but its definitely bad

i think soderbergh's got kind of a light touch that works really well with a lot of if not most of his films and a sort of 'let's throw something together and see how it works' style, which paid off with something like 'the limey', but i think 'traffic' was the worst sort of project for his two styles.

dude likes wide shots of rooms more than i do

big fan of wide shots of rooms, its true. throw in some non-actors and i start swooning

idk if traffic is technically the worst movie but it is extremely stupid and lame

like to the extent that you wonder if its purposely insulting you

Oscar winner!

big fan of wide shots of rooms, its true. throw in some non-actors and i start swooning

― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080),

why I liked The Girlfriend Experience.

it's just an odd movie storywise too, it's like a really lurid afterschool special spliced together with a south of the border docudrama and a gritty episode of CSI san diego.

Saw a bit of Oceans 12 flipping channels and even that one has some fine wide shots of an Amsterdam rowhouse.

did the people who hated Traffic also see Traffik (the tv series on which it was based)? did they hate that too if so?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096716/

it's just an odd movie storywise too, it's like a really lurid afterschool special spliced together with a south of the border docudrama and a gritty episode of CSI san diego.

― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, August 26, 2014 1:28 PM (37 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

its cool tho u can tell which one is which from the colors

big fan of wide shots of rooms, its true. throw in some non-actors and i start swooning

― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080),

why I liked The Girlfriend Experience.

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, August 26, 2014 12:26 PM (4 minutes ago)

totally, but don't forget Bubble!

its cool tho u can tell which one is which from the colors

― lag∞n, Tuesday, August 26, 2014 12:30 PM (1 minute ago)

lol sadly otm

its cool tho u can tell which one is which from the colors

― lag∞n, Tuesday, August 26, 2014 10:30 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

my favorite story is the orange one tbh

i keep meaning to revisit haywire based on the buzz but he gave me all those actors i love and it was just like this lady who couldn't act in a room from far away and ugh i didn't trust him to go elsewhere, i know his kicks

this is what The Movies should always be like IMO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCIXKzeaAAs

helloe tess

I'll step up to the mound and defend Traffic here. It's heavy handed both stylistically and thematically, for sure. However, I think what Soderbergh wanted to express is on the money on so many levels. He manages to tie so many things together, both very personal (what can one person do against addiction or corruption) and very political (how do we deal with Tijuana). I generally agree with his views on the drug trade: take care of the demand side of things, in a way that floats your boat. That notion found interesting echoes in his post-Lehman films about money and greed (Magic Mike, Haywire). I think its wise that you get to have clear stylistic distinction between all three sides of the trade itself: transportation, supply and demand and how they are all connected made me very hopeless and how Soderbergh find a way to get his character out of the situation without being too corny (at least to me) and I enjoyed that.

yeah, Traffic is not terrible even if it might be improved with the sound off.

Wolf of Wall Street IS terrible even if it might be improved with the sound off.

Traffic was solid, I had no misgivings at the time. "Heavy-handed" is accurate, I'll admit

Traffic was OK whenever Michael Douglas wasn't worried about his daughter and Benicio didn't dream about his ballpark.

Erin Brockovich has become my most watched Soderbergh.

traffic is hilarious, traffik is somber in the same way departed US is hilarious, departed HK is somber.

so what you're saying is that in Traffik, the humor is unintentional

traffik is pretty dour!

wolf of wall st def not one of soderbergh's best

it is def David O. Russell's best tho

http://www.vulture.com/2014/09/steven-soderbergh-the-knick-directing-race-riot.html

does the knick get less gory

not really, though the opening episode is a straight up "oh blood bothers you, GTFO" gutbucket. it never gets worse than that.

blaaahhhhh i guess i'll keep going until i explode

I have gotten quite hardened to the surgical scenes, that opening failed c section scene in ep1 is very disagreeable - that is probably the most troubling scene of the series.

syphilis nose way harder on my stomach than the c section

oh should i still be watching this? i kind of forgot about it!

are you a fan of syphilis nose

who isn't?

That the "comedy" Typhoid Mary subplot is the light relief in this series says a lot.

haven't seen traffic in like a decade, willing to believe it will suck on re-screening, but i always thought the closing eno-soundtracked scene was p cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNgvVVjgK68

Watch his "touched" version of 2001: A Space Odyssey:

http://extension765.com/sdr/23-the-return-of-w-de-rijk

anyone hear The Limey's commentary track?? sounds crazy.

http://www.avclub.com/article/the-new-cult-canon-ithe-limeyi-filmmaker-commentar-23702

it's been a long time since i heard it but i remember enjoying it and cringing in equal measure. it's like the polar opposite of the chummy, rambling john carpenter / kurt russell commentary tracks.

yes, it was A+.