ThiefHott Too much of everything

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) Kate Davis' "Traffic Stop" is an American 2017 half-hour documentary that managed an Oscar nomination this year and actually lost out to another film in the documentary short category that also has the word "traffic" in the title. Oh well, as for this one here it is about a Black woman who refused to cooperate properly during a police control and we get the video footage of this and the rest is basically all about manipulating the audience into thinking what a likable honorable person the woman in the car was. Oh well, I do think both sides did not act accordingly here. Yes the police officer was over-the-top violent perhaps, but if you refuse cooperating like she does and then even try to hurry up the cop, then sometimes you get what you deserve and it is not like she carried away any injuries from that event. Besides if you are in the police car, it may not be the best idea to constantly scream and, even worse, kick the equipment. Obey the officer's orders 100% is the best way to handle the situation and get it over with quickly and not act like a brat all the time. Given the "victim's" intellect, she really should know that. Don't let them fool you. This is NOT an example of racist violence or even a hate crime as some may want to declare it. Sucks to see the Academy fell for it, but then again with liberal Hollywood full of shame these days because of (alleged) racism, it is not too surprising it managed the nomination. Luckily, the far more deserving project won the category. What else is there to say about this one. Completely aside from the subject, I also think the physical execution here felt very mediocre and the film had very little to offer apart from it being among the most controversial Oscar entries this year. You have to decide for one side here, indifference is not an option. For me, it was a lot of hullaballoo to be honest and a situation that definitely does not deserve a film made about it. The moment when the film hits rock-bottom really is when they even get a reference to the Trayvon Martin case in here. Oh boy, this could not have been any more disrespectful really and even if you say that the young Black American was shot and murdered in cold blood (which I don't), then it is the most disrespectful thing to compare what happened to him and what happened to Breaion King. I give this one a huge thumbs-down. I have not seen everything obviously, but this one we got here is a definite contender for worst Oscar-nominated movie this year. A failure from pretty much every perspective.

HEFILM Most of this film is made of footage of our victim and what a normal helpful person she is, by the end when you have her and young kids frolicking in slow motion you know you are in the land of Hollywood fantasy.There have been cases of police brutality which lead to people being killed where the victims did less to the police than our victim does here. And I had a friend get arrested for behaving in a lesser manor than our victim does here after a traffic stop.They do show the video of the incident--it seems they show it mostly without editing though you can't tell for sure. The officer is shown explaining what happened after we see it for ourselves and his account matches what we saw--unlike our victim saying "he's lying."The question here is why does this seemingly nice normal woman--who has a relative who is a police officer--immediately rudely question and disobey the cop from the very start. There is nothing shown here to indicate that because she is black she immediately, maybe even just and valid reasons for behaving this way and being in a state of fear and distrust of police from the start. It's also worth noting that though she swears and continues to fight and kick even when put in the car on her own, while non of the police ever raise their voices or use any racial slurs--even while talking to themselves.. There seems to be nothing in her own past to show police racially mistreating her or her family or friends or that there is any thread of violence or crime that affects her.The best scene in the film is a conversation she has--from police video--with another officer who takes her in to be arrested. It's a fascinating conversation more so than anything in the after-the-fact interviews with her or any point the film is trying to make. In the conversation it's clear that both, her and the cop, have racial bias and lack information about the other side.It just seems like the filmmaker wants to portray our victim as saintly almost, but she does so without ever having out victim explain her own illogical actions when confronted. If she has a relative who is a cop it's especially baffling the way she behaves and that she doesn't at some point say, hey my relative is in your shoes.There could be another point here or one the film accidentally makes, she complains that if you google her all that comes up is video of the incident and this case, though she still has her normal job and life, so how much real impact has it had on her life other than, as she says, photos of her when she was a model no longer pop up first.There is no talk about if she spent any time in jail for this incident--I assume she didn't as otherwise they'd certainly mention it as it would ad to their case of cop vs. regular citizen who just happens to be black.So she is to be pitied because her old modeling pictures don't come up now? Is that tragic? I suppose this could or may work best as a film showing how not to behave when you encounter a cop as even a relatively minor incident like this will haunt you through the media and internet long after whatever happened matters to you anymore.

Moviecritic I watched the first 3 minutes and I didn't see any big problem with what the police officer did. She was asked to step back in the car. She was hesitant and began with excuses why not to. Then the officer saw she was lying (had no wallet to go to the store) and he became suspicious. He asked for driver license several times and she argued and didn't comply. He then tells her to get out of the car, and she resisted.BTW, this is actually how majority of these so-called abuse cases. They don't comply with lawful orders ad resits arrest, and then complain the cop uses force.Why did we need the background sob story building up to this? Totally useless for this story. and where was the cop interview?There are definitely unjustified abuses, but from what I have seen they are rare.

phoenixbolt Featured on HBO, which states it's 'Oscar Nominee'Was hoping it was a documentary that blows the lid off police brutality, and racism within the countries police force. At least hoping someones tragic story of being murdered by cops for being black be told on the main-stage for the world to see. Nope, nope and nope.It's some black women's crocodile tear filled story about why she should get to walk away from traffic stops and resist arrest.Steven Seagal (the cop) doesn't have the decency or patience or awareness and logic to give the women a chance to realize her own stupidity and gets all Ike Turner on her for not listening to his godly commands promptly..This could have been watched on youtube in 30seconds and forgotten about in 1 second.Oscar nominee. Wow. Today I learned fluff can be nominated for an Oscar. Im sure Oscar nominees are picked from facebook polls.