Contagion (Dir: Soderbergh) - Sept 9, 2011
03-02-20 | 01:05 PM
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Re: Contagion (Dir: Soderbergh) - Sept 9, 2011
The current top-trending movie rentals and purchases were all released within the last few months with one notable exception: Contagion, the Gwyneth Paltrow-starring film from 2011 about a worldwide virus outbreak that starts in Hong Kong.
03-02-20 | 01:06 PM
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Re: Contagion (Dir: Soderbergh) - Sept 9, 2011
But technically she was the single most important character in the movie next to the chef. ... 
Plus there's just a lot of irony in her spreading the disease vs. all the stuff she shills in real life. I mean, Kate Winslet went to the CDC to research her role.
Plus there's just a lot of irony in her spreading the disease vs. all the stuff she shills in real life. I mean, Kate Winslet went to the CDC to research her role.
03-02-20 | 07:20 PM
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Re: Contagion (Dir: Soderbergh) - Sept 9, 2011
I re-watched this over the weekend -- what a great way to stoke any subconscious coronavirus paranoia. Thanks to this movie, however, I can now talk authoritatively about "R-naughts" and "fomites."
I agree with others who felt as if the 100-minute run time was a little too rushed.
I agree with others who felt as if the 100-minute run time was a little too rushed.
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03-03-20 | 11:40 AM
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Re: Contagion (Dir: Soderbergh) - Sept 9, 2011
This Buzzfeed is nice cheat if you haven't seen the film
I Made A Huge Mistake And Watched "Contagion" And Here's Why You Probably Shouldn't Either
I Made A Huge Mistake And Watched "Contagion" And Here's Why You Probably Shouldn't Either
03-03-20 | 12:57 PM
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Re: Contagion (Dir: Soderbergh) - Sept 9, 2011
Lately my thoughts have been on the reality-techno-thriller The Hot Zone. Great book from the 1990’s. Not sure why it was never made into a movie.
03-03-20 | 12:58 PM
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Re: Contagion (Dir: Soderbergh) - Sept 9, 2011
03-03-20 | 01:00 PM
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Re: Contagion (Dir: Soderbergh) - Sept 9, 2011
This Buzzfeed is nice cheat if you haven't seen the film
I Made A Huge Mistake And Watched "Contagion" And Here's Why You Probably Shouldn't Either
I Made A Huge Mistake And Watched "Contagion" And Here's Why You Probably Shouldn't Either
03-03-20 | 01:01 PM
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Re: Contagion (Dir: Soderbergh) - Sept 9, 2011
03-03-20 | 01:09 PM
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Re: Contagion (Dir: Soderbergh) - Sept 9, 2011
For maximum chills, they need to make Richard Preston's The Cobra Event into a movie. That outa scare the shit our of everyone good and proper.
03-03-20 | 01:20 PM
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03-03-20 | 02:03 PM
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Re: Contagion (Dir: Soderbergh) - Sept 9, 2011
This Buzzfeed is nice cheat if you haven't seen the film
I Made A Huge Mistake And Watched "Contagion" And Here's Why You Probably Shouldn't Either
I Made A Huge Mistake And Watched "Contagion" And Here's Why You Probably Shouldn't Either
03-03-20 | 02:06 PM
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03-04-20 | 12:13 PM
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03-13-20 | 10:48 AM
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Re: Contagion (Dir: Soderbergh) - Sept 9, 2011
I saw "Contagion" last night. I last saw it many years ago and remembered it being a lot more accurate than almost any other pandemic movie but I forgot how quickly the virus spread in the movie. Compared to COVID-19, the worldwide spread of the "Contagion" virus (I'll just call it the Goop virus 
) is unbelievably fast, basically infecting the world in about a month from first appearance. So that part stuck out to me as the most unrealistic part of the movie next to the far too quickly developed vaccine.
) is unbelievably fast, basically infecting the world in about a month from first appearance. So that part stuck out to me as the most unrealistic part of the movie next to the far too quickly developed vaccine.
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