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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

(MOVIE REVIEW) Contagion infects enough theaters goers to take the top spot this weekend

How many times have you seen it? Someone skips the stop at the sink when leaving the restroom, scratch their face before opening a door for someone, cough into their hand and then shake someone else’s or worse….the dreaded sneeze, wipe and shake. Disgusting. Now, try to think of how many times that you have done it to someone else. That’s what this movie does. It completely freaks you out by making you think of exactly how gross we are as humans.
Plot: When Beth (Paltrow) returns home from a business trip she begins to feel that she is a little under the weather. The family chalks it up to jet lag and a cold/flu and treats the problem with over the counter medicines and a good night’s rest. When she awakes the next day in far worse condition her husband, Mitch (Damon), rushes her to the hospital. It is there that a grim discovery is made. Beth has brought back a virus with her that is destroying every able body that it comes into contact with. Not only that, but it is spread by touch and can live on the surface of anything that is touched…and it’s evolving. The government must quickly jump into action and find a way to combat this growing menace that leaves carnage in its wake, but will they find a cure in time?
I would like to let you know right away, the commercials for this movie make it appear that there is much more action than there actually is. The movie is very interesting and shows a real, yet extremely unlikely, threat to the world if a virus such as this were to ever develop. The movie is very entertaining and shows that you don’t have to do a block buster-ish CGI film to show the world in despair from teetering on the brink of annihilation. The cast is solid. Kate Winslet, who plays a scientist that is trying to combat the disease, is very good in this film. Laurence Fishburn too.
Worth the admission? Does a prokaryotic (bacterial) cell reproduce by binary fission? Of course! The movie has a few lows and seems a bit long winded at times, but overall it proves to be very interesting and extremely well acted. I would recommend that you go see it. I must warn that you will have a hard time shaking hands with people that you meet after this movie, but who really needs to meet people these days? Just “friend” them on Facebook for safety/sanitary reasons.
Note: I HATED the music montages of the scientist trying to find the cure. If you found it as annoying as I did, our you want to comment on something else, please let me know.

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