Re: Contagion....anyone see it yet?
I have to disagree with you, GotWookie. While you are right that there are no contrived dramatics... there is also no interest at all. The movie felt like the first 5 minutes of dozens of zombine or end of the world movies, painful stretched out into an hour and a half. Because of the poor editing and the way the multiple storylines were handled, I never really cared for anyone or was able to feel invested in any character. I also thought that this movie didn't quite know what it wanted to be. It was a bit of a mystery movie, but not really. It was a bit of a apocalyptic movie, but lacked the entertainment of zombies. At the end of the day this movie was essentially, people get sick, many die, a cure is found, those that live move on... and that is about it. There is nothing poignant and nothing to dwell on other than making you mildly suspicious of your fellow man. I can't help but think that this movie might have been funded by a hand sanitizer company.
I was really looking forward to this one and pretty disappointed in how it turned out.