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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2018 12:05:55 GMT
Saw it when it came out in theaters and basically only remember Jude Law’s performance and maybe 2 deaths. It was otherwise a decent, often tense thriller.
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 21, 2018 14:16:14 GMT
Like most of Soderbergh's film stuff it's good not great - it was some great moments though, and is made in an exemplary manner but no one really loves it much........... but again it is good, well-made.
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Post by stephen on Mar 21, 2018 14:17:05 GMT
It's quite good, one of Soderbergh's better movies . . . but it really should've gotten the miniseries treatment. It was begging for a ten-part HBO installment.
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Post by getclutch on Mar 21, 2018 19:50:12 GMT
Despite showing promise at the beginning of the movie, it slowly drifts into forgettable territory.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Mar 21, 2018 20:15:38 GMT
Very good, very Soderbergh. But I can't have been the only one who wanted a bleaker ending. And some of the individual stories were pretty weak (Cotillard's for example). |
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Mar 22, 2018 13:16:33 GMT
I don't like it. In fact I rather dislike it, and when watching it I recall being quite irritated by it. I'm generally not a Soderbergh fan, and a career riddled with drab and lifeless looking affairs such as this are the reason why,
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Post by pessimusreincarnated on Mar 22, 2018 19:06:34 GMT
I love it. Great ensemble cast (Jude Law and Jennifer Ehle deserved nominations), very realistic portrayal of what the world would probably look like if it faced a widespread epidemic. Visually it's gorgeous, and the score is exceptional as well. One of my favorite Soderberghs.
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Post by quetee on Mar 9, 2020 20:19:29 GMT
Anyone rewatch it now since it is beyond relevant?
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Mar 10, 2020 3:49:48 GMT
Surprised I never commented on this (maybe it got buried), but it's one of my favorites and has been since 2011. Great ensemble, too.
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Post by MsMovieStar on Mar 10, 2020 4:07:12 GMT
Oh honey, it's a shame they didn't cast Nicole in Gwyneth's role...
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Post by jimmalone on Mar 10, 2020 10:03:56 GMT
It's one of Soderbergh's better films. Maybe top 3 along with Traffic and Erin Brockovich for me. It's actually a very good and unusual, cause in comparison intelligent take on a virus and how different people might react. Some of the story segments feel a bit half-baked, but that's often the case with that type of films.
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Post by mhynson27 on Mar 10, 2020 10:39:21 GMT
Funny story about this film actually. When me and the fam watched Contagion for the first time, the scene where they draw out the first birthday date to get the vaccine or whatever was actually the same date that we were watching it on.
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Post by Nikan on Mar 10, 2020 17:54:28 GMT
Yes, I am on of the thousands who helped this movie get "re-discovered" in these Corona-times by finally watching it.
It's the kind of movie that "ends" right after the moment it's runtime ends if you get what I mean; which is weird since the topic is specially intense and relevant...Law was the mvp but nothing has left a lasting impression on me save for the final shot.
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Post by stephen on Mar 10, 2020 18:58:06 GMT
It's quite good, one of Soderbergh's better movies . . . but it really should've gotten the miniseries treatment. It was begging for a ten-part HBO installment. I still stand by this. |
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Post by DeepArcher on Mar 10, 2020 21:40:42 GMT
It's quite good, one of Soderbergh's better movies . . . but it really should've gotten the miniseries treatment. It was begging for a ten-part HBO installment. I still stand by this. Honestly, I think the miniseries treatment should be coming sooner rather than later at this point. With its newfound popularity and relevance, it seems inevitable. After all, everything from Parasite to The Last of Us is getting an HBO adaptation these days, why not this? |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Mar 11, 2020 6:32:44 GMT
cut Jude Law and beef up the Cotillard role and it'd be near-flawless.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Mar 12, 2020 17:25:59 GMT
cut Jude Law and beef up the Cotillard role and it'd be near-flawless. WHAT?! Jude Law was best in show! |
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Post by notacrook on Mar 21, 2020 2:01:15 GMT
From a narrative and character perspective, it's very underdeveloped and unremarkable (agreed that it should be expanded into a miniseries). However, it's also scarily smart in light of current events, and that ending is fucking terrifying.
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Post by countjohn on Mar 21, 2020 3:22:53 GMT
Read this as "Thoughts on CountJohn" for a split second and got super excited.
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Apr 1, 2020 21:48:05 GMT
It’s scary just how many emotions I’m feeling are compacted into one video.
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Post by Allenism on Apr 2, 2020 13:41:27 GMT
Having watched it again last night for the first time in like 8 years, some fresh thoughts:
1) Soderbergh's chilly, elliptical style works perfectly with the story, even if the screenplay itself suffers from miscalculations.
2) The film takes too far a jump at about the midway point when all the looting and ransacking occurs. I think screenplay could've spent more time exploring that ramp up.
3) Marion Cotillard's storyline could've easily been dropped. She's really given next to nothing to do and her vignette doesn't really interconnect with the others.
4) Scenes like the muggers ransacking Lathan's house and the reporter showing up at Jude Law's apartment don't really ring true, and feel like contrived attempts to delineate the pandemic's micro-impact on tertiary characters.
5) The daughter is unfortunately just annoying to look at.
It's impossible not to view this film through a different lens given the current crisis. I think I liked it better this time around, but it's far from perfect.
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Post by avnermoriarti on Apr 3, 2020 8:11:06 GMT
From what I recall: Meh. It has a lot of potential but none of the storylines are fully developed while trying to cover a lot of ground, and actually it ask for a lot of suspension of disbelief, especially when the virus peaks, no economy, no breakdowns, etc...., some plots are dull ( Damon, Cotillard ) and others deserved its own movie ( Winslet ). I thik the mini-serie would've been a much better option
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