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The movie focuses more on the disaster and not the people on it, which is an interesting approach but doesn't quite work, it feels too detached and then when it tries to have some emotional resonance it can't get there. Also the death toll starts to ramp up really fast but I didn't really get that feeling, it was just kinda there, but I didn't really relate to it. And the whole conspiracy blogger turned wall street scammer is pretty pointless.
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The issue here, is that while Soderbergh weaves an intricate and dense storyline, about the spread of this vicious disease, he utilizes much too many faces to tell it. The result of this is that each person just feels incomplete and somewhat flat in relation to the film. It gives little room for real emotional connection with any of the characters and uses them merely as a way to connect the dots and move the story along. This film is…
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With a sudden wave of Zombie films and TV shows emerging over the past few years, it is a refreshing change to watch a film about a pandemic where the dead stay dead. In fact, Soderbergh has removed Contagion from any form of fantasy or science-fiction altogether. It is a bold attempt at portraying realistic consequences of a global pandemic. We are not swept up in Hollywood characters or an adventure to save the world. We follow several characters around…
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Een zwart scherm. Een diepe hoest weerklinkt als een schot in het donker. Het is het begin van de meest verontruste horrorfilm die u dit jaar te zien zal krijgen, een aangrijpende doemfilm verankerd in de wereld rondom ons. 10 jaar nadat regisseur Steven Soderbergh de Mexicaans-Amerikaanse drugstrafiek ontleedde in de saillante milieuschets 'Traffic' doet hij nu iets soortgelijks met de globale vrees voor allesoverheersende pandemieën en andere virussen. Kortom, brokkenfilmer Ronald Emmerich ('The day after tomorrow', '2012') kan maar…
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A decent thriller.
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Fand ich bei der Zweitsichtung noch einen Tick stärker. Toll gefilmt, unaufdringlich, aber spannend erzählt. Toller Score, tolle Darsteller. Einfach ein guter Film.
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Steven Soderbergh creates a fast, flowing pace, reminiscent of The Social Network. But with no purpose in sight, it becomes a string of undeveloped characters, rushing about cities, talking in clichés.
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Very original and intense throughout. Pretty good movie.
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Soderbergh geht mit Contagion einen interessanten Weg, weg von den klassischen Konventionen eines Spielfilms. Es gibt viele Charaktere aber keinen klaren Protagonisten. Im Zentrum steht immer das Virus und welche Auswirkungen dieses auf verschiedenste Facetten der Gesellschaft hat.
Seine eigene Meinung versucht Soderbergh dabei frei zu positionieren. Am Ende gibt es für ihn keine klar definierte gute oder böse Seite. Jeder Charakter bleibt verständlich, aber gleichzeitig fragwürdig. Anerkennung dafür.
Und trotzdem hätten Contagion ein paar Hollywood-Elemente gut getan. Das Virus…
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excellent
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Terrifying, realistic, kept me engrossed throughout. Only downside is from a narrative perspective it was resolved unsatisfactorily with a few too many plot threads left dangling. Great cast though and some lovely use of quick cut empty spaces or people touching things and sharing space to emphasise the spread of the disease.