Contagion

The words terrible or awful are not the right words to describe this movie properly, it's just mainly a silly movie with a silly story that often doesn't make sense story-wise.

Now thing that do is absolutely terrible in this movie is the acting by the incredible B-actors. Casting Bruce Boxleitner as the president of the United States was a laughable choice. Even George W. Bush looks more believable as a powerful man.

But completely silly is the story, that is filled with some rather big implausibilities, not just from a virology point of view (hey you don't have to be a doctor to see that the events in the movie are far fetched and just highly unlikely and impossible to really happen) but also just story-wise, the movie doesn't always make completely sense which is also due to some horrible dialogs at times. And they even managed to put a love story in the movie, bravo! (Yes, that was sarcasm...)

It's pretty obvious that not a whole lot of talent was involved behind the camera's. The movie has this typical awful made-for-TV kind of look. But what else did you expect from a director like John Murlowski who before this made 'classics' like "Amityville: A New Generation", "Santa with Muscles" and "Richie Rich's Christmas Wish". (Yep, sarcasm again.)

The movie gets tense at times but all the silly elements of the movie really bring down the quality of the movie.

Absolutely not recommendable but than again why would anyone decide to go and watch this movie in the first place?

4/10

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The story of the movie was not really to bad, something like that could possibly happen now or in the future. Some parts of the story were really kinda silly and didn't make much since. The story didn't flow as good as it could have. The acting was another really big part that kept the movie from being better than it was. Some of the actors actions were just not really believable and did some very odd things. This was another big factor that kept the flow of the movie from being as smooth as it could. Like I said the storyline was for the most part believable, but their were some holes in the story. Their were a lot of parts where they didn't go into enough detail so you really don't know whats going on. But overall I gave Contagion a rating of 4.

this was a terrible movie on just about every level. there was no acceptable story line, no character development and a very weakly based scientific plot. the steps taken to decontaminate all the people in the hospital(room to room and specifically Dr. Landis) and to stop the virus from escaping out of the ventilation system was totally unrealistic. even the handling of the virus was unbelievable. if the virus became airborne, how was that eradicated? the movie failed to formulate a stimulating scientific interest in the viewers. the fact that the vaccine had to be made from a specific strain of ebola that only one person had come into contact with was also fallible from a scientific viewpoint. the insubordination portrayed by General Ryker would never happen in real life and was another poor attempt by Hollywood to make the military look different than it really is. i give this a 2/10 possible stars.

Contagion had some major downfalls which caused me to be disappointed in the movie as a whole. The movie began in many different pieces and with many questions about characters and situations, the various parts are never full pulled together and the questions never answered which left me feeling unfulfilled. The acting was mediocre at best; better actors may have made the plot more believable. Their attempt to make the situation appear more realistic by add things that looked scientific actually accomplished the opposite by drawing attention to incorrect scientific details. Referring to 'facts' and failing to put them to use left many holes in the story. Their explanations and answers to problems were clearly inaccurate and poorly conveyed. The inconsistent flow of the movie made it even more difficult to follow and the ending failed to draw a strong closure to the plot. Overall the movie was inaccurate, poorly acted, choppy, and unfulfilling.

This has got to be one of the most unreal science-fiction movies i have ever seen. The science of the film had it's ups and downs, but mostly downs. the decontamination processes by which Dr. Ladis exited the infected area was totally unprobable and unrealistic. people would not be allowed to travel freely throughout the hospital if it was quarantined. the fact that the only way to cure the ebola was to retrieve samples from someone who had been in contact with one specific strain of ebola was also scientifically unsound. if the ebola virus somehow managed to become airborne, then it would have undoubtedly escaped through the ventilation system of the hospital, and the outside areas would have been contaminated very quickly through the wind blowing the virus around. also, if the virus was airborne, at the end, when everyone had been vaccinated and came out of the hospital, what about the airborne virus? wouldn't it just come out with all of the people? the insubordination displayed by general ryker would never have happened, so this was another slip by the writer in an attempt to develop a weak story line. there was no character development, a weak story line, and enough scientific fallacies for ANYONE, science smart or not, to pick up on. i give this a 2/10.