Anyone going to see Contagion this weekend?

[charlie and algernon]

The trailer makes it look like this generation's "Towering Inferno" or "Earthquake" by placing a bunch of famous stars in a disaster movie. But the critics all seem to love it, so I'm intrigued. I'll propbably go see it either tonight or later this weekend.

Anyone else going?

[RebelOne]

1. I want to see it but I'll wait for it to come out on DVD. n/t

[datasuspect]

2. i might spread some

[zonkers]

3. I remember Outbreak came out a few years back. Similar theme. Didn't see it.

Actually with Soderbergh directing, Contagion could be awesome. The man has a terrific cinematic mind. For fun, I just looked up Mark Robson, the director of Earthquake. Wow, his credits are great. Sadly, Earthquake is pretty dated. I admit, I saw it in the theatre as a kid... in Sensurround.
Anyone remember Sensurround?

[charlie and algernon]

6. Outbreak is a fun little movie

And as I recall, that had an all-star cast too: Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman, Donald Sutherland, JT Walsh, Kevin Spacey, Rene Russo, and Cuba Gooding Jr (before he became a farce).

There's also a great book called "The Hot Zone" a non-fiction thriller about an ebola outbreak in Virginia.

[murielm99]

9. I remember Outbreak.

I think about it every time I see a promo for Contagion.

I remember the all-star cast as well. I saw Outbreak, and did not think it lived up to the hype.

[Iggo]

7. Is that the one with Dustin Hoffman and a monkey?

I never dreamed I'd ever type that sentence.

[PassingFair]

4. I try to avoid anything that includes Gwenyth Paltrow.

Although I've heard she dies early in the film,
which may have some cathartic value for me.

[hunter]

5. I'll be sitting in the shelter, enjoying a smoke...

... while my lovely family prepares dinner.



Don't bother stopping by to visit. I've welded the blast doors shut.

[MsKandice01]

10. How nice that even in a the midst of nuclear war,

They're still taking the time to set the table. And the Mrs. is still wearing an apron, so as not to get her dress dirty.

[hunter]

12. I've read that tattered old Forbes magazine at least a hundred times...

... but that's not tobacco in my pipe, so it's all good.

[PassingFair]

16. Let's get together after the nuclear winter..

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[FLyellowdog]

8. Going to see The Help instead. nt

[Brigid]

11. I'm thinking about it.

I read about it in USAToday; they seemed to think it was okay.

[NewJeffCT]

13. I'm waiting for the sequel

when the dead from Contagion start rising...

[charlie and algernon]

15. Yes, sign me up for that one

Actually, Brad Pitt is making it. It's called World War Z.

[NewJeffCT]

17. I originally heard it had a great script

but, then I heard that World War Z was dumping the whole UN historical look back at World War Z angle from the book and making Pitt's character a UN worker who tries to stop the zombie plague as it unfolds.

So, I'm a bit leery.

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. I don't go to the movies, but I will watch it when it shows up on TV.