Contagion

[blamb425]

81% on RT:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/contagion_2011/

Any ATers see this yet? Given the all-star cast, I think I'll have to at some point in the near future...

 

[lokiju]

Looks good but will have to wait for a rental.

 

[LookBehindYou]

Want to see it, but not theater worthy to me. Only movies I care to see in the theaters are the big blockbusters/3d movies.

 

[tboo]

Looks like a remake of Outbreak

 

[PricklyPete]

Will see.

 

[BrokenVisage]

http://www.metacritic.com/movie/contagion

68 on Meta, people still take RT ratings with more than a grain of salt? Unfortunate.

 

[LookBehindYou]

I never judge what I want to see based on rottentomatoes or metacritic or any other critic. RT is the same site that gave one of my favor ite movies of all time, armageddon, a 40%.

And I don't care if others think its a crap movie, I like it, and thats why i dont listen to critics. Sometimes they are right sometimes they are wrong.

 

[Fritzo]

With all the stars, it reminds me of a modern day Towering Inferno

 

[Fritzo]

I never judge what I want to see based on rottentomatoes or metacritic or any other critic. RT is the same site that gave one of my favor ite movies of all time, armageddon, a 40%.

And I don't care if others think its a crap movie, I like it, and thats why i dont listen to critics. Sometimes they are right sometimes they are wrong.

You're looking at the scoring wrong. 40% means there's only a 40% chance the average person will like it. You just happened to be one of the 2/5 that liked that nonsensical, goofy movie with a terrible Aerosmith soundtrack, while 3/5 of others did not. :sneaky:

 

[phoenix79]

It looks to me EXACTLY like the first 1/3 of The Stand

 

[purbeast0]

im seeing it tonight w/the $4 fandango ticket deal on slickdeals.

i also don't give 2 shits what critics say. their opinion means absolutely nothing to me.

 

[Wag]

Looks like a remake of Outbreak

Which was a remake of Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain.

 

[gothamhunter]

Which was a remake of Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain.

THAAAAAAAAAAAAANK YOU.

<3 his books.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Which was a remake of Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain.

Which was a remake of Paris Hilton having sex.

 

[Ns1]

reviews looking great so far

great cast + great writing/directing = should be a winner

 

[Kirby]

This based on the Robin Cook novel?

 

[Spoooon]

I thought it was pretty good. Slow paced, not at all like Outbreak. It was sort of documentary like in a way, crises were happening and cameras happened to be around, kind of.

 

[Icepick]

Wasn't there a thread on this movie last night where the Op stated that it sucked or am I horribly mistaken?

Edit: found it.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2190791&highlight=contagion

*** CAUTION - SPOILERS IN THAT THREAD ^^ ***

 

[Mr. Lennon]

I never judge what I want to see based on rottentomatoes or metacritic or any other critic. RT is the same site that gave one of my favor ite movies of all time, armageddon, a 40&#37;.

And I don't care if others think its a crap movie, I like it, and thats why i dont listen to critics. Sometimes they are right sometimes they are wrong.

You mean sometimes they agree with your shitty taste in movies...sometimes they don't

As for the movie...I thought performances were good. The story was very stagnant though.