Anyway, Contagion......

Back to my earlier post about Contagion.

It was a pretty good movie.  Spent most of its time tracking the progress of the disease and concentrating on the medical details and implications.  It didn't focus much on the huge effect it would have on day to day life in America.  It mainly used that as a backdrop for its story of CDC personnel trying to contain it. 

This was a good movie, and I am suprised that more movies like this aren't released.  It was very accurate to what is a likely scenerio in our future. 

I think Hollywood really drops the ball by not making more movies based on real life possibilities.  Imagine all the movies that could be made about the repercussions of a shake up in power in Iran, North Korea, or Pakistan!!!   Or WMD terrorism!!  Or EMP strikes!! 

The obvious one right now would be economic collapse.  There are a million ways they could go with that, and it would have topical appeal as well as the old post apocalyptic zing!! 

People like to see stories that have something to do with whats going on in their lives.  Or what might happen in their lives.  I know that I would love to see that kind of stuff a lot more then one more retread of a movie that was popular 30 years ago, a super hero movie, or some fantastical CGI special effects blockbuster. 

So I think Contagion was a step in the right direction.  It sheds some light on what the CDC does ALL THE TIME, and what might happen if they slip up, or just run into something they aren't prepared for. 

It was only about 4 generations ago that tens of millions of people died from influenza.  Even if something big didn't hit America, it is a matter of time before it hits somewhere in the globe. 

So, if anyone else has seen this movie and has something to say about it, or some other movie in the same genre, let's hear it!!