Contagion ~ The Movie
By Joanie
@Freelanzer (10743)
Canada
March 20, 2020 9:49am CST
Last night I was trying to get away from watching the gloom and doom news about COVID-19. Flipping through Netflix, I found the movie “Contagion” which was listed on Netflix as the 2nd most popular in Canada right now. So I watched it and was glad I did.
It was very informative and I heard lots of the terms used today like “social distancing” This 2011 movie starred Matt Damon, Kate Winslet and Jude Law. It follows the death of a woman who just returned from a trip and her young son. This led to the disovery of a deadly virus as the CDC struggled to find a cure in the face of worldwide panic.
If you haven't seen Contagion yet, It is an eye opening and realistic account of how quickly deadly viruses can spread.
Have you seen the movie Contagion?
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@kanuck1 (4434)
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21 Mar 20
@Freelanzer I watched it last night. It was well done.
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
21 Mar 20
It is a good movie without being too scary
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
30 Apr 20
I've seen this movie before and watched it during this lock down.
Very eerie how some of the events in the movie match up to what happened with CoViD-19.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
1 May 20
@Freelanzer art imitating life or is it life imitating art?
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
24 Mar 20
@Freelanzer
I saw it. I thought at this time with the virus upon us that it was a movie to watch.
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
26 Mar 20
Yes it is and it puts a lot of things in context of what is happening today
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@arunima25 (87855)
• Bangalore, India
20 Mar 20
I have not seen it. But it's catching headlines and making news on all social media. Seems like it has a lot of similarity with the current situation. I read that it didn't do so well when it was released back then but is the most watched movie on Netflix after the virus outbreak.
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
21 Mar 20
I never cared to watch it until now and yes it does have a lot in common with what's going on now.
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
24 Mar 20
@arunima25 Let me know what you think of iot after you watch it.
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@arunima25 (87855)
• Bangalore, India
23 Mar 20
@Freelanzer I would also try to watch it some time soon. Once in quarantine I am watching something everyday.
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@Marilynda1225 (83064)
• United States
20 Mar 20
I haven't seen it but don't know if I want to watch something like that right now.
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
21 Mar 20
It is a good movie and yes Matt Damon had a lot to do with it.
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@mynameiskate (2574)
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21 Mar 20
I liked the movie with Matt and Kate. But hope its not to much of a downer to say it is like most movies, things can be fictional. In reality I wonder what the cbc is really like?
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
26 Mar 20
These movies can be depressing at times like these but I did learn a lot.
