Early on they showed a scene where they were wheeling a sick guy into an ambulance. I am pretty sure that was supposed to be the Lover.
As Captain Picard was heard to say, “Shut up Wesley!”
That’s nothing. At one point in my life, I was a cashier at WalMart on Black Friday.
That makes sense. I thought the Congressman was from Ohio, not Illinois. I liked this film. It was refreshinly different from what I was expected. The whole society breaking down meme was more muted and seemed more realistic. I wished we’d seen more of how other countries were handling it. Other than a few still shots of empty rooms (including a mosque) we didn’t really see how the pandemic was being handled anywhere, but in China. And that was really only one village and showed nothing about how the Central People’s Government was reacting (other than insisting on the villagers only getting placebos). Also, how the hell did they expect to tell if the vaccine was real or not when all they did was have the WHO doc snort it up her nose? :dubious: To me it seems like all they could learn from that was that it wasn’t a fast-acting poison.
Was it just me, or did anyone else think it was really friggin bizarre that Jude Law’s character was even granted bail in the first place? :dubious: He has several million in the bank, plus a network of followers all over the planet. Granted internation travel probally got alot more difficult in the film, but he’s still a huge flight risk. It would be like the federal government getting it’s hands on Julian Assange and granting him bail. And presumably both federal & state governments are operating with a whole bunch of new emergency powers. Hell, it would be entirely plausible that the normal courts (at least in major metro aras like SF) aren’t even open and civilians are being halled before military tribunals (even if only to authorize detention and not for trials).
That was as dull as a bowl of Campbell’s chicken and noodles is when you’ve got a a snuffed-up nose. In the place of a hackneyed story about about some cliched hero, they just forewent a story at all. It was a story in that events happened chronologically, but there were no real, tangible plot points. Just biologists saying Tom Clancy-esque lines to each other.
I liked it, but I think it missed a few elements. For one thing, I like a little peril in my peril; there never seemed to be a sense that there was much danger. 20% mortality rate, one of the first people to encounter it is immune, and a vaccine is created within a couple of months; I don’t fault their realism, but I wanted more drama. Of course, I’m a huge apocalyptic disaster fan, so this just wasn’t bad enough for me. 
I saw this just now. Thought it was a fantastic film, I wish all movies were made this way. There were only two moments in the film where I was distracted by something that was obviously unrealistic. In most movies, this happens about once a minute.
If you thought this creepy, tense, chilling, intelligent movie was dull, you’ve got it backwards. Movies that are nothing but a series of car chases, fight scenes and explosions are dull. This was the most exciting movie of the year.
I was underwhelmed by the movie. It was okay, better than some I’ve seen lately but…it just felt really slow most of the time.
As soon as they started with Day 2 at the bottom I was like “Welp, bet they’ll show Day 1 at the very end.”
I don’t see why they had to make Paltrow’s character a cheater, unless they wanted the audience to not feel as bad when she died. At the end of the movie my friends and I deduced that everything could’ve been avoided if she just didn’t meet with the damn chef (assuming he washed his hands soon after and that he himself wasn’t a carrier.)
Both my Wife and I hated it. And we usually really like this kind of movie. Felt to be on par with your average NBC movie of the week.
Yeah, I wanted just one scene of John Cusack driving a beat-up limo at top speed while the earth opened up and buildings came crashing down around him - just one. RUMMMBBBLEEE KAPLOWWEE BLAMMM! SAVE THE DOG! 
That shows how out of touch Hollywood is with the general public - Gwyneth Paltrow dying in the first part of the movie is a selling feature. 
I didn’t mind the pace, and I didn’t need any more car chases or things blowing up (although one John Cusack limo scene might have been nice) - I just wanted more devastation and destruction, I guess. I wanted the crisis to take more of a toll on human society, not just be, “Well, that was a sucky weekend. Back to business now!” I think the pandemic actually was fairly destructive, but it seemed to be downplayed.
I thought it played out over months, not just “one sucky weekend”?
My son and one of his friends saw it over the weekend. They came out of it loudly complaining about the lack of story and the unresolved loose ends.
It was months, but the impression I got was that it was resolved quickly with little repercussions. That’s basically my complaint; the badness was downplayed, and it wasn’t bad enough.
I liked it. I liked the understated collapse of the system - 26 million people died, according to one scene, and that’s the predicted ~25% of the “ONE BILLION SICK” that Jude Law’s character ranted about, and while that’s “only” what? One half of one percent of the world’s population?
And that was enough to cause a profound breakdown in normal life. That part I found really fascinating.
I also liked the menacing scenes of contaminated surfaces.
And I have been washing my hands WAY more often since I saw it.
I think there are enough apocalyptic stories/movies, and it’s nice to have one that’s more realistic, that gives a better idea of this more likely scenario.
I agree, and the breakdown wasn’t so much because so many people died, but because everybody stayed home or fled cities to try and avoid being exposed and getting sick.
I’ve caught myself being more aware of and trying to count the number of times I touch my face. What’d she say, 3-5 times every waking minute? That’s amazing to me.
It is amazing; every time I hear that statistic and think it must be too high, I realize that I very recently touched my face.
I know I don’t touch my face that much, but I think I met the guy who throws the curve for the rest of us. Was interviewing him for a job and I hope it was just a nervous tick…but damn did he touch his face about a billion times.
Bumping up this topic because I just watched this movie. Definitely enjoyed it, although it was nothing what I was expecting. I remember the trailer made it look like a traditional thriller, with Jude Law as hero. I remember the “Cook your samples” line being portrayed as “secret government coverup!” One thing that did take me out a few times, even though I’m sure it’s more realistic, was the inflated hazard suits. It’s hard to take someone seriously when they look like a blowup doll.
Also, a crowded train is probably one of the worst places to watch this movie. And don’t go home and look up “fomites” and “r-nought” on Wikipedia.
I watched this last night. Loved it. 9/10
Very realistic science, loved the understated tone of the whole film, and I thought the cast did a great job at being their characters, instead of just being movie stars.
I might have given the movie a 10/10, but I thought Jude Law’s character was pretty poorly conceived and written.