19th January, 2012.
Well …
Well …
THAT’S a thing … !
Well …
Actually, it’s possibly several things, including things that actually AREN’T things.
Which is possibly a phrase designed to give a philosopher a headache, I know that …
Let’s get moving on to what I WANT to talk about, shall … ?
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Yes, let’s … !
Now, I’ve got to admit I’ve had a quiet patch or two, recently, what with one thing and another.
But … ?
Well, the local library being as good as it is with film rentals, you DO get a hankering for something a touch different.
I do, certainly.
Especially after having seen the VERY entertaining Reign of Fire, the other night: I fancied something a touch slower paced, and managed to bag the 2011, Steven Soderbergh film, Contagion.
And, yes, before you ask: Contagion and Reign of Fire are as different as chalk and cheese*.
The recent DVD release that is Contagion has a very quiet beginning: as it sees travelling business woman, Beth Emhoff — Gwyneth Paltrow, in what has to be one the SHORTEST appearances she’d made in a film — coming back from a trip to Hong Kong.
And dying — ten minutes into the film — of a mysterious virus she’s picked up, whilst travelling.
Which is the where Soderbergh’s ensemble cast takes: with various researchers — from the Centre for Disease Control in the US and the World Health Organisation — struggling to both trace the virus to its source, AND to come up with a vaccine.
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Now … ?
Am I impressed/grabbed/blown awayº … ?
Hmmm …
I’m not sure I could say as much: especially as I found Reign of Fire a touch pacier, and more entertaining.
However … ?
Contagion is a much more thoughtful kind of movie: and one that’s riveting in it’s very quiet understatement of world disaster.
Here …
I’ll leave you to think this over, shall I … ?
Contagion
★★★☆
* I sort of like the idea of avoiding cliques, when it’s possible. Sometimes, though … ? Sometimes, when you’re rooting through the toolbox of communication, an old fashioned hammer and nails are your best bets. And yes … these are two very different films …
º Why IS there only one word for Thesaurus^ … ? Nina … ? Debbi … ? Trevor … ?
^ More the point, why IS ‘dyslexia’ so hard to spell … ? And WHY, when you’re not sure of a word’s spelling, do you look in a dictionary: a book that relies on you knowing how to spell the word you don’t how to spell … in order to check on the spelling …
Mad … ?
We WILL be, in next week’s exciting episode …!
Mad … ?
We WILL be, in next week’s exciting episode …!
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