The World According to LaTaeya

             For those of you who saw last’s weeks episode of Ancient Aliens “Aliens, Plagues and Epidemics”  You were all thinking the same thing I was when you experienced “Contagion”  in theaters this weekend.  A Warner Brothers production, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law and Kate Winslet the movie Contagion lived up to the hype.  As an unknown infectious disease is spread rapidly by one women while on her business travels, the world experiences death and devastation by apocalyptic measures.  Making attempts to get control of a dying civilization scientists, doctors and other government officials step in to battle the unknown.  One local blogger does his best to make a name for himself by proving to the world that the CDC and government are in cahoots with each other to profit from the tragic situation through the pharmaceutical companies. 

           With a swift moving and intellectual storyline the movie makes the theater goer really think about the possibility of how we would react and handle a real situation like that.  The script makes references to the H1N1 virus and how society was impacted by that and other viruses in the past.  The cast did a convincing job in making their characters realistic.  Some movie goers are not into a cast of too many Hollywood populars such as Winslet and Paltrow ect, but they all do well to uniquely carry the story.  Directed quite well, Soderbergh does an approving job by telling the story through the camera lens.  Old school Twilight Zone, with a modern twist captures the spirit of the movie in my opinion.  This movie is a must see, and I give it four stars.