Script and reality

Stone 2022-03-18 09:01:03

Time came to February 2, 2020, a numerically special day, I stayed at home and watched "Contagion" again. The disease is raging in the film, and there is a virus raging in real life - the new coronavirus.

As of now, no one knows when it started, some say in December 2019, some say in November, maybe the viral transmission process shown in the movie will always be a mystery in reality. Currently, our reality script is still in progress and we don't know when it will end.

Let’s chat casually. Since it is a film review, let’s talk about the movie. At the beginning of the epidemic in the film, some people suspected that it was a foreign germ warfare. Ha, just like in reality, Midea, the almighty scapegoat, came out to attract firepower again. What's more, there are still people who suspect that the virus was leaked by research institutions, and experts immediately come out to refute the rumors, and technically explain that this suspicion is not true. But that unfortunate beauty in the United States has no one to defend him, haha, that's pathetic.

In the film, someone borrowed forsythia to attract a large number of fans, and in reality, Shuanghuanglian was snapped up overnight, just like a god's prophecy. To make money, in reality, there are also Hong Kong people who went to Japan to buy out all the medical masks of a factory and start on the ground. Speaking of masks, the shortage of supplies in the film mainly refers to food, and there is a scene of looting relief food. In reality, there is currently no looting of food. Mask sanitizer has long been sold out. There is ample food supply, and occasional black-hearted businessmen who drive up prices are quickly punished.

There is basically no problem with the government's handling in the film. The infectiousness of the disease was announced at the first time and preventive measures were given. The performance of the medical staff was particularly eye-catching. Although the director of the CDC disclosed the secret to his girlfriend, he finally gave his vaccine to the son of the cleaner, without losing humanity. Two female doctors, one in charge of disaster management, transformed the gymnasium into a temporary isolation hospital. Unfortunately, she died in this hospital. Before she died, she thought of passing her clothes to the patient next to her to keep warm. Another female doctor went to China to investigate the source of the virus, and was held hostage by an assistant to exchange vaccines. After learning that the assistant got a fake vaccine, she went to the assistant again. There is also a vaccine expert who injects the vaccine into his body for experiments. These medical staff have shown noble personalities.

In reality, we also have countless excellent medical staff emerging. Academician Zhong Nanshan was outspoken and pointed out the situation of human-to-human transmission of the virus, which raised the alarm for the country to fight the epidemic. Medical staff from all over the world have reinforced Hubei, the hardest-hit area of ​​the epidemic, and some medical staff have even sacrificed... In this war without gunpowder smoke, medical staff as combat troops have become the cutest people.

For big countries, military wars and economic wars are not afraid. But in the face of the epidemic, modern weapons and various controls are almost useless, and we can only rely on medical staff to fight head-on. The importance of medical staff is comparable to the people's army! I hope that after this epidemic, the public health system at the national level can make a qualitative leap.

Now, the script is still in progress, and it is not known who can persist until the end of the script. After the epidemic is over, I hope those who have experienced the full script will remember that some people left during the play.

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Extended Reading
  • Lee 2021-10-20 19:02:36

    The viewing of the movie is very average, and big names can be said to be friendly guest appearances. The connotation of the story is very good, the CDC research is very real, the reality is so terrible, self-immunity is the foundation of every living person.

  • Amelie 2022-03-24 09:01:22

    It is more like a well-made TV movie than a movie. There is no exciting story rhythm, no shocking ghost scenes, of course the group portrait is not strong enough (but the stars greatly increase the recognition of the characters), and the commercial elements are felt, but the soundtrack and certain scenes (including photography) It's like spending a lot of money, a kind of virtual realism between film and documentary.

Contagion quotes

  • Jory Emhoff: [Rhetorically] Why can't they invent a shot that keeps time from passing?

  • First Haz-Mat: [Putting a body in a mass grave] When did we run out of body bags?

    Second Haz-Mat: Two days ago.