Zodiac

green said:
You know Movies, Im not too sure. That clip, the tv spots Ive seen and knowing it's Fincher would lead me to believe its pretty dark but that music in the darn trailer throws it completely off.
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The music won't matter, it's all about the movie itself.
 
I don't know what music you're all talking about but I would like to say that after seeing Boogie Nights, "Sister Christian" by Night Ranger sounds haunting and scary to me.

It used to sound like a clown's moist fart.
 
Quint deciphers David Fincher's ZODIAC!!!



Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with my second review of the day. I jump from Joel Schumacher to David Fincher.
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, but the Zodiac killings were before my time. However, it's impossible to grow up there without hearing all about it from neighbors, parents and grandparents. And there's always some schmoe on the news who revisited the killings. I moved before the big Zodiac book hit, so everything from then on, including the assertion as to just who was the Zodiac killer, was something I missed.
I was very excited going into this movie. I loved SE7EN to death and the idea of Fincher taking on the Zodiac killer sounded great to me. I prepared myself for a different film from SE7EN thanks to some early word on the film and I'm glad I did because there's very little resemblance to Fincher's previous serial killer movie.
What is similar is the level of talent in front of the camera working at their absolute best. You have Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Brian Cox, Anthony Edwards, Chloe Sevigny, Elias Koteas (Casey Jones!), Donal Logue, Philip Baker Hall and even Charles Fleischer, Roger Rabbit himself! And they're all ****ing great. Especially Robert Downey Jr.
Downey plays a smart-ass reporter named Paul Avery who catches the eye of the Zodiac killer. Avery's a man of great ego, so this is very flattering, but soon the reality sinks in and Avery begins to have this haunted quality that was just fascinating to watch.
The movie is long and as a result we spend different segments in the shoes of different players in the whole Zodiac story. It's not until the end that we really spend a lot of time with Gyllenhaal, which was really surprising to me, but this part of the film was filled with the most suspense, mainly because of all the characters Gyllenhaal's gets the closest to discovering the killer. There's a sequence in a house that had me tense.
You also spend a lot of time with Anthony Edwards and Mark Ruffalo, two cops, partners, that spend decades tracking the Zodiac killer.
The descent into obsession is fascinating to watch. It's fascinating because you see so many different characters become obsessed with the Zodiac. Avery, Gyllenhaal's Graysmith, the two cops... every main character.
The killings are shown without much razzle-dazzle, making them feel very real, like you could be sitting there with the victims.
Fincher's film feels epic and you really feel they left no stone unturned. Everything you can imagine wanting to see about the Zodiac case is up there, on the screen and you have one of our most interesting filmmakers bringing it to life with a brilliant cast.
I highly recommend this one.
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Nice review :up:
 
100% on RT :eek: :up:

Everything is great except one thing - negative review from LR :( :down
 
No idea if this was posted in here...been a while since I've been in this thread hasn't it


Posted on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007 @ 6 p.m. (Pacific Time)
In the last week, the San Francisco Chronicle discovered an envelope in its library of Zodac materials. Inside the envelope was a greeting card. Apparently its importance had never been recognized, or it was thought to be a hoax.

A few days ago I was shown images of the envelope and card to help determine authenticity. I believe it is authentic. (I promised I wouldn't publish any images until they appear in the Chronicle.)

The Chronicle is busy preparing a huge story about this amazing and important development. Keep an eye on its website, SFGate.com, for the latest.

The date of the postmark left me in a state of shock.

Tom Voigt
Webmaster
Zodiackiller.com
 
zer00 said:
No idea if this was posted in here...been a while since I've been in this thread hasn't it


Posted on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007 @ 6 p.m. (Pacific Time)
In the last week, the San Francisco Chronicle discovered an envelope in its library of Zodac materials. Inside the envelope was a greeting card. Apparently its importance had never been recognized, or it was thought to be a hoax.

A few days ago I was shown images of the envelope and card to help determine authenticity. I believe it is authentic. (I promised I wouldn't publish any images until they appear in the Chronicle.)

The Chronicle is busy preparing a huge story about this amazing and important development. Keep an eye on its website, SFGate.com, for the latest.

The date of the postmark left me in a state of shock.

Tom Voigt
Webmaster
Zodiackiller.com
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:eek:
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he once wrote that he'd be waiting for a good movie about him...
 
202/20 had a story about the Zodiac the other day. They said three new letters have resurfaced.
 
The Zodiac Killer could be sitting in the theater watching this movie when it comes out.
 
hopefully next to me

I feel Zodiac should win best picture

cause if he's still alive, no way he'd keep quiet:o
 
GoldGoblin said:
The Zodiac Killer could be sitting in the theater watching this movie when it comes out.
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Never thought of that. Creepy.

I won't be watching this alone in a empty-to-near-empty theater because of that thought.
 
Wow... that is scary. Just reading the book and thinking, "what if he's still alive today" that is a really creepy thought of him watching the film...

Can't wait. Going to be a 'long' movie too, which for this subject matter is great.
 
Anyone watch the 05 movie of the Zodiac,that was pretty good.But why would they make another movie of it when that just came out two years ago?
 
A. 'The Zodiac' went into production after 'Zodiac' but was a small budget indie film that kind of did its own thing.
B. 'The Zodiac' was limited release and went to DVD soon after.
C. If anything 'The Zodiac' was just following Fincher's 'Zodiac' announcement.
 
Oh man, im so pumped for this movie. Ive been researching the zodiac killer, man, would i be evil if i thought he was probably the coolest serial killer out there? I mean hes a muderer, and of course thats terrible, but he outsmarted everyone. I can just imagine the panic that must have been going on as they found a letter and knew they only had a bit of time to save someones life. I hope Fincher catches that aspect in the film.
 
^Do you think this movie will be even better than the 05 version?
 
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