Zodiac

[Simon_Cowbell]

Reading great reviews on this, saying Downey at his absolute best.

Anyone seen it?

 

[tyler durden 71351]

No, but I will see it this weekend. When I was a freshman in college, I read Robert Graysmith's book about the case (he's the guy that Jake Gyllenhaal plays in the movie...an editorial cartoonist at the San Francisco Chronicle) It really stuck with me...the whole case was very disturbing, to say the least.

 

[buckweaver]

The man who survived an attack by the Zodiac killer is now an attorney in Redlands, Calif.

http://www.sbsun.com/search/ci_5300452

 

[Buck]

I want to see it, but I don't have time for two movies this weekend.
That probably means 'Black Snake Moan' this weekend, 'Zodiac' later.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

Just got back.

I don't know if this will be Best Picture of 2007, but it was better than The Departed.... Crash.... Million Dollar Baby....

It is so layered and precise, plus the camera work is unlike anything I have ever seen (including one incredible cut involving the a faux Transamerica building), and the set design was so true.... It was so 1970s... Campbell's soup dispensers? Great accent pieces litter this movie.

Story was taut and exciting, even without a murder taking place in the final two hours.

Finally, the performances... best ensemble I have ever seen perhaps.

Mark Ruffalo at his beaten-down, street-smart best....

Robert Downey: there is not a doubt in the world that, as accomplished a chameleon as the man is, his past struggles really legitimized the performance on an unspoken level. ...

Jake... very strong in transitioning from the wide-eyed Boy Scout (literally in this film) to his own weathered character.

Then sturdy support from Brian Cox, Chloe Sevigny and the always-reliable Philip Baker Hall.

Plus little roles have high impact. The guy who plays the main suspect is creepy as all hell (he used to play Drew Carey's brother on that show), and the guy who played the Greek's front man on The Wire was wonderful, as was Donal Logue. John Mahoney plays a Riverside Captain... I didn't recognize him.

P.S. I believe that the guy who was stabbed and survived in 1969 played the person who first leads Lee Allen to meet the detectives the first time.

I'm totally rambling.

It's exciting... seeing a truly great film.

Of the Best Picture winners, I have to go back to 1993 to find one better than this one for my money.

 

[imjustagirl2]

I'm debating between this and Reno 911! Miami tomorrow. Guess it depends on what kind of mood I'm in.

 

[HC]

I'm debating between this and Reno 911! Miami tomorrow. Guess it depends on what kind of mood I'm in.

You have moods that don't put Jake first? :o

 

[hockeybeat]

Seeing this on Wednesday and I cannot wait.

 

[imjustagirl2]

I'm debating between this and Reno 911! Miami tomorrow. Guess it depends on what kind of mood I'm in.

You have moods that don't put Jake first? :o

I've been in kind of a dark mood recently, and don't think a suspense about a murderer is really the best fix for that.

Maybe Thomas Lennon in short shorts is.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Agree with everything Simon_Cowbell says. I thought Ruffalo was the best in show, which is saying something since everyone is awesome. Movie is nearly three hours, yet doesn't feel long. Don't know how many liberties they took with the real lives of the players, but it seemed to follow the facts of the case as I knew them. Definitely recommended.

 

[Precious Roy]

Gotta love director David Fincher... Seven, Fight Club, Panic Room and now this, he is in a class of all his own

 

[Lucas Wiseman]

Saw it tonight... it was pretty good... a bit long for my liking but it held my interest the whole time. I'm not much of a movie reviewer, but it was definitely worth the money... decent flick.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

I just got back from this one a little while ago. It was really good. Downey was great, but that's to be expected. Ruffalo surprised me. I've never been that impressed with him until tonight.

One thing my wife and I discussed on the way home was why Graysmith and Avery had no idea where other cities in California were. I've never been west of Colorado, but I knew Sacramento was two hours from SF and Riverside was in Southern California. My theory was that was to show how wrapped up those guys were in their own little world.

 

[DisembodiedOwlHead]

Does Chloe observe the BJ part of S-and-BJ Day in this one with Ruffalo, too ?

 

[Buck]

I don't know where every town in California is, but I know where Riverside and Sacramento are.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

In one part Jake Gyllenhaal sets up a meeting with a guy from Sacramento. His wife asks if he is going to take the day off and he says he'll just go in an hour late. She then tells him it's a two-hour drive to Sacramento and he's just kind of like "oh really."

Earlier in the movie there's a lead in the case in Riverside. Downey heads there to check it out, but neither he nor Gyllenhaal seem to realize Riverside is hours away from San Francisco.

 

[buckweaver]

In one part Jake Gyllenhaal sets up a meeting with a guy from Sacramento. His wife asks if he is going to take the day off and he says he'll just go in an hour late. She then tells him it's a two-hour drive to Sacramento and he's just kind of like "oh really."

Earlier in the movie there's a lead in the case in Riverside. Downey heads there to check it out, but neither he nor Gyllenhaal seem to realize Riverside is hours away from San Francisco.

Damn.

Without seeing it, the first one sounds like they're trying to make him seem self-absorbed. Or it could be a writer ****ing with the truth to make it a "better" script.

The second one just sounds like ****ing ignorance.

Dammit, I hate it when people get the words wrong. [/crashdavis]

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

In one part Jake Gyllenhaal sets up a meeting with a guy from Sacramento. His wife asks if he is going to take the day off and he says he'll just go in an hour late. She then tells him it's a two-hour drive to Sacramento and he's just kind of like "oh really."

Earlier in the movie there's a lead in the case in Riverside. Downey heads there to check it out, but neither he nor Gyllenhaal seem to realize Riverside is hours away from San Francisco.

Damn.

Without seeing it, the first one sounds like they're trying to make him seem self-absorbed. Or it could be a writer ****ing with the truth to make it a "better" script.

The second one just sounds like ****ing ignorance.

Dammit, I hate it when people get the words wrong. [/crashdavis]

The geography issues seem totally in line with Downey's character. Not with Gyllenhaal's.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I'm seeing it Monday... David Fincher may be the best director working... I'm as excited about this film as I have been about any film in a long, long time...

 

[Buck]

'Seven' and 'Fight Club' were good.
I thought 'Panic Room' was average.
San Francisco to Riverside is at least a seven-hour drive. I was down around Riverside last weekend, and it took me about four hours to get there.