Zodiac (2007)

It really is a good film

Audiences sure do love their serial killers

Great film! It should have won Oscars.

I loved Brian Cox as Melvin Belli! He was so dramatic

Criterion Collection film!

Just watched it agin last night. Was shocked how good Jake was. Mark was amazing. What a great actor!! Love this film.

I’ve always wondered why Ione Skye was not credited for her role in the film. Obviously a conscious choice as much less important roles were credited. It’s not like her career was hot at that point, so appearing far down in the credits of a major film couldn’t have been that much of an issue(?)

R4, he was great, as usual

John Carroll Lynch was creepy as hell

I don't think there's a single dud performance.

But wasn't this a very toxic set?

This is amongst my favourite films too. Apparently a lot of people didn't like how ot ended, but what could they do? The real world Zodiac was never caught. 🤔

I loved the unlikely basement scene in San Francisco…with the cinephile who was probably just a cinephile…

:P:P:P:P:P

That stabbing scene in broad daylight was terrifying.

Absolutely one of the best films ever made.

It’s the only reason I give Fincher a pass for a lot of his poor decision making (Mank).

[quote]That stabbing scene in broad daylight was terrifying.

Brian Hartnell (the stabbing victim) said it was disturbingly accurate.

Jake was at peak hotness in this film.

I prefer Se7en, which is the best serial killer movie of the modern age. YES, superior to Silence of the Lambs! Zodiac is one of those movies like that Korean film Memories of Murder where they spend the entire movie trying to find a vicious killer and at the end don't find him. With movies like that I always feel like, "what was the point of that?" No resolution feels pointless.

"Hurry Gurdy Man" was a great choice for the musical score.

Se7en is just gory and pointless, and unrealistic (you really think serial murderers kill in such goofy, elaborate ways?)

One of the 2000s' best films, IMO.

I was so disturbed after seeing this movie in theaters that I slept with all of the lights on in my apartment that night.

I liked this movie, but it didn't hold up strongly during rewatches. I still like it a bit, but the digital-ness of it started to appear…

I liked Jake G's serious grown boy scout energy in this.

I don't like Jake and RDJ a lot but they're both good in this

Not a dull moment

Great movie

R25, I'm also not a big fan of RDJ but I loved him in this.

this is on my list of favorite movies; everyone really turned in top notch performances. I haven't seen it quite some time though. Wish it was on Netflix.

Wonderful. Lived the Hearst kidnapping, Zodiac, Milk murder in SF. What a time to be alive. A lifetime ago.

^^*in quite some time

R30 Very True. San Francisco had the 1970's in the way Los Angeles had the 1990's.

[Quote] Criterion Collection film!

Is it on CC?

R33 Yes sir! I also have my own homemade CC and consider this part of the collection.

r34, I would but it right now but can't find it online? They have director's cut but it's not the same as CC? Hmmmm?

R35 ALWAYS watch the Director's Cut of a movie. It will always be better

[quote]I’ve always wondered why Ione Skye was not credited for her role in the film.

She was, r7. At time she was going by the name Best Boy.

Mark Ruffalo deserves some love- he was great in this, too

One of last good movies RDJ has done.

Any truth to the rumor that Fincher put the moves on RDJ on set and got a very cold shoulder in response?

R40 Fincher isn’t gay.

Not what I've heard, R41.

Fincher dated Madonna.

R43, if you think shomehow that meansh he'sh not gay...

I feel like the Elias Koteas Troll would have had something appropriate and thrilling to say about his favorite actor's tumescence.

R45, ?

The stabbing scene was filmed at the actual spot where it happened.

R12 That scene was the only part of the movie I didn't understand. Who was walking around upstairs?

I don't know why I find that so creepy, R47, but I do.

that's terrifying t47

I feel like when they deciphered his notes, it took the wind out the scariness. He was just a run of the mill nut job.

Insightful take on the film.

Don’t forget, I was in this too!

I remember reading a take on the film that suggested that it posited that evil will always be unknowable - and that therefore evil will always win.

I hope that's wrong.

Best studio movie of the 2000s? Possibly? It's definitely a masterpiece.

If you liked Zodiac, you should really check out Fincher's Mindhunter series on Netflix. It has the same look and feel of Zodiac. It only got 2 seasons, but Fincher hinted recently that a third season may actually happen.

I LOVE Mindhunter. There needs to be more seasons! Both male lead actors were exceptional.

R48, I took that scene as a nod to the theory that there was more than one Zodiac -- maybe a pair working in tandem.

R20, The Zodiac killer and the BTK Killer, who planned his "projects" with meticulous care, both had elaborate modus operandi and both taunted the police with puzzles or poems or letters. So did Jack the Ripper for that matter. As for being pointless, the John Doe killer in Se7en is one of the few movie killers who DID have a point. His disgust with society's moral corruption and depravity compelled him to lash out brutally at the people responsible. You actually find yourself agreeing with his assessment of his victims which is the truly terrifying thing. You're identifying with a psychopath. I stand by my original statement: Se7en is the best of the modern serial killer films and historically it ranks up there with "M" and "Night of the Hunter" and "Psycho".

Some believe that the murders were done by different people who were programmed with Monarch type trauma based mind control by the government.

No lies detected.

Y u so scurry, Roger Rabbit? Y?

This is my favorite movie of all time. An absolute masterpiece.

Was about to post the same thing, R19. Felt differently about that song ever since. 'Baby You're A Rich Man' at the end of 'The Social Network' was brilliant too. Love Fincher and his scores.

The only thing I remember about this film is getting blown by a guy during it in an empty cinema

~Thrown like a star in my vast sleep I opened my eyes to take a peek To find that I was by the sea Gazing with tranquility~

This is an actual hurdy gurdy, btw. Awesome European medieval instrument.

Now on 4k!