John Carroll Lynch (#1 suspect) gave an Oscar-winning "reaction" near the end of the film when he realized Jake G. had just walked up out of nowhere and "made him".This movie is going to be of more interest to us boomers than anyone as this was a true sensation when we were in our late teens and early twenties. Even though this film "chronicles" the true events it is both overly long and too condensed. The time-line subtitles at the bottom of the screen shows how many years slid by as it consumed those close to the case yet the action makes you think it all happened in two years.
Among the ensemble cast the most annoying was the overly flamboyant character Downey Jr played. A drunken, barely controlled crime writer who finally pushed his own investigation so far it got him disappeared to boondocks
I suppose the film is best as an "overview" to a case that was far more complicated than the six o'clock news could have ever conveyed.
"I'm going to go pack for France."
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Topic - "Zodiac": Too long yet too condensed - mr grits 20:48:15 03/02/07 (12)
- long, yes, but moved along quite well - tunenut 19:15:00 03/03/07 (0)
- I really liked this one. - Analog Scott 11:14:33 03/03/07 (4)
- Yeah, the previews thad the reporter worried Zodiac - Duilawyer 18:09:29 03/03/07 (1)
- Not quite. (spoiler alert ) - Analog Scott 11:49:17 03/04/07 (0)
- Valid points....I'm not wanting to keep people from seeing it...just don't buy a large drink. * - mr grits 12:13:41 03/03/07 (1)
- Did they get into the theory that he was killing on the face - Duilawyer 18:11:18 03/03/07 (0)
- No desire to see it. I'm tired of JG... that aw shucks-ness has run its course. nt - sjb 09:06:58 03/03/07 (0)
- I almost always enjoy Downey ... - Jimmy NYC 05:18:43 03/03/07 (1)
- tough to generate fear for a killer dead 15 years - Duilawyer 08:30:25 03/03/07 (0)
- You should have included, "SPOILER!" NT - tinear 04:23:25 03/03/07 (2)
- Ok, ok, gimme a Dui! (I figured most readers here remembered.) *` - mr grits 12:12:27 03/03/07 (1)
- Please, see "A Taste of Cherry" and report back. Seriously, I'd be - tinear 13:20:55 03/03/07 (0)