In Reply to: Zodiac posted by KT88 on September 8, 2007 at 13:32:01:
the fear of the city nor the fierceness of the monster himself.
By making a "star" out of the reporter, the film mangled itself, irremediably.
Downey was miscast: he's made a career out of being ironical: he's not very believable as a straight guy doing a straight job, certainly not in this one, anyway.
The rest?
Forgetable.
A lack of suspense in a film about Zodiac?
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- Deservedly overlooked. It managed to convey neither - tinear 13:39:57 09/10/07 (8)
- The reporter... - mkuller 12:01:16 09/12/07 (0)
- RE: Deservedly overlooked. It managed to convey neither - jamesgarvin 12:52:31 09/11/07 (4)
- Do you yell at the hardware store attendant... - KT88 15:54:35 09/11/07 (0)
- Well, YOU say it's a police procedural. Of course, one could - tinear 13:15:45 09/11/07 (2)
- RE: Well, YOU say it's a police procedural. Of course, one could - jamesgarvin 13:25:05 09/11/07 (1)
- "The Naked City," the mother of all police procedurals, since you want to create a genre... nt - tinear 12:11:04 09/15/07 (0)
- agreed in whole but not in part... - KT88 17:59:32 09/10/07 (1)
- RE: agreed in whole but not in part... - tinear 12:45:13 09/11/07 (0)