Zodiac

Pros: Actint, writing, direction
Cons: None

For the last two weekends, I've reviewed two of the "blockbusters", "Ghost Rider" and "The Number 23" and found them to be average, at best. Therefore, I was worried that what appears to be the biggest new movie this weekend would be another dud. It ...

Pros: Entertaining and interesting movie. Good cast.
Cons: Could be too long for some viewers. Misplaced humor.

On July 4, 1969, a man and woman were sitting in a car in a deserted location when another car arrived. The driver shot the couple multiple times, ultimately killing the woman. A few weeks later, some of the newspapers in San Francisco received letters ...

Pros: Great acting, very well made
Cons: None

Zodiac is a very good movie about the famous Zodiac serial killer, which still remains unsolved. Today, it is pretty much known who the killer was, but there isn’t enough concrete evidence to pin the crimes directly to this person. This movie is ...

Pros: Mood and cinematography
Cons: Weak story that went on for far too long

David Fincher is in my relatively short list of favorite directors despite his rather small list of films to date. He is a master of mood and he knows what lighting and set professionals to work with to create these moods. Unfortunately, ...

Pros: great cast, some exemplary acting, good script for the story
Cons: some slow parts, rough material to watch

The Zodiac was a serial killer during the later 1960's and early 1970's, who had the city of San Francisco and its surrounding areas in a grip of fear for a short while. Robert Graysmith wrote several books on the topic, depicting his obsession with the ...

Pros: good setup, based on true events
Cons: the ending leaves a lot of unanswered questions, and little resolution

I watched Zodiac knowing nothing of the historical background of the Zodiac serial killer that haunted California in the 1960s. Scoring an insanely positive 88% average on Rotten Tomatoes, maybe I had my expectations too high. I figure though that ...

Pros: excellent subject matter, performances, cinematography and scene design
Cons: too long, too faithful, not dramatic enough, lousy ending

In 1968, the killing of two teenagers at a lover's lane became the first shot fired in a string of killings - possibly as high as 37 - linked to a mystery man calling himself "Zodiac." Writing manifestoes to San Francisco newspapers, in codes that would ...

Pros: Mark Ruffalo
Cons: Length, Gyllenhaal, atmosphere, anti-climatic, humor??

I really only went to see Zodiac just to kill some time last night. I had heard that it starred America’s sweetheart, Jake Gyllenhaal, and supposedly the hype made it seem like it had a high hope to sweep the box office at a point in the movie ...

Pros: This crime thriller is gorgeous to watch; it was shot digitally, without film or videotape.
Cons: 160 minutes long, empty your bladder first. Dermot Mulroney's role goes largely unexplored.

The Zodiac (2007), is the best film you’ll see all year. Directed by David Fincher of < b>Se7en fame, < b>The ...

Pros: Fincher's direction, the performances, James Vanderbilt's off-kilter script, Production Design, the San Francisco settings.
Cons: People after gory fantasies, may be disappointed unless they let ZODIAC's theme grip them. Long.

1969: She had come away from her teaching job in the Midwest to be with the man for a week. They had driven across the Golden Gate Bridge, up the winding road which leads to the crest of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County. Only one other car was in the ...

Pros: great pacing, good acting ensemble
Cons: none for me

This was kind of like sending Clark Kent, without his alter ego, off to fight evildoers. You couldn’t find anyone more mild than Robert Graysmith, cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle, to ferret out the elusive Zodiac killer. Being a ...

Pros: Fincher's Direction, Script, Cinematography, Look, Locations, Music, & Cast.
Cons: Length, Pacing, & A Scene that Doesn't Entirely Work.

One of the most infamous serial killers to emerge in San Francisco during the late 1960s was a mysterious killer known as the Zodiac Killer. The Zodiac Killer was a killer who taunted the press through mysterious letters in the early 1970s. The ...

Pros: Depth of character.
Cons: Extreme length, extreme violence.

The story of San Francisco’s “Zodiac killer”, a serial killer who murdered people in Northern California for 10 paranoia-filled months back in the late 1960s, has been chronicled in films before, in 1974 and 2001, but rarely has the human ...

Pros: Script. Direction. Cast. Story.
Cons: A slightly tedious middle.

Every day, I clock into work and attempt to complete a Sudoku puzzle. After finishing several of them, I've become rather adept in the task. Yet every now and then, there is a puzzle which seems beyond solution. I can spend hours and hours agonizing over ...

Pros: Faithful and tension-filled movie adaptation of a great true crime study.
Cons: Go into this at least knowing something about it. Otherwise, you might get lost.

Out of all the serial killers to have shot and knifed their way into America's consciousness, I've always found the Zodiac to be one of the most intriguing. Maybe it's because he was never caught or because his taunting and mysterious letters to the San ...