trailer for David Fincher's new film, ZODIAC

[christopher]

for those who dug the movie SE7EN, i think you're gonna like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJHgV-FQMj4

more info here:

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0443706/

enjoy.

later, chris

[BooYaa!]

Well, the source material is sure rich. One of the most interesting serial killer cases in US history.

I'm looking forward to seeing the movie, but from the trailer it seems that it's Graysmith-centric, which is a shame, since some of the material in his two books is suspect.

[HALLDORSON]

This is the first Robert Downey Jr. flick I've looked forward to since Short Cuts!

As for Graysmith's book, everyone in it is suspect, if not A suspect...Toschi wrote himself fan letters... The whole case is out of whack.

ZODIAC looks like a truly scary movie... All these ads on television proporting low-rent non-scary slasher flicks... They don't cut it. This one seems to be the REAL DEAL.

[Johnny66]

I dunno. The preview is awfully cliched. 'Serial killer' movies really have glutted the market in the last decade, with 'Lambs' and 'Se7en' being the template largely.

If Fincher (whom I don't believe to be the wunderkind others do) can do something new with the material, fine. But it's getting awfully repetitive...

[christopher]

i'd be curious to see it, just the same.

the serial killer flick has become a genere unto its own. and every once in a while, a script or director will come along that puts a new spin on that genere; like UNFORGIVEN did for the western or SAVING PRIVATE RYAN did for the WWII movie.

of course, i could be dead wrong. remember about a year ago there was a movie out entitled THE ZODIAC?

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0371739/

later, chris

[vinyl anachronist]

I'm really looking forward to it. I thought the trailer was great. And the cast is superb. And I love Fight Club and have been waiting patiently for another awesome Fincher film.

[BooYaa!]

The Onion AV Club gave it high marks:
http://www.avclub.com/content/node/59208

I usually agree with their ratings so maybe I can get to the theater for this one.

[christopher]

i saw it this morning. it is very good, but at 2 hours and 40 minutes, it lags in spots and probably could have used a further trimming. i'm sure mr. fincher would disagree.

great performances, particullarly robert downey, jr., whom has only gotten better with age, and brian cox as attorney melvin belli. in make-up, cox looks so much like belli it's scary. check it against the real thing in gimmme shelter for proof.

nice attention to period detail, too; check out the cigarette machine downey stands in front of in one early scene. where the heck they find that thing?!

i give it *** three stars out of four, but then, i'm a fincher fan and i realize many here are not.

later, chris

[christopher]

LA times review:

http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-zodiac2mar02,0,1756922.story?coll=cl-home-top-blurb-right

later, chris

[HALLDORSON]

Saw it twice today, and yes, the movie is long! Very effective, though, and Christopher is not joking about period re-creation. The painstaking set decor had my eyes in pain after checking for artefacts scene after scene....(Phones with dials and cords, coke machines, cigarette machines, A SODA CAN WITH THE ORIGINAL PULL-TAB!) I only wish there was a shot of Zim's Restaurant in there somewhere... Like another newspaper movie, 'All The President's Men,' the suspense is quite palpable, even though we know the outcome...

[crimsoncing]

I lived thru this as a kid and I cannot beleve after all these years watching the previews on this thing brought it all back to me. This shook me to the core. I had nightmares for months about this creep.

The films looks fantastic but.....I am having a hard time trying to talk myself into going. You would think after 40 years and living 3000 miles away it would not b a problem....sheesh!!!!

[christopher]

a fresh link to the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJTC8iMQBGw

later, chris

[Solaris]

I saw it today and I liked it a lot. I've been thinking about it since I left the theatre, and that's a good sign. The performances are great, and this doesn't feel like a typical Fincher film, for those who may be wary of such things. I can't wait to see it again.

[LeeS]

I just posted on this elsewhere by mistake...I loved this movie. What a great story...

[christopher]

i saw it again last night in a packed, sold-out screening. this is a great flim, possibly fincher's best.

later, chris

[Solaris]

I saw it again last night (Sunday) at the 10:30 show, with only four other people in the theatre. I was really enjoying the detail this time. The scene where they interview Lee is great, and Mark Ruffalo is wonderful, I love his performance.

[lbangs]

I saw it Saturday and loved it.

Zodiac - Fincher has made some good movies, but this is something else entirely. Taking his time (all three hours of it) to tell several stories and juggle multiple moods, he drops nothing and dazzles continuously. Immediately, he flashes a Paramount Pictures’ logo from the seventies. To his immense credit, this doesn’t play as an attempt to capture that decade’s vibe; this seems like a film straight out of that creative decade. Scenes inside the newspaper office would’ve seem at home in All the President’s Men, the bar scenes have that faded smoky feel you’d expect thirty years ago, many leisurely minutes are used solely to flesh out characters, and gee, Robert Downey Jr. even looks like Pacino’s Serpico for a good part of the movie. The brilliant quality here, the fact that lifts this film well above impressive era recreation, is that all this is just window-dressing for Fincher’s finest display of audience manipulation to date. He is known for his eye (and ear, as the soundtrack here attests) for detail, but while that could take over the film in a horrible trainspotting accident, it merely serves as support for the real action. This movie has movements, effortlessly driving the audience from horror and suspense to police and newsmen procedural to psychological excavation and character examination. The transitions are seamless, and no one style overshadows the others. The cast is a dream. The names here are not quite as loaded as those in The Departed, but this ensemble packs every bit as powerful a shot. I’m avoiding a few specific sections that wowed me because I try to keep these silly reviews fairly spoiler-free, but trust me - I’m just scratching the surface of what makes this film so terrific. With Zodiac, Fincher delivers the finest film of his career, his masterpiece, and, as of early March, the best movie of this young year. ****

(PS - I'm really not the cheerleader I seem. I've learned this forum favors postive reviews, and I just feel cranky posting unsolicited negative reviews. So... I try to print only my glowing notices. For example, you probably don't want to read my thoughts on Dreamgirls...)

Shalom, y'all!

L. Bangs

[Cheepnik]

Really fine movie -- an adult film in the best sense. The story obviously had a great deal of meaning to Fincher; in fact, his research staff uncovered tidbits that Graysmith and the detectives had missed. It was refreshing to see a movie whose story is told mostly via dialogue. Even over the unusual length of the film, the pace never flagged.

And likewise, I was amazed by the precision of the period detail -- I'd forgotten all about those disc-shaped erasers with the little attached brush. Like a lot of you, I tend to keep my eyes peeled for anachronisms in movies, and there were almost none (I think a song used as background didn't match the date of the scene, but I can't even remember what it was now).

[Claus]

I can't wait to see the movie... I'm sure Fincher's new movie will win a prize at the famous festival in Cannes.

http://www.festival-cannes.fr/

[christopher]

i just saw it for a third time this afternoon. amazing.

later, chris

[Jimbo]

The best movie of 2007, so far.

[EddieVanHalen]

Saw it yesterday, atended to a pre-premiere hosted by a Spanish news paper. after Panic Room it looks like Fincher is back to its roots, really loved the film. I think Zodiac is entertaining, has excellent photography, well selected and performing actors and the Fincher-benchmark script, so being a David Fincher lover I cannot ask for more. I'm looking forward to buy it on DVD.

[christopher]

the DVD comes out tues. 7/24.

http://www.amazon.com/Zodiac-Widescreen-Jake-Gyllenhaal/dp/B000QUCNP4/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-2123514-0110301?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1185166976&sr=1-1

later, chris

[ATSMUSIC]

the DVD comes out tues. 7/24.

http://www.amazon.com/Zodiac-Widescreen-Jake-Gyllenhaal/dp/B000QUCNP4/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-2123514-0110301?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1185166976&sr=1-1

later, chris

Yeah I am going to rent it. Looking forward to it! I just saw the dvd review on ebert and roper

[Oatsdad]

And here's my DVD review:

http://www.dvdmg.com/zodiac2007.shtml