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Zodiac
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal Directed by: David Fincher Rated R Genre: Suspense/Drama Theatrical Release Year: 2007 Synopsis: In 1960's and 70's California is haunted by a serial killer that taunts reporters and police alike, he calls himself...the Zodiac Killer. My Thoughts: I was incredibly impressed with what I got out of this movie. Scorecard Acting- Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle that seems to have solved the case of the Zodiac Killer. Gyllenhaal does an amazing job in his character, and this is easily his greatest performance I have seen him in. Robert Downey Jr. plays a reporter from the same paper and also gives an incredible performance. I think that the stand out performance was Mark Ruffalo who played the SFPD officer that was obsessed with catching the zodiac, the overall cast performance was basically phenomenal. (1) Direction- What would you expect from the director that also gave you Fight Club and Se7en and Panic Room? There was nothing but great direction from this film, everything flowed very nicely, and Fincher got great performances out of his actors, great job all around. (1) Story- This story is actually based on the book by Robert Graysmith (who is played by Jake Gyllenhaal in this film) and was incredibly done. The Zodiac Killer is terrorizing California from San Francisco all the way down to Riverside. The story was nicely written and was executed flawlessly. Great job from the screenwriter James Vanderbilt for adapting a good story into a great movie. (1) Expectations- I really was not expecting a whole lot from this movie. I was worried with the casting choices made in this film, I am not a huge fan of Jake Gyllenhaal, but after this performance, he has me believing that he can carry a movie on his own. I was very impressed with the outcome, and it far surpassed with what I was expecting it to be. (1) Boring?- When you have a running time of almost three hours (160 minutes or so) there is going to be a lot of slow spots. This movie had some parts that they seemed to drag on, and it hurt the quality of the movie, to be honest if they would have cut about 20 minutes out of this movie, I think that it easily could have been a better movie. But the spots that dragged really hurt the outcome of the movie. (0) Final Score: 4 out of 5 Final Thoughts: This is the best movie of 2007 already. Of course it only came out in March, and there are still a lot of movies to come out, but this is the best I have seen so far this year. This film was slow, and built a lot, but was very worthy of your money. I whole heartedly suggest you go and see this movie if you have the chance, especially if you have lived through the whole Zodiac thing in the 60's-70's.
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