Movie Review: Zodiac

*WARNING: This post contains possible Spoilers.*

I watched Zodiac today. I liked it. Well, maybe I'm biased because I like most of David Fincher's films; especially Fight Club and Seven. But that aside, I think it was a pretty good watch. For those who are unsure of what it is about, well, don't find out. Its better that way. But for a basic sum up of what the film is about: its about a serial murder case. I like stories like this. Mystery and serial murder stuff, its just really great story telling. Particularly when you throw in a set of cyphers into the mix, you got me hooked.

The good points about this film was that it was very well paced, it was slow but you don't really feel the length. The characters are engaging and the acting was first rate. The only draw back I could think of was the fact that because of the length of time needed to cover in the film, if you didn't pay close attention to the captions, you'd feel lost. Another downer I feel was the film does a very odd job when jumping between the two main characters. Actually more of Robert Graysmith (played by Jake Gyllenhaal), he sort of drops away from the story a little during the middle part of it. But other wise, I didn't find anything else wrong with it. The plot was tight, the pace was comfortable and it had great acting.

The look of the film was a departure from Seven and Fight Club, not as extreme but still holding elements of the typical Fincher look. Interesting technical note, Fincher shot this on digital rather the 35mm film. Might explain for why this film looked different from his previous ones.

Overall, I really enjoyed Zodiac. A lot more then Spiderman 3 in fact. I fact I liked it so much more that I rate it at 7.5/10.