ZODIAC Discussion - Page 6

One of my favorite parts in the special features is Mark Ruffalo getting his box of animal crackers signed by the real David Toschi. Mark looked so star struck.

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Originally Posted by mcnooj82 

Knowing what's CGI from the special features didn't bug me at all.  I was even more impressed with what they pulled off in certain scenes.

I probably will watch all that stuff to see how the fudge was packed but if it does ruin the immersion I'm warning you Nooj ... I will cry. You just see if I don't.

So great.  My favorite Fincher film by far.  Caught about half of this on IFC last night.  I never bought the dvd since my roommate owned it, but now that I'm on my own, may be time to pick up the bluray.

Alot of circumstantial evidence is now pointing toward the Zodiac being a completely different suspect than any of the ones showcased in this flick. Considering the source material was based on Graysmith's book; which is pretty close-minded in it's approach to nailing down a suspect, I think it's kickass that Fincher exercised such a level of open-mindedness about his approach to the material.

Graysmith is utterly convinced Allen did the crimes, and there's alot of factual errors in his books that he either overlooked or purposely fudged to help him butter up his POI. For Fincher to adapt that source material and still make a movie that doesn't conclude in any kind of definite way means that he probably did alot of outside research to get himself cozy with the case. Absolute kudos to that guy; the movie would have made another 30 million bucks had the last act been Graysmith chasing Allen through an abandoned power plant.

Fincher took the high road with the case and stuck to the facts; paid for it at the box office, but I'm glad to see more and more people are finding this movie as time goes by.

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Originally Posted by Bluelouboyle 

It was also released in Feburary, which didn't help the box office. A slow, expanding release in October might have done better.

It actually came out in March, and would've had the adult market to itself if Wild Hogs hadn't opened up the same weekend. 300 opening the following weekend killed it.

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Originally Posted by Greg Clark 

It actually came out in March, and would've had the adult market to itself if Wild Hogs hadn't opened up the same weekend. 300 opening the following weekend killed it.

Sad times we live in, Greg.