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This one's better then the David Fincher movie.

posted 17 years ago by midnight_wanderer
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It was creepier. It didn't have too many characters & stayed on the task of making us scared of the Zodiac & the zodiac's voice was actually creepy on this one. This one made me fear him where as the Fincher one made me think of him as a nobody that the cops joked about. This one was much more effective. The end with the cops following buses & the zodiacs last letter being read was especially good.
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[–] The_Loonatic 17 years ago

That and the film doesn't end with them implying who they think is the Zodiac killer. I don't agree with ALA ever being Z to begin with.

[–] lylesanford 13 years ago

I don't agree with ALA ever being Z to begin with.

I'm not certain the Zodiac was Allen either... but I think there is a high probability that he was.

However... I do realize that Allen became the PD's prime and only real suspect largely due to a mountain of circumstantial evidence. Not a single shred of evidence tying him to the Zodiac murders has been produced. THAT is the factor that implants the most doubt in my mind.

It seems almost certain that ANY serial killer would keep SOMETHING from his/her crimes. And that applies ESPECIALLY a serial killer... since, naturally, they produce more crime scenes and thus have more to keep as a souvenir.

This is one of those rare criminal cases where a lack of evidence strongly indicates the suspect is innocent... yet at the same time, the overwhelming circumstantial evidence strongly indicates the suspect is guilty.

It could be the most bizarre case in history.

[–] andrewthezeppo 16 years ago

I think it feels more intimate and more immediate, both make it more frightening. Focusing on one family and how it affects them makes it feel more real for me. And the Fincher movie seems a bit like something you can go in and out of, like a tv movie, if you get up make a snack and come back its like you missed nothing. The Zodiac had more driving force.

overall I like both movies, but considering the respective casts, budgets and marketing The Zodiac seems like the more successful film because it seems to do more with less.

[–] rep588 16 years ago

i think you are completely wrong in every aspect, even if only for simple fact that Zodiac was painstakingly accurate to the true events that occurred. this movie isn't unlike dirty harry, because its so losely based on what really happened. and the fact that the movie relies heavely on old and cheap tricks that are over used in most cheesy slasher films (flashing images, all kinds of unnatural sound effects, editing during the killing scenes just flashes back and forth, and over kill of music) i totally enjoyed Zodiac much more, and found that its its realistic drama approach was much, much, much more effective in spooking me a bit- most notably the way Fincher handled the slayings nearby the lake when the two victims were tied and then stabbed in the back. i guess it also helps that Zodiac did a much better job of capturing the time setting and the acting was ten times better as well.

[–] ShroudOfFrost 16 years ago

the first post makes me laugh. probably the worst opinion ever posted on IMDB, and maybe that's too harsh, but whatever.

[–] Deadpan87 16 years ago

sorry, i couldnt even make it through this film it was so painstakingly bad. Finchers film I had to see a few times in the theatre because it intrigued me so. to each his own I guess.

[–] nachtsider 16 years ago

Midnight Wanderer is correct. This movie is a far more accurate representation of the facts surrounding the Zodiac case than Fincher's film.

[–] wolverinerage 16 years ago

No, Midnight Wanderer is not correct. Fincher spent several years reading every police file there was on the Zodiac. And his film was 1000 times better. But if you liked this piece of crap, you'd never be smart enough to understand the subtleties of Fincher's masterpiece.

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[–] wolverinerage 16 years ago

It's not a film you can compare to the likes of Se7en
You just didn't get the film, did you?

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[–] yellowrobe1 16 years ago

Dumbest comment ever. Everyone knows the ending of Psycho, does that mean it isn't a masterpiece? Wait, don't answer. You're an idiot and what you think doesn't matter.

[–] Cherrydc2 16 years ago

Hate to say this but when you a film like this gets a remake then the first one wasn't that good. I"ve seen both and "Zodiac" was far superior then "The Zodiac" "Zodiac" focused on the REAL players involved in this case and about what they went through the victims, the detectives, and the ordanery "Joe" who "Just Wants to Help," "The Zodiac" could have been a made for TV movie about a serial killer and the people affected but him using little bits and pieces of the true life Crime of The Zodiac Killer. I think this was a well researched movie but not true to what really happened. "Zodiac" stayed true to the real life crime and the real life people involved in this most bizare case in American History...Oh and I think this guy is still alive and wasn't working alone.

[–] glxyjones 16 years ago

You are completely wrong. Even the very first scene in the movie was just incredibly inaccurate. Ferrin (the girl) never got out of the car and ran away from the killer. I couldn't make it through the first 10 min of the movie so I don't know if Mageau (the boy) survived in this film even though he was shot in the face, but he did survive in real life.

Zodiac on the other hand was incredibly accurate and well done. Although I do agree that insinuating who the killer was at the end because that's what the writer thinks wasn't a good decision.

In my opinion it was Lawrence Kane, look him up, he was definitely a good suspect.

[–] Mister_Anderson 16 years ago

How can you say that with a sraight face?

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