We saw Zodiac last night. Boy, is that a long film. What's sad is that it FEELS long. Some Finchery touches, but not as showy as I expected. Despite some good performances (Robert Downey rocks and Mark Ruffalo is very good) I found it completely uninvolving.
I'm so evil and... skanky. And I think I'm kinda gay.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
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Scrappy - Mar 04, 2007 6:56:06 am PST #7742 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 04, 2007 8:26:38 am PST #7743 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Does Gyllenhaal take his shirt off at any point?
Scrappy - Mar 04, 2007 8:33:53 am PST #7744 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Nope. Nothing remotely sexy anywhere in the film with any character.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 04, 2007 8:35:28 am PST #7745 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
There goes my motivation to buy a ticket.
Sean K - Mar 04, 2007 7:56:59 pm PST #7746 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
As much as I like the idea of Fincher doing a movie about the Zodiac, I've been a little leery of the film just because I know the details pretty well (having read Graysmith's book, among others) and the story of the Zodiac does not seem to lend itself well to a coherent narrative, since we ultimately don't know who it was or why he did it.
It also seems to not lend itself well to a moody pseudo-horror piece, which this film seems to be advertized as, since the Zodiac actually wasn't all that prolific a killer.
evil jimi - Mar 05, 2007 2:06:15 am PST #7747 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Playing a chained-up, half-naked nymphomaniac in her new movie Black Snake Moan helped Christina Ricci overcome her prudish nature, because now she parades around in her underwear all the time. The former child star had to face her fears of baring almost all for the film and decided the best way to get comfortable with revealing scenes was to wear nothing but lingerie at all times - even after cameras stopped rolling.
See, I read that on ImDb and am still trying to figure out what she means by it. Has Ricci really forgotten she appeared stark fucking naked in that "Prozac" movie, or is she simply trying to pretend it never happened and she never appeared stark fucking naked in anything?
§ ita § - Mar 05, 2007 5:22:01 am PST #7748 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't see the Prozac movie, so I don't know how long she was naked in this--one day on set, or what. She was scanty for a very long time in Black Snake Moan.
Sophia Brooks - Mar 05, 2007 11:53:48 am PST #7749 of 10001
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Christina ricci always seems like she is naked to me, for some reason.
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Dana - Mar 05, 2007 12:27:01 pm PST #7750 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Gris - Mar 05, 2007 4:07:00 pm PST #7751 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I am glad. I'm not sure what I would do if the last two movies had a new Harry. Possibly go crazy.