The ticket taker warned us as we raced in to the showing of "Zodiac". "Be prepared. It's a three hour showing." Unfortunately, it felt like three hours, maybe four.
This screen adaption of Robert Graysmith's book is the account of the pursuit of the infamous "Zodiac Killer" in San Francisco during the 1960's and 1970's. The account depends heavily on Graysmith's obsession with finding the identity of the killer. Not a strange thing, seeing he was working for the local newspaper. But yes, it was strange because he was a cartoonist not a reporter.
We follow the cops as they are lead up one blind ally after another. The foibles of the law enforcement community, from their inability to communicate between jurisdictions and the quality of people they had in key positions. It makes you wonder how they catch anyone who does not turn themselves in.
While interesting in part the script was weak and not particularly compelling. I knew from interviews I heard that the killer is never really found. The attempt to substitute a satisfactory ending was weak and ineffectual. This film was unnecessarily long. The lighting and certain affects the director, David Fincher, choose to use only served to confuse and irritate me.
Except for great performances by a number of good actors (They didn't have a lot to work with) this film was a waste of time. A lot of time, actually
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