We went to see Zodiac earlier in the week, and I’m mildly glad we did. Though the saga went on for years, all the killing and concern was before our time here in San Francisco. So, if nothing else, we got to see a digitally-re-created Embarcadero Freeway, the time-lapse construction of the Transamerica Building, and what hasn’t changed (on the outside): the Chronicle Building on 5th and Mission.
Reminded that this was a David Fincher film, I’m actually less excited now. I thought Fight Club was one of the most impressive (and disturbing) films ever… and a forum for Edward Norton’s best work outside of American History X. Seven, another Fincher film, was simply disturbing, but also a story which made you look, even as you cringed. Zodiac never engaged me, though I never minded watching it.
Metacritic score of 77 seems a touch high.