Zodiac (2007)

As previously mentioned, last night I watched Zodiac. I'm talking about the 2007 movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey Jr. It's not a horror film, or even a gory film, but it is very well made and very suspenseful. Zodiac is the story of the journalists and the police officers that tried to capture California's self-named serial killer, the Zodiac. The movie received excellent reviews, but didn't do too well at the box office...probably because a bad movie about the Zodiac came out the year before.

I purposely didn't read anything about the movie or the hunt for the Zodiac killer before watching the movie, and that made it even more nerve-wracking, because I didn't know who would live or die. Although Zodiac focuses on the police and journalists, it does show a few of the murders through the point of view of survivors. These screens are worthy of Hitchcock because the suspense and fear from them carries into later scenes making you anxious about what will happen to the various characters. The journalists in particular made many stupid moves putting themselves and their families in danger of being attacked.

I recommend the movie, but be prepared to be freaked out. The acting is great and the plot keeps you involved all the way through. (I'm too tired to come up with better words to recommend the movie. Really need to stop writing my blog at 11:30 at night!) 

In the end, we still don't know who the Zodiac is or was. The movie presents one theory, but it is un-proven. Here's a theory:

   

Is it just me or are there some similarities between the men (man?) in these sketches; especially around the eyes? Is the Zodiac also Dan Cooper (a.k.a. D.B. Cooper)? You be the judge.