I really liked Zodiac.  Jake Gyllenhaal is great.  Robert Downey Jr. is also wonderful, and he steals every scene he's in:

Robert: Jesus Herald Christ on rubber crutches! You're doing that thing again. That thing I hate... starts with an L...

Jake: Looming?

I can't hold the slick production and star-studded cast against the movie (which I normally would), because the script and the acting is amazing.  David Fincher (director of Se7en,  Fight Club, Panic Room ...) was the perfect director for this story.  His use of lighting, color, and camera angle (and everything else) perfectly conveys each scenes' particular vibe.  Even day's later, the story is still resonating with me.

Plus, I'm totally fascinated by serial killers.  It probably has a lot to do with being a 16-year-old when Ted Bundy was caught.  I was working at B. Dalton.  I sat at the cash register reading all the True Crime books about him.  When they finally fried him when I was around 23, I slept just a little better.

Actually, I'm fascinated by anyone who does heinous stuff.  I don't think people like that are crazy.  It's dismissive and dangerous to deny that darkness/evil/bad stuff is a natural and normal part of humanity. Some people just do bad things ... just like some people do good things.  It's all normal - or - nothing is normal - same thing.  People like to deny that dark part of humanity ("no one could do something like that ..."), but I think that we'd be much safer if we'd acknowledge it, because then maybe we'll be prepared if we ever have to face it personally.

Knock wood that I don't.

[photo taken 7/25/2007 in Philadelphia]