Zodiac??? More like Zzzzzzodiac

Rating: 5/10 (28 September 2007)

I honestly don't understand film critics at all.Films they tend to rave about generally leave me cold and a few films they have rubbished have been OK,at least to my tastes.When this film was released the critics were universal in their praise.'Brilliant','tense','gripping','superbly acted throughout'.These are just some of the phrases I remember being said about 'Zodiac'.I wonder why I found it so boring then?
Firstly,it moved at a snails pace and how it can be described as gripping is beyond me.It is also way too long by at least 20 minutes.The acting?Pretty good really especially from Robert Downey Jr.The rest of the cast are alright although Chloe Sevigny looked half asleep and Anthony Edwards was fair but no better than that.He looked a bit lost at times to me.I just wanted the movie to get going and it just didn't seem to go anywhere.It is not a patch on David Fincher's other works,especially the excellent 'Seven'.
This film was a major disappointment to me and I'm just glad that I didn't go to the cinema to watch it.I really don't think I would have lasted till the end credits.