Line #15 YMMV/Zodiac2007


1	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
2	** All over the place with the Zodiac. Does he believe everything he writes? Is he actually mentally ill and looking for help or is he just an amoral AttentionWhore? [[spoiler: Were Allen's reactions to seeing the cops and Robert a result of guilt or of being fed up with the harassment of accusations?]]
3	** Bob Vaughn. Is he generally just a creepy guy and troll, or the Zodiac himself? Alternatively, is he just a closeted homosexual man, whose creepy behavior can be explained by his erroneous belief that Graysmith came to his house for a sexual tryst and taking precautions not to be caught by his neighbors?
4	* AwardSnub: No Oscar nominations whatsoever in spite of glowing reviews and a large campaign by the studio, including campaigning for a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Creator/RobertDowneyJr (seen as the beginning of his comeback).
5	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: [[spoiler: The entire scene where Robert meets with Bob Vaughn at his house actually has no bearing on the plot or on Robert’s conclusions, nor is it mentioned again after the scene. However it is so tense and Charles Fleischer is so creepy that it is regarded as one of the best scenes in the film.]]
6	* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Robert Graysmith, who is obsessive about the Zodiac case, causing many people to think there's something... Off about him.
7	* FanDislikedExplanation: Who ''was'' Rick Marshall? [[spoiler:Maybe he did kill people and film it, but you'll never know!]]
8	* OneSceneWonder:
9	** Creator/JohnCarrollLynch as Arthur Leigh Allen has a total of about five minutes screen time in a movie that's two and a half hours long, most of that time without dialogue. However, his interrogation scene is guaranteed to leave an impression on you, and thanks to Lynch's mannerisms, it's easy to see why Allen was a prime suspect.
10	** Similarly, Creator/CharlesFleischer, voice of Roger Rabbit, presides over one of the film's tensest scenes as the ambiguously creepy Bob Vaughn.
11	* ParanoiaFuel:
12	** Be careful when someone pulls up next to you.
13	** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when Robert briefly thinks that Bob Vaughn is the Zodiac.
14	* RetroactiveRecognition: Arthur Leigh Allen is [[Series/TheWalkingDead Eastman]].
15	* SpiritualSuccessor: Many have considered the movie as the American counterpart to Creator/BongJoonHo's ''Film/MemoriesOfMurder''. Both are period pieces centered around then-unsolved real-life murder cases (Hwaseong Serial Murders was resolved with the suspect Lee Choon-jae confessed to killing 14 people) that have terrorized the country and the group of investigators determining to find the culprit. It's no surprised that Bong Joon-ho himself being the fan of this movie and listed in his top 10 favorites.
16	* TheUntwist:
17	** Toschi's number-one suspect was [[spoiler:Leigh. And he was right... according to the film, anyway.]]
18	** Or even the whole movie's ending if you have been living under a rock for the past sixty years. What, they don't get the guy?
19	* VindicatedByHistory: Despite receiving solid critical reviews, ''Zodiac'' had the misfortune of coming out in what most people considered a very strong year for movies; it tanked at the box office and was shut out at the Oscars, and seemed like it was destined to be forgotten as an AcclaimedFlop. In the years after its release, it gained a reputation as one of Creator/DavidFincher's best films, while gaining a wide and appreciative audience through video, streaming services and [[VindicatedByCable frequent airings on television]].
20	* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome:
21	** Certain scenes featuring San Fran had to be digitally created, and you likely won't even know which ones. This includes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Drp_ex9z6SM&ab_channel=FabriceAppy an overhead shot]] perfectly -- and we do mean ''perfectly'' -- synced to a taxi cab.
22	** To save time, Creator/DavidFincher decided to not use bloody makeup for the murder scenes; thus, all blood is CGI, and it's done seamlessly.
23	* TheWoobie:
24	** [[spoiler:Poor Mike Mageau...]]
25	** David Toschi did his best, and still received a lot of blame for Zodiac getting away.
26	** Even Arthur Leigh Allen. This guy was cleared by DNA and prints and was hounded. He had just the worst luck, if you don't believe he did it. Mitigated by the fact he was a child molesting creep, but let's face it: there's only one reason anyone knows his name, and he got harassed.

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