Maybe a book that should have stayed a book

There's a lot of pros and cons about this show, pros---some saying how good a movie it was, how chilling bundy's character was, how bundy got into the cop's mind etc.Cons----some saying how misleading the name was, how much it was like some book that was written and many other reasons
I guess many of you aren't old enough to go back in time to the real Bundy situation.
1---no one had to coax Bundy into helping the police. He was more than willing to do it because he never liked the idea that there was another person out there that might be actually killing more people than him. He was very proud of his accomplishments and also felt that he was more intelligent than Ridgeway. Look it up. All factual.
2---Bundy was never handcuffed during any of his interviews with the police.--look at the actual videos.
3---Bundy never smoked.
4 uring those interviews, the police dept. already knew where the victom's
of Bundy were located.
6--Bundy underwent extensive physicalogical testing in order to determine whether he was sane and should be held responsible for his actions.----look it up.
7---During all the actual interviews, there was always 2 detectives present and all interviews were video and audio taped.
8---In the movie,the idea was to show that the murderer only killed because they were hookers, in other words, the scum of the earth. The movie words "I'm not a rapist. I'm a murderer" In fact, Ridgeway was into necrophilia. He had sex with the victoms after they were dead.---look it up----factual.
There's a few people here that said Bundy's role was 'chilling'. Someone even said they couldn't sleep afterward. Apparently, you've never seen Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs and Robert Blake in *In Cold Blood*. There are other portrayals of serial killers that would really send chils up your spine and make you lose sleep.
That show came on and as it progressed, my wife and I looked at each other and both of us,being the same age and remembering very well, the days of Ted Bundy tried to figure out just where the people of this show were getting their information.
9---During those police interviews with Bundy, besides the detectives, there was only one guard present and he wasn't allowed to be videotaped. There also was a cinematographar controling the video and audio from another room.
Just how did this writer get all his so called true facts about what went on?? Look at news archives to find out what went on in that room. The only organization that released any information concerning those interviews was the police dept. Just check out facts before you start saying that this show was factual.

I agree that this should have stayed a book. I watched this movie last night at 2:00am and I couldn't sleep afterwards I was so disgusted! It was an amazing and interesting movie and I think A&E did a great job, but I really started to feel like Keppel must have. I felt a little TOO close to how Bundy and Ridgway justified their psychotic attacks. The movie kind of made you feel bad for Bundy which made me mad at myself for thinking that way. I'm not gonna lie, when I finally did fall asleep, I had an awful nightmare.

I've read a lot of posts saying the ads for this movie were misleading. I must be the only one who didn't think this movie was about the Green River killer. The ads clearly stated the source book -- "Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer". I felt it was obviously about the investigation and Ted Bundy's part in it. Maybe that's just me. I haven't read the book, so I can't give an opinion on how it translated into a movie, but I still feel it was a powerful movie. And again, kudos to Cary Elwes' portrayal of Bundy--he had all the mannerisms and speech patterns down. It was chilling to watch.