As usual, I've been looking for new (to me) movies to watch. Somehow I thought of the movie Brokeback Mountain, which I haven't seen but is decently famous, I think. It's about two men out in the west who have a secret gay relationship in the 1960s. Seems more or less interesting, right? Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger have the main roles in this movie. Jake is Peter Sarsgaard's brother in law, so tangentially he's relevant. I decided to look up what other movies he had been in, to see if there was anything particularly interesting. In the process, I came across an interview... (yes, we're back on this subject)
It was an interview from The Guardian done earlier this year. He came across somewhat badly in this interview, which may spell disaster for my personal opinion of him (see: George Clooney). Apparently, he's very protective about his personal life and the interviewer dared to ask him a question that touched on the subject of his personal life. I would certainly not consider it to have been a particularly intrusive question. A proper answer to it would not have required a deep discussion of his personal life. But I guess he doesn't even want to even touch on the topic of his personal life one bit. At the end of the interview, he began ranting (maybe that's a bit harsh of a word to use) about politics. To top it off, he also came across as sort of pretentious in the interview. You can read it for yourself and see. In contrast, Peter Sarsgaard comes across as a nice, easygoing and thoughtful kind of person. Vincent seems like a dear. James D'Arcy comes across well in interviews too. So, happening to have read this interview of Jake does not bode too well for my personal opinion of him. At least he isn't as creepy looking as Johnny Depp.
I decided to read a few other interviews of his to get a more filled out idea of what he's like. He didn't come across quite as badly as in the aforementioned one, but he also didn't come across as lovely either. Eh. I think he still came across as a little stuck up in these other interviews too. http://iheartjake.com/2017/03/jake-gyllenhaal-covers-esquire-uk-magazine-april-issue/#more-13616
I have seen two movies with Jake in them in the past, but he didn't particularly stand out -he was overshadowed by other actors. One was Zodiac, in which I was more focused on Mark Ruffalo, I think because he somewhat reminded me of Vincent. It wasn't a particularly good movie anyways, so the other actors didn't make much of an impression on me because they didn't resemble Vincent, even though they're pretty famous (Jake and Robert Downey Jr). As for the other one, I was paying more attention to Peter Sarsgaard for reasons that should be obvious. I'm going to give Brokeback Mountain and Nightcrawler a shot, and if I'm not impressed, Jake Gyllenhaal goes into my overrated pile as well. Maybe if he were more my type in terms of looks I'd be more enthused about him. But alas, he's not. He's kind of weird looking.
Anyways, while we're at it... some choice tweets:
"Jake Gyllenhaal & Johnny Depp are the BEST actors out there. Don't @ me on this." I beg to differ. A lot.
"Jake Gyllenhaal's voice is either the nicest or creepiest one ever depending on the context" In relation to this tweet, I had to find an example of how he talks. I found an interview from Jon Stewart's Daily Show, which was actually pretty good although maybe it's just because it was Jon Stewart and you can't go wrong with Jon Stewart. Jake's voice is surprisingly... light and high pitched. I expected he'd have a more intimidating/forceful voice. I wouldn't consider it to be particularly creepy or nice, just... regular, but not what I was expecting. Now as for Peter Sarsgaard... (no, I will probably not shut up about him anytime soon) http://www.cc.com/video-clips/3jbfst/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-jake-gyllenhaal
"My memoir is coming out next month! It's called "Jake Gyllenhaal, I Love You"" Imagine what my memoir would be called..
"I love Jake Gyllenhaal so much. He is so pretty. I love him" He is... okay looking. Better looking than Johnny Depp by a little bit, but not as good looking as (insert favorite actors here).
As it stands, Mark Ruffalo > Jake Gyllenhaal in my book. And I don't even like Mark Ruffalo a huge amount. Not that I dislike him. I have a mildly positive opinion of him. Also, Peter Sarsgaard > Jake Gyllenhaal. Fight me.
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