The performance he gave in Nightcrawlers is easily the best of his career and one of the greatest pieces of acting of all time in my opinion. Obviously the film is amazing, but Jake elevates it with his acting. You can really see the turmoil, the bigotry and the rage inside his eyes. It's not just that he didn't blink, it's all the subtle twitches; the eyes darting all over the place, scanning the room like a wolf, that make Lou such a menace. And somehow you still root for the psycho because he's so damn charismatic
Performance wise it's NIghtcrawler & Donnie Darko - But Prisoners is the best movie he's been in IMO (Brothers & Zodiac were really good aswell though)
He deserved at least nominations for Prisoners, Nightcrawler and Southpaw. Which he did back to back to back mind you. He was on an absolute tear in the 2010’s and the academy just refused to acknowledge him
For Nightcrawler especially he got snubbed. Steve Carell, Bradley Cooper, or Benedict Cumberbatch could’ve been kicked for Gyllenhaal’s performance easily. I haven’t seen Theory of Everything, so I won’t say he definitely deserves to win, but I would probably even take him over Keaton in Birdman, who’s amazing in that.
I always thought there must be some reason he’s gotten snubbed for those roles. Especially for night crawler, he played such a dynamic character and his character was the film. I wonder if there is some underlying reason.
@@Sillygator the academy picks movies and actors that it considers politically or culturally relevant. Playing a white guy that takes advantage of people isn’t exactly Oscar bait for the academy. That being said his role did deserve an Oscar.
100%. The Guilty, I would have NEVER had watched. The premise? Taking place 90% in an office about one call? Forget about it. But I saw Jake Gyllenhaal was in it and watched the entire thing. Doubt it would've worked with anyone else. Everything he stars in he makes gold
That entire movie is underrated as hell. The direction, story and Hugh Jackman's acting all go unnoticed. So it's natural that Gyllenhaal would get overlooked as well.
@ehtishamkhan2004 Yeah, I was baffled when I realized Denis Vellinevue and his films didn't see any director of best picture nomination until last year with Dune.
Gyllenhaal and Ryan Gosling are some of the greatest actors of our generation and one thing that people who do think they are great forget is that they are also great comededians and comedy actors despite them not playing any comedic roles
Thought he was really great in Spider-Man, his fake “larger-than-life hero” performance was somehow believable enough to be, well, believable and goofy enough to be entertaining. And of course since he has a lot of experience with psychologically damaged characters, the moments where he begins to snap we’re great as well.
Jake Gyllenhaal is an actor whose movies are consistently incredible. Whenever someone asks for movie recommendations, I always suggest they just search up his filmography and choose any title. It doesn't matter which one they pick because all of his movies are top-tier.
His performance in Nightcrawler is for me personally one of the best acting in this century. Pure charisma and talent. One of the best actors today 100% 🐐
He once said that he respected Joaquin Phoenix and Natalie Portman,... because he respected actors who are not afraid to take risks, meet failure and transform themself into different character, what he wants obviously not for the money but the process of learning, getting to his characters and developing them into another layers of personalities and characteristics.
Honestly, I don’t consider that to be one of Jake’s best performances. It was good, but nothing spectacular. Hugh Jackman and Paul Dano, on the other hand, were INCREDIBLE in that movie
Something about his look in Prisoners just catches my attention. The eye ticks, the tatts, and the best haircut I've ever seen anyone rock. The whole movie is just gold
@@_Hissatsu haha and I'm a woman so you can imagine 🤣 the guy is legit 23 years older than me and I'm obsessed with him 😭 and I've never had a celebrity crush or a real life crush in my whole life.
personally i believe the performances elevate the story beyond what it deserves. Everyone in the movie did a good job w their respective roles, but the story itself doesn't feel all that memorable or as impactful.
Nocturnal Animals is fucking amazing. I hope we are recognizing the layers of subtext within the story that the characters are telling to each other. The audience is yet more layers on top of that.
Jake and Christian Bale are by far my favourite actors working today. They both just feel so incredibly genuine with their performances. All their characters feel like completely different people. People often name Leonardo DiCaprio as the best actor alive and while I think he’s a great actor, all his characters have that same thing going on. To me Leo is great at line delivering, similar to Denzel Washington. While Jake changes his expressions and entire body language to move and appear completely different. I’d absolutely love to see Jake and Christian go up against each other in a film. My mind automatically goes to something like Seven or Heat where one’s a cop who’s so distracted at stopping the other who’s tormenting him. Tom Hardy would fit in with this film too.
@@nerychristian I really like him, but I don’t put him in that category. I judge on numerous things, longevity and consistency being the key things. For example Matthew McConaughey has True Detective and Dallas Buyers Club which are 10/10, but in recent years most of his performances are closer to The Gentlemen which is just a good performance. Like we know what he’s capable of, but needs to show it more. I think Rob post Twilight had some films where he showed promise, but in the last six years has shown he’s really good, but Jake and Christian have been doing it for 20 years. Rob’s in the category below for me along with Ryan Gosling, Mahershala Ali, Riz Ahmed and Leonardo DiCaprio where I’ll just watch anything they’re in. I have another category where I’ll watch anything they do, but more for likability and charm. Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman and Paul Rudd for example. I have a lot more categories too, I’m a bit excessive.
@@minartson “Lil bro” is probably older than you given you say “Lil bro” and I have seen Fences. Denzel was phenomenal in it, but for the most part Denzel’s characters are indistinguishable from each other. He’s one of the best at making line delivery appear natural, but his characters aren’t unique. There are exceptions, Fences, Philadelphia, Malcolm X, Training Day, but dialogue and circumstances aside, there’s no real difference between his performance as Ruben Carter and The Equalizer. John Q, Deja Vu, The Book of Eli, Flight, Unstoppable, The Taking of Pelham 123, Remeber the Titans, all these films the characters all have the same Denzelisms, you’re watching an actor not a performance of a character. That’s perfectly fine, he’s one of absolute best in the world at it, but you need characters to be completely different from one another on a consistent basis in order to be in that elite bracket.
His performance in nightcrawler as Lou Bloom will forever be one of my favorite acting performances of all time. I was amazed that so many haven't even heard of that movie and when I suggested it to them they were blown away by his immaculate acting as well
Jake's comfortability, along with his upbringing with successful, but not famous industry parents, really shows in his public appearances. Confident, but not arrogant, funny, but not trying to get a laugh. He's comfortable as a person, you can tell. A rare trait for a good actor. Not to mention the man hasn't turned in a performance I haven't enjoyed, yet. He's been in bad movies, but he's always clearly been a professional, passionate actor. He puts everything into his roles, from mindless fun like "Bubble Boy", to meatier, grittier, harder roles like "Prisoners", "End of Watch", and "Nightcrawler". He really is proof that a great actor, that just does his job, works on improving his craft, and has a true, burning passion for his work can elevate an entire production.
Yes! Source Code! Almost began to think there was some Mandela effect going on. Only 2 mentions (3 after this comment), in the entire comments section! WHAT!?
Jake's resume is insanely impressive. He deserves to be talked about amongst the greats (your Hanks, DiCaprio, etc). Sadly the movies he absolutely nails are lesser known to the Christopher Nolan or David Fincher vehicles that in the aftermath ensure the leads are smack in the spotlight. Probably among my top 3 favorite actors of all time that consistantly display top notch talent on screen. Just rewatched Nocturnal Animals and holy s#*t does it remind me that rewatching his earlier stuff will be well worth the time (actually Amy Adams as of late too while I'm on this film).
I see Jake Gyllenhaal, I click. Incredible actor, one of the best. Nightcrawler should have got him an Oscar. That's probably my favourite of his but I honestly like pretty much everything I've seen him in, like I said, I see he's in it and I watch it and I always enjoy. Supreme talent.
I sincerely admired him in Source Code. You see the same scene with the same actor for 80 minutes straight and yet it's not boring at all. I doubt any other actor could make it just as captivating
At first, I was shocked when he joined Marvel, because he doesn't look like a movie actors for fame and money like most Hollywood stars. He is the type of person who only acts or directs feature films and builds his or her own style over a long period of time, which is extremely rare.
I been saying he deserve oscar nods since I first saw Nightcrawler. Criminally underrated actor and in my top 3 personal favorites. Great to see others feel the same!
They did the same thing with Pacino and Hoffman, both were twenty to thirty years into their respective careers before they won their Oscars, Gyllenhaal’s is coming
Recently I've been thinking about the best actors of our generation and yeah, Jake Gyllenhaal is definitely up there, thx for reminding me just how good this guy is.
Love this actor. I actually walked right past him in Paris last week and didn't have the courage to stop him because I really would have like to have complimented his talent. He does have the most incredible face in person.
I really like this guy's approach to film making, the preference for independent films. It suggest how he is in it for the art, and how that is his main focus of acting
He talked somewhere about his choices. It was a career decision to persue more serious films, which would allow him to show his acting skills and establish himself as a serious man actor (in contrast to being a child actor and light films). This is my interptetation of his words. I am glad he did it because I love his creations.
Nocturnal animals gave me the shivers. The man is so amazing in making it seem like he is really hearing what his costar is saying to him. Very hard to act out the emotions he displayed there. Same goes for prisoners.
He's usually in interesting films, so he's kinda like a brand in itself where I want to watch a movie with Jake Gyllenhaal in it. Enemy, Source Code, Nightcrawler are my favorite. Even his mainstream ones like Prince of Persia, it was quite entertaining.
I love this actor, most if not all of his movies are great on their own and his presence is always a huge plus and sometimes just incredible like in NightCrawler. Also, this guy is literally me
Jake Gyllenhall in the film industry, is the equivalent of Lana Del Ray in the music industry. Talented, never afraid to take risks, and for some reason, never truly recognised.
Jake is one of those actors I always give a film with him in it a watch. I like his selection of projects, and the characters he attempts to portray. He dips his toe into big blockbusters here and there, which is good for his brand, but for the most part he will choose a role based on if it moves him it seems, and I’ll always give it a go
Jake Gyllenhaal is supremely underrated in the public eye. The guy is very skilled at acting. I would put him in the top 15 of actors today, and top 20 in actors all time
I had the opportunity to wait on him and his sister back in 2016 or 17 where I worked in NYC. Nice place with lots of celebrity/VIP clientele. They were really cute doing the sib thing as well as being generous tippers and polite to the waitstaff.
i am so IN love with jake i know it sounds stupid but i really like him a lot i was so hooked since darko always rewatching his movies over and over again!
I can't say this enough, I've seen A LOT of movies, but zodiac is still my favorite of all time. Every performance is just top notch. It's just magical
Definitely one of my favourite actors of all time never seen him put in a bad performance and I agree he's too good to be considered underrated but in 30 years I think he will be remembered as one of the greats.
what a beautiful, genius video. he is an amazing talented actor and he is definitely one of my favorite actors, i always love to look up their oldest projects they worked on either as a kid, young adult and see their growth in acting. I'm going to college soon and tho I'm will be studying pre law, I've always been fascinated over theater and how many of my favorite actors start off in theater and I too have that dream of becoming an actress. thank you for this quality video
Thanks to this video i got to know him...Watched 7 of his movies already and n number of interviews (haven't watched Prisoners/Nightcrawler yet saving the best for the last) I'm obsessed 🥺 JG got a new fan from India 🇮🇳✨
Jake Gyllenhaal shaped me as a person and as an artist, many of ma favourite movies are the ones with him in the main role but I can never choose just one because all of them were so influential to me, but if I had to name a few that stand out to me are Donnie Darko, Prisoners, Enemy, Nightcrawler and Nocturnal Animals and one of these perfomances absolutely should've won him an Oscar, his career went down for me after 2016, they weren't bad movies, Life and Spider-Man are fun but they just don't hit the same as the ones I've named, nonetheless Jake Gyllenhaal remains one of the best actors of his generation and his almost uninterrupted back to back to back to back hits from 2004's The Day after Tomorrow to 2016's Nocturnal Animals is a insane line up of movies for just one actor, he simply just doesn't miss... I thought a video about actors who transitioned from blockbusters to indie art films like Robert Pattinson after Twilight, Daniel Radcliffe after Harry Potter and Andrew Garfield after Spider-Man would be interesting cause I always see people talking about it but nobody really goes in depth and I haven't really seen a video on this topic
Yep. I forgot he existed for, like, years and then I watched Road House and was blown away by his performance as Dalton five minutes into the movie. Just that very first conversation with Frankie had me hooked on both the movie and him.
I do believe the “you have to be over 40” conspiracy for certain actors. Specifically consistently high-level actors like him usually get carrot-sticked for an Oscar. I think it’s because the Academy knows they will produce an academy level performance time and time over again. Like, the academy has a higher expectation for really good actors and make them wait. Feel like the same will happen with Timothee Chalamet, John Boyega, Andrew Garfield and Daniel Kaluuya.
1. interstellar 2. prisoners 3. the perks of being a wallflower 4. nightcrawler 5. zodiac i love how Jake Gyllenhaal is in 3 out of 5 of my favorite movies ever. fvccing love that guy.
I loved Jakes performance in nocturnal animals, it was the first film that I had seen him really change his role, i watch mostly his militia films but Nocturnal Animals showed me entirely new skills that I loved ❤❤ def deserves some rewards
His performance in "Nocturnal Animals" always seems wildly overlooked. Possibly because people either didn't get the movie, or didn't care. Fair enough. But playing 2 characters with all the layers of what the story was (in my opinion), he was absolutely spectacular. I could copy and paste this exactly for "Enemy" as well.
One of the most talented and versatile actors of this generation. Jake Gyllenhaal has done so many memorable movies worthy of an Oscar. The Oscar seems to refuse to acknowledge an amazing artist. I'm not interested in the Oscar anymore. It seems pointless and commercialized rather than to give recognition to true talents. *Jake Gyllenhaal deserves an Oscar, but he doesn't need to be given one to be the best actor* ❣️His work speaks for itself‼️
I hope people don't start petitioning for him to get a Oscar.. Oscars is all PC nonsense & way beneath Jakes talents I would hate to see his calibre sucked into that tripe
Every time I watch your videos, I end up adding ten new titles to my watchlist 😅. Awesome content, keep it coming! My request would be a special about the director of The Witch. I love his style and he took slow burners to a new level.
0:26 “I wouldn’t say he’s an underrated actor, but in my opinion, his work doesn’t get the recognition it deserves.” Sooooo, you’d say he’s underrated?
I love the video and listening to Jake in those brief moments point out what he believes is interesting as well as glimpses into process was fantastic. The only thing I would be careful for when doing future analysis videos is throwing around the term “Method Acting” which is a good term to use but wildly over used and not necessarily depicted accurately within given circumstances. When you said he went method to relate to the characters he’s simply looking within himself allowing himself to relate and using the dialogue, setting, etc, as clues to solve this puzzle and form behavior. I believe he is one of the best at truly doing, and having his perspectives clear, simple and specific. Method isn’t the end all be all but it is an umbrella for process. We as actors learn and use for ourselves that process. Great video!
i JUST finished watching brokeback mountain and immediately knew it was one of my favorite movies ive ever watched. then, i realized that most of my favorite movies have one thing in common: jake gyllenhaal is in them. his talent is unbelievable and i truly think hes one of the best male actors of this generation.
What is your favourite Jake Gyllenhaal movie? Let me know 👇
I love Jake Gyllenhaal especially in prisoners
The performance he gave in Nightcrawlers is easily the best of his career and one of the greatest pieces of acting of all time in my opinion.
Obviously the film is amazing, but Jake elevates it with his acting. You can really see the turmoil, the bigotry and the rage inside his eyes. It's not just that he didn't blink, it's all the subtle twitches; the eyes darting all over the place, scanning the room like a wolf, that make Lou such a menace. And somehow you still root for the psycho because he's so damn charismatic
Performance wise it's NIghtcrawler & Donnie Darko - But Prisoners is the best movie he's been in IMO (Brothers & Zodiac were really good aswell though)
Nightcrawler
I really like Source Code (2011)
He deserved at least nominations for Prisoners, Nightcrawler and Southpaw. Which he did back to back to back mind you. He was on an absolute tear in the 2010’s and the academy just refused to acknowledge him
For Nightcrawler especially he got snubbed. Steve Carell, Bradley Cooper, or Benedict Cumberbatch could’ve been kicked for Gyllenhaal’s performance easily. I haven’t seen Theory of Everything, so I won’t say he definitely deserves to win, but I would probably even take him over Keaton in Birdman, who’s amazing in that.
I always thought there must be some reason he’s gotten snubbed for those roles. Especially for night crawler, he played such a dynamic character and his character was the film. I wonder if there is some underlying reason.
@@Sillygator the academy picks movies and actors that it considers politically or culturally relevant. Playing a white guy that takes advantage of people isn’t exactly Oscar bait for the academy. That being said his role did deserve an Oscar.
@@AwsomeALEC72 He didn't sleep with the right people
I loved prisoners
He’s one of the few actors where I will watch something just because he’s in it
Same. If he's in it, I know it'll be good.
@@tendingourgarden I didn’t wanna watch Okja for years but when I heard he was in it I had to
Same. That's why I watched Ambulance.
100%. The Guilty, I would have NEVER had watched. The premise? Taking place 90% in an office about one call? Forget about it. But I saw Jake Gyllenhaal was in it and watched the entire thing. Doubt it would've worked with anyone else. Everything he stars in he makes gold
I watched The Covenenant mainly because he was in it. Awesome movie!
I still don't understand how they didn't give him an Oscar for his role in prisoners, in general that movie is a work of art 🌟
The greatest crime thriller ever imo
That entire movie is underrated as hell. The direction, story and Hugh Jackman's acting all go unnoticed. So it's natural that Gyllenhaal would get overlooked as well.
One of my fave movies of all times. Such a mindbender
@ehtishamkhan2004 Yeah, I was baffled when I realized Denis Vellinevue and his films didn't see any director of best picture nomination until last year with Dune.
@ehtishamkhan2004 I didn't think of him but I can totally see Brendan Frasier's John Kent.
Gyllenhaal and Ryan Gosling are some of the greatest actors of our generation and one thing that people who do think they are great forget is that they are also great comededians and comedy actors despite them not playing any comedic roles
Gosling does definitely play comedic roles idk about Gyllenhaal tho
@@thegingerbreadman8328I mean not really. Maybe nice guys but not much else
@@britch7286nice guys was definitely a comedy. The upcoming barbie film is too, also the big short
Thought he was really great in Spider-Man, his fake “larger-than-life hero” performance was somehow believable enough to be, well, believable and goofy enough to be entertaining. And of course since he has a lot of experience with psychologically damaged characters, the moments where he begins to snap we’re great as well.
Gosling isn't that great an actor. People give him a free pass because of his looks.
He deserves an oscar for most of his roles to be completely honest
agree
The fact that Donnie Darko and Bubble Boy came out the same year proves how insane Jake’s range really is
That's wild!!!!
I LOVED bubble boy
Jake Gyllenhaal is an actor whose movies are consistently incredible. Whenever someone asks for movie recommendations, I always suggest they just search up his filmography and choose any title. It doesn't matter which one they pick because all of his movies are top-tier.
Except ambulance, I hated that movie
Prince of Persia exists
@@JensenP12 and is a good movie. your point?
His performance in Nightcrawler is for me personally one of the best acting in this century.
Pure charisma and talent. One of the best actors today 100% 🐐
Agreed, it's terrifying when he laughs. Nightcrawler gave me chills it was so good.
Said it on another comment but he was so good in nightcrawler it made you side eye him for a while after watching it lol
Fr. An amazing performance
He once said that he respected Joaquin Phoenix and Natalie Portman,... because he respected actors who are not afraid to take risks, meet failure and transform themself into different character, what he wants obviously not for the money but the process of learning, getting to his characters and developing them into another layers of personalities and characteristics.
He and Hugh Jackman KILLED it in Prisoners. Like HOW neither won an Oscar for that movie is INSANE to me.
I liked hugh Jackman way more than Jake...
Honestly, I don’t consider that to be one of Jake’s best performances. It was good, but nothing spectacular. Hugh Jackman and Paul Dano, on the other hand, were INCREDIBLE in that movie
Something about his look in Prisoners just catches my attention. The eye ticks, the tatts, and the best haircut I've ever seen anyone rock. The whole movie is just gold
Ikrr he looks so hot in prisoners
@@alien2571 fr. I'm a straight male but man, that dude is majestic
@@_Hissatsu haha and I'm a woman so you can imagine 🤣 the guy is legit 23 years older than me and I'm obsessed with him 😭 and I've never had a celebrity crush or a real life crush in my whole life.
Prob the main reason why I love that movie
I can’t understand why people never use Nocturnal Animals as one of his accolades, to me that’s one of the greatest acting performances ever
i agree
@@user-dg4bz7tj8h I didn't like that movie either.
personally i believe the performances elevate the story beyond what it deserves. Everyone in the movie did a good job w their respective roles, but the story itself doesn't feel all that memorable or as impactful.
Nocturnal Animals is fucking amazing. I hope we are recognizing the layers of subtext within the story that the characters are telling to each other. The audience is yet more layers on top of that.
That movie sucked ass so people don't want to think about it.
Jake Gyllenhaal is the most underrated actor of our time. Not that he isn't rated highly. But it's not enough. I'll be really sad whenever he retires.
Jake and Christian Bale are by far my favourite actors working today. They both just feel so incredibly genuine with their performances. All their characters feel like completely different people. People often name Leonardo DiCaprio as the best actor alive and while I think he’s a great actor, all his characters have that same thing going on. To me Leo is great at line delivering, similar to Denzel Washington. While Jake changes his expressions and entire body language to move and appear completely different. I’d absolutely love to see Jake and Christian go up against each other in a film. My mind automatically goes to something like Seven or Heat where one’s a cop who’s so distracted at stopping the other who’s tormenting him. Tom Hardy would fit in with this film too.
Rober Pattinson is pretty good too.
@@nerychristian I really like him, but I don’t put him in that category. I judge on numerous things, longevity and consistency being the key things. For example Matthew McConaughey has True Detective and Dallas Buyers Club which are 10/10, but in recent years most of his performances are closer to The Gentlemen which is just a good performance. Like we know what he’s capable of, but needs to show it more. I think Rob post Twilight had some films where he showed promise, but in the last six years has shown he’s really good, but Jake and Christian have been doing it for 20 years. Rob’s in the category below for me along with Ryan Gosling, Mahershala Ali, Riz Ahmed and Leonardo DiCaprio where I’ll just watch anything they’re in. I have another category where I’ll watch anything they do, but more for likability and charm. Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman and Paul Rudd for example. I have a lot more categories too, I’m a bit excessive.
I hope Broken Back Mountain guy gets to become the next Batman
Lil bro has not seen Denzel Washington in Fences
@@minartson “Lil bro” is probably older than you given you say “Lil bro” and I have seen Fences. Denzel was phenomenal in it, but for the most part Denzel’s characters are indistinguishable from each other. He’s one of the best at making line delivery appear natural, but his characters aren’t unique. There are exceptions, Fences, Philadelphia, Malcolm X, Training Day, but dialogue and circumstances aside, there’s no real difference between his performance as Ruben Carter and The Equalizer. John Q, Deja Vu, The Book of Eli, Flight, Unstoppable, The Taking of Pelham 123, Remeber the Titans, all these films the characters all have the same Denzelisms, you’re watching an actor not a performance of a character. That’s perfectly fine, he’s one of absolute best in the world at it, but you need characters to be completely different from one another on a consistent basis in order to be in that elite bracket.
He truly represents "acting range" masterfully
His performance in nightcrawler as Lou Bloom will forever be one of my favorite acting performances of all time. I was amazed that so many haven't even heard of that movie and when I suggested it to them they were blown away by his immaculate acting as well
Jake's comfortability, along with his upbringing with successful, but not famous industry parents, really shows in his public appearances. Confident, but not arrogant, funny, but not trying to get a laugh. He's comfortable as a person, you can tell. A rare trait for a good actor.
Not to mention the man hasn't turned in a performance I haven't enjoyed, yet. He's been in bad movies, but he's always clearly been a professional, passionate actor. He puts everything into his roles, from mindless fun like "Bubble Boy", to meatier, grittier, harder roles like "Prisoners", "End of Watch", and "Nightcrawler".
He really is proof that a great actor, that just does his job, works on improving his craft, and has a true, burning passion for his work can elevate an entire production.
source code and nightcrawler have got to be one of the most enthralling peformances i’ve ever seen from any actor
Yes! Source code finally mentioned!
Yes! Source Code!
Almost began to think there was some Mandela effect going on.
Only 2 mentions (3 after this comment), in the entire comments section! WHAT!?
One of my favorite actors. Love how genuine he is off camera as well.
Jake's resume is insanely impressive. He deserves to be talked about amongst the greats (your Hanks, DiCaprio, etc). Sadly the movies he absolutely nails are lesser known to the Christopher Nolan or David Fincher vehicles that in the aftermath ensure the leads are smack in the spotlight. Probably among my top 3 favorite actors of all time that consistantly display top notch talent on screen. Just rewatched Nocturnal Animals and holy s#*t does it remind me that rewatching his earlier stuff will be well worth the time (actually Amy Adams as of late too while I'm on this film).
I see Jake Gyllenhaal, I click. Incredible actor, one of the best. Nightcrawler should have got him an Oscar. That's probably my favourite of his but I honestly like pretty much everything I've seen him in, like I said, I see he's in it and I watch it and I always enjoy. Supreme talent.
I sincerely admired him in Source Code. You see the same scene with the same actor for 80 minutes straight and yet it's not boring at all. I doubt any other actor could make it just as captivating
He deserved an Oscar for his role in Nightcrawler! The man literally dropped 60 lbs and Christian-Baled himself for that role! The method was there.
At first, I was shocked when he joined Marvel, because he doesn't look like a movie actors for fame and money like most Hollywood stars. He is the type of person who only acts or directs feature films and builds his or her own style over a long period of time, which is extremely rare.
Sometimes actors do stuff like Marvel to fund passion projects. I don't know why he did though.
@@ssssssstssssssssmaybe he likes Spider-Man? Wanted to try something new?
@@Antwannnn I think he needed more money to finance his indie film
It doesn't hurt to make some money once in a while.
He nailed that role tho
Let’s not forget that Jake is an avid theatre actor and singer too! He was terrific in broadway musicals
Jake Gyllenhaal is truly a treasure of a man ... His passion for his art and his dedication to every single role he pays is really really admirable ❤
he can be happy that his metoo scandal didn't blow up. He is not nice to woman.
Jake has my complete trust with all of his projects. My favorite actor. The Prisoners-Nightcrawler-Southpaw run convinced me.
"not only is it the first of many movies where Jake takes an angry shower by himself and rethinks life" A forever mood
hahahah fr
I been saying he deserve oscar nods since I first saw Nightcrawler. Criminally underrated actor and in my top 3 personal favorites. Great to see others feel the same!
They did the same thing with Pacino and Hoffman, both were twenty to thirty years into their respective careers before they won their Oscars, Gyllenhaal’s is coming
The man has been robbed too many times I hope he does
Christian Bale, Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal are my favorite actors. They are so consistent in their roles.
Recently I've been thinking about the best actors of our generation and yeah, Jake Gyllenhaal is definitely up there, thx for reminding me just how good this guy is.
Love this actor. I actually walked right past him in Paris last week and didn't have the courage to stop him because I really would have like to have complimented his talent. He does have the most incredible face in person.
How Jake doesn't have an Oscar is beyond me
I really like this guy's approach to film making, the preference for independent films. It suggest how he is in it for the art, and how that is his main focus of acting
He talked somewhere about his choices. It was a career decision to persue more serious films, which would allow him to show his acting skills and establish himself as a serious man actor (in contrast to being a child actor and light films). This is my interptetation of his words. I am glad he did it because I love his creations.
Nightcrawler is one of my comfort movies and my favorite performance of his.
one of my most fav actor.. no matter how much you appreciate him he will always be underappreciated ❤️
Honestly jarhead is one of my all time favorite movies. So heavily underrated.
Finally. Someone who I can agree with
16:17 such a good line that sums up a really good character.
This is what i’ve been saying for years!!! He really needs to be appreciated more for his work
He deserves an award for surviving the swifties
I love this actor ❤ Versatile, always challenges himself. A powerhouse!
He deserved an Oscar for Bubble Boy
And " $500 Dollar" lol
His performance in Nightcrawler was out of this world.. underrated af
Nocturnal animals gave me the shivers. The man is so amazing in making it seem like he is really hearing what his costar is saying to him. Very hard to act out the emotions he displayed there. Same goes for prisoners.
Both he and sister Maggie are amazingly talented actors and relatively overlooked
He's usually in interesting films, so he's kinda like a brand in itself where I want to watch a movie with Jake Gyllenhaal in it.
Enemy, Source Code, Nightcrawler are my favorite. Even his mainstream ones like Prince of Persia, it was quite entertaining.
Enemy! That is it. I could not remember the name. These + Brokeback M. are my favourits.
I love this actor, most if not all of his movies are great on their own and his presence is always a huge plus and sometimes just incredible like in NightCrawler.
Also, this guy is literally me
One of the best actors of our time for sure. I haven't watched a movie with him that I didn't like.
Have you tried Highway something!? Glad he took the turn.
watched source code the other day, and i forgot how much i adore this man
Jake Gyllenhall in the film industry, is the equivalent of Lana Del Ray in the music industry.
Talented, never afraid to take risks, and for some reason, never truly recognised.
I would love to see you do a full on analysis of Nocturnal Animals.
It's by far my favourite movie of his and deeply disturbs me to this day.
Jake is one of those actors I always give a film with him in it a watch. I like his selection of projects, and the characters he attempts to portray.
He dips his toe into big blockbusters here and there, which is good for his brand, but for the most part he will choose a role based on if it moves him it seems, and I’ll always give it a go
The way that beat drops at 4:51 is perfection.
Brock back mountain, Stronger, Prisoners, and Donnie Darko, are such emotional performances. Great films that get me to cry.
Jake Gyllenhaal is supremely underrated in the public eye. The guy is very skilled at acting. I would put him in the top 15 of actors today, and top 20 in actors all time
I had the opportunity to wait on him and his sister back in 2016 or 17 where I worked in NYC. Nice place with lots of celebrity/VIP clientele. They were really cute doing the sib thing as well as being generous tippers and polite to the waitstaff.
I am so happy that Donnie managed to become successful despite the Schizophrenia.
He's been one of my favorite actors of the modern age since I saw him in Donnie Darko, man I loved that movie it felt like my childhood.
I'm so glad you brought up Demolition. It really is so very underrated and beautifully acted.
He looks like a different person in every movie
Please do more of this type of videos, loved the Ryan gosling one has well. Should do Christian Bale next.
True, please do Ryan Gosling & David Duchovny next
@@Josep_Hernandez_LujanI already made a vid about Ryan
@@DuCinema1Thanks for replying, I'll it up.
Can you do David though? Just asking :)
Keep up the good work! Love your content
i am so IN love with jake i know it sounds stupid but i really like him a lot i was so hooked since darko always rewatching his movies over and over again!
I can't say this enough, I've seen A LOT of movies, but zodiac is still my favorite of all time. Every performance is just top notch. It's just magical
Definitely one of my favourite actors of all time never seen him put in a bad performance and I agree he's too good to be considered underrated but in 30 years I think he will be remembered as one of the greats.
Jake is the real deal, never lets the side down
*I believe he'll get that Oscar...
his performance in JarHead(2005) is still my top 5 all-time favorite performances from him
13:05 absolutely insane, made me tear up randomly
Always appreciated Jake's work, just seems like someone who loves storytelling.
what a beautiful, genius video. he is an amazing talented actor and he is definitely one of my favorite actors, i always love to look up their oldest projects they worked on either as a kid, young adult and see their growth in acting. I'm going to college soon and tho I'm will be studying pre law, I've always been fascinated over theater and how many of my favorite actors start off in theater and I too have that dream of becoming an actress. thank you for this quality video
So awesome to hear! 🙏🙏
Donnie Darko might just be my favorite film of all time. Watched it at like 1am some random day during lockdown and it hit me close to home fr
Thanks to this video i got to know him...Watched 7 of his movies already and n number of interviews (haven't watched Prisoners/Nightcrawler yet saving the best for the last) I'm obsessed 🥺 JG got a new fan from India 🇮🇳✨
Thanks for this. im going to watch a bunch of movies with Jake Gyllenhaal now.
I'll always regret not seeing Nightcrawler in theaters. Was too young to go by myself and too young to appreciate how good it'd really be
Nocturnal animals was so good! Thank you for reminding me!
Just watched Demolition and absolutely loved it! I recommend to everyone who loves movies
Jake Gyllenhaal shaped me as a person and as an artist, many of ma favourite movies are the ones with him in the main role but I can never choose just one because all of them were so influential to me, but if I had to name a few that stand out to me are Donnie Darko, Prisoners, Enemy, Nightcrawler and Nocturnal Animals and one of these perfomances absolutely should've won him an Oscar, his career went down for me after 2016, they weren't bad movies, Life and Spider-Man are fun but they just don't hit the same as the ones I've named, nonetheless Jake Gyllenhaal remains one of the best actors of his generation and his almost uninterrupted back to back to back to back hits from 2004's The Day after Tomorrow to 2016's Nocturnal Animals is a insane line up of movies for just one actor, he simply just doesn't miss...
I thought a video about actors who transitioned from blockbusters to indie art films like Robert Pattinson after Twilight, Daniel Radcliffe after Harry Potter and Andrew Garfield after Spider-Man would be interesting cause I always see people talking about it but nobody really goes in depth and I haven't really seen a video on this topic
honestly jake is like one of those low key actors who is easily forgettable but then re-surprises/ impresses in everything he works in
Yep. I forgot he existed for, like, years and then I watched Road House and was blown away by his performance as Dalton five minutes into the movie. Just that very first conversation with Frankie had me hooked on both the movie and him.
I do believe the “you have to be over 40” conspiracy for certain actors.
Specifically consistently high-level actors like him usually get carrot-sticked for an Oscar.
I think it’s because the Academy knows they will produce an academy level performance time and time over again.
Like, the academy has a higher expectation for really good actors and make them wait.
Feel like the same will happen with Timothee Chalamet, John Boyega, Andrew Garfield and Daniel Kaluuya.
1. interstellar
2. prisoners
3. the perks of being a wallflower
4. nightcrawler
5. zodiac
i love how Jake Gyllenhaal is in 3 out of 5 of my favorite movies ever. fvccing love that guy.
I loved Jakes performance in nocturnal animals, it was the first film that I had seen him really change his role, i watch mostly his militia films but Nocturnal Animals showed me entirely new skills that I loved ❤❤ def deserves some rewards
The guilty was by far one of my favorite movies ever, you could feel his emotions through a headset
I had to do a little Jake marathon before watching this video, adds to both reflecting on the movies and enjoying your videos, worth it.
His performance in "Nocturnal Animals" always seems wildly overlooked. Possibly because people either didn't get the movie, or didn't care. Fair enough. But playing 2 characters with all the layers of what the story was (in my opinion), he was absolutely spectacular. I could copy and paste this exactly for "Enemy" as well.
I think you are too late, he's given up and just decided to make Roadhouse.
He was born for acting.
One of the most talented and versatile actors of this generation. Jake Gyllenhaal has done so many memorable movies worthy of an Oscar. The Oscar seems to refuse to acknowledge an amazing artist. I'm not interested in the Oscar anymore. It seems pointless and commercialized rather than to give recognition to true talents. *Jake Gyllenhaal deserves an Oscar, but he doesn't need to be given one to be the best actor* ❣️His work speaks for itself‼️
I hope people don't start petitioning for him to get a Oscar.. Oscars is all PC nonsense & way beneath Jakes talents I would hate to see his calibre sucked into that tripe
Please continue these deep dives, they are really entertaining and you always find underrated gems that are worth watching.
this video was really good. you make good stuff
Thank you man!
Brokeback mountain was amazing back when it premiered. It still is. What an impact.
the fan cam edits took this video to 11 lmao perfect
🙏 Thanks king
Every time I watch your videos, I end up adding ten new titles to my watchlist 😅. Awesome content, keep it coming! My request would be a special about the director of The Witch. I love his style and he took slow burners to a new level.
Haha amazing to hear, thank you! Robert Eggers is indeed a very interesting director to analyze 🤔 who knowss
His movies are amazing. I think I watched almost all of them
It's always an interesting performance, no matter what kind of movie he's in
He’s been my favorite actor ever since I’ve watched Donnie Darko as a young lad
0:26 “I wouldn’t say he’s an underrated actor, but in my opinion, his work doesn’t get the recognition it deserves.” Sooooo, you’d say he’s underrated?
I love the video and listening to Jake in those brief moments point out what he believes is interesting as well as glimpses into process was fantastic. The only thing I would be careful for when doing future analysis videos is throwing around the term “Method Acting” which is a good term to use but wildly over used and not necessarily depicted accurately within given circumstances. When you said he went method to relate to the characters he’s simply looking within himself allowing himself to relate and using the dialogue, setting, etc, as clues to solve this puzzle and form behavior. I believe he is one of the best at truly doing, and having his perspectives clear, simple and specific. Method isn’t the end all be all but it is an umbrella for process. We as actors learn and use for ourselves that process. Great video!
Jake GyllenHaal makes so many great movies I love him
i JUST finished watching brokeback mountain and immediately knew it was one of my favorite movies ive ever watched. then, i realized that most of my favorite movies have one thing in common: jake gyllenhaal is in them. his talent is unbelievable and i truly think hes one of the best male actors of this generation.