A huge part of what keeps the audience loving Gerard Butler is not just his charisma, it's also the fact that he's a normal dude doing his best. I believe that since he never truly made it big, he still has maintained that level of "the everyday man". Sure, not all of us will be able to land Hollywood roles like him but he still feels like someone who is like the rest of us and lives in reality.
Never made it big??? 300 has the record for being the 24th highest grossing opening weekend in box office history as well as that movie being a huge success. How to train your dragon, Den of Thieves and its upcoming sequel I imagine is going to do well also. Even Phantom of the Opera was successful film. Wild statement to make saying he never made it big just because he’s a celebrity that prefers not being in the limelight
@@StonedCabbage I'm not speaking of money. I'm speaking of playing a role that hits high levels of popularity, like Hugh Jackman as Wolverine or Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter. Gerard Butler is memorable but not really so much for a single role, even though 300 comes the closest to being so.
@@StonedCabbage If you asked people to list every actor they knew, most people would take a while before they mentioned butler. He's done well, and he's awesome, but he's never been at the same level as the household names.
I dont and I wont. Sorry if thats a hot take, but I dont watch bad movies because of an actor. A good actor makes a bad movie acceptable, a bad movie starring gerard butler is simply just a bad movie. There are other action stars that do better.
The movie has flaws but the intro alone is worthy of an Oscar. I say it time and time again. Almost no movie that has Bob Dylan or The Rolling Stones in the soundtrack is really bad. It's usually a good movie.
He's a very effective actor. The scene in "Last Scene Alive" where he's in the grocery store car park get ever more panicked that his wife is gone is played pitch perfectly. He's great !
@@StonedCabbage there are actors we just love to see in movies is my point. I don't care about skills. That's what the critics like to sound like and they ruin movies and eras
King Leonidas has maintained the ability very few Hollywood actors have - STAR POWER. Tom Cruise has it, Will Smith HAD it, and while Gerard Butler has never reached the top of the hollywood mountain, his ability to carry a film is unmatched and the ticket sales do not lie. The Olympus series flops with a different lead. The fans LOVE Butler.
I love Troy and Gladiator as one of my favorite sword-and-sandals movies but I can always watch 300 because of Butler alone despite the movie is more simple and/or objectively inferior than the two.
Agreed! 300 does very few things, but does them all at the highest level which results in a masterpiece. Beautiful auteur visuals, but even more impressive, are the performances from the perfect casting. Prime Lena Headey, David Wenham as the narrator, Vincent Regan, Fassbender, Dominic West and of course, Butler himself. I remember 2006 and how everyone couldn't stop saying "THIS IS- SPARTA!!!" That's all Gerard Butler's performance. You can't manufacture that.
Love Butler! Not many actors can be in so many bombs and still to this day have his movies released in the theatres. Most others's fate would be direct to-dvd or streaming. I guess there just is something special about our favorite british Butler! Keep making videos like this Hollywood Lore people love it you are gonna get big. Just remember to never miss anything while researching and writing your videos, people are super sensitive to stuff like that. Keep up the good work!
Agreed, he's somehow managed to always remain doing theatrical releases which is pretty impressive but it helps that he works with some amazing directors including John Madden, Richard Donner, Antoine Fuqua, Curtis Hanson, Joe Carnahan, Guy Ritchie, F. Gary Gray, Joel Schumacher, Jean-François Richet and Marc Forster.
I love them i was so surprised at just how good the action is in those movies, yeah the plot is paper thin but buttler amd the action really help it out
@@takoshihitsamaru4675 m8 you are mixing those films up my man white house down=$150 mul budget and $205 mil at the box office olympus has fallen = $70 mil budget and $170 mil at the box office
Underrated? Not even in the slightest. You guys throw that word around like it's candy. It has amazing ratings and has an immense cult following and it is mentioned by hollywoods directors as the best comic book adaptation. It just came out at a time when superhero movies werent that popular yet. If it came out like 5 years ago, it had triple it's success.
@@bookaufman9643 It's different, but in some moments is good. I liked the background music, how the world works and more information about Dr. Manhattan and how he thinks and sees the future
I remember seeing 300 opening weekend and only seeing a couple other people in the theater. I Loved that movie!!!! I went back the next weekend and had the room to myself and felt like a Damn King!
He's a very likable guy. He's very down to earth, which is what makes him so incredible and amazing as an actor. He's a flawless diamond in a room full of dull and stuck-up actors who wouldn't give you the time of day. Unlike Mr Butler he's always there for a quick "hello." I wish him all the love and success in his future endeavors. Ps... I loved his Christmas movie👍
if I see a trailer and it has Butler in it, im watching that movie. does not matter if it is cheesy or an awesome hit, im watching it. Hopefully Greenland gets a sequel
My first memory of him on screen was a Two part movie where he played ‘Atilla the Hun’ pretty sure after that was Reign of Fire, Timeline & by then he was fast becoming the, “hey mum! There’s that guy from that movie!” Guy. By the time of 300, he was a well poured, well set, hardened concrete slab of an actor that you were just happy to see 👌
Coriolanus 2011 - Ralph Fiennes directorial debut, Shakespeare in modern dress. Gerry plays Tullus Aufidius to Fiennes' Caius Marius Coriolanus. Gerry did the Bard proud IMHO, carried the role nicely.
What i'm hearing here is that if you've got a good actor that the audience likes, it really doesn't matter if the movie flops, noone but the critics are blaming that actor. Everyone still loves him (except critics), he's fine. Plus, some of those 'flops' were actually decent films. I absolutely loved him in Reign of Fire for instance and i own it on DVD. Noone dropped the ball on that, it just didn't light the box office on fire. Dragons just didn't really, for some ironic reason, at the time. Rock n Roller also doesn't deserve to be considered 'bad' imo. It does what it says on the tin and with that, i'm off to have a conference in the khazi.
Personally, I really enjoyed Rock n Rolla. At the time, the main actors were less known by the general audience. Imagine if they do a sequel, and bring back Idris Elba, Tom Hardy and Gerard Butler 🎉 with a good script, that would be awesome 👍
Gerard Butler is a good actor - his facial expressions attest to that. the trouble is, in a world of play it safe movies he hasn't had anything really unique apart from 300. he reminds me very much of Clive Owen in that respect.
Could you make a video about Aaron Eckhart? He's also experienced the career highs and lows of Karl Urban, but he's one of my favourite actors of all time. Severely underrated.
Hollywood has its own stereotypes. Many actors can’t break free from their fixed characters, but some have successfully reinvented themselves and portrayed different roles in movies. For example, Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Tilda Swinton, and Tom Hanks....
I don't care....I will watch Gerry whatever he's in. For the record....I loved The Phantom of the Opera ❤. I have seen the show 4 times....and yes, Gerard is not as trained in his vocals as the (amazing) Phantoms you see on the stage.... however, his acting is brilliant and for me his voice is a nice change and suits the character within the context of the movie. I also, really enjoyed the movie, Timeline....it's a good, easy and entertaining watch...a rainy Sunday afternoon film....and that's not a bad thing. Critics just want these over the top, heavily messaged movies all the time now....but I think most of us agree that we just want to escape and be entertained for 2 hours. Gerry delivers that....and he's easy on the eyes too. 😍
I appreciate that he takes all his roles seriously. I think that’s what elevates some of his more recent action films above the level of dreck. He’s gonna action hero his face off every time!
Butler's like every guy's favourite mate who's made it big. It doesn't matter if a project's a flop, we just keep rooting for him.
He became my favorite after Olympus has Fallen now yeah, just wanna see him continue to rise.
Exactly!
Couldn't have said it better. The best part is when you realize that almost every time there's a flop your mate is still the best part of the movie.
*One of my best friends HATES him, like on a chemical level.*
BIG facts
Everyone who has seen Law Abiding Citizen knows Gerard Butler is the protagonist.
I still pissed with the ending and I still wonder whether or not it was true that Foxx really intervene the screenplay so he didn't die.
@@nabilbudimanFox did intervene and ruin the ending. Irritating as hell when you think about it.
Everyone knows Clyde should have won in the end. But Foxx demanded the change. @@nabilbudiman
I love that Gerald Butler is fine with making action films in his later career. Hes good at it.
Law abiding citizen... nuff said
A huge part of what keeps the audience loving Gerard Butler is not just his charisma, it's also the fact that he's a normal dude doing his best. I believe that since he never truly made it big, he still has maintained that level of "the everyday man". Sure, not all of us will be able to land Hollywood roles like him but he still feels like someone who is like the rest of us and lives in reality.
Never made it big??? 300 has the record for being the 24th highest grossing opening weekend in box office history as well as that movie being a huge success. How to train your dragon, Den of Thieves and its upcoming sequel I imagine is going to do well also. Even Phantom of the Opera was successful film. Wild statement to make saying he never made it big just because he’s a celebrity that prefers not being in the limelight
@@StonedCabbage I'm not speaking of money. I'm speaking of playing a role that hits high levels of popularity, like Hugh Jackman as Wolverine or Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter. Gerard Butler is memorable but not really so much for a single role, even though 300 comes the closest to being so.
@@StonedCabbage
If you asked people to list every actor they knew, most people would take a while before they mentioned butler.
He's done well, and he's awesome, but he's never been at the same level as the household names.
@@StonedCabbage
He should be, don't get me wrong.
I will always root for Gerry he is the best and à real man ,rare today.
Gerry is like Jeremy Irons. He is always the most interesting person in the movie, so even if the movie is a mess, it’s fun to watch him.
I feel same about Christopher walken
Great point
Excellent point
The movies are bad but held together by his Charisma. We keep watching because of him and we will continue to do so.
I dont and I wont. Sorry if thats a hot take, but I dont watch bad movies because of an actor. A good actor makes a bad movie acceptable, a bad movie starring gerard butler is simply just a bad movie. There are other action stars that do better.
@@42ZaphodB42 ok?
The movie has flaws but the intro alone is worthy of an Oscar. I say it time and time again. Almost no movie that has Bob Dylan or The Rolling Stones in the soundtrack is really bad. It's usually a good movie.
@@42ZaphodB42 sure, but there's plenty of good movies with him that just didn't do well in theaters.
He has great movies
For me, "Law-abiding Citizen" is definitely one of the 5 best thriller films of all time.
He's a very effective actor. The scene in "Last Scene Alive" where he's in the grocery store car park get ever more panicked that his wife is gone is played pitch perfectly. He's great !
Butler is like Fraiser...we just like to see them in movies. The whole world might not but america wont give up on em
The world loves Frasier
@@arthurg.calixto3338 somewhere out there is people who make his career hard
Brendan Fraser sucks compared to Butler. He also has better films
@@StonedCabbage there are actors we just love to see in movies is my point. I don't care about skills. That's what the critics like to sound like and they ruin movies and eras
@@bobbyblazini Fraser whines and cries like a fucking child every day about how bad people treated him. Understandable but grow up dude
Rock N Rolla is awesome and we need the sequel
butler as bond wud have been worth a watch
He would have fit the thuggish version from the books
King Leonidas has maintained the ability very few Hollywood actors have - STAR POWER. Tom Cruise has it, Will Smith HAD it, and while Gerard Butler has never reached the top of the hollywood mountain, his ability to carry a film is unmatched and the ticket sales do not lie. The Olympus series flops with a different lead. The fans LOVE Butler.
I love Troy and Gladiator as one of my favorite sword-and-sandals movies but I can always watch 300 because of Butler alone despite the movie is more simple and/or objectively inferior than the two.
Agreed! 300 does very few things, but does them all at the highest level which results in a masterpiece. Beautiful auteur visuals, but even more impressive, are the performances from the perfect casting. Prime Lena Headey, David Wenham as the narrator, Vincent Regan, Fassbender, Dominic West and of course, Butler himself. I remember 2006 and how everyone couldn't stop saying "THIS IS- SPARTA!!!" That's all Gerard Butler's performance. You can't manufacture that.
@@Sportsbikeguy It was so iconic, it was dubbed over in my country's youtubers to make content out of it and im from another side of the world.
@@kingcobra2858 300 and Resident evil 4 are EARLY TH-cam viral content.
Law abiding citizen is a classic film
Love Butler! Not many actors can be in so many bombs and still to this day have his movies released in the theatres. Most others's fate would be direct to-dvd or streaming. I guess there just is something special about our favorite british Butler!
Keep making videos like this Hollywood Lore people love it you are gonna get big. Just remember to never miss anything while researching and writing your videos, people are super sensitive to stuff like that. Keep up the good work!
Agreed, he's somehow managed to always remain doing theatrical releases which is pretty impressive but it helps that he works with some amazing directors including John Madden, Richard Donner, Antoine Fuqua, Curtis Hanson, Joe Carnahan, Guy Ritchie, F. Gary Gray, Joel Schumacher, Jean-François Richet and Marc Forster.
He shows up for every role win or lose.
Rocknrolla is such a good film, always loved it. Shame we never got a sequel.
Butlers 300 role was iconic
I would say more than wolverine
I would never put John Wick in the category of "Geezer Warrior"😆
Any Has Fallen fans here? I hope they make a 4th part!
I love them i was so surprised at just how good the action is in those movies, yeah the plot is paper thin but buttler amd the action really help it out
I gotta say, White House Down did it better. My biggest issue was the CGI in the Olympus movies. It just took me right out of it 😔
@@takoshihitsamaru4675 m8 you are mixing those films up my man white house down=$150 mul budget and $205 mil at the box office olympus has fallen = $70 mil budget and $170 mil at the box office
Law abiding citizen was a fantastic movie imo
Rock ‘N’ Rolla has to be Butler’s best film to date. 😊
He was awesome in Cop Shop too though
Liam Neeson and Gerard Butler should do a project together, reminiscing their careers as action-to-go-guy.
I didn't know Butler was involved in Watchmen
I loved Gamer, The Ugly Truth, and Law Abiding Citizen.
I know a lot of people don't share this point of view but I think Watchmen is the best comic book adaptation so far. Criminally underrated.
Underrated? Not even in the slightest. You guys throw that word around like it's candy.
It has amazing ratings and has an immense cult following and it is mentioned by hollywoods directors as the best comic book adaptation. It just came out at a time when superhero movies werent that popular yet. If it came out like 5 years ago, it had triple it's success.
amen. i love watchmen
Did you watch the Watchmen TV show on HBO? If so, what did you think?
@@AJ-TheGr8 nope. Everybody told me it was awful.
@@bookaufman9643 It's different, but in some moments is good. I liked the background music, how the world works and more information about Dr. Manhattan and how he thinks and sees the future
His movies are consistently entertaining.
Kane and Lynch,the gems we never get.
My favorite.
Movie that I have enjoyed with him Was Law-abiding citizen. I thought he was really good in that movie.
"Geezar Warriors" 😂 Gonna pass that on!
Butlers great, I always look forward to a movie with him..
”Geezer Warrior” Never heard that before. It’s great! 😂😂😂😂
I loved Rock n Rolla
I remember seeing 300 opening weekend and only seeing a couple other people in the theater. I Loved that movie!!!! I went back the next weekend and had the room to myself and felt like a Damn King!
He's a very likable guy. He's very down to earth, which is what makes him so incredible and amazing as an actor. He's a flawless diamond in a room full of dull and stuck-up actors who wouldn't give you the time of day. Unlike Mr Butler he's always there for a quick "hello." I wish him all the love and success in his future endeavors. Ps... I loved his Christmas movie👍
I don't understand how some of these films flopped. I like Gamer and Law Abiding Citizen, 300. He's a good actor.
if I see a trailer and it has Butler in it, im watching that movie. does not matter if it is cheesy or an awesome hit, im watching it. Hopefully Greenland gets a sequel
Dracula 2000 is Epic and I never knew that was Butler omg
Sexiest vampire ever!
I remember when he played as Beowulf in a really B grade movie. He was good.
My first memory of him on screen was a Two part movie where he played ‘Atilla the Hun’ pretty sure after that was Reign of Fire, Timeline & by then he was fast becoming the, “hey mum! There’s that guy from that movie!” Guy.
By the time of 300,
he was a well poured, well set, hardened concrete slab of an actor that you were just happy to see 👌
the sad thing is, most of those movies that flopped were really good.
Coriolanus 2011 - Ralph Fiennes directorial debut, Shakespeare in modern dress. Gerry plays Tullus Aufidius to Fiennes' Caius Marius Coriolanus. Gerry did the Bard proud IMHO, carried the role nicely.
dude is a great actor and THIS IS SPARTA
Hmmmm Butler as Bond.... I'll give anything a chance! For this modern and (sigh) "gritty" style of Bond, I think he could work.
Hunter Killer was such a good movie
Reign of Fire was a good watch, though. I really liked it.
What i'm hearing here is that if you've got a good actor that the audience likes, it really doesn't matter if the movie flops, noone but the critics are blaming that actor. Everyone still loves him (except critics), he's fine.
Plus, some of those 'flops' were actually decent films. I absolutely loved him in Reign of Fire for instance and i own it on DVD. Noone dropped the ball on that, it just didn't light the box office on fire. Dragons just didn't really, for some ironic reason, at the time. Rock n Roller also doesn't deserve to be considered 'bad' imo. It does what it says on the tin and with that, i'm off to have a conference in the khazi.
❤Butler's Phantom
Personally, I really enjoyed Rock n Rolla. At the time, the main actors were less known by the general audience. Imagine if they do a sequel, and bring back Idris Elba, Tom Hardy and Gerard Butler 🎉 with a good script, that would be awesome 👍
Great video.
Butler is just solid, hard working and does his best in whatever he's in and he's consistent at the box office.
Not popular at the time Reign of Fire has a dedicated fan base today.
It's him. He is a charismatic good actor. Plus he always appears humble and is classically good looking.
Gerald Butler made a big part of my childhood voicing Stoick in HTTYD, so im rooting for him to get more success.
Reign of Fire? That's become a cult classic!
reign
@@Trojanfan666 vocal recongnition error...
Great film.
So was rockNrolla
Just saw it last year for the first time. I was surprised at how well done it was.
P.S. I Love You and Dear Frankie and RocknRolla!!!❤❤❤
Somehow my brain had blocked out the fact that Gerard Butler was in the Phantom of the Opera.
He’s the only good part other then Patrick Wilson being anti Gerard butler
Could you do a career retrospective of Christian Bale, Henry Cavill, Micheal Fassbender, and Idris Elba
Copshop is probably my favorite Butler role since Leonidas.
Damn good movie
It was really good
The Fallen movies are pretty good. A throwback to the Die Hard franchise, when that was still good, and 80's/90's action movies in general.
Charismatic A good-looking actor. Active and humorous!❤❤❤
Always been a fan.
No mention of “Dear Frankie”? I loved that movie and that’s how I first learned about him
Yes, I also love it. A sweet film, but it had a very limited release.
I love that movie! Thanks for reminding me to check it out again!
Gerard Butler is a good actor - his facial expressions attest to that. the trouble is, in a world of play it safe movies he hasn't had anything really unique apart from 300. he reminds me very much of Clive Owen in that respect.
Who loves this actor,any of his movies will be a perfect performance.
Reign of fire is dope.
Wild to believe Reign of Fire was ill-received, personally love the movie.
An outstanding actor and beautiful man 😊
I love all his movies
The ugly truth is my favourite movie
Reign of Fire deserves a badass rated R sequel
Butler's greatest role = Stoick the Vast from the How to Train your Dragon series
Atilla, Dracula 2000 and Reign of Fire were my introduction to Butler
I loved the has Fallen Trilogie of him
I thought you were gonna end with Plane! Not sure how much money it made but it surprised me with how good it was.
Could you make a video about Aaron Eckhart? He's also experienced the career highs and lows of Karl Urban, but he's one of my favourite actors of all time. Severely underrated.
Hunter Killer was much better than I was expecting. Not a bad action movie at all.
Gerry has shown us what a good actor he is playing different roles. He would be a good 007 that would be awesome 👍
3:34 I actually really like Timeline
I like his arc there. Would totally go back in time to hook up with an older human. lol
I love most of GB's films.😂...never disappoints.
How I love all the movies and his good looking too 💕😘
Ewan refused Bond to not be reminded as a one-role actor to later become Obi-Wan 😂
Just hearing his name makes me think of law abiding citizen & rocknrolla..
300 is a unicorn of a movie. If they released nowadays, it have flopped.
Rock and rolla is dope.
Buter just has incredibly good precense, especially with his commanding voice.
Reign of fire was a great film!
The fallen films are great. He made them.
Hollywood has its own stereotypes. Many actors can’t break free from their fixed characters, but some have successfully reinvented themselves and portrayed different roles in movies. For example, Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Tilda Swinton, and Tom Hanks....
I've only seen him in 300 and he looks so different I don't even recognise him, he doesn't strike me as a "star", more like an elevated extra.
Lots of bangers
Mr. One-two himself.
I always find his movies to be entertaining even though you can tell that some of them didn't have that big of a budget.
Watchmen movie is low key one of my favoriter superhero movie. After nolan movies and endgame
I don't care....I will watch Gerry whatever he's in. For the record....I loved The Phantom of the Opera ❤. I have seen the show 4 times....and yes, Gerard is not as trained in his vocals as the (amazing) Phantoms you see on the stage.... however, his acting is brilliant and for me his voice is a nice change and suits the character within the context of the movie.
I also, really enjoyed the movie, Timeline....it's a good, easy and entertaining watch...a rainy Sunday afternoon film....and that's not a bad thing.
Critics just want these over the top, heavily messaged movies all the time now....but I think most of us agree that we just want to escape and be entertained for 2 hours. Gerry delivers that....and he's easy on the eyes too. 😍
I appreciate that he takes all his roles seriously. I think that’s what elevates some of his more recent action films above the level of dreck. He’s gonna action hero his face off every time!
Reign of Fire is actually a very good movie!
RockNrolla is one of my favs.
the Scene in HTTyD part 2 where Stoic sees his lost wife for the first time in decades... his reaction is so perfect.
Riegn of fire was fkn awesome
Maybe it’s just me but I thought Den of Thieves was awesome. Looking forward to Den of Thieves 2.