Who is your favorite Jake Gyllenhaal character (not including Jack Twist)?

[enjaRouxB]

I haven't seen all the Jake stuff yet but Bubble Boy is my guilty pleasure, Donnie Darko my critical pleasure and Swoff my "adult" Jake pleasure-I can't swoon over a young teenage Jake-it's disturbing.


 

[ednbarby]

I hear ya - I'm not the least little bit turned on by Donnie Darko - my love for him is strictly maternal.  (Really, my love for Jake should be more maternal, too, since I'm technically old enough to be his mother.  But that's a whole other subject that I'd rather avoid.  )

[Front-Ranger]

Wait till your son gets into sports and/or starts bringing home buddies and, if you have a daughter, she starts bringing home boyfriends. Life can get interesting...

And here's a photo of my son and two buddies camping...

[Lynne]

For some odd reason, "Mad World" was playing at the Mexican place where I had dinner tonight (unlikely, I know, but true)...and it made me smile. 

Mystery solved.  For reasons that escape me profit, "Mad World" is being used to promote XBox 3 or 3000 or whatever.  That just makes SO upset!  Way to ruin a Jakey moment. 

[Mikaela]

Huh - it's everywhere, then!  I just heard "Mad World" from the TV and rushed to see what Donnie DArko thing was up, and instead it was some computer-thingie commercial. Happened half an hour ago. I fumed. Don't they know that song is taken?   Or perhaps that's just what they do know and are actively using........

[JT]

I have to choose Sam in "Day after Tomorro" because that's the only other Jake movie that I've seen.  Sam is definately not Jack.  To me nothing beats Jack Twist.  Sam, almost forgot his name, but Jack will always haunt me.  Jack Twist will always be my personal favorite regardless of who else Jake plays.  Damn you, Jack Twist.

[mvansand76]

The funny thing is, until BBM I never really noticed Jake, even though I have seen almost all his movies. So yeah, Jack Twist will live on forever in my mind, but if I have to choose another one, then it must be Donnie.

[JT]

That is rather funny!  I knew Jake as just another cute young actor but nothing else.  Didn't even know how to pronounce his last name.  LOL  But after BBM, he's everywhere.  Same can be said to the rest of the actors in BBM.  I never knew them before either.

[Lynne]

Happened half an hour ago. I fumed. Don't they know that song is taken?   Or perhaps that's just what they do know and are actively using........

Yep...'fuming' is a good word, Mikaela; 'livid' also works.  That's Donnie-effing-Darko's song!  This just goes to show that my aversion to all things related to commercializied XMess is well-placed!

[mvansand76]

That is rather funny!  I knew Jake as just another cute young actor but nothing else.  Didn't even know how to pronounce his last name.  LOL  But after BBM, he's everywhere.  Same can be said to the rest of the actors in BBM.  I never knew them before either.

Me too, JT! I can honestly say I had no clue who Heath Ledger was, even though I am quite a movie buff and had seen some of his movies. But in hindsight, this might also have to do with the fact that Heath is quite the chameleon, he looks different in every movie! We were watching "10 things I hate about you" this summer and I told my boyfriend, "look that's Ennis" and he didn't believe me.