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Who is your favorite Jake Gyllenhaal character (not including Jack Twist)?
ednbarby:
I'm making the rather sweeping generalization here that Jack Twist would rank as pretty much all our number one favorite characters of Jake, hence the omission. But if you do indeed prefer one over Jack, please elaborate. :)
My own *very* close second (thisclose) is Donnie Darko. They are both cut from the same cloth. Both optimists to the point of being revolutionaries and/or both Christlike.
southendmd:
Agreed, Barb.
Donnie Darko has much depth and quirkiness. It was a tour-de-force role for Jake. Very moving.
Ellemeno:
Paul's sig line reminds me that you skipped his role in City Slickers, Barb. :)
I've only seen Moonlight Mile, The Good Girl, Lovely and Amazing, Bubble Boy, Donnie Darko, and October Sky. I need to see Lovely and Amazing and October Sky again, now that Jake is on my radar, because honestly, he didn't make an impact on me back then, when I saw them in the theater, pre-BBM. The others I saw this past year, because of Jake. I liked The Good Girl, but honestly, I don't really feel like any movie I've seen used Jake well, til BBM.
Penthesilea:
I voted for Donnie.
But I've seen only three movies with Jake: Donnie Darko, Jarhead and The Day After Tomorrow.
--- Quote from: ednbarby on November 20, 2006, 01:21:24 pm ---But if you do indeed prefer one over Jack, please elaborate. :)
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You think this possible :o ?? ;)
Lynne:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on November 20, 2006, 01:21:24 pm ---My own *very* close second (thisclose) is Donnie Darko. They are both cut from the same cloth. Both optimists to the point of being revolutionaries and/or both Christlike.
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I agree, Barb...<big surprise, I know> ::) but I would say t h i s c l o s e, myself, because Jack still haunts me well over a year later. Donnie is with me still, but not eating at me, if that makes any sense...
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. :)
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