Originally Posted by SamsoniteDelilah
I liked him in whatever I've seen him in, but I think he needs a good role that isn't a mopey introvert, for a change.
You'll be eating those words when he does a Nicolas Cage and starts doing Bruckheimer action/adventure movies.
I like Jake quite a bit. just about everything I've seen him in so far (minus the child roles) have shown that he has some real talent budding. I don't think he's come close to reaching his full potential yet, though. This is how I’d rate the starring performances that I’ve seen so far:
- Moonlight Mile
- The Good Girl
- Donnie Darko
- October Sky
- Bubble Boy
- The Day After Tomorrow
Yeah, I love
Donnie Darko the most as far as the movies go, but I thought there was more depth to the characters he portrayed with the two films that beat it. I don’t particularly think it’s his fault, but that the script was written better as far as character development goes. And yes, I think he was better in
Bubble Boy than he was with his completely uninspired character in
The Day After Tomorrow. I didn’t hate the film or his performance, but they were both…eh. I’ve seen
Homegrown, but I don’t remember his, or his sister’s, characters at all. I usually forget everything about a movie within a month or two if I wasn’t all that into it. Anyway…
With Maggie, I have far less exposure to her, so I can’t really comment. Many of the films she’s been in, I haven’t seen for a long time, and when I did, I didn’t have a clue she was someone worth remembering specifically. I have seen
Secretary and like it, her role, and Spader’s role quite well…but I don’t think that it was particularly amazing in any way at all. Many of her more recent movies where she plays supporting roles, I never really wanted to see all that much anyway, so I have no clue how she did.
I haven’t seen
Strip Search, Chico…but if you think that might be one where I can see her shine, I will certainly look for it.
I have never watched any of Stephen Gyllenhaal’s television direction before, it’s not really my taste, so again, I can’t comment. I have seen
Homegrown, which I mentioned I thought was okay, but nothing special, and
Losing Isaiah, which I thought had a ‘made for TV’ feel to it, which I hate for big screen films. So, all in all, I’m not that impressed other than he’s done better in film than I ever have.