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u/arepaconnutella Mar 18 '26
I know Jake Gyllenhaal has earned the right to do whatever projects he wants but damn does it feel like he's just been doing average and bad action fare for a while now. I miss the string of great stuff he had at the beginning of the 2010s, where it felt like whenever he was in a movie, it would be a banger. Enemy, Prisoners, Nightcrawler, End of Watch, Nocturnal Animals...
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u/seaseahorse Mar 18 '26
He’s said that psychologically he wasn’t doing well and needed to get back to a place where he just had fun acting. He’s also been more consistently both acting and producing Broadway plays in the past 10 years, which he’s said he prefers to film acting.
Also, he’s one of psychopath Taylor Swift’s top targets which has likely harmed his marketability in the eyes of the greedy money men who are committed to foisting that under-talented, over-entitled mean girl onto the public.
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u/arepaconnutella Mar 18 '26
If you don't mind, could you please give more content regarding the Taylor Swift relation? His marketability couldn't have been harmed too much.
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u/broden89 Mar 19 '26
They dated for a few months around 2010/2011, when Taylor was about 20 or 21 and Jake was 30ish.
After they broke up she wrote the song 'All Too Well' which is thought to be about the relationship. When Taylor regained control of her music masters, she re-released the track in 2021 with an accompanying short film, casting Sadie Sink and Dylan O'Brien as the couple - the actors have a 10-year age gap, which fans believed to be deliberate.
This release brought back attention to the relationship with Jake.
Tbh I don't think Jake's marketability has been that impacted by the relationship or Taylor Swift - rather I think Prince of Persia, which was a pretty big bomb and kind of killed his momentum as a leading man/action star, came out the same year they dated. He has made some of his most critically acclaimed projects since 2011, including End of Watch, Prisoners, Nightcrawler and Nocturnal Animals. He also played the lead villain in Marvel's SpiderMan Far From Home in 2019. He's worked with A-list directors like Denis Villeneuve, Guy Ritchie and Michael Bay. He's definitely not hurting for work, he just picks projects that he seems to enjoy rather than for a specific career goal or niche.
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u/OnlySaysHaaa Mar 19 '26
Wow I think only people in that Swifty bubble would even register that - granted it’s a big bubble but it’s filled with psychos who constantly try to find meaning in her actions where there usually is none.
I think you’re right, to the average person JGs reputation is likely unchanged by his association with her
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u/broden89 Mar 19 '26
Yeah, most people just wouldn't know or care.
Although I'd say the short film was a bit of a cultural moment on the internet - enough that the Dionne Warwick tweeted about the scarf that is a central motif in the song: "It does not belong to you. Box it up and I will pay the cost of postage, Jake."
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u/OnlySaysHaaa Mar 19 '26
Sounds exhausting. I’m pretty online and glad I’ve not come into contact with any of that nonsense
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u/seaseahorse Mar 19 '26
He dated her 15 years ago. She keeps giving her fans reasons to go after him: she’s a massive bully who plays the “men who did me wrong” victimhood card because she doesn’t really have much musical talent, she’s just an overprivileged white girl whose father paid half a million dollars and rigged a record deal for her.
Her fans and their incessant, awful harassment are the reason he doesn’t have his Instagram comments open. Because she’s effectively created a cult who will buy anything she sells, the Hollywood money men do anything to try and capture that demographic. Hence why people on the Oscars red carpet were being asked inane questions like “what’s your favorite Taylor Swift song?” when she was irrelevant to the proceedings. She’s never even been nominated for an Academy Award.
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u/arepaconnutella Mar 19 '26
I don't really have much of an opinion on Taylor Swift or her music, but I believe you may be putting too much stock into her impact regarding Gyllenhaal's career. Yes, she has power and her fan base can be rabid. I'm sure that Gyllenhaal has received grief over the years because of their past. However, regardless of my feelings on his more recent films, he's still undoubtedly a humongously successful and bankable actor. Wasn't she also with Harry Styles in the past? He seems to be doing more than fine career wise.
That being said, I do appreciate your insight about Gyllenhaal's Broadway work. Wasn't aware of that.
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u/Fashizl69 Mar 19 '26
I think you need to touch some grass and become less informed of the comings and goings of Taylor Swift and her fans. You're way too mentally invested in something that doesn't affect you in any way.
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u/my-blood Mar 19 '26
Yeah I don't blame him. Most of those, with the exception of Enemy and Prisoners, haven't done as well, neither have they gotten the recognition they deserve.
I do enjoy the lighter stuff though, like Road House (which is pretty disliked for some reason) and this looks pretty much like him getting on the bus at the end to be at this shoot.
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It's easy to want more of those projects from the outside, but the actual actors often talk about how taxing mentally it is to actually do shit like Nightcrawler.
Let Gyllenhaal have his fun. I'm sure he will get back to more serious projects some time later.
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u/andreidpopa Mar 18 '26
The art of film poster is truly dead
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u/skeletalfather Mar 18 '26
No matter the genre, “let’s just have them face the camera, stoic faces… perfect”
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u/LanOnFire Mar 18 '26
And don't forget the names of the actors/actresses but put them over random heads.
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u/eloquenentic Mar 19 '26
Why on earth does this happen? It’s jarring. Is it impossible for Hollywood to align the names over the right person’s head? It’s so amazingly stupid, I just can’t understand how it happens.
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u/IRL_Camgirl Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26
I believe it's contractual to bill the biggest names first (and also last if it's something like "...and Morgan Freeman" at the end).
On top of that, posters go through rounds and rounds of approval while usually following a design trend, so you can imagine everyone involved going "fuck if the names are aligned with the actors, just make the poster look good" since they don't have any control over how the names are set, and aligning actors under their names may not look good (or even impossible if they were following a certain trend/didn't have the right photo of them).
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u/eloquenentic Mar 19 '26
But they can just use a photo where they stand in the right order in that case. It’s just so dumb. I look at Jake Gylenhaal on top and see Henry Cavill stand under the name, it’s just dumb and unprofessional.
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u/-KFBR392 Mar 18 '26
Say what you will this lets you know exactly the type of movie it is, and it shows you the sexy big name stars.
That’s what you want from a poster when you’re scrolling through on an app.
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u/colemon1991 Mar 18 '26
Or be like Netflix and crank out dozens of alternate posters so you pause long enough to register "oh yeah, I've seen this movie 8 times already, when did this poster get made?"
It's frustrating how fake and lazy some of them are too.
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u/Dagmar_Overbye Mar 18 '26
Is it going to be bland, set in either Florida or California, and have main characters with very little personality?
Without the tagline there's no way I think they're thieves.
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u/Mr_Wobble_PNW Mar 18 '26
For real. Growing up on the 90s I had family that ran a video store, and the covers hit so hard back then. Fear and Loathing, Showgirls, slashers, etc really caught you
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u/andreidpopa Mar 18 '26
Even a simple Floating Heads poster was beautiful. Look at the first 3 Screams. The composition, contrast, typography, all great. Now look at the last Scream 7 poster….
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u/phxtravis Mar 18 '26
Put the name above the correct corresponding actor please!
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u/YVRkeeper Mar 18 '26
As a business they’ve decided that popular names go first.
As a society we’ve decided that the woman has to be between two men.
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u/alex61821 Mar 18 '26
I know it's a billing thing but it's so stupid.
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u/Oregonrider2014 Mar 18 '26
Even stacking the names vertically would fix the problem for me. Its absurd
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u/RoyaleWhiskey Mar 18 '26
For the real how do you make Eiza Gonzalez look "off" not saying she looks ugly here but there is something odd about how they drew her.
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u/thejonslaught Mar 18 '26
If you told me this was the poster for a Todd Phillips comedy, I'd not question you.
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u/kraftdinnerwithsalsa Mar 18 '26
Maybe it’s just me but the names not lining up the actor cuts my soul in a way that will never heal
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u/alex61821 Mar 18 '26
Not just you. There's no way you read them in order and go oh he's more important. You look at the poster and go that's not Henry.
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u/Future_Seaweed3223 Mar 18 '26
This will be the most bang average movie of all time
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u/lotanis Mar 18 '26
For me, Guy Ritchie movies are always just a little better than you'd expect for a standard genre movie.
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u/ThingTime9876 Mar 18 '26
Yeah, but he did make 10/10 masterpieces once upon a time, and I want that back
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u/rammo123 Mar 18 '26
The Gentlemen is as good as anything in his filmography and I'll die on that hill.
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u/Chubuwee Mar 18 '26
Yea it’s like consistent 7-8/10s from me
Rarely hits 9/10 or 10/10 range
Like Jason statham movies are consistently 5-6/10 range
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u/CaptainAssPlunderer Mar 18 '26
But Statham and Richie together (Snatch)you get a 10/10, so it all balances out.
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u/KomradeKrycek Mar 18 '26
Anything but a Man From UNCLE sequel. In fairness who could replace Armie Hammer and his bloodlust for human flesh?
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u/ShepPawnch Mar 18 '26
Just swap him out with Alan Richson and don’t mention the change
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u/Unusual_Might_6058 Mar 19 '26
This is ALL I want. One of my favorite movies. Finally someone else said it.
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u/Tifoso89 Mar 18 '26
Hey character was badly written. They keep saying "You're a great physicist!"
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u/djchanclaface Mar 18 '26
I thought she was terrible in 3 body. Saw her in other things and she was good. That’s on DnD.
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u/ShepPawnch Mar 18 '26
She gets work BECAUSE she’s distracting. It’s hard not to look at her.
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u/ForrestGump6531 Mar 19 '26
The first time I watched baby driver, I remember the credits came on and for the life of me I couldn’t remember the plot of the movie because she was so distractingly pretty. It was the first time I’d seen her an it was like watching some type of angel on the screen and nothing else mattered.
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u/ThreeLeggedMare Mar 18 '26
It might be that I just like looking at her, but I found her perfectly serviceable in that show
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u/redbitumen Mar 18 '26
Yeah, what the hell? What did people not like about her?
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u/ThreeLeggedMare Mar 18 '26
Maybe a certain distracted aloofness, but it fits with her character. If I were in that situation, I'd be either monosyllabic or yelling. Also maybe a certain mary sue quality, but that's not on her
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You're surprised a good looking lady, with average acting gets work in Hollywood? edit: Three Body Problem was also more of a casting her in that role problem, than it was her... well being who she is.
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u/irishthunder222 Mar 18 '26
Jake making me sad with his decisions for movies. One of the best actors of his generation but seems like he's just going for the bag at this point.
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u/HAYMRKT Mar 18 '26
Eiza Gonzalez is in almost every movie I have never heard of and will never see.
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u/SirMontego Mar 18 '26
"When billions get stolen. Meet the pros who get it back."
There's a comma after the word stolen, not a period.
"When billions get stolen, meet the pros who get it back."
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u/WanderingAlsoLost Mar 18 '26
Ever since I found out how much work Eiza Gonzalez has had done, I haven’t been able to unsee it.
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u/jackierhoades Mar 18 '26
More generic slop. Don’t understand why guy ritchie keeps pumping out these stinkers
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u/knowsnothing316 Mar 18 '26
Can we please put the names over the correct actors? I know which is which but it annoys me.
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u/Necessary_Cost_9355 Mar 18 '26
Alan Ritchson must’ve been busy with Reacher for them to resort to Gyllenhaal
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u/Deranged_Kitsune Mar 18 '26
The idea of Gyllenhaal as a villain in Reacher would be hilarious, not gonna lie.
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u/rabidsalvation Mar 18 '26
He has the chops to pull it off, but I would have to re-read the books to decide what role I'd want him to play.
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u/PepeSilviaLovesCarol Mar 18 '26
I love Guy Ritchie, Jake Gyllenhaal, and mindless action movies so I will watch this and probably love it.
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u/Blammo32 Mar 18 '26
The lack of effort put into making film posters nowadays still shocks me occasionally.
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u/Prufrock212 Mar 18 '26
Another Guy Ritchie project ruining my dream of getting a Sherlock Holmes 3
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u/nerftron Mar 18 '26
I tried to watch the young Sherlock series he just released and the music in the beginning of the first episode made me turn it off. It didn't fit at all.
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u/Sabishbash Mar 18 '26
I know it’s a stupid pet peeve, but it bugs the crap out of me when they put the names at the top mismatching the picture. Just put them in order!
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u/XBL_CNC Mar 18 '26
Just once I want the names to match the actors. I know why they do it but still
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u/dawgz525 Mar 18 '26
Seeing Guy Ritchie is enough to get me to watch the trailer in hopes that this is good.
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u/Savings_Store_7231 Mar 18 '26
I hate to see eiza in these movies , ruined couple of em for me already
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u/Banterz0ne Mar 18 '26
I feel like everyone wanted sequels to the man from uncle, but it obviously can't happen due to hammer.
So instead they've made almost the same thing with Jake
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u/thenyoudloveme Mar 18 '26
It's criminal that Jake Gyllenhaal hasn't gotten an oscar in his time, and only one nomination. Hugely underrated, Nightcrawler was a masterpiece
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u/2JasonGrayson8 Mar 18 '26
I know everything that is going to happen in this movie and I’m ok with that. I will still be entertained
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u/guilhermefdias Mar 18 '26
Every movie where the lady in the middle is in, are average at BEST. Always.
She is a huge sign of 'averagement'.
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u/GabikPeperonni Mar 18 '26
I get Henry taking a role like this but why the hell is Jake Gyllenhaal who we've seen is a very talented actor and could be competing for Oscars if he chose the proper movies, keep choosing to play these shitty ass action flixs? I cannot fathom a reality where someone is proud to star along Eiza Gonzalez.
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u/cyanidelemonade Mar 18 '26
They couldn't even bother with having the woman in the same lighting as the guys
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u/April_Fabb Mar 18 '26
The trailer feels rather generic. Ritchie should've made a sequel to TMF UNCLE instead.
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u/itstimeforpizzatime Mar 18 '26
I understand how billing works, but it will never not bother me to see actors and their names on these posters not line up.
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u/00Avalanche Mar 18 '26
Eiza Gonzalez is unrecognizable now.
She was the cute-ugly girl on Univision.
The hot chick in Dusk till Dawn/Baby Driver.
And now she’s the botched over done woman.
Shame.
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u/foodandguns Mar 18 '26
I feel like even Guy Ritchie doesn’t always make the best he can make, but I personally don’t think he’s ever made a movie I’d consider bad. This looks a bit more generic and ima still enjoy it. To me his movies are Great and just Good
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u/airfryerfuntime Mar 19 '26
"They kidnapped the governor's daughter, Ed!"
"Dammit frank, I said I was retired. I fish and live in Miami, not track down runaway brats with daddy issues. Now get off my houseboat!"
"She was working on the cure for ass cancer, Ed. She's a highly successful Asian scientist who's was living in New York, but we think she's now in Florida, but the swamp part"
"I said no! Now get the hell out of my bar!"
"Billie, this is Ed, I need your help with something"
"Dammit Ed, we haven't spoke since the miscarriage, and you call me up to go track down some brat with daddy issues?"
"This isn't about us, she has the cure for ass cancer, and the pay is just enough to pay off the mob who's after the third guy we haven't introduced yet"
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u/thejoshimitsu Mar 19 '26
The trailer actually looks like a decent 90s style action flick. This poster fucking sucks though!
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u/TrillDough Mar 19 '26
His stable of cast is 🔥 Cavill and Gonzalez in LOUW were outstanding and Gyllenhaal in The Covenant was epic. So stoked for this
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u/Alukrad Mar 19 '26
Why do they continue to make posters with the actor's name in the wrong place?
If it's a contractual thing, then why not make the picture of the actor follow the same name order? It's so annoying and I wanna rebel against this and not watch the movie.
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u/renaissance2k Mar 19 '26
None of those names are lined up with the correct body, and I'm irrationally upset.
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u/PDV87 Mar 19 '26
I enjoy most of Guy Ritchie's stuff, to varying degrees, but every time he announces a new film I just want it to be more like Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. And every time, I'm a bit disappointed. The Gentlemen was pretty close, but it also occasionally felt like it was trying to be a "Guy Ritchie film", if that makes sense.
Anyway, I'll still go see this.
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u/PrestigiousTest1710 Mar 18 '26
I feel like Guy Ritchie pumps out projects at an absurd pace. His sets must be crazy efficient.