Nightcrawler, a masterful dark and gritty indictment of the news media
I think Nightcrawler might be Jake Gyllenhaal’s best film. I saw it a few years ago with a friend and watched it again last night with my wife. To my surprise she loved it. Gyllenhaal did a fantastic job portraying a highly motivated psychotic creep. Great cast, fascinating story all building up to a hell of a climax. Damn good film!
**spoiler alert** I honestly wonder if a scenario has played out in real life where someone sat on info about a crime with the intention of following fugitives and then calling the cops when they are in a public place to set up a chaotic event with maximum carnage.
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The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance
December 01, 2019, 12:12 PM
Sig209
i enjoyed it too
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Proverbs 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
December 01, 2019, 01:18 PM
YooperSigs
Pretty good. And check out Prisoners. Another good JG role.
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December 02, 2019, 10:38 AM
JSW
Yep, one of his best. A dark movie too if that's what you're into.
Proverbs 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
December 02, 2019, 08:22 PM
bubbatime
This kid can act, and I agree, fantastic movie!
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December 02, 2019, 10:34 PM
LastCubScout
Steady hands! Use your zoom!
December 02, 2019, 11:46 PM
Major Dundee
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Originally posted by Sig209: yeah there's a lot of 'Joker' in that character
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I thought the same thing watching him. Wonder why he wasn't cast in the latest Joker.
December 03, 2019, 07:14 AM
benny6
I've been a Jake Gyllenhaal fan since I first saw him in October Sky. It's still my favorite movie JG movie. I haven't gotten around to seeing this one though. I'll have to check it out.
Very dark, and somewhat disturbing movie. Very well acted.
December 03, 2019, 11:49 AM
stickman428
Gyllenhaal’s facial expressions and the odd random informative little bits of wisdom he spouts off throughout the film really builds an interesting and twisted character.
I loved when he was taking to his partner about a study of championship winning teams and how good communication played an important role in their success in some study he read about. I think it was after his partner told him how crazy he was acting or how weird he is. Great back and forth between those two characters.
I couldn’t believe how much of the film I had forgotten in the few years since I had seen it.
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The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance