In high school, I always loved movies; yet, I always looked at them passively. Only rarely did I become involved in the events or with the characters I saw on screen. In fact, prior to Brokeback Mountain I can't think of a single instance when I felt a profound emotional reaction to a film. I remember getting a little choked up while watching the end of Jonathan Demme's Philadelphia, but that's as close as it ever got to my becoming emotionally invested in situations taking place in a movie.
I watched Brokeback Mountain with my father on opening weekend back in late 2005 — though we had actually gone to see Capote instead. When we tried to buy tickets, we realized there was only one showing of Capote four or five hours later. Brokeback Mountain, however, was playing in just an hour; so, we bought two tickets and went to Borders to wait.
Since at the store they had a display with E. Annie Proulx's short story, my father and I each grabbed a copy and read it while we waited to see the movie, which had been getting phenomenal reviews. Curiously, I remember feeling underwhelmed by the short story. I thought to myself, "I don't even know if I'm excited to see this movie anymore." But since we had already bought the tickets, there wasn't really any turning back.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain"
After the hour passed, we went in. As I sat there watching Brokeback Mountain unfold, something changed within me. I don't know what caused it exactly, but I remember that I started crying when Gustavo Santaolalla's "The Wings" began playing while Jack and Ennis are at the campfire. I had never, ever cried because of a movie. And frankly, I did not understand how or why anyone would. Still, as I sat there in the theater, I could not contain my tears.
Eventually, I stopped crying, but the tears began streaming down once again when Ennis collects Jack's shirt and hugs it, fighting to hold on to the man he loved. I shed more tears at the end of the film, when Ennis opens his closet door, looks at the shirt, and the credits slowly start to roll.
I don't know why, but ever since that first time I saw Brokeback Mountain, my entire movie-watching experience has been radically different. After that, I have revisited movies I had seen before; suddenly, I was looking at them in a new light; at times, I was able to connect with them where before I had been emotionally and/or intellectually detached.
In addition, whether or not I'm watching a movie for the first time, I have been able to find layers to characters and settings that would have been out of my reach before. In essence, Brokeback Mountain made me realize how much I truly love the art of film. It also inspired me to start writing about it.
I mustered the courage to start posting my film commentaries online only in 2008 or whereabouts, but I had never considered writing about movies prior to Brokeback Mountain. In a profound way, that same-sex love story set in the American West made me realize there were tangible differences between bad cinema, good cinema, and great cinema. Needless to say, I'm fully aware that my Brokeback Mountain experience was exceptional, for having such a visceral response to any film is something quite unique.
Even though I cannot fully explain my personal reaction to the film, I must credit the filmmakers for it. Had Brokeback Mountain not been crafted the way it was, I find it impossible to believe that I would have been so deeply affected by it. After all, I had felt quite unenthusiastic after reading E. Annie Proulx's short story.
I have watched Brokeback Mountain many times since that first viewing. My experience has been different each time, but the film's power has never been lost. As we grow, our experiences change; our hope is that they will change not for the worse, but for the better. Thanks to Brokeback Mountain, I can happily say that mine have been forever changed for the better.
Source: Meditations on BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN: Multilayered Love Story
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«Oldest ‹Older 2401 – 2600 of 2704 Newer› Newest»Trolly, thanks for confirming that I'm right!
TopherAviles: Oh ya... Saw Jake Gyllenhaal running down Mullholand. Looking pretty yummy, and safe.
about 10 hours ago
FreddyPinon: @suzyvphoto there is a cool coffee shop called la mill its in silverlake. that's where i saw jake gyllenhall
about 13 hours
The picture doesn't look photoshopped to me. Who leaked it and why?
Poor trolly...trying so hard to convince everyone that the photo is fake! Troll will have to come up with a better story than "PG photoshopped the pic". LOL!!
give it a rest troll, we know that is Jake.
Jake head looks small here, Jake has a big noggin.
You are crazy and blind.
I saw it in it's original form several weeks ago and the person was pasting celebrity daces on it
Post link or else what you are saying is BS
Trolly is feverishly typing, becoming more incoherent. What's twisted your knickers trolly?
But the first thing I noticed was the neck: You can actually see where the head was pasted on.
No, you can't. That's why I think that photo might be real.
Jake doesn't have too many fans left and what's left do silly shit like this, and for what?
Silly trolly, only an idiot like you would try to sell "fans trying to hurt Jake" bullshit.
^^^ "JiG fans trying to hurt Jake" bullshit
Nevermind the tan , non-tan neckline, check out the hair.
If you look closely, there appears to be a shadow of sorts surrounding his hair, is it a shadow or did the camera jerk to make it look like that.
Looking more closely it looks like it may have belonged to the original person , look at the outline of where Jake hair ends and the shadow. the shadow hair looks lighter, the shadow doesn't appear to belong to Jake's hair unless it was taken with a crappy camera, if so then why doesn't the rest of the photo appear that way.
That shadow/halo doesn't appear to belong to Jake's head of hair.
What's interesting is the depth to which there's a need for someone to argue that it is fake.
Why is trolly so pissed off with this photo? What is the big deal? There are tons of photos where Jake looks gayer than this.
Anonymous said...
What's interesting is the depth to which there's a need for someone to argue that it is fake.
ITA on that one. What is the big deal. If it was Jake it was Jake acting silly not feminine. Someone needs to chill.
Sorry silly trolly,
photo is real, continue to be pissed off and talk bullshit! LMAO
Wow, I don't get why people are so passionate about the pic one way or the other. Real or fake, it's a stupid pic. Honestly don't even see how anyone thinks it's hot.
Well, I don't think I would go so far as to say it's "stupid" either.
I certainly don't call it "stupid". What is making it "stupid" if I may ask?
Big deal if it's fake - I'm kind of leaning towards it being fake but until I see the original, I'm not going to think it definitely is.
And if it is real? It's hot to me.
Why? Because it would be Jake being his goofy, fun self and we know that he does do yoga. And I also think those socks with the whole pose are hilarious. But yeah, those legs are awesome. The guy also has a broad back and a half butt just like Jake does.
Don't see how anyone can think it's hot? Well, I do. And I'm not the only one - there're a lot of people on Twitter who think it is, too.
Hotness is in the eye of the beholder.
Anonymous said...
Wow, I don't get why people are so passionate about the pic one way or the other. Real or fake, it's a stupid pic. Honestly don't even see how anyone thinks it's hot.
I totally agree again. Many times in the past Jake and Austin have demonstrated no fear in expressing the feminine side of themselves. Too bad PR has taken that fun and interesting quality away. We just saw it last week with Austin's tweet being changed.
What is making it "stupid" if I may ask?
Everything really.
You can see the outline of the hair, where Jake's hair begins and ends and a cloudy/shadowy halo surrounding it, fake. You can also see the tanline in the back but not the front, fake. Legs are too short and the feet are too small, fake.
And I'm not the only one - there're a lot of people on Twitter who think it is, too.
People are amused to see Jake's ass.
12:07 PM - only you see that, photo looks real, no signs of photoshop.
We just saw it last week with Austin's tweet being changed.
So there are people who own Jake and tell him when he can go home and people who tell Austin how to tweet? What did they tell Austin and why?
Can someone provide a link to the pic, please? I tried to find it on OMG, but PG's original post of it was taken down? Maybe I missed it.
Jake showing his ass off:
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll67i9lZKV1qajbjzo1_500.jpg
http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/59282611.html
The simple fact is that this photograph has been obviously tampered with in one way: someone added a TMZ tag to it when this picture was never posted at TMZ. In that sense it reminds me of the other picture of Jake that was photoshopped and made to look like a promotional picture from LaOD. Plus the left hand in the picture has been clearly altered, unless you think Jake has sharpened twigs for fingers.
And wow, what is going on with the ear in that picture? it's the wrong size, wrong shape...and I'm just going to stop now because the more I look at this picture the worse it gets.
Just saw it - it is definitely fake, fake, fake. Jake's head doesn't even match the body, and the tension is off, just like in the other one. I know it must provide endless hours of amusement, but that photo ain't real.
Not every OMG'er is a Jaustiloon, that moniker is reserved only for a select few.
The proportion is waaaaaay off. And I didn't know yoga was a feminine activity only.
TBH, I'm actually starting to have a little sympathy for Jack! ;)
The hand looked off, you are right, and the neck.
The simple fact is that this photograph has been obviously tampered with in one way: someone added a TMZ tag to it when this picture was never posted at TMZ.
Pointing out the obvious: photo can have genuine TMZ tag without being posted on TMZ site.
And wow, what is going on with the ear in that picture?
You are seriously suggesting that someone photoshopped other person's ear on Jake's head instead of simply using photo of his head? LMAO, some people are too funny for words!
TMZ will have it taken down soon, if they see it being used. Thanks for the laugh!
TMZ will have it taken down soon
Taken down from where?
And I didn't know yoga was a feminine activity only.
Please learn to read.
You have to wonder why PG took her original post of it down, don't you? ;)
No, PG's original posts are still here, see May 14, 2011 1:35 PM.
1:21: At least you finally acknowledge that it was never on the site, the real question is why did the photoshopper feel the need to tag it? Especially if it's quite obvious they created it themselves and posted it on their tumblr account.
They didn't bother to link it to the original site because it doesn;t exist, the only thing that exist is the site where they got the pic of the guy doing a yoga pose in his hotel room and that would reveal that the pic is a fake.
They also know that people on twitter are too dumb and lazy to actually look at the pic because they are too busy retweeting
TMZ has nothing to take down since it was never posted there in the first place.
1:21: At least you finally acknowledge that it was never on the site
NO ONE EVER said nor suggested that photo was posted on TMZ site - you make up shit like that so you could spin and bullshit.
You have to wonder why PG took her original post of it down, don't you? ;)
No, no need to wonder anything. My post is on the day before yesterday's post. I put up the link yesterday but it was still on Friday's post..
13:33, you're going to get me guffawing all over again if you're going to start the "conspiracy" and photoshop suspicions all over again. So rich.
This is providing more amusement than Michael K's post about it. You can't buy this kind of entertainment.
You sound quite proud of yourself. :)
Trolly, no one claimed that photo is real for sure, not even PG:
prairiegirl said...
12:57, you think that could be a photoshop? It didn't strike me that way. Suppose it could be. That would be a real downer, lol.
May 14, 2011 1:36 PM
If it were really him, I'm sure the photo would be great, but it is so not him. There's no doubt.
Totally fake.
Hands, hair, neck and the body is of someone much shorter.
If I was going to fake something I would add a tag to make it more believable. The TMZ makes it believable.
There's no doubt.
So far no one proved that photo is fake.
I noticed that too - Jake's muscles are longer, this guy has a shorter body, it appears. It's not Jake's butt. How do I know all this? :)
Hands, hair, neck and the body is of someone much shorter.
Yeah, that's my impression, too.
I don't see a meltdown here, it's kind of anti-climatic. lol Sorry to disappoint.
Meltdown?! Over what?
I can't imagine? :) PG has been hoisted up on the virtual shoulders of OMG for causing a troll meltdown, but I can't see it. lol
She's the troll-battling heroine.
OMG's favorite blogger, MK says that it's a fake, Like we needed him to point it out!~
He was funny - "whoever took the photo made sure the socks matched the carpet. It's attention to details like these that make a great picture." lol
3:12 PM - troll meltdown posts are deleted.
PG has been hoisted up on the virtual shoulders of OMG for causing a troll meltdown, but I can't see it.
Trolly was melting for hours, he was desperate to prove that PG photoshopped the photo and that JiG fans photoshop pictures of Jake to hurt his career. Yes, trolly is silly like that.
^^^ trolly is still spasming. Typing fingers do not lie, lol.
Things must be dead in Jake's online fandom, another fake photo floating around, he should be caught buying drugs or something.
Maybe Jake should arrange being caught buying XXL condoms :)
Anonymous said...
Maybe Jake should arrange being caught buying XXL condoms :)
Maybe he needs to go back to Macys and hang out in the underwear department looking at all the hot guys on the packages.
Packages? ;)
Anonymous said...
Packages? ;)
Nothing like a nice meaty package.
What is making it "stupid" if I may ask?
Everything really.
The socks most of all.
Maybe Jake should arrange being caught buying XXL condoms
That will have to remain a fantasy for you. Don't think Jake is really in need of that size. But go ahead! Keep on dreaming.
The socks most of all.
LOL :)
5:57 PM - we are talking about PR, not prophylactics :)
OT: Don Lemon, CNN anchor, has come out.
I guess that's the TV personality.
I guess it's coming out weekend, the President of the Phoenix Suns also came out.
In a Twitter posting to his 89,805 followers Sunday night, CNN anchor Don Lemon linked to a New York Times story that reveals he is gay, and thanked his followers in advance for their support. The revelation comes in advance of his upcoming book, Transparent (due out June 16), and in the interview with NYT’s Bill Carter, Lemon reveals that, while his sexuality was known to his colleagues, going public carries with it considerable anxiety.
Lemon reveals to Carter that, in addition to the “normal” stress of coming out, he worries about acceptance from the black community:
"“It’s quite different for an African-American male,” he said. “It’s about the worst thing you can be in black culture. You’re taught you have to be a man; you have to be masculine. In the black community they think you can pray the gay away.” He said he believed the negative reaction to male homosexuality had to do with the history of discrimination that still affects many black Americans, as well as the attitudes of some black women.
“You’re afraid that black women will say the same things they do about how black men should be dating black women.” He added, “I guess this makes me a double minority now.”
Elsewhere in the interview, he describes the process that led him to this decision, and expresses a hope that announcements like his will make it easier for others struggling with the decision, and perhaps avert tragedies like the Tyler Clementi suicide. He also allowed that other closeted public figures need to be able to make up their own minds about such a personal decision.
Whatever the effects on Lemon’s career, the decision to go public is a courageous one, and his willingness to challenge his own cultural norms is doubly so. The phenomenon he describes was made evident when 70% of black voters voted in favor of California’s Proposition 8, which outlawed same-sex marriages. Exit polling also showed that 84% of regular churchgoers supported that measure.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-don-lemon-comes-out-publicly-acknowledges-he-is-gay-via-twitternew-york-times/
Congratulations Don! :)
an189: Sophia Bush, #youwerecooluntil you a) became a raging bitch, b) fucked Austin Nichols, c) lost all your talent.
about 12 hours ago
All I have to say this weekend is... I LOVE BRAZILIANS.
11 hours ago
May 14 - Hiking With Friends and Atticus At Runyon Canyon
IHJ gallery
Jake Gylenhaal Posing Like Grace Jones In His Underwear
Celebrity Buzz This is really nice.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/jake-gylenhaal-posing-like-grace-jones-in-his-unde
All I have to say this weekend is... I LOVE BRAZILIANS.
Austin is waxing his pubes???
Austin is waxing his pubes???
Maybe Austin accidently saw Soapy's vag for the first time in their 5 years of "dating"!
EWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!
The L.A. Times reports on an art installation produced for this year's Venice Biennale featuring contributions from James Franco, Douglas Gordon, Harmony Korine, Damon McCarthy, Paul McCarthy, Ed Ruscha and Aaron Young. The installation is based around James Dean's Rebel Without a Cause.
Franco, who had a hand in the other artists’ projects, also made work for this show in homage to the actor Brad Renfro, who died in 2008 at age 25 of a heroin overdose. He had Renfro’s name carved into his right arm with a switchblade, documenting the carving in photography and film. (The carving itself could be seen as one of the show’s more permanent artworks.)
Above, Franco and Renfro in a detail from a still from the 2002 film, Deuces Wild.
http://www.towleroad.com/2011/05/james-franco-carves-brad-renfros-name-into-his-arm-for-art.html
He had Renfro’s name carved into his right arm with a switchblade...
*faints*
Cannes Film Festival: Terrence Malick and Brad Pitt's 'Tree of Life' draws boos, but also counter-applause
It’s daunting to describe Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, but scattered audience members at its first screening in Cannes needed only one syllable: boo.
The many supporters of the movie pushed back with counter-applause, but it was a shocking way for the movie to debut.
The Tree of Life is an elegiac litany of images and memory-like scenes more than a traditional narrative. Let’s see — in brief, it’s the origin of time and infinity through the lens of one troubled, 1950s-era Texas family, and stars Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain, though they share copious screen time with evolving galaxies, nebulae, and surreal, symbolic representations of the world beyond.
Call it a coming of age story about the universe.
Here’s how the chaos — on screen and off — unfolded today …
The scene outside the 8:30 a.m. screening at the festival’s Grand Theatre Lumiere was a mosh pit of fearsome determination.
Malick is somewhat the J.D. Salinger of filmmakers, rarely photographed, and never submitting to interviews. Though he is hardly prolific, his handful of films have been striking for their visual splendor and meditative tones: Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, The New World.
Though the movie opens for everyone May 27, audience members crushed at the entrance Monday morning, shoving and hollering to gain entrance to a film that has been eagerly anticipated at Cannes for two years. With passions so high to see it, the movie’s debut mirrored the film’s central conflict: a boy trying to live up to the high standards of his harsh father. Only in this case it was Cannes notoriously harsh community of critics and journalists.
As long-form reviews were being written (check back here for EW critic Lisa Schwarzbaum’s assessment) there was push-back against the booing on Twitter. “Yes, some booed at Tree of Life‘s end, but a) far more clapped, b) wouldn’t a monobloc of opinion be dull? And, of course, c) jerks abound,” wrote MSN Movies’ James Rocchi.
“The booing at the end of today’s Tree of Life screening was an ugly, animalistic thing that may explain why Malick doesn’t do press,” added IndieWire’s Eric Kohn.
And yes, the notoriously elusive Malick continued his long tradition of not speaking on behalf of his movies, and did not attend the press conference after the screening. His producer, Sarah Green, said he prefers to stay out of the spotlight because, “Mr. Malick is very shy and I would say I believe his work speaks for him.”
Pitt had no problem speaking instead. “He tells this micro story of this family in a small town in Texas and juxtaposes it with the macro of the birth of the cosmos and cells splitting,” he said. “I find that so extraordinary. There are parallel truths in that.”
The actor said repeatedly he could go on at length about the process Malick employed to make such an unusual film. There are few dialogue-driven scenes, and the child actors at the center of the tale were not permitted to see the script, Pitt said, instead being told roughly what to do or say. Pitt said Malick wanted everyone to follow their instincts.
“He’s like a guy with a butterfly net waiting for the truth to go by,” Pitt said.
“It was all about capturing the accident,” Chastain added, citing a for-instance: “There’s a section where a butterfly lands on my hand. It’s not in the script, and we didn’t put anything on my hand to make it land there.”
“It’s a leap of faith, but that’s the point,” Pitt said.
Malick rented the entire neighborhood where they shot, dressed it to resemble the 1950s period, and would have the family linger together on the street, playing on swings, or working in the yard, while the capture awaited special moments.
“Then he does what he calls torpedoing a scene,” Pitt said. “The youngest child he called The Torpedo. On the first day, [Chastain and I] were having an argument, raising our voices, and we shot that take. Then suddenly he would send in Ty, as the Torpedo, and it changed the whole dynamic of the scene.”
There was some joking about the absent director, whom Chastain said tended to steer the camera toward nearby woodpecker or something else in nature if it interrupted the scene. Instead of ruining the take, that tended to be the thing Malick would rather use.
Pitt said he had no problem with the director choosing not to speak about the movie publicly. “You know how you have a favorite song and then you hear the band describing your favorite lyrics, and then you’re disappointed?” he asked the room of journalists, who responded with silence.
“No?” he said.
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/05/16/cannes-brad-pitt-tree-of-life-2/
Photo of the Day: Jake Gyllenhaal Does Grace Jones
This picture started circulating this weekend and people aren't sure yet if it's really Jake in the image or just a really good Photoshop job.
We don't care about that. What we do know is that of all the many tributes to, and imitations of, Grace Jones that we've seen over the years, this is our favorite!
http://daily.gay.com/hot_topics/2011/05/photo-of-the-day-jake-gyllenhaal-does-grace-jones.html
ianxcarlos: Every time I read any gossip websites "blind item" about a closeted actor I think, "Please be Jake Gyllenhaal, Please be Jake Gyllenhaal"
about 2 hours ago
Though this photo, of a briefs-donning Jake Gyllenhaal mimicking Grace Jones’ iconic Island Life album cover, has TMZ’s logo on it, it’s nowhere to be found on the site itself. Who leaked it, who took it, and when it was taken are a mystery, but I think we are all grateful it happened and thankful for whoever is responsible. [via ONTD]
http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-jake-gyllenhaal-channels-grace-jones-in-tighty-whities/
Trolly will continue to be pissed off! LOL
re-blogged by stubborn said...
hmmmm...
http://bastardman.tumblr.com/post/5545115389/not-real-not-real-not-real-this-has-been-in
Ted said...
http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/the_awful_truth/b242109_who_took_jake_gyllenhaal_tighty-whitey.html
Who Took the Jake Gyllenhaal Tighty-Whitey Photo?
If you've ever wondered whether Jake Gyllenhaal prefers boxers or briefs, the answer is a resounding...briefs.
And check out the photographic evidence to prove it!
Get a load of hose tighty-whiteys hugging Jakey's taut tuchus in this semi-scandalous photo, which popped up on the netz Sunday and seemingly came from nowhere.
So what's that flaming flamingo pose and why is he nearly naked?
It ain't a yoga class on a nudist retreat!
Taking a page out of the Amber Rose handbook, seems Gyllenhaal is recreating Grace Jones' iconic photo from the cover of her album, Island Life.
Because doesn't every superhero dude love listening to Grace Jones and mimicking the flamboyant singer's poses?
The real question is: Who took the photo and how does JG get such buns of steel?
We are dying to know who was on the other end of that camera, and what made him feel like getting his disco butt on? Obviously, the photog's someone Jake feels super comfortable with and is also a major fellow Jones fan. Let the guessing game begin!
(Proabably safe to rule Taylor out.)
While Gyllenhaal's rep says she is super busy at the moment, we are promised further deets on the photo as soon as they are made clear!
One thing that is clear—Gyllenhaal is apparently hiding a certain side from us!
Could this photo be any, um, less typical downtime for a big-action movie star? Well, other than those ugly socks that match the seedy carpet.
Jake, where's the real you been hiding all these years?! Under your Brokeback Mountain cowboy hat, perhaps?
We just can't quit you, Jake.
re-blogged by stubborn said...
hmmmm...
Nah. You don't spend hours working on a photo just to use your recognizable name. And there is no reason why any JiG fan would do some lame photo instead of working on J&A photoshop.
Or Jake and BT photoshop.
prairiegirl said...
Tighty Whitey Jake is the Jake that first caught my eye several years ago. Not the bouncer lugging his gym bag around. That picture totally unravels this myth of "stud" Jake.
Tighty-Whitey is a common expression, Ted didn't read PG's comments, right?
It is amazing how much punch this silly photo has had. Just more gay chatter to run on. I really believe that a very large majority of people believe Jake is gay. He has made such a fool of himself that eventually someone is gonna out this guy. It is time for Jake to come out or he is gonna have mud all over his face.
IDK JerseyTom, that photo looks photoshoped to me just as others have pointed out, so, in that case, (if it is) it's not Jake's fault.
He wouldn't have had anything to do with it.
I ask myself why then doesn't Jake's people issue an instant denial and pooh-pooh the picture?
That photo op done with the two "friends" yesterday was a direct reaction to the hub bub about the picture. Jake clearly looks unhappy; his people were obviously very aware of the chatter and most likely made him get out and do that photo op.
And where did the majority of the chatter come from? You know where?
Right here and right on OMG. Sure, it got re-tweeted a lot but looking at a couple of things that Michael K pointed out about the picture came directly from discussions on these 2 blogs.
Like I said before:
There are media types following these two blogs.
semi-scandalous photo,
I don't get how it's even semi-scandalous. Jake showed a lot more of himself in LAOD, so what's the big deal with this stupid fake picture.
Even Profit Girl put up a post about it. Someone accused me of lurking on her blog but I got it from Twitter when I did a Jake search.
Profit Girl did a whole spiel about how this picture was being pushed by someone with a JIG agenda.
She made the point just like Michael K did about the TMZ logo. Where did all the discussion about the TMZ logo take place?
Right here and right on OMG; that was one of the biggest arguments made about it. No one on twitter talked about the TMZ logo.
The TMZ logo was brought up on these 2 blogs and that's what started all of the heat about this picture.
The people who were so upset about it are actually the ones who ignited the match that fed the flames surrounding this picture. Talk about irony.
Jake clearly looks unhappy; his people were obviously very aware of the chatter and most likely made him get out and do that photo op.
PG will you stop it with the damn photo op thing, Really. If it was left up to you, Jake's PR would tell him when to go the the toilet, how to shake it and when to flush. What is wrong with you?
Jake is a human being, a man, who regardless of what you think about his sexuality or his preference does have a life. Are you that far into the conspiracy to fool you that you don't understand that his PR people work for him and he calls the shots. He pays them (If) he has a team.
He can do, or choose not to Do if Whatever he wants, when he wants.
Goodness the man can't pick his damn nose without you insisting that his people told him to pick it because it will make him look straight.
Are you serious?
Maybe you have too much time invested in (HIS) LIFE...
Anonymous said...
IDK JerseyTom, that photo looks photoshoped to me just as others have pointed out, so, in that case, (if it is) it's not Jake's fault.
He wouldn't have had anything to do with it.
I didn't say he had anything to do with the photo. I meant he is gonna look awful when he gets outed. Believe me this pic tells me that many people out there want this to happen and if it does jake is really gonna look bad.
She made the point just like Michael K did about the TMZ logo. Where did all the discussion about the TMZ logo take place?
Right here and right on OMG; that was one of the biggest arguments made about it. No one on twitter talked about the TMZ logo.
The TMZ logo was brought up on these 2 blogs and that's what started all of the heat about this picture.
I have no idea who this profitgirl person is, but Michael K doesn't need WFT2 or OMG to get info. Please. He looks at pics all day long and dissects them. He doesn't need anyone to direct him to the TMZ logo to make him see it or to make him question it. Again, your world seems to be so small that you think everything revolves around your posts and your theories and your discussions. It doesn't, but I guess it makes you feel important to believe that.
I ask myself why then doesn't Jake's people issue an instant denial and pooh-pooh the picture?
Because there is no reason to do that.
That photo op done with the two "friends" yesterday was a direct reaction to the hub bub about the picture.
This makes absolutely no sense. A picture of Jake walking his dog with two friends isn't a "reaction" to the "hub bub." It's not a reaction to anything. It's just a picture of Jake walking Atticus. It does nothing to "counteract" that stupid yoga picture if that's what you're trying to say. Your knee-jerk conspiracy theory reaction is so over-the-top it's not funny. Do you think Jake does anything that isn't completely a PR move? And don't call me a troll - I believe Jake is gay, but, sheesh, you've gone of the rails with this stuff.
Maybe you have too much time invested in (HIS) LIFE...
^^ LOL and she's not making a penny!
Goodness the man can't pick his damn nose without you insisting that his people told him to pick it because it will make him look straight.
LOL.
Profit Girl did a whole spiel about how this picture was being pushed by someone with a JIG agenda.
Prophecy Girl is an idiot with agenda.
If you've ever wondered whether Jake Gyllenhaal prefers boxers or briefs, the answer is a resounding...briefs. And check out the photographic evidence to prove it!
That's it, Ted said the photo is real, end of discussion!
That photo op done with the two "friends" yesterday was a direct reaction to the hub bub about the picture.
"Photo op" is from Friday - before photo was published.
Sorry, not Friday, from Saturday.
I don't get how it's even semi-scandalous. Jake showed a lot more of himself in LAOD, so what's the big deal with this stupid fake picture.
Can I contribute towards an answer with anyone else?
I say look at Profit Girl's disdain in her post and then look at some of the outraged accusations/comments that were directed at myself and others on the 2 blogs.
It's one thing to say "Meh, that's not Jake; it's a photoshop. Not a bad photoshop job!".
It's another to angrily accuse someone of "deliberately" photoshopping the picture and "planting" it across the internet. You have to honestly ask yourself why does the picture make some so angry towards others?
And there's your answer as to why it's semi-scandalous and that's why Profit Girl put up the post that she did.
And there's your answer as to why it's semi-scandalous and that's why Profit Girl put up the post that she did.
Um, the "semi-scandalous" is a quote from what Ted said about it. So you think Ted is following the Perils of Prairiegirl now? And that's why he used the word "semi-scandolous." Wow, that is some ego you've got there, lol.
"Photo op" is from Friday - before photo was published. Sorry, not Friday, from Saturday.
I don't believe this for several reasons.
x17 called these 45 pictures an "exclusive" for x17. What's so "exclusive" about them? x17 - the go to photo op agency.
I'd have to go back and doublecheck the tweets but just like Special said, I don't remember any of the tweets that spotted Jake jogging at Runyan mentioning his dog Atticus. No one mentioned his dog, another lady friend, or the other dog.
Why did these pictures take so long to go up on x17 if they were taken on Saturday?
And look at how unhappy Jake is in those pictures. Doesn't look like a fun walk with Atticus to me.
Obviously I hit a hot button judging by the outrage. Excellent.
Again, I have to ask why is the picture "stupid"? Is it just the socks? If it's just the socks, then doesn't that just make it funny? Oh, that's just Jake being silly again!
But no, it's called "stupid". And why is that? Is that because of the snug white briefs? Is it because the picture is homoerotic?
I think the homoeroticism of the picture is what is stirring up the heat.
Again, you have to ask yourself why are some people getting so downright livid over this?
PG will you stop it with the damn photo op thing,
No. I won't.
A picture of Jake walking his dog with two friends isn't a "reaction" to the "hub bub." It's not a reaction to anything.
Oh yes, it most definitely is.
Again, your world seems to be so small that you think everything revolves around your posts and your theories and your discussions. It doesn't, but I guess it makes you feel important to believe that.
Somebody's jealous.
Are you that far into the conspiracy to fool you that you don't understand that his PR people work for him and he calls the shots.
LOL
And don't call me a troll - I believe Jake is gay, but, sheesh, you've gone of the rails with this stuff.
Okay, I won't. But look in the mirror at who's going off the rails.
And look at how unhappy Jake is in those pictures. Doesn't look like a fun walk with Atticus to me
Well maybe he's unhappy that there's a pap in his face taking 45 pics of him in a matter of what of minute or two? Look at those photos, they are all the same just probably a millisecond later.
Or maybe the pap wanted to talk about socks, who knows?
Guy is out with his friends and his dog on a Saturday afternoon, and some idiot is taking pics. Don't blame him for looking pissy to be honest.
Guy is out with his friends and his dog on a Saturday afternoon, and some idiot is taking pics. Don't blame him for looking pissy to be honest.
^^^ but you know what, PG believes Jake and his team called the Paps. She believes every waking day of Jake's life is a PR show to foool her.
She would never understand that all stars get annoyed by this type of shit. Now most stars have to play nice and say nothing to intrusive people with a camera in their face 24/7, even though they would love to curse them out.
TMZ is trash and bullshit and 99 and a half % of that show is a non story but, the stars have to act like they are not annoyed because it will deffinately be turned around by the press and the star will be in the wrong. It always happen.
but Michael K doesn't need WFT2 or OMG to get info. Please. He looks at pics all day long and dissects them. He doesn't need anyone to direct him to the TMZ logo to make him see it or to make him question it.
**tip of the hat**. You're right.
The fact that some of you are accusing me of "conspiracy" theories is totally laughable.
It was one of you who came over to OMG and went off the deep end, accusing me of doing this photoshop.
Talk about losing it.
I'm done. Have fun with yourselves.
Again, you have to ask yourself why are some people getting so downright livid over this?
Yeah, you always do this. Try to turn things around and point fingers rather than address the honest and logical questions addressed to you. None of the posts posted this evening were "livid." You have a strange definition of livid if that's what you think. Every time people point out inconsistencies in your theories or point out that you go overboard, you pretend you've hit a "hot button" or that people are "outraged." It's called a difference of opinion and pointing out all the holes in your posts. But, of course, you ignore all of that because you don't have any answers.
And why you think anyone is "jealous" of you is a mystery and well as pretty damn funny. Jealous of what, exactly? LOL.
It was one of you who came over to OMG and went off the deep end, accusing me of doing this photoshop.
Read your own post. "One" - some troll did that. Some troll that also trolls at WFT2. The rest of the people posting tonight aren't responsible for that. So stop making it sound like everyone at WFT2 did that.
What a bunch a bullies. The moment you start attacking someone personally, it tells me you have a problem with what they are saying. There was no Facebook discussion of Jake walking with Atticus in Runyon Canyon on Friday or Saturday. Saturday, there was a Pinkberry post and Friday was all about boxing. I believe Jake was told to get out and make believe that he wasn't unnerved by all the uproar on Sunday. No way were these pictures taken on Friday or Saturday. They didn't even appear until late Sunday. If these boring photos were so exclusive they would have been posted right away.
Prophecy Girl has class? You must be joking. This is the person who chases (stalks) Jake wherever he goes. Ran all over Memphis looking for him and then was happy when she just missed him and one of the teens said he was in a bad mood. She then went on to post that she was happy he was treating his fans poorly. Or, yeah. She also believes that Jake is straight as a nail, yet stopped posting on her blog throughout the Reeke years. Talk about an agenda.
The woman in the X17 photos sure looks like she knew there was going to be photos taken; her hair and makeup are just "so", and the whole pulled together, bit fashionable for just walking the dogs outfit, and she's smiling and looking right into the camera.
The Grace Jones photo got a lot of traction exactly because Jake is gay and in the closet, and most people know it, and it makes him a target for disrespect as a result.
I believe Jake was told to get out and make believe that he wasn't unnerved by all the uproar on Sunday. No way were these pictures taken on Friday or Saturday. They didn't even appear until late Sunday. If these boring photos were so exclusive they would have been posted right away.
^^^^ that is such a stupid theory. Jake rushes to hang out with friends and doggys so you won't think he's upset about pictures. PR says he has to make sure you and PG see him looking masculine and straight while hiking.
Jake has made fun of himself plenty of times and I think he's used to it all, not happy, but used to it. And, what on earth makes you think pictures that are posted on the WWW are accurate date wise? "No way"(?) How the hell do you know what's happening besides what you (WANT to happen) with those pictures in the canyon? You sound like a juvenile wannabe inspector gadget who is grasping for straws. But, I'm not surprised that you and PG think everyday Jake and his team are out to fool you 2.
I have some green cheese from the moon you might want to taste. The little men who lives there tells me you and PG make regular trips there and you bring your own crackers and wine.
Is this Jake? said...
skylor: Jake Gyllenhaal in his underwear. #yourewelcome http://t.co/ys9BlSh
4 minutes ago via
May 14, 2011 12:35 PM
That was 9:35 AM LA time.
LaceySchwimmer: saw Jake Gyllenhaal @Runyon, 2time seein him 1time was on Regis&Kelly I tripped when I said hi. This time I had a dog strapped 2my chest fml
about 5 hours ago
May 14, 2011 8:45 PM
Well maybe he's unhappy that there's a pap in his face taking 45 pics of him? Uh no. Paps dont get an exclusive unless your PR staff agrees to it. So it was a PR approved event. In other words a forced walk to counteract the photo. And Jake is not enjoying himself. As for prophecy girl I've read her off and on over the years. She had a bad experience with Jakes dad and really has nothing good to say about Jake. Most of her writing is sarcasm.
Prophecy Girl is using Jake to make some money (book). I have nothing against that, but that means that she has to kiss Jake's ass because otherwise his people could give her trouble about the book.
I believe Jake was told to get out and make believe that he wasn't unnerved by all the uproar on Sunday.
Is that why Jake looks so bored and serious, because he wanted everyone to think "he's unnerved by all the uproar"? Theories should make sense.
^^^ he's not unnerved by all the uproar
The fact that some of you are accusing me of "conspiracy" theories is totally laughable.
It was one of you who came over to OMG and went off the deep end, accusing me of doing this photoshop.
Prairiegirl, you know that only trolly accused you of doing the photoshop, but you choose to ignore that so you could trash WFT2.
Your games are so bloody pathetic.
Prophecy Girl is using Jake to make some money (book). I have nothing against that, but that means that she has to kiss Jake's ass because otherwise his people could give her trouble about the book.
LOL Have you actually read the book.
There was no Facebook discussion of Jake walking with Atticus in Runyon Canyon on Friday or Saturday.
There is a tweet, posted here, that places Jake in Runyon Canyon on Saturday.
Steelerzfan247: Just saw Jake Gyllenhaal riding his bike on Mulhulland
1 day ago
May 14, 2011 7:25 AM
LOL Have you actually read the book.
Why LOL, what are you saying?
destiny said...
The woman in the X17 photos sure looks like she knew there was going to be photos taken; her hair and makeup are just "so", and the whole pulled together, bit fashionable for just walking the dogs outfit, and she's smiling and looking right into the camera.
Typical OMG spin - let's talk about some unimportant detail and play stupid about important things.
There is no reason to believe Runyon Canyon photos from Saturday are photo op because:
1. nothing interesting there that could be used by PR. Jake and the girl have potential, but he's ignoring her.
2. it is so easy to do an interesting photo op - Jake and one of his PA or a female friend going to a restaurant would get tons of attention.
3. Just Jared, Perez and Popsugar didn't bother to post Runyon Canyon photos. If that was a photo op then Jake's PR would use PR friendly sites to post them.
Again, I have to ask why is the picture "stupid"?
Because Jake looks stupid posing for someone like that.
Paps dont get an exclusive unless your PR staff agrees to it. So it was a PR approved event.
LOL! It's exclusive because only paparazzi from ONE agency were there - and that doesn't prove anything.
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LaceySchwimmer: saw Jake Gyllenhaal @Runyon, 2time seein him 1time was on Regis&Kelly I tripped when I said hi. This time I had a dog strapped 2my chest fml
2 days ago
raigeholbrook: jake gyllenhaal ahead of me on my entire hour-long hike at runyon canyon today. i think the view was better without him but what do i know?
2 days ago
frowninghour: Runyon was awesome. It kicked my ass even though I took the "easy" route. Also, so many celebrity sightings. Jake Gyllenhaal is stalking me.
2 days ago
CandiceM_MUA: Almost forgot..Saw Jake Gyllenhaal today @Runyon,He looks the same just a little shorter than i imagined,3rd Celeb i ran into @Runyon so far
2 days ago
Prettyinxpinkx: Spotted Jake Gylennhal at Runyon. Excercise IS important!!
2 days ago
a little shorter than i imagined
*cough*
I believe Jake was told to get out and make believe that he wasn't unnerved by all the uproar on Sunday
LOL. Why would he be "unnerved" by that stupid pic? In your mind, he's unnerved by it because it fits your conspiracy theories.
Sophia Bush & Austin Nichols: The DeLeon Tequila Two Year Anniversary held at the exclusive Chateau Marmont on Sunday (May 15) in Los Angeles.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6937779&id=220917498885
Airport frisk session. I'd like to thank Trey for using the back of his hands on "sensitive" parts. International followers pay no mind.
13 hours ago
This only happens in the good ol USA
13 hours ago
^^ Wow, Austin and Sophia still hanging in there. How many years have they been together now? Why didn't Austin take Jake instead of Sophia?
Or, Austin could have asked Jake to come with he and Sophia.
Or better still, why didn't Austin and Jake go hiking?
They are never together.
Airport frisk session.
Austin going to Austin, TX? Or traveling with Sophia for her international tweeting assignment?
You really think the paps hang out in park parking lots waiting to take celeb photos? If so, they're be millions of photos of stars hiking, but instead we just get sightings of them. Plus, wouldn't it be more interesting to take pictures of them actually on the trail, how far could it be from the parking lot to the beginning of the trail?
More likely this was not even taken at Runyon Canyon.
Sophia and Austin showing up together right before the season finale of OTH, with renewal still up in the air--who in the world could have ever guessed that would happen.
May 08 - May 16: Jake and Austin were in LA at the same time for 8 days. Hhusbands and parents!
Plus, wouldn't it be more interesting to take pictures of them actually on the trail, how far could it be from the parking lot to the beginning of the trail?
Paparazzi aren't there to exercise, they wait at parking lots because that way they have more chance to see more celebrities.
More likely this was not even taken at Runyon Canyon.
Not likely at all - Jake was there on Saturday + IHJ and X17 have no reason to lie about uninteresting photos.
May 08 - May 16: Jake and Austin were in LA at the same time for 8 days.
Enough time to make another BT!
I think people who posted all the Runyon Canyon sightings are missing the point. Probably, on purpose.
Yes, there were people who identified Jake out on Saturday. But notice that not one...NOT ONE, mentioned Atticus or that he was with other people. People love Jake's dog, so even if they didn't remember his name they would have mentioned a four-legged running companion. They would have texted that he was with other people. Yet, nobody did. Why? More than likely because he was out by himself on Saturday. Now, his people are trying to make everyone think that Jake being pushed out the door to get 50 pictures of "exclusive" walking are not associated with them being nervous about the underwear photo so they are conflating the two sets of photos. Making believe they were taken on Saturday, when in actuality they were taken on Sunday. A prearranged, manipulated moment.
Paparazzi aren't there to exercise, they wait at parking lots because that way they have more chance to see more celebrities.
Nonsense. We've never seen 45-50 pictures of Jake just walking in Runyon Canyon. He does it all the time. In other words a nonevent.
I think people who posted all the Runyon Canyon sightings are missing the point. Probably, on purpose.
Sure!
People who post tweets, something posted by people who don't give a shit about Jake, Austin and BT, must have an agenda, they are doing that "on purpose".
People who post insane theories are OK.
Making believe they were taken on Saturday, when in actuality they were taken on Sunday. A prearranged, manipulated moment.
No, just your silly fiction. People tweet about celebrities, not their dogs (there is another dog in photos).
There are 5 Saturday sightings, but you ask people to ignore that.
There are zero Sunday sightings, but you ask people to ignore that too.
To some of you everything is better than reason and common sense.
We've never seen 45-50 pictures of Jake just walking in Runyon Canyon. He does it all the time. In other words a nonevent.
So? Paparazzi aren't there all the time and Jake isn't the only celebrity in LA. And if you check the background, you'll see that those 45 pictures taken within a minute or two.
I think people who posted all the Runyon Canyon sightings are missing the point. Probably, on purpose.
And you can bet Austin's "Airport frisk session" tweet was posted on purpose too!
People love Jake's dog, so even if they didn't remember his name they would have mentioned a four-legged running companion.
Why are you presuming that LA people are Jake fans?
A prearranged, manipulated moment.
^^ that's bullshit. you want it to be prearranged to fit your agenda.
prairiegirl said...
It's one thing to say "Meh, that's not Jake; it's a photoshop. Not a bad photoshop job!".
Ted said that photo is real so that's your and OMG's official opinion, right?
Making believe they were taken on Saturday, when in actuality they were taken on Sunday. A prearranged, manipulated moment.
Huh? What Runyon photos or day they were taken have to do with anything? How can boring photos of Jake and his civilian friends change anything about Jake's yoga photo perception???
Your games are so bloody pathetic.
And you just gave yourself away with the use of the word "bloody".
And you will not turn the 2 blogs against each other no matter how hard you try. Talk about pathetic games - take up residence in antoher schoolyard. I see right through your tricks.
Prairiegirl, you are transparent. Aren't you ashamed of posting bullshit instead of having the decency to treat other posters with minimum respect ?
Austin and Sophia have been friends since college, almost as long as he and Jake have been together as a couple. That's why she agreed to beard for him. As for tweets placing him in the canyon we all know tweets can be created as needed. They are not evidence of anything.
As for tweets placing him in the canyon we all know tweets can be created as needed. They are not evidence of anything.
Keep ignoring simple facts. YOU have NOTHING to support your insane theory - no evidence, no tweets, no nothing.
And you will not turn the 2 blogs against each other no matter how hard you try.
Prairiegirl, change the subject, play stupid, spin all you want, it doesn't work.
One more time:
PG: The fact that some of you are accusing me of "conspiracy" theories is totally laughable.
It was one of you who came over to OMG and went off the deep end, accusing me of doing this photoshop.
Prairiegirl, you know that only trolly accused you of doing the photoshop, but you choose to ignore that so you could trash WFT2.
As for tweets placing him in the canyon we all know tweets can be created as needed.
How would that work? I know you won't answer, because that's nonsense.
All the carrying on about this photo, which is just another poor photoshop job to hit the web, like gazillions of others on any given day. I am surprised that the gossip sites wasted any time on it, must've been a slow news day. The only ones keeping it going on the fan blogs is the PG gang.
Otherwise, this photo would run out of traction like a worn-out set of Michelins very soon.
HA! That's a laugh, 11:45.
Please - I'm eating.
And you will not turn the 2 blogs against each other no matter how hard you try. Talk about pathetic games - take up residence in antoher schoolyard. I see right through your tricks.
You seem to be doing a fine job of that on your own.
In case you haven't noticed there is no ONE party line of thinking on WFT2 like there is on OMG. Stop trying to turn this into OMG2.
Prairiegirl, I agree, 11:45 AM's
"we all know tweets can be created as needed. They are not evidence of anything" is really laughable!
All the carrying on about this photo, which is just another poor photoshop job to hit the web...
PG and Destiny and OMG believe the photo is real because Ted said so - just like BT.
prairiegirl said...
HA! That's a laugh, 11:45.
Austin and Sophia have been friends since college, almost as long as he and Jake have been together as a couple. That's why she agreed to beard for him. As for tweets placing him in the canyon we all know tweets can be created as needed. They are not evidence of anything.
May 17, 2011 11:45 AM
Wow, I thought PG thinks Sophia is a beard and Jake's PR rules the World. I was wrong!
I don't think Ted or MichaelK or others thought it was real; their remarks were a bit tongue-in-cheek, I thought, esp. MichaelK's. ;)
Michael K questioned and suggested the photo is fake. Ted didn't question anything and he suggested the photo is real.
Ted Casablanca claims the photo is real:
The real question is: Who took the photo and how does JG get such buns of steel?
We are dying to know who was on the other end of that camera, and what made him feel like getting his disco butt on? Obviously, the photog's someone Jake feels super comfortable with and is also a major fellow Jones fan. Let the guessing game begin!
(Proabably safe to rule Taylor out.)
While Gyllenhaal's rep says she is super busy at the moment, we are promised further deets on the photo as soon as they are made clear!
One thing that is clear—Gyllenhaal is apparently hiding a certain side from us!
Could this photo be any, um, less typical downtime for a big-action movie star? Well, other than those ugly socks that match the seedy carpet.
Austin and Sophia have been friends since college, almost as long as he and Jake have been together as a couple. That's why she agreed to beard for him. As for tweets placing him in the canyon we all know tweets can be created as needed. They are not evidence of anything.
nice try cupcake but it's not remotely true. you need to give it up. how do you know so much about their lives? are you with them 24/7 when the paps and cameras are not around? just accept that they are together. no need for them to lie. and remind you, it does not mean that J/A did not have a friends with benefits relationship.
you can twist and turn A/S relationship to fit your agenda all you want, but people with minds, and small mind will do, know that nobody goes thru these lengths to beard or hide.
J/A are over and just friends. Austin has decided to date Sophia.
deal with it or continue your promotion of Sophia the beard for more years to come. your argument is really old now. find another one.
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