For anyone who follows Jake or has Netflix, you know that his latest flick Velvet Buzzsaw was released on Friday, Feb. 1. Many of the reviews have not been raving endorsements, in fact Vanity Fair's was surprisingly harsh. The majority of twitter reviews from customers have been as bad as they were for Enemy.
When the promo began for Velvet Buzzsaw on Twitter, this was the focus:
Jake Gyllenhaal's #VelvetBuzzsaw embraces "fluid sexuality," says director Dan Gilroy https://t.co/FgATx0v4rN— Variety (@Variety) January 29, 2019
"For me what was interesting in creating this character was the idea of a gay man going straight for a woman and the reasons why," #JakeGyllenhaal told me at the premiere of #VelvetBuzzsaw. Writer/director #DanGilroy wanted to explore "fluid sexuality." https://t.co/GEFmX8snMY— James Patrick Herman (@TheGlamourGuy) January 30, 2019
Outlets like The Advocate, Queerty.com, and Out highly touted how Jake's character was going to "go gay" again.
Well, and he was in the beginning of the film. Long enough for Jake to be in all his naked glory with his boyfriend of color, but with the arm of a chair between them. ;-) The remainder of Jake's time in the movie was best summed up in this tweet:
— laryssa | 69 till bmc (@bmcplaybill) February 1, 2019(tweet deleted)
— Yami Yugi's Leather Pants (@ballad_of_caius) February 2, 2019
(tweet deleted)
Wow @netflix a total bust. Jake Gyllenhaal was clearly marketed as a cliche gay art critic &yet only had sex with Josephina, and NO idea what the Buzzsaw had to do with the rest of the movie. Total waste of @BillyMagnussen & not even Russo, Collette and Malkovich could save this.— SOLD OUT Clothing (@soldoutclothing) February 2, 2019
Still, despite the negative reviews and comments about Velvet Buzzsaw as a whole, there were viewers who enjoyed Jake's individual performance and/or abundantly displayed "aesthetic assets". Will that be enough to salvage the success of the film?
Unfortunately, our Jakers seems to be on an individualistic streamliner, a locomotive that knows only one track. This lone tweet sums it up in less than 140 characters.
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) February 3, 2019
Folks are getting on to you, buddy. And if this train doesn't slow down and make a stop to think about the track that it's on, well...
At least there will be the saving grace, Spiderman, Far From Home.
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