Joesph Gordon Levitt has had an amazing run of movies.

[Goober]

I would say most if not all of those movies are "under the radar" film festival type movies. Not huge hollywood hit movies.
Strictly in terms of popularity not quality hes never been a lead in a major picture.

50/50 was definitely a hollywood hit movie.

 

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

$35 million and beaten out by real steel ? Id put that in the under the radar category.

 

[EmpireWF]

50/50 was definitely a hollywood hit movie.

Was it? It wasn't a flop by any means, it was well reviewed and had positive word of mouth and turned a profit. But, it was one of the worst Seth Rogen films in terms of box office and it did have a soft opening weekend (#5).

I saw one description of it as more of an indy flick with big names....don't think it was a hit.

 

[1ke]

Consider me a casual movie guy, and I have never heard of 50/50.

 

[Palooza]

I would say most if not all of those movies are "under the radar" film festival type movies. Not huge hollywood hit movies.
Strictly in terms of popularity not quality hes never been a lead in a major picture.

I don't understand why that even matters. JGL is a known actor who excels in every role he's in. His effort in becoming a "box office draw" is at zero, so why judge him based off of it? Judge actors like Ryan Reynolds or Taylor Kitsch for their inability to carry a movie through their popularity, not someone like JGL who hasn't even tried.

 

[Palooza]

Was it? It wasn't a flop by any means, it was well reviewed and had positive word of mouth and turned a profit. But, it was one of the worst Seth Rogen films in terms of box office and it did have a soft opening weekend (#5).

I saw one description of it as more of an indy flick with big names....don't think it was a hit.

Being recognized by one of the major award ceremonies = a form of popularity..

OF course Real Steal made more money than 50/50, casual movie goers are fucking retarded.

 

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

I don't understand why that even matters. JGL is a known actor who excels in every role he's in. His effort in becoming a "box office draw" is at zero, so why judge him based off of it? Judge actors like Ryan Reynolds or Taylor Kitsch for their inability to carry a movie through their popularity, not someone like JGL who hasn't even tried.

Because the film industry is filled with great actors. Its just very very few have box office draw. Very rarely do those two things meet. JGL has the potential but as others have pointed it out it may never happen.

Im not judging him or putting his career down but Id rather see him in a kick ass version of Terminator as John Connor than Bobby Hopkins recovering alcoholic whos life is filled with hurdles as he tries to reconcile with his drug addict mom and aunt who raised him.


And ugh I just remembered 500 days of summer and what a sniveling little cunt his love interest was.

 

[dope]

i'm still wondering why i got groaned for saying i liked brick...i take it a tasty burger did not

 

[Palooza]

Box office draw is bullshit. The only actor who has both box office draw and acting chops to go with it is Tom Hanks and he's made shitty movies for the past 10 years. JGL is very obviously an actor who will be fighting for Oscars for the remainder of his career and making fantastic movies to go along with it. The same can't be said for box office draws like Shia Lebeouf.

Also - movie stars don't exist anymore.

 

[krulmichael]

 

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

Box office draw is bullshit. The only actor who has both box office draw and acting chops to go with it is Tom Hanks and he's made shitty movies for the past 10 years. JGL is very obviously an actor who will be fighting for Oscars for the remainder of his career and making fantastic movies to go along with it. The same can't be said for box office draws like Shia Lebeouf.

Also - movie stars don't exist anymore.

What on earth ?
Matt Damon , Ed Norton , Robert Downey Jr , Johnny Depp , Brad Pitt , George Clooney , Leonardo Di Caprio off the top of my head.

All have proven capable of headlining a movie , being in a blockbuster , and/or giving an oscar worthy performance.
JGL hasnt proven any of the above let alone fighting for something hes never been nominated for the rest of his career.

50/50 he gave a great performance in...but the movie is snooze worthy. Highly forgettable and a blip on the radar. You can only have good performances in movies noone cares about for so long. Sooner or later you need to draw otherwise youll be passed up for bigger roles.

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

i'm still wondering why i got groaned for saying i liked brick...i take it a tasty burger did not

The way you said it made me literally groan, I thought it was appropriate. Why would you be the only one that likes Brick lol

 

[Maynard]

Mother fucker, his best roles are in Brick, Manic, and Mysterious fucking skin. All hardcore dramas. Don't make a comment on a subject you're obviously ignorant on.

im sorry...did he win an oscar for any of those films? and those films you mentioned...they are films that may as well be indies. im guessing some were indies. you act like because you think these films are top notch that they are great films...but they just arent. they are good, but nothing oscar worthy

 

[Buzzman]

im sorry...did he win an oscar for any of those films? and those films you mentioned...they are films that may as well be indies. im guessing some were indies. you act like because you think these films are top notch that they are great films...but they just arent. they are good, but nothing oscar worthy

That wasn't the point. The point is that those are some of his very first roles and knocked them out of the park and in time he's only gotten better. To honestly say he can''t win an Oscar is pure bullshit. I'm sorry the only movies you've seen him in are Batman or Inception and you say he cant win an Oscar, yet you don't even see whats hes actually capable of because you haven't watched his best movies, just his most popular.

 

[Buzzman]

What on earth ?
Matt Damon , Ed Norton , Robert Downey Jr , Johnny Depp , Brad Pitt , George Clooney , Leonardo Di Caprio off the top of my head.

All have proven capable of headlining a movie , being in a blockbuster , and/or giving an oscar worthy performance.
JGL hasnt proven any of the above let alone fighting for something hes never been nominated for the rest of his career.

50/50 he gave a great performance in...but the movie is snooze worthy. Highly forgettable and a blip on the radar. You can only have good performances in movies noone cares about for so long. Sooner or later you need to draw otherwise youll be passed up for bigger roles.

Did you not understand what he said? All of those actors have just as many bombs as hits. That doesn't make you a movie star with box office draw. A lot of those actors you listed have some movies that past few years that didn't even make 15 million dollars. The closest one you named to being a box office draw is Robert Downey Jr but its not like Iron Man would be bombing at the box office without him. You take a look at his non franchise films and they don't really make anything.

 

[DoubleDeuce]

Did you not understand what he said? All of those actors have just as many bombs as hits.

What on earth ?
Matt Damon , Ed Norton , Robert Downey Jr , Johnny Depp , Brad Pitt , George Clooney , Leonardo Di Caprio off the top of my head.

All have proven capable of headlining a movie , being in a blockbuster , and/or giving an oscar worthy performance.
JGL hasnt proven any of the above let alone fighting for something hes never been nominated for the rest of his career.

50/50 he gave a great performance in...but the movie is snooze worthy. Highly forgettable and a blip on the radar. You can only have good performances in movies noone cares about for so long. Sooner or later you need to draw otherwise youll be passed up for bigger roles.

:nope:

 

[Buzzman]

Ed Norton has 4 times as many bombs as hits.

 

[DoubleDeuce]

Ed Norton has 4 times as many bombs as hits.

What? Apart from Death to Smoochy, what movies are you calling bombs?

 

[JeremyHight]

I cannot be the only one who didn't like 500 Days of Summer. :shifty:

I like JGL, but he isn't a standalone actor. All of his best movies were vehicles for other bigger stars. He does have a bright future, but he isn't a headliner, imo.

 

[JeremyHight]

What? Apart from Death to Smoochy, what movies are you calling bombs?

The Incredible Hulk was pretty bad. Also, Red Dragon wasn't much, either. Both were pretty big budget movies that didn't perform nearly as well as hoped.