Jennifer's Body

Review: ‘Jennifer’s Body’

Oh, Megan Fox… What’s it like to be every boy and young man’s muse for sexual inspiration? She lives up to that expectation in the new “scamedy” (my new word for scary movies that are comedic whether they mean to be or not) Jennifer’s Body.

Jennifer (Megan Fox) is the hottest girl in Devil’s Kettle, a small town out in the middle of nowhere. She can’t go anywhere or do anything without her best friend since the sandbox Needy (Amanda Seyfried), a quiet, nerdy girl who is in awe of her super salty (pretty) BFF. (Just an FYI, teen slang is ALL OVER this movie!) When Jennifer drags Needy to a local dive bar to see some new band that she found on Myspace, all hell breaks loose. The bar is burned down, turning their night from seedy entertainment pursuit to the fleeing of a fiery deathtrap. The girls get separated when Jennifer decides to get into the bands van and the girls are separated.(LADIES: Never get into a musicians/bands van or tour bus unless you are looking for trouble, or A LOT OF FUN!) When Jennifer finally returns from her excursion, her body seems to have been taken over by demonic powers and she is destined to walk the earth and feed off of souls and flesh for the rest of her days. The only thing is she is still in touch with her personality, she is just also pure evil.

When Needy figures out that her best friend has transformed from chewing up boys and spitting them out, to literally eating boys, she not only confronts her BFF, but now must find a way to stop her before she goes after anyone else, including Needy’s boyfriend Chip (Johnny Simmons).

I was actually surprised by this movie. Sure, it was no award winning thinker, but it served the purpose of entertainment. I think the biggest factor was the fact that they made fun of modern bands trying to make it, especially through social networking. Adam Brody plays the lead singer of a band called Low Shoulder, and he does a great job of playing a mediocre musician who takes himself way to seriously! The soundtrack was like a teenager with ADHD. It jumps from modern bands such as Cute is What We Aim For, Hayley Williams from Paramore, and Panic! at the Disco to older bands such as Screeching Weasel and Hole.

The movie is far from original though. It is almost the doppelganger sister of the movie Ginger Snaps from 2000. In that story, the hotter, cooler sister turns into a monster and feeds off of people, while the nerdy, plain sister tries to figure out a way to stop her from killing anyone else. Hmmm… sounds pretty darn familiar!

I was really surprised by the kissing scene between Seyfried and Fox. With all of the hype that they media gave it, I figured that it would just be a little peck that was blown out of proportion, like it often is. NOPE! This is a pretty sensual kiss that lasts longer than the jaw dropping initial reaction of everyone in the theater. That image will be late night entertainment for a good majority of viewers! It was that hot! Even I would have made out with Megan Fox in this movie!

Fox and Seyfried were a pretty good teenage pair. They played off of each other well, and delivered some pretty fun one liners despite being filled with teenage slang. Let me fill you in on some of the new lingo girl speak… (apparently it’s speak, not talk anymore)