The horrible marketing is why it was recieved so bad originally. The Director and Megan didn't want it marketed like that but it was out of their hands.
Megan Fox is not really that hot IMO. She is average at best, you see hundreds like her every day and pass them by completely flaccid. Put them in a hollywood movie and all of a sudden they get quickly pedestalised. Michael Bay's movies were the same whether she was involved or not. Like when he replaced her for someone hotter and nobody cared or noticed.
Not only this movie but the transformers movie, mikaela was written with far more character than she was framed on screen. "Framing Megan Fox" In Lindsay Ellis' channel points this out
It's painful to watch that full interview. Megan is obviously a smart person who deserves to be seen as more than just her looks and Diablo wrote a movie that's way more fun than it initially got credit for.
I can't get past the look on Megan Fox's face in that interview when the director? outlined just how much Fox's apparent attractiveness almost derailed everything. She looked like she was about to cry, and then I almost cried. She never deserved the crap Hollywood did to her.
Yeah that was kinda hard to watch. I remember kids in my elementary school watching the Transformers movies just to see Meghan Fox because she was attractive. I feel bad for her.
True, but we have to ask ourselves to what degree is that hollywood being shitty and to what degree was it Megan Fox’s main appeal being her sensuality and not so much her acting talents. I mean, we can sit here all day and argue about how hollywood sexualizes everyone too much (they totally do btw), but ask yourself this; if they didn’t, would Megan even have a career? I’m not saying she’s not talented (she can be). All I’m saying is, without her sexualization, would we even be talking about her nowadays?
Because the movie blatantly said famous artists/actors/hollywood/elitists is satan worshippers, combine with one conspiracy theorist name Alex Jones who at that time very vocal about Hollywood and upper government officers being satanists(something about grooves,naked men dancing around fire), no wonder they try to bury the movie. Basically the studio got tricked with megan fox clips and green light the movie but the final product is not desirable for their taste and ask the critic to bomb the reviews.
@@MovieEggman sadly I would also say we are partly at fault too. She literally told us that she was sexually exploited as a minor by him and we bashed her. :( she is so beautiful and somehow that was her down fall cause we literally just saw her as a beautiful bimbo :(
@WilliamE216 lol did you really not learn about how Michael Bay basically had her blacklisted from Hollywood and that's why she wasn't in one of the Transformers films??? She HAD to go for these kinds of roles because that's all people wanted her for, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to start her career. And then once she was established as even having ONE role like that (her most memorable to most) Hollywood didn't want her doing anything else. It's so hard for women to not only establish themselves in the film industry, but to be able to have an evolution in the type of roles they have. She was typecast, she didn't have a choice. If you seriously think she had enough power to take any role or do anything you're willfully ignorant.
This is refreshing, and also rare, that Chris is coming to a rousing defence of this film. Its a credit to his ability to review a movie on its own merits. I'm going to check this movie out now because of that.
After I read your comment, I went and took a good look at Chris's video. Megan's feelings, she looked really hurt and for a moment she looked like she was going to break down crying. They really treated her like she was a piece of meat. It's horrible how she's been treated.
@@subliminal-i3h And really, if you hear the part where Chris is describing Jennifer's character being so obsessed with her image and so many characters focusing on "how hot" she is, the test audience's reaction just compounds the tragedy. I feel like Jennifer would eat the guys demanding "more bewbs". Way to miss the point, test-audience.
She really did- that last clip that was played that first portion of it, you can see her face starting to tighten up, that instinctual reaction of really wanting to cry, because of the feeling of being seen only as a piece of attractive meat and nothing else. She recovers very quickly, but its so, so incredibly sad.
I feel like Jennifer's Body is criminally underrated. I wish that Diablo Cody would come back to screenwriting. I feel that she would relish in a political horror movie. Especially in the times we live in now.
That scene at the end is so sad, where Megan Fox just says that resigned okay, you can tell it churns her up inside that all people see her as is "hot"
@Nick Smith mate we all have something we are known for, many people see it as an advantage, but it can often hinder us. Just like here, she was never allowed a serious acting career, most people probably see her as unintelligent etc. As shown here if this movie got the recognition it deserved, she'd be all of those things but more.
Men will never understand it. Go look at some interviews with Megan Fox, and see how she was objectified in interviews. Interviewers asking her to do a strip tease, or telling her how much they’d like to have sex with her, or making jokes about how dumb she is. It was relentless, and men at the time were acting like a fucking animal in heat, and not only disregarded her feelings, they actively disrespected and hated her while simultaneously wanting to fuck her, because they knew they didn’t have a chance. I’ve had very attractive friends, and I don’t think you realize how much it fucks with your head. People adore you to your face, everyone wants to befriend you, but then men are always trying to manipulate you and get in your pants, and women start rumours and backstab you. You have trust issues. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that my friend today shaved off her hair and covered her body in tattoos. Once in a while, she’ll get an angry message on Facebook that she “used to be hot” and that “she ruined her body”. As if her body only ever existed to be some man’s fuck toy.
Your commentary is so interesting - I hadn't even considered the angle of: she gets her victims because she's not seen as a threat. I do disagree with your angle on Needy and Jennifer's friendship; I think it goes a lot deeper than jealousy. I think there's also possessiveness and co-dependency there, a very very complex exploration of female bonds. I've adored Megan Fox and Jennifer's Body from the beginning and watching people dismiss her so hard then was really, really frustrating. There is some redemption now but it still feels bitter sweet that suddenly everyone's a retroactive advocate.
I agree with you on the possessiveness. It's such an interesting, complex relationship. I personally feel it's wayyyy more romantic than platonic, and I think Diablo Cody and Karyn Kusama did a really good job depicting the blurred line between romantic and platonic friendship!! I also have loved Jennifers Body since the first time I watched and it makes me so happy to see the love it's getting! :D
There was a clear sexual element to the two girls relationship. Jen also targeted the boys her friend liked specifically. And it was either hinted or stated directly that they slept together/ made out on their sleepovers over the years. Jealousy and possessiveness of Needy's time and aggressive comments towards her bf were also clearly there.
i agree w the possessiveness and it goes deeper than jealousy but its definitely not co-dependency i mean did u watch the movie? its pretty obvious jennifer likes needy, and i think that by the way it was so easy for needy to become seduced by jennifer shows that it's most likely not one sided either
This movie had a lot of nuance regarding Jennifer and Needy’s relationship. The irony is in Needy’s name being for the wrong character- Jennifer has a crush on Needy and NEEDS her. She just can’t figure out how to confess without ruining her image. It’s tragic and kind of beautiful.
@TheRapper10000 I think they both do. Needy wants Jennifer's confidence and appeal, Jennifer wants Needy's love because she's never really received the kind of love Needy gives her. So I think both Needy and Jennifer were in love with each other.
@@toadtongue YASSSS. They were in love in a very toxic, abusive, codependent way, though. But unlike those YA Wattpad Romance Fanfics like After and 50 Shades of Grey, theirs can potentially be fixed because (except for the supernatural elements) it is realistic and the toxicity was never romanticized. Instead of romanticizing a toxic codependent relationship, the film showed how it can ruin friendships and the people surrounding them. How everything could have gone differently if Jennifer and Needy just confessed their feelings for each other and not repress it by sleeping around (Jennifer) and getting a boyfriend you don't love that much (Needy) to convince themselves that they are not lesbigay for each other. To prove to their egos that they never enjoyed their boyfriend-girlfriend game... when in fact they always do. Imagine if they got together and turned their relationship to a healthy one before Low Shoulder went to their town. Jenn wouldn't have the desire to hookup with Nikolai because she's content with Needy. They wouldn't be at the bar in the first place. Then Jennifer wouldn't have been sacrificed and Needy wouldn't need to kill her. They would've graduate high school. They would have gone to community college at least and made their way into the world. But nope. Instead they hurt each other over and over. And made us cry with their tragic love story.
Draconic Ruby, your "tragic but beautiful" reminded me of that one guy who suggested that the film's Through The Trees theme song has 2 points of views. Most of us listen to it and see it as Needy's song to Jennifer. But he suggested we listen to it and see it as Jennifer's song to Needy and suddenly the meaning changes and weight becomes heavier. Tragic but beautiful indeed.
It’s kinda fucked up how many comments are fetishizing a possible lesbian relationship between the two instead of just seeing that it’s a toxic friendship. You can have love in a friendship and want love that’s platonic. I swear to god the amount of people online who immediately call gay when characters of the same sex are close in mind-boggling. Diablo Cody never intended for Jennifer and Needy to be gay towards each other. And yeah Needy did love her boyfriend.
I'll never forget the time, way while back, Megan reactivated her Facebook account, and made her initial post about... Something. I'd be lying if I remembered what. I do remember, however, how vile people were to her in the comments. She then immediately closed it again. People suck.
It’s wild bc there’s still some people who are so awful to her to this day. I saw a Facebook post about her being in a music video, 90% of the comments were rude to say the least. I just don’t understand why so many people still bash her, or how people even take time out of their day to be mean to her.
I had no idea that people didn’t like it. It’s one of my favorite scary movies. I just rewatched it last week and I enjoyed it even more than I did when it came out.
To me, Needy gaining some of Jennifer's powers after defeating her is symbolic of becoming stronger after leaving a toxic relationship. There's so much commentary in this film that is made subtly, and a lot of it you actually discover after watching the film several times. So much to discover and think about each time you watch it. That's what a great film should do.
When I first watched this with my Horror Movie Group, this is immediately what came to mind for me. When you leave a situation/relationship with someone that is downright nuclear for you, you come out stronger for it. Also due to this our whole group headcanon'd that she went on to be some sort of bad ass demon hunter afterward XD
Funny, I saw it the other way around. Her powers aren´t shown as "empowering" initially, but as alienating. She is alone, as if she shouldn't be there. I read it as "after loosing her bf, her best friend, and her innocence, she became a sort of walking dead herself". they isolate ehr as survivor trauma would.
Your praise of Megan Fox and Sarah Michelle Gellar in their respective films has only made me appreciate your commentary that much more. I think both women do not get enough praise for their acting specifically Megs. So thank you for revisiting Jennifer's Body it is truly the most misunderstood film of the late 2000s.
I’m so glad this movie is finally getting the credit it deserves. The marketing was so atrocious and misleading that Amanda Seifreid (Who is the lead) wasn’t even shown in the very first trailer. Thanks for really “getting it” and reviewing it as it should have been in the first place.
Oh man, her look in the end when told the email said "Megan Fox hot" is heart breaking. I've never given this movie any thought for the same reasons Chris listed here, but will definitely give it a chance now.
@@chasejackson7248 You don't think that it might be damaging for someone's mental health that they feel as though they are only eye candy and nothing else?
Me and my sister watched this so many times when it came out haha I’m so glad that it actually gets the respect it deserves now, now let’s get the same respect for Gingersnaps PLEASE
I still have 2 old Ginger Snaps movies on DVD. I liked those movies so I kept them even till this day. I didn't even bough them. My brother found them at some place and brought them home.. so we watched a bunch and these with Ginger Snaps I kept :D (cuz I reaIIy liked these).
I felt so sorry for Megan Fox in that interview. I didn't even want to imagine what must have been going to her head when she heard those words, how sickening to hear yourself being reduced to a sexual object.
But don't you think that most girls that think they're hot will use it as a way to get ahead in the line? It's just seems like a bunch of people using each other to get what they want. And that's Hollywood.
She became famous because she is a very beautiful woman. The fact that she played well in this movie is just incidental. Acting like she's the victim when she signed up for all the movies she's been in, being typecasted like a bombshell, is hypocritical. No wonder she couldn't find work anymore when the woketardism hit Holywood, since beautiful women are a no-no in movies nowadays.
Megan Fox deserves a ton more credit than just "that hot girl". When she's given the right script and with the right people directing her, she can be really damn good.
She did and she and Megan had great chemistry. They played off one another very well. I also love her in Red Riding Hood. I don’t care what anyone says, I really like that film and also think it was underrated. People didn’t get the visuals that Catherine Hardwicke was going for. She literally made fairy tale illustrations into live action.
Megan Fox (Jennifer) and Amanda Seyfried (Needy) have both said this is their favorite movie of their respective filmographies. To prepare for her role as a possessed living-dead teenager, Megan Fox lost around 15 lbs, bringing her weight down to a near-frail 97 lbs, and stayed out of the sun. The title is from the song "Jennifer's Body" by Courtney Love's band Hole. Hershey's chocolate syrup was used for Jennifer's 'black vomit' scene along with the use of CGI-animation. Colin invites Jennifer to "Rocky Horror at the Bijou," a reference to a student-run movie theater at the University of Iowa. Diablo Cody graduated from the University of Iowa. Anita Lesnicky's nickname of Needy comes from writer Diablo Cody's initial intention to have the character be of a 'needy' disposition. She later decided against this as she felt she had seen enough nerdy stereotypes in high school set movies.
I actually feel kind of bad for Fox's character. She was kinda bitchy and self- involved sure, but before she was killed she wasn't exactly evil. She was kidnapped and murdered by a group of men, and forced to become a flesh eating succubus to stay alive. Honestly, it's kinda tragic what happened to her and I'm glad Needy got revenge in the end. I just wish we got a moment to show us that Needy understands what Jennifer has become is no longer the 'real' Jennifer, and that her actual best friend died that night with the band. It would add a little more depth and sympathy regarding their friendship. I do wonder why Jennifer herself didn't think about getting revenge, though. Would she have seen it more as a 'gift' since she dug her abilities later on?
YES I agree with you this is my opinion, but I don't think that revenge was on her mind. She was a victim of circumstance. She was what teenage girls were expected and portrayed to be- vapid, shallow, beautiful, and empty. After she revives, she is seen just satiating her hunger since that's all she can think about. She is mourning her loss of youth/beauty/life especially seen in that scene where she rubs foundation on her face. She didn't get to that stage where she wanted to go after them, she was focusing on survival. I'm not sure about her abilities being seen as a "gift" since she's seen heartbroken not knowing what's happening after her transition to then at the end of the movie she sees that this has ruined her relationship with Needy. Her friendship and the romantic plotline also play into this. Needy idolized Jennifer's beauty, status, and their bond. I believe that Jennifer was in love with Needy but it all was toxic and codependent. Jennifer does go through all of the stages of grief ending in her acceptance that the only way to survive is to eat men (she can also eat/feast or whatever word you would use on women, but men were the ones that objectified her and sacrificed her). Not only did the men ruin her beauty (the societal currency that made her feel valuable and seen) but Needy stabs her in the boob in the end, thereby scarring her and lowering her "perfect" beauty too. Needy supported her through everything, so she's almost surprised that Needy would harm her like that since she complimented her beauty in the beginning. When Needy says her heart (when she replies to J saying her boob), you can see how that toxic relationship is over, not only did Needy hurt her body but she also severed their bond. She's definitely scarred and will have this memory and trauma for her whole life, but she is freer now without her. wow I couldn't stop typing lol this is one of my favorite movies so I hope you understand this is just my enthusiasm showing haha
"It's the movie that Black Christmas 2019 *wishes* it was." That was a good one. Jennifer's Body has been much maligned and it deserved its reevaluation.
First time I watched this movie a few years after it was released, I didn’t know what to expect. I was very glad I had no expectations because I throroughtly enjoyed the whole film.
I didn't even know Jennifer's Body was poorly received. It was one of those movies I actually didn't research and just rented it back in the day. I freaking loved it!
Megan Fox did an interview on a late night talk show (Jimmy Fallon?) where she talked about her first role, dancing in a bikini under a waterfall when she was just 15. The audience, full of males, immediately cheered. She’s always been treated like eye candy even when she was under age. That makes me sad .....
Umm. Respect your opinion, but gonna have to disagree there... She gave me super hot and super scary vibes at the same time. Don't know how to explain this, she felt like a shiny knife, ready to chop me if handled with slippery hands.
eh im on both sides, she's obviously ridiculously attractive, but yeah i think she played this role super well. it was definitely different from transformers thankfully. i've always thought this movie was cool. and never understood the hate, it was a fun movie. i miss fun horror BRING BACK SCREAM STYLE MOVIES GOD DAMN IT.
Jennifer's Body was marketed exactly like how M. Night's The Village was marketed: in completely the wrong way, giving people a certain expectation, and leading them to unfairly lash out against it.
I recently watched an interview of Adam Brody where the film critic told him he loved Jennifer's Body and asked a few questions about it. Brody didn't hold back saying the marketing of this film was crap and that the studio didn't understand the film at all, but he's glad nowadays the film is finding a new light and more people are appreciating.
If you give her some decent dialogue and an actual character to play, she's not bad. "Friends with Kids" was a forgettable movie but she was alright in that too.
If there's one thing that I'm loving here -- apart from the fact that Jennifer's Body is, finally, getting a good review -- is that GINGER SNAPS is being mentioned in the comments. That trilogy is so unfortunately underrated and has yet to get the love and respect that it truly deserves. I, myself, only know a few people who've seen it, and mostly because I've recommended it to them ... So, it's great to see people talking about it and how it's paved the way for films like Jennifer's Body.
I like Ginger Snaps! Including the sequels! My favorite scene was the one where they were sleeping in the snow and the camera view was on top view and Gin's red cloak enveloped in Bridgette's black cloak was a complete contrast to the vast white snowscape. It both isolate and emphasize them, hinting on how their relationship has always been a sisterly "you and me against the world". 😀
@@hendrikscheepers4144 Yeah and it was only 2009. Not like horror has evolved so much in the last 11 years. I don't see anything in the film that screams "audiences just weren't ready for this in 2009". What weren't we ready for?
I'm not from USA. I only watched the movie and never saw any advertisement. i really loved it and was surprised by the negative reviews it received on IMDB
Seeing Megan's reaction at the end when she says "because of me...". Terrible. I remember seeing the movie when it came out and thinking that it was a bit shallow, but still pretty solid.
I have never been a fan of making Fox primarily because of the way she's been marketed I always completed the way she was marketed with who she was as a person Now I see most of that probably wasn't her fault
I felt the same way, it is hard to imagine that behind all the post production, make up, and her natural good looks that there is a genuine person that would like to be known for more than just a pretty face and hot body.
I watched a bunch of Megan Fox interviews recently and yeah she definitely was done dirty. She’s so charming, funny, and clever in interviews but all anyone ever sees is “hot girl.” So frustrating!
@@lucasorlando99 Not if you look closer or for more than a second. A lot of "attractive" people are like that; they're only attractive from a distance or with a quick glance.
The secret to Jennifer and Needy's relationship is that Jennifer is in love with Needy, but can't accept herself loving another girl and self destructively tries to ruin all of Needy's other relationships so she has to rely on Jennifer for companionship. The movie even calls this out during the pep rally, where another girl calls Needy a lesbian because of her relationship with Jennifer.
And the lyrics song that was playing on the background as they look at each other affectionately across the gym are "You are the girl that I've been dreaming of ever since I was little girl 🎶"
@@ainsley1073 No, he probably just can't stand homosexual presentations like most modern day low-key homophobes. I think Valentine Valentino's comment on its own is enough proof that there was no doubt a gay thing between the 2 main characters.
I really like this movie. I felt the scene where Jennifer is pleading for her life to be quite heartbreaking. Made me more and more empathic toward her as the film went on.
You maybe mean male straight mainstream critics ;) . I've seen some reviews from female critics from back then and they were (surprise, surprise) positive.
Thank you so much for reviewing this I wanted a re-review for ages. I feel so bad for Megan Fox has been typecast in Hollywood. This is one of her best roles and no one really cares for it
Bloody love when you do videos like this, Chris. It's always nice when people re-evaluate a movie that was either mismarketed at the time of it's release or when critics just didn't understand it at the time. It's good to give it the credit it deserves, even if it is 11 years later. Love how prolific your videos have been this month too, mate!
It has the same template as Abby and Ginger Snaps and Carrie (the first one), but I think it's ahead of its time in a sense that during the decade (2000-2010) it was released there was no US/Canadian horro-comedy film (with female empowerment undertones) that was made that is about the complexities and power play of toxic, abusive, codependent female friendship between two closeted bisexual best friends who are secretly in love with each other, with a script written by a bi-curious woman (Diablo Cody) and one of the leads played by a bisexual woman (Megan Fox). Most queer love story at that time were in Rom-Com form (Imagine Me & You, 2005) and Drama form (Brokeback Mountain, 2005), and erotic form that sometimes border on softcore porn. 😅
I was lucky enough to see this film without knowing anything about it. It was after a long night of partying, when I used to party. We were all stoned out of our minds and one of the guys put the movie on. It was literally the best horror movie I had ever seen, the scares were fuckign scary, the jokes were hilarious, and the smart witted comments were so profound and insightful to me. Because I was stoned as shit. Watched it again sober a year later, and I felt all those things I felt when I first watched it, to a lesser degree. But I had already fallen in love the film upon first intoxicated viewing. One of my favourite horror movies. Perfect blend of hipster teen comedy, horror, trope commentary, and of course horror (and megan fox doesnt hurt)
@@joshuawagner2590 this woman did a nose job in her teens and presented herself as a sexual object from the get go (dancing in strip club scene in Bad Boys 2 while being underage). She also called Michael Bay, the guy who gave her a career, "worse than Hitler", in an industry famous for being Jewish-dominated. If you take the sympathetic blinders off - and I can sympathize with the moronic ordeal the creators of the film (Diablo Cody more so than Megan Fox) went through - and look at the situation impartially, you'll see that she has done pretty well for herself given what she was offering, Hollywood didn't ruin her and owes her nothing and then you might recognize how funny your comment is ("I can't imagine the horror she felt being called hot!!!").
@@Avengerie What you wrote is a long winded version of saying Megan doesn't deserve sympathy, she was no angel, especially because she made tasteless comments and had plastic surgery she has no right to dislike being objectified, pretty women should be grateful to be seen as a piece of meat.
Poor Megan!! I love her and most of her movies!! She deserves better! Fun fact: when Transformers 2 came out with the game to accompany the movie, they had the actors and some of the developers play online together with fans. I ended up running into Megan Fox on there and we played together for an hour almost. She really cool and sometimes she says some wild stuff. But she's a sweet girl, she also told me her nickname! It's Bird!! So shout out to my homie Bird yo, I miss you girl!! 😁
False nickname, why are you making stuff up? Her real nicknames are Mega Fox, Foxy Megan & Meg. She is also currently in a committed relationship with Maschine Gun Kelly.
@@JurassicReptile real life story, I also met Drew Barrymore when I was younger! Also a s*** ton of rappers! I don't have to make things up. I don't need likes or clout, just thought it would be cool story to share.
I remember watching this movie way long ago and thinking “it was a fun time, had some laughs, got scared once in a while by one jump scare” and it was surprisingly good. Never got to watch it again but after this review I might see it again! Megan deserves a lot of respect from this movie, it’s a nice dark comedy/horror movie! Thank you for the review Chris! Btw, where do you buy your tshirts? I keep asking the same thing over and over again haha.
The gay scene in this movie might seem like it was done for the eyes of men but it is an iconic scene for a lot of wlw. A lot of us had our gay awakening during that one scene.
From the first time I saw this movie I thought it was good and holy shit they are so right in describing how they wanted to market it. Feel so bad for what we all let them do to Megan Fox. It seems pretty much no one stood by her when everything happened between her and Michael Bay. Talk about an actress being treated as nothing more than a sex symbol and everything acting like it was fine
Love this review and the critical discussion about the film’s marketing massacre. Unfortunately Megan Fox was a victim of what really amounts to a mass, marketing-induced misperception, being stifled as an artist that would only serve as the medium through which to sell sex to the misguided audience. This unfortunate circumstance is only compounded by the fact that she’s apparently by all accounts an extremely genuine, sincere and hardworking professional who has SO much more talent as an actress than what the suits upstairs would have had us believe. I completely agree that this film is criminally underrated, and I certainly believe that, if marketed honestly and released today, this film would receive a much more appropriate and accurate reception in regards to the many things it gets right. This is a perfect example also of the short sighted and often dated perspectives of the business side of the film industry; this is simply one more film that suffered under the almighty thumb of the big wigs while the creative forces behind its inception and creation were shushed, effectively crippling their ability to properly promote and nurture their creation. Well, my ramblings aside, cheers to you Chris for telling it like it is, and here’s hoping that Megan Fox receives the praise she quite rightfully deserves.
There is an excellent video essay called 'Deep Cuts: Society and Queer Horror' that talks about Jennifer's Body as part of it and particularly the subtext of the romantic and sexual feelings between the two.
13:19 .... I'm not a fan of Megan Fox , but that reaction where you can see she's holding back her emotions (and some tears, i assume) really gut punched me hard... 😕
I think it's also deeper than Jennifer just being "self obsessed". She's only been valued because of her youth and beauty. When she doesn't have that anymore (the part where she's in front of the mirror smearing makeup on), she is lost and desperately trying to get back to where she felt valued. I'm a woman and I love this movie! There's so much to analyze with Jennifer's character and her relationship with Needy!
@@taketheblackpillneo3940 u say it’ll give u a better life but that’s not true at all she was going through a psychological breakdown Around that time she wasn’t happy at all.
There's more to every woman we see. Some are succubi like Jennifer and others are sweet and tender hearted. But regardless there is far more beneath the surface.
Chirs' "I have come to love this movie in the years" is the new "I grew up with this" ....aaaaand I love it! Glad to see so many good retrospectives this year!
I remember when this movie came out. I was still in high school. Yeah I watched it because I was a teenage boy and I had jacked it to Megan Fox more than a few times. Even then though, I actually did like the movie. I liked Needy and I always felt so bad that she had to lose her best friend and her boyfriend and it was a satisfying ending to know that she avenged them both.
Put this movie off for so long bc ppl said it was bad, but when I finally watched I LOVED it!! It was fun, had a deep meaning, and I agree the cinematography was beautiful! So sad this film was misunderstood for so long
Megan put so much love into this role and you can tell she really and truly understood Jennifer because Jennifer’s obsession with her looks is EXACTLY how Hollywood treated Megan. Then there were deeper moments, like when the band drags Jennifer out into the woods and she is pleading with them....God, that scene breaks my heart because there is genuine anguish and despair there that I just.... Honestly, I can’t praise this movie enough and it is what sold me on my love of Megan Fox because it showed how talented she really is. Is she Oscar worthy? I can’t say because Hollywood did her a massive disservice and focused solely on her sex appeal. They never gave her a real chance and that kills me. If Jennifer’s Body had been handled properly I can only imagine how different Megan’s career would be....god dammit Hollywood.
Holy shit, I totally forgot Kyle Gallner is in this movie. Talk about an actor with range who never gets talked about. This dude has been in everything. Also, can we talk about the goddamn soundtrack? Cobra Starship's "Chew Me Up and Spit Me Out" was an absolute banger.
I remember in every Megan Fox movie that i went to see in the late 2000's, some guy sitting in the theatre would say out loud, the things i would do with that, or other comments.
Oh no, men find attractive woman attractive. Whatever shall we do? Don't be mad at them, be mad at Hollywood for marketing Megan the way they did to put butts in seats.
@@riversan90 Uh? That has nothing to do with shouting and blatantly disturbing an audience in the middle of a movie to act cool. You can think your dirty thoughts in peace.
@@asecretchannel4135 Where you there? Lol There is a clear difference in "saying out loud" and "shouting", or did you just skim the original post, and fill in the blanks?
Thank you for this review! I stumbled on this movie purely by accident and must say it is one of my all time favorites! I understand now why it didn't get the attention it so richly deserved. What a shame, since it was so well written, acted, and shot. Thank you for confirming what I've known all along!
It's really frustrating to see all the women who made this movie trying to convince the studio (men) to take it seriously and all they saw was "Megan Fox hot"
This movie was literally marketed as ''It's the hot girl from Transformers.....give us your money''
20th Century Fox probably was like: "Thanks, Michael Bay!"
The horrible marketing is why it was recieved so bad originally. The Director and Megan didn't want it marketed like that but it was out of their hands.
Megan Fox is not really that hot IMO. She is average at best, you see hundreds like her every day and pass them by completely flaccid. Put them in a hollywood movie and all of a sudden they get quickly pedestalised. Michael Bay's movies were the same whether she was involved or not. Like when he replaced her for someone hotter and nobody cared or noticed.
wasnt this movie before transformer?
@@357Striker no this came out in 2009, transformers came out in 2006
Megan Fox deserves way more credit than she was initially given with this movie.
@@nathan9747 Chris and who?
@@nathan9747 when and where?
@@nathan9747 why and how?!
Not only this movie but the transformers movie, mikaela was written with far more character than she was framed on screen.
"Framing Megan Fox" In Lindsay Ellis' channel points this out
She does! Amanda is great comedic actor and Megan still stands out in every single line. She’s great in the movie
megan looks like shes about to cry during that interview
or she's just real disgusted
or both
Definitely both.
It's painful to watch that full interview. Megan is obviously a smart person who deserves to be seen as more than just her looks and Diablo wrote a movie that's way more fun than it initially got credit for.
you know there she is that great of an actress cuz she managed to keep herself together, i'd be pissed and crying my eyes out
Must be hard to have a passion project get derailed because you're too hot
I can't get past the look on Megan Fox's face in that interview when the director? outlined just how much Fox's apparent attractiveness almost derailed everything. She looked like she was about to cry, and then I almost cried. She never deserved the crap Hollywood did to her.
13:18 is the exact moment
Yeah that was kinda hard to watch. I remember kids in my elementary school watching the Transformers movies just to see Meghan Fox because she was attractive. I feel bad for her.
Same, the weight of it really hit home when I saw her expression in that moment. It must've been horrible, hate what they did to her
The only thing megan fox has going for her is her attractiveness. She wouldnt have been in transformers, she wouldnt have been in anything.
@@forsaken841 clearly you don’t know who the director was
It’s horrible what Hollywood did to Megan Fox.
Yup, she was ran through more than anything then suddenly she was never cast again lmao
And then people blame and laugh at her for not being cast... what they did to her was pathetic.
Blame Hollywood's worst director.
What did hollywood do to Megan Fox?
@@weregretohio7728 I have not kept up. What did they do to her?
“Meagan Fox Hot” and these men in the industry are considered professionals? What a joke.
Well at least they picked up the obvious. But she did a great job in this movie.
"Meagan Fox Hot" isn't even a sentence wtf
@@lalakuma9 well it's kinda to mock the shallow nature of these people sooo
what a JOKE!!!!!!!
Don't be jelly
If Jennifer’s body was made 2019-2020 and was added to Netflix it would of been a huge movie
"would of"
Not to late to put it on netflix
True, but this film is trash
TERRANCE OUT
Huuuuuge!! Like they all would've made bank
Nah
Megan Fox's expressions during that interview seem to say everything about how she feels about Hollywood.
Had she ever had a job the isn't 100% about sex appeal? I think that's her only marketable trait, and she knows it.
Yeah that was heart breaking, nasty Hollywood executives
there was a time where megan fox was synonymous with hollywood in my mind, sometime around transformers 1 and this is 40 lol
True, but we have to ask ourselves to what degree is that hollywood being shitty and to what degree was it Megan Fox’s main appeal being her sensuality and not so much her acting talents. I mean, we can sit here all day and argue about how hollywood sexualizes everyone too much (they totally do btw), but ask yourself this; if they didn’t, would Megan even have a career?
I’m not saying she’s not talented (she can be). All I’m saying is, without her sexualization, would we even be talking about her nowadays?
Hollywood used her and threw her out like trash. Sad stuff
I always loved Jennifer's Body and didn't know why people hated it so much.
i didn’t know people hated this movie i saw it multiple times in theater
People are afraid of what they don't understand.
Because the movie blatantly said famous artists/actors/hollywood/elitists is satan worshippers, combine with one conspiracy theorist name Alex Jones who at that time very vocal about Hollywood and upper government officers being satanists(something about grooves,naked men dancing around fire), no wonder they try to bury the movie. Basically the studio got tricked with megan fox clips and green light the movie but the final product is not desirable for their taste and ask the critic to bomb the reviews.
I rewatch it several times. Its actually funny as hell
I loved this movie before it became cool.
She’s the type of actress that was never taken seriously by Hollywood
Then they wouldn't get such big roles and most likely be bred into it.
Cause she was marketed as a sex symbol
Blame Michael Bay for that.
@@MovieEggman sadly I would also say we are partly at fault too. She literally told us that she was sexually exploited as a minor by him and we bashed her. :( she is so beautiful and somehow that was her down fall cause we literally just saw her as a beautiful bimbo :(
@WilliamE216 lol did you really not learn about how Michael Bay basically had her blacklisted from Hollywood and that's why she wasn't in one of the Transformers films??? She HAD to go for these kinds of roles because that's all people wanted her for, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to start her career. And then once she was established as even having ONE role like that (her most memorable to most) Hollywood didn't want her doing anything else. It's so hard for women to not only establish themselves in the film industry, but to be able to have an evolution in the type of roles they have. She was typecast, she didn't have a choice. If you seriously think she had enough power to take any role or do anything you're willfully ignorant.
Megan genuinely looked sad when the host said “Megan Fox Hot”.
@@taylor11111 the writer*
I agree. I feel so bad for her. I honestly hope she's doing better.
yeah. She clearly did, which is kind of amazing looking at what she did to her face.
@@lunabearsong2043 she needs to make a comeback in a very challenging and bold role. I think she is definitely up for it.
Yeah she really looked like she was about to cry, I felt that shit.
This is refreshing, and also rare, that Chris is coming to a rousing defence of this film. Its a credit to his ability to review a movie on its own merits. I'm going to check this movie out now because of that.
I bought this movie last year on blu ray to rewatch it and I really enjoyed it. B+
Couldn’t have said it better myself
pfft
Jesus, that last clip of megan fox is heart breaking. She looks like she's about to cry when she hears that story. Just gross how they treated her.
She deserved so much better
@@BloodRavenxxx that whole interview was really disheartening to hear how she was treated by Hollywood in general but it made me really like Megan Fox
After I read your comment, I went and took a good look at Chris's video. Megan's feelings, she looked really hurt and for a moment she looked like she was going to break down crying. They really treated her like she was a piece of meat. It's horrible how she's been treated.
@@subliminal-i3h And really, if you hear the part where Chris is describing Jennifer's character being so obsessed with her image and so many characters focusing on "how hot" she is, the test audience's reaction just compounds the tragedy. I feel like Jennifer would eat the guys demanding "more bewbs". Way to miss the point, test-audience.
She really did- that last clip that was played that first portion of it, you can see her face starting to tighten up, that instinctual reaction of really wanting to cry, because of the feeling of being seen only as a piece of attractive meat and nothing else. She recovers very quickly, but its so, so incredibly sad.
I feel like Jennifer's Body is criminally underrated. I wish that Diablo Cody would come back to screenwriting. I feel that she would relish in a political horror movie. Especially in the times we live in now.
She’s written quite a few things since JB. Ans they’ve all been good.
What? Diablo Cody never stopped writing.
Diablo is currently writing a screenplay for the upcoming biopic about Madonna. So, you’ll be able to enjoy her new work pretty soon
Marketing for Jennifer's Body was focused entirely on Jennifer's body.
That's it.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
That scene at the end is so sad, where Megan Fox just says that resigned okay, you can tell it churns her up inside that all people see her as is "hot"
@Nick Smith mate we all have something we are known for, many people see it as an advantage, but it can often hinder us. Just like here, she was never allowed a serious acting career, most people probably see her as unintelligent etc. As shown here if this movie got the recognition it deserved, she'd be all of those things but more.
@Nick Smith sounding like an incel rn
@Nick Smith EXACTLY
@@MrShaiya96 no
Men will never understand it. Go look at some interviews with Megan Fox, and see how she was objectified in interviews. Interviewers asking her to do a strip tease, or telling her how much they’d like to have sex with her, or making jokes about how dumb she is. It was relentless, and men at the time were acting like a fucking animal in heat, and not only disregarded her feelings, they actively disrespected and hated her while simultaneously wanting to fuck her, because they knew they didn’t have a chance.
I’ve had very attractive friends, and I don’t think you realize how much it fucks with your head. People adore you to your face, everyone wants to befriend you, but then men are always trying to manipulate you and get in your pants, and women start rumours and backstab you. You have trust issues. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that my friend today shaved off her hair and covered her body in tattoos. Once in a while, she’ll get an angry message on Facebook that she “used to be hot” and that “she ruined her body”. As if her body only ever existed to be some man’s fuck toy.
Megan fox looked like she was about to cry when the lady told her of the email she got, “Megan Fox, Hot”
That’s kinda sad.
Diablo Cody, the screenwriter.
Its sad dude..
Your commentary is so interesting - I hadn't even considered the angle of: she gets her victims because she's not seen as a threat. I do disagree with your angle on Needy and Jennifer's friendship; I think it goes a lot deeper than jealousy. I think there's also possessiveness and co-dependency there, a very very complex exploration of female bonds. I've adored Megan Fox and Jennifer's Body from the beginning and watching people dismiss her so hard then was really, really frustrating. There is some redemption now but it still feels bitter sweet that suddenly everyone's a retroactive advocate.
I agree with you on the possessiveness. It's such an interesting, complex relationship. I personally feel it's wayyyy more romantic than platonic, and I think Diablo Cody and Karyn Kusama did a really good job depicting the blurred line between romantic and platonic friendship!! I also have loved Jennifers Body since the first time I watched and it makes me so happy to see the love it's getting! :D
Wdym by " its bitter sweet that suddenly everyone's a retroactive advocate'?
There was a clear sexual element to the two girls relationship. Jen also targeted the boys her friend liked specifically. And it was either hinted or stated directly that they slept together/ made out on their sleepovers over the years. Jealousy and possessiveness of Needy's time and aggressive comments towards her bf were also clearly there.
i agree w the possessiveness and it goes deeper than jealousy but its definitely not co-dependency i mean did u watch the movie? its pretty obvious jennifer likes needy, and i think that by the way it was so easy for needy to become seduced by jennifer shows that it's most likely not one sided either
@@urmom-wx4bp Why Needy didn’t go for Jennifer them
This movie had a lot of nuance regarding Jennifer and Needy’s relationship. The irony is in Needy’s name being for the wrong character- Jennifer has a crush on Needy and NEEDS her. She just can’t figure out how to confess without ruining her image. It’s tragic and kind of beautiful.
@TheRapper10000 I think they both do. Needy wants Jennifer's confidence and appeal, Jennifer wants Needy's love because she's never really received the kind of love Needy gives her. So I think both Needy and Jennifer were in love with each other.
@@toadtongue YASSSS. They were in love in a very toxic, abusive, codependent way, though. But unlike those YA Wattpad Romance Fanfics like After and 50 Shades of Grey, theirs can potentially be fixed because (except for the supernatural elements) it is realistic and the toxicity was never romanticized.
Instead of romanticizing a toxic codependent relationship, the film showed how it can ruin friendships and the people surrounding them. How everything could have gone differently if Jennifer and Needy just confessed their feelings for each other and not repress it by sleeping around (Jennifer) and getting a boyfriend you don't love that much (Needy) to convince themselves that they are not lesbigay for each other. To prove to their egos that they never enjoyed their boyfriend-girlfriend game... when in fact they always do.
Imagine if they got together and turned their relationship to a healthy one before Low Shoulder went to their town. Jenn wouldn't have the desire to hookup with Nikolai because she's content with Needy. They wouldn't be at the bar in the first place. Then Jennifer wouldn't have been sacrificed and Needy wouldn't need to kill her. They would've graduate high school. They would have gone to community college at least and made their way into the world.
But nope. Instead they hurt each other over and over. And made us cry with their tragic love story.
Draconic Ruby, your "tragic but beautiful" reminded me of that one guy who suggested that the film's Through The Trees theme song has 2 points of views. Most of us listen to it and see it as Needy's song to Jennifer. But he suggested we listen to it and see it as Jennifer's song to Needy and suddenly the meaning changes and weight becomes heavier. Tragic but beautiful indeed.
@@thebinlgbtisbabadook7832 oooh, I’ll give it a listen that way! I’ve never really thought about reversing it.
It’s kinda fucked up how many comments are fetishizing a possible lesbian relationship between the two instead of just seeing that it’s a toxic friendship. You can have love in a friendship and want love that’s platonic. I swear to god the amount of people online who immediately call gay when characters of the same sex are close in mind-boggling. Diablo Cody never intended for Jennifer and Needy to be gay towards each other. And yeah Needy did love her boyfriend.
i love the fact that this movie is having its renaissance right now
I heard Megan say in an interview: "I'm a feminist, but I don't think the feminists want me". My heart broke for her
I'll never forget the time, way while back, Megan reactivated her Facebook account, and made her initial post about... Something. I'd be lying if I remembered what. I do remember, however, how vile people were to her in the comments. She then immediately closed it again. People suck.
It’s wild bc there’s still some people who are so awful to her to this day. I saw a Facebook post about her being in a music video, 90% of the comments were rude to say the least. I just don’t understand why so many people still bash her, or how people even take time out of their day to be mean to her.
I never hated the movie and actually surprise that the movie got bad reviews.
Have you ever seen the movie 😂
@@dirgramsey6132 yes and it’s a cultural reset
Same I love this movie.
Yup, I remember watching it in the cinema and loving it. I didn't understand the hate.
I had no idea that people didn’t like it. It’s one of my favorite scary movies. I just rewatched it last week and I enjoyed it even more than I did when it came out.
To me, Needy gaining some of Jennifer's powers after defeating her is symbolic of becoming stronger after leaving a toxic relationship. There's so much commentary in this film that is made subtly, and a lot of it you actually discover after watching the film several times. So much to discover and think about each time you watch it. That's what a great film should do.
When I first watched this with my Horror Movie Group, this is immediately what came to mind for me. When you leave a situation/relationship with someone that is downright nuclear for you, you come out stronger for it.
Also due to this our whole group headcanon'd that she went on to be some sort of bad ass demon hunter afterward XD
le milennial toxic relationship meme xD
Funny, I saw it the other way around. Her powers aren´t shown as "empowering" initially, but as alienating. She is alone, as if she shouldn't be there. I read it as "after loosing her bf, her best friend, and her innocence, she became a sort of walking dead herself". they isolate ehr as survivor trauma would.
@@alicianieto2822 and that's what I love about storytelling. it's open for interpretation!
Your praise of Megan Fox and Sarah Michelle Gellar in their respective films has only made me appreciate your commentary that much more. I think both women do not get enough praise for their acting specifically Megs. So thank you for revisiting Jennifer's Body it is truly the most misunderstood film of the late 2000s.
I’m so glad this movie is finally getting the credit it deserves. The marketing was so atrocious and misleading that Amanda Seifreid (Who is the lead) wasn’t even shown in the very first trailer. Thanks for really “getting it” and reviewing it as it should have been in the first place.
This movie made me appreciate Megan Fox as an actress. This role was perfect for her.
Oh man, her look in the end when told the email said "Megan Fox hot" is heart breaking. I've never given this movie any thought for the same reasons Chris listed here, but will definitely give it a chance now.
Yeah, how sad that someone gets called hot and made millions off of her looks.
@@chasejackson7248 You don't think that it might be damaging for someone's mental health that they feel as though they are only eye candy and nothing else?
I’m glad we’re all in agreement with the fact that Megan Fox deserves more
Me and my sister watched this so many times when it came out haha I’m so glad that it actually gets the respect it deserves now, now let’s get the same respect for Gingersnaps PLEASE
OMG, YESSSSSSS!!! Ginger Snaps has yet to get the respect it's deserved all along.
Gingersnaps was literally one of my all time favorite films!!!
What are you guys talking about? Gingersnaps is pretty much universally regarded as one of the best werewolf movies ever made.
Gingersnaps was the first horror movie I ever watched. I was 10 and terrified.
I still have 2 old Ginger Snaps movies on DVD. I liked those movies so I kept them even till this day. I didn't even bough them. My brother found them at some place and brought them home.. so we watched a bunch and these with Ginger Snaps I kept :D (cuz I reaIIy liked these).
I felt so sorry for Megan Fox in that interview. I didn't even want to imagine what must have been going to her head when she heard those words, how sickening to hear yourself being reduced to a sexual object.
interviews where you are being called ugly are actually much worse.
But don't you think that most girls that think they're hot will use it as a way to get ahead in the line? It's just seems like a bunch of people using each other to get what they want. And that's Hollywood.
I don't think anyone feels upset that people find them attractive. It's cringy, but highly unlikely that she was upset much by it.
She became famous because she is a very beautiful woman. The fact that she played well in this movie is just incidental. Acting like she's the victim when she signed up for all the movies she's been in, being typecasted like a bombshell, is hypocritical. No wonder she couldn't find work anymore when the woketardism hit Holywood, since beautiful women are a no-no in movies nowadays.
@@draxrdax7321 found the incel
Megan Fox deserves a ton more credit than just "that hot girl". When she's given the right script and with the right people directing her, she can be really damn good.
Give me one example. She is horrible in everything ive seen her in
@@BEATmyguest31 then you clearly haven’t watch Jennifers body.
No, she can't. You're thinking with your balls, Darryl.
@@SpaceCattttt she was amazing in Jennifers body.
@@thehobothatlivesoutsideyou9209 Is that her in your profile pic?
Jesus...what's the point?
Amanda Seyfried did a great job in the lead role, surprised that she’s not talked about more.
She did and she and Megan had great chemistry. They played off one another very well. I also love her in Red Riding Hood. I don’t care what anyone says, I really like that film and also think it was underrated. People didn’t get the visuals that Catherine Hardwicke was going for. She literally made fairy tale illustrations into live action.
Megan Fox (Jennifer) and Amanda Seyfried (Needy) have both said this is their favorite movie of their respective filmographies.
To prepare for her role as a possessed living-dead teenager, Megan Fox lost around 15 lbs, bringing her weight down to a near-frail 97 lbs, and stayed out of the sun.
The title is from the song "Jennifer's Body" by Courtney Love's band Hole.
Hershey's chocolate syrup was used for Jennifer's 'black vomit' scene along with the use of CGI-animation.
Colin invites Jennifer to "Rocky Horror at the Bijou," a reference to a student-run movie theater at the University of Iowa. Diablo Cody graduated from the University of Iowa.
Anita Lesnicky's nickname of Needy comes from writer Diablo Cody's initial intention to have the character be of a 'needy' disposition. She later decided against this as she felt she had seen enough nerdy stereotypes in high school set movies.
She looks like she’s about to cry in that last clip. Jesus Christ she’s been treated horribly by Hollywood
Wish I could get treated horribly and make millions doing it.
@@chasejackson7248 hope your wish come true ;)
@@chasejackson7248 let’s hope it happens
I was thinking the exact same thing. It's heartbreaking.
I actually feel kind of bad for Fox's character. She was kinda bitchy and self- involved sure, but before she was killed she wasn't exactly evil. She was kidnapped and murdered by a group of men, and forced to become a flesh eating succubus to stay alive. Honestly, it's kinda tragic what happened to her and I'm glad Needy got revenge in the end. I just wish we got a moment to show us that Needy understands what Jennifer has become is no longer the 'real' Jennifer, and that her actual best friend died that night with the band. It would add a little more depth and sympathy regarding their friendship. I do wonder why Jennifer herself didn't think about getting revenge, though. Would she have seen it more as a 'gift' since she dug her abilities later on?
YES I agree with you
this is my opinion, but I don't think that revenge was on her mind. She was a victim of circumstance. She was what teenage girls were expected and portrayed to be- vapid, shallow, beautiful, and empty. After she revives, she is seen just satiating her hunger since that's all she can think about. She is mourning her loss of youth/beauty/life especially seen in that scene where she rubs foundation on her face. She didn't get to that stage where she wanted to go after them, she was focusing on survival.
I'm not sure about her abilities being seen as a "gift" since she's seen heartbroken not knowing what's happening after her transition to then at the end of the movie she sees that this has ruined her relationship with Needy. Her friendship and the romantic plotline also play into this. Needy idolized Jennifer's beauty, status, and their bond. I believe that Jennifer was in love with Needy but it all was toxic and codependent. Jennifer does go through all of the stages of grief ending in her acceptance that the only way to survive is to eat men (she can also eat/feast or whatever word you would use on women, but men were the ones that objectified her and sacrificed her).
Not only did the men ruin her beauty (the societal currency that made her feel valuable and seen) but Needy stabs her in the boob in the end, thereby scarring her and lowering her "perfect" beauty too. Needy supported her through everything, so she's almost surprised that Needy would harm her like that since she complimented her beauty in the beginning. When Needy says her heart (when she replies to J saying her boob), you can see how that toxic relationship is over, not only did Needy hurt her body but she also severed their bond. She's definitely scarred and will have this memory and trauma for her whole life, but she is freer now without her.
wow I couldn't stop typing lol this is one of my favorite movies so I hope you understand this is just my enthusiasm showing haha
I absolutely love that this film is getting the cult classic status it deserves
Ginger Snaps walked so Jennifer’s Body could run.
I fucking love Ginger Snaps . Omg . Especially the message behind it .
And Jennifer's Body ran so Black Christmas 2019 could be trampled by it.
SERIOUSLY!!
El Diablo wild Bill Cody appeals to one small genre.” Fan club” But stylish and interesting non the less.
PERIOD
Damn Chris out here giving cinematic justice with an A- for Jennifer's Body.
"It's the movie that Black Christmas 2019 *wishes* it was."
That was a good one.
Jennifer's Body has been much maligned and it deserved its reevaluation.
It'll be funny if the early 2030s sees a renewed interest in _that_ film...
Between Chris', Jeremy's and AmandatheJedi's reviews, I feel like this film is getting a resurgence in popularity.
As it should!!
It’s on applesTVs top horror movies rn
Also machine gun kelly is helping her star rise again too 😀
First time I watched this movie a few years after it was released, I didn’t know what to expect. I was very glad I had no expectations because I throroughtly enjoyed the whole film.
Same, I saw it on the FX channel in like 2011, sat there even through the comercials, thought it was interesting
I didn't even know Jennifer's Body was poorly received. It was one of those movies I actually didn't research and just rented it back in the day. I freaking loved it!
"She wanted me to see Jennifer's body"
-Chris Stuckmann, 2020
*my wife
Some wives are really supportive?
Polygamy exist ya know
grow up
@@ririschannelx No
Megan Fox did an interview on a late night talk show (Jimmy Fallon?) where she talked about her first role, dancing in a bikini under a waterfall when she was just 15. The audience, full of males, immediately cheered. She’s always been treated like eye candy even when she was under age. That makes me sad .....
That's terribly disturbing but I'm not surprised. That's Hollywood.
Megan Fox didn't give me the "oh she's hot" impression, she was terrifying.
It's because of her sharp features. Pointy nose, pointy chin and cheek bones.
Umm. Respect your opinion, but gonna have to disagree there...
She gave me super hot and super scary vibes at the same time.
Don't know how to explain this, she felt like a shiny knife, ready to chop me if handled with slippery hands.
eh im on both sides, she's obviously ridiculously attractive, but yeah i think she played this role super well. it was definitely different from transformers thankfully. i've always thought this movie was cool. and never understood the hate, it was a fun movie. i miss fun horror BRING BACK SCREAM STYLE MOVIES GOD DAMN IT.
Ikr
@@justatroll4282 Hey, that’s a pretty good description of the vibe
Jennifer's Body was marketed exactly like how M. Night's The Village was marketed: in completely the wrong way, giving people a certain expectation, and leading them to unfairly lash out against it.
M Night sucks so bad lmao. He's made like 2 good movies, and the only one I can think of right now is The Sixth Sense.
@@the_RCB_films The Village is actually really good. It’s my favorite M Night Shamaylan movie and the soundtrack is amazing!
I recently watched an interview of Adam Brody where the film critic told him he loved Jennifer's Body and asked a few questions about it. Brody didn't hold back saying the marketing of this film was crap and that the studio didn't understand the film at all, but he's glad nowadays the film is finding a new light and more people are appreciating.
And people complained how bad Megan Fox’s acting is in films, yet in Jennifer’s body she literally steals the show
Her one liners are the best in this movie
she steals the show because she's the main character, duh
If you give her some decent dialogue and an actual character to play, she's not bad. "Friends with Kids" was a forgettable movie but she was alright in that too.
Everyone has been all over this movie for the past month or so and I’m here for it
Yessssh me too
If there's one thing that I'm loving here -- apart from the fact that Jennifer's Body is, finally, getting a good review -- is that GINGER SNAPS is being mentioned in the comments. That trilogy is so unfortunately underrated and has yet to get the love and respect that it truly deserves. I, myself, only know a few people who've seen it, and mostly because I've recommended it to them ... So, it's great to see people talking about it and how it's paved the way for films like Jennifer's Body.
I like Ginger Snaps! Including the sequels! My favorite scene was the one where they were sleeping in the snow and the camera view was on top view and Gin's red cloak enveloped in Bridgette's black cloak was a complete contrast to the vast white snowscape. It both isolate and emphasize them, hinting on how their relationship has always been a sisterly "you and me against the world". 😀
This movie was waaayy ahead of it's time. Plus it's soundtrack is pretty good.
I watched the movie because of New Perspective. Love them both.
What makes it ahead of it's time? I didn't see anything ground breaking here.
@@hendrikscheepers4144 Yeah and it was only 2009. Not like horror has evolved so much in the last 11 years.
I don't see anything in the film that screams "audiences just weren't ready for this in 2009". What weren't we ready for?
Same, I watched it because panic was in the soundtrack and I loved it ever since
I'm not from USA. I only watched the movie and never saw any advertisement. i really loved it and was surprised by the negative reviews it received on IMDB
IaMDeBbie
same
Same here. I went for it because of Diablo Cody from Juno.
Samee here
Seeing Megan's reaction at the end when she says "because of me...". Terrible. I remember seeing the movie when it came out and thinking that it was a bit shallow, but still pretty solid.
I have never been a fan of making Fox primarily because of the way she's been marketed
I always completed the way she was marketed with who she was as a person
Now I see most of that probably wasn't her fault
I felt the same way, it is hard to imagine that behind all the post production, make up, and her natural good looks that there is a genuine person that would like to be known for more than just a pretty face and hot body.
I watched a bunch of Megan Fox interviews recently and yeah she definitely was done dirty. She’s so charming, funny, and clever in interviews but all anyone ever sees is “hot girl.” So frustrating!
I'm still trying to figure out how people find her hot. But you might be right.
@@missnoncompliant6279 ???? Have you seen her she’s very attractive
@@lucasorlando99 Not if you look closer or for more than a second. A lot of "attractive" people are like that; they're only attractive from a distance or with a quick glance.
The secret to Jennifer and Needy's relationship is that Jennifer is in love with Needy, but can't accept herself loving another girl and self destructively tries to ruin all of Needy's other relationships so she has to rely on Jennifer for companionship. The movie even calls this out during the pep rally, where another girl calls Needy a lesbian because of her relationship with Jennifer.
This
And the lyrics song that was playing on the background as they look at each other affectionately across the gym are "You are the girl that I've been dreaming of ever since I was little girl 🎶"
@TheRapper10000 It's okay, it can be vice versa, or reciprocal attraction 🙂
@Auran Crash are you dumb?
@@ainsley1073 No, he probably just can't stand homosexual presentations like most modern day low-key homophobes.
I think Valentine Valentino's comment on its own is enough proof that there was no doubt a gay thing between the 2 main characters.
I really like this movie. I felt the scene where Jennifer is pleading for her life to be quite heartbreaking. Made me more and more empathic toward her as the film went on.
The marketing for this film is probably the worst I've ever seen.
Nothing beats the marketing for Blade Runner 2049 IMO. Such a fantastic movie and the basically misrepresented everything about it.
Underrated movie. Mainstream critics were off the mark as usual.
just like the Oscar's giving best picture to Crash and not brokeback mountain because they dont like the gays.
Well next year they'll have no choice but to nominate movies they wouldn't see even dare to watch like Birds of prey & invisible Man.
You maybe mean male straight mainstream critics ;) . I've seen some reviews from female critics from back then and they were (surprise, surprise) positive.
@@lenusniq_9746 Eh, there were males that liked it and females that hated it.
@@w.camera1204 I was generalizing but yeah, agreed.
13:19
She looked like she was going to cry. It really is sad.
this movie was way too powerful with megan fox and amanda seyfried
I can’t believe JK Simmons was actually in this movie imagine that
And Jonny Simmons. Father & son duo to say the least!
why not? it’s great
He was in Juno as well, so it makes sense.
@@whizzardblizzard5696 they arent related. Coincidental last name. Stop with the fake news.
This movie and Marie Antoinette are the two “girl movies” I’ve always really liked even though they were not well liked at the time.
Exactly, both Marie Antoinette and Jennifer's Body were casted away for showing the truth, although they had different reasons
Thank you so much for reviewing this I wanted a re-review for ages. I feel so bad for Megan Fox has been typecast in Hollywood. This is one of her best roles and no one really cares for it
I honestly feel bad for Megan Fox.
The way she was used in the late 2000s to early 2010s is just atrocious.
This has been such an “I told you so” year for us few people who loved this movie since it came out.
Bloody love when you do videos like this, Chris. It's always nice when people re-evaluate a movie that was either mismarketed at the time of it's release or when critics just didn't understand it at the time. It's good to give it the credit it deserves, even if it is 11 years later. Love how prolific your videos have been this month too, mate!
This movie was ahead of its time, veryyyy similar to Ginger Snaps
Oh wow. Ginger snaps. That makes me nostalgic man.
It has the same template as Abby and Ginger Snaps and Carrie (the first one), but I think it's ahead of its time in a sense that during the decade (2000-2010) it was released there was no US/Canadian horro-comedy film (with female empowerment undertones) that was made that is about the complexities and power play of toxic, abusive, codependent female friendship between two closeted bisexual best friends who are secretly in love with each other, with a script written by a bi-curious woman (Diablo Cody) and one of the leads played by a bisexual woman (Megan Fox).
Most queer love story at that time were in Rom-Com form (Imagine Me & You, 2005) and Drama form (Brokeback Mountain, 2005), and erotic form that sometimes border on softcore porn. 😅
Excellent movie. I rarely see people mention it and that's a darn shame.
Ginget snaps! I couldn’t remember the name...great flic! Tx!
Someone mentioned it...Ginger Snaps. Pls review this great flic if you haven’t already.
10 years and this movie is FINALLY getting the recognition it deserves!
I remember seeing this in theaters. I thought it was going to be garbage. It's one of my favorite horror films of that decade
Chris should definitely do a review of the mist
I was lucky enough to see this film without knowing anything about it.
It was after a long night of partying, when I used to party.
We were all stoned out of our minds and one of the guys put the movie on.
It was literally the best horror movie I had ever seen, the scares were fuckign scary, the jokes were hilarious, and the smart witted comments were so profound and insightful to me.
Because I was stoned as shit.
Watched it again sober a year later, and I felt all those things I felt when I first watched it, to a lesser degree. But I had already fallen in love the film upon first intoxicated viewing.
One of my favourite horror movies. Perfect blend of hipster teen comedy, horror, trope commentary, and of course horror (and megan fox doesnt hurt)
"Megan Fox Hot"
I can't imagine how she must have felt about that. The marketing was completely focused on the objectification of this woman. Jeez...
Not sure if sarcasm or not...
@@Avengerie No, I'm not being sarcastic. I find it incredibly distasteful and demeaning to this woman.
@@joshuawagner2590 this woman did a nose job in her teens and presented herself as a sexual object from the get go (dancing in strip club scene in Bad Boys 2 while being underage). She also called Michael Bay, the guy who gave her a career, "worse than Hitler", in an industry famous for being Jewish-dominated. If you take the sympathetic blinders off - and I can sympathize with the moronic ordeal the creators of the film (Diablo Cody more so than Megan Fox) went through - and look at the situation impartially, you'll see that she has done pretty well for herself given what she was offering, Hollywood didn't ruin her and owes her nothing and then you might recognize how funny your comment is ("I can't imagine the horror she felt being called hot!!!").
@@Avengerie What you wrote is a long winded version of saying Megan doesn't deserve sympathy, she was no angel, especially because she made tasteless comments and had plastic surgery she has no right to dislike being objectified, pretty women should be grateful to be seen as a piece of meat.
@@esperanzarobertson4823 turns out youtube deleted my reply. Oh well...
Poor Megan!! I love her and most of her movies!! She deserves better! Fun fact: when Transformers 2 came out with the game to accompany the movie, they had the actors and some of the developers play online together with fans. I ended up running into Megan Fox on there and we played together for an hour almost. She really cool and sometimes she says some wild stuff. But she's a sweet girl, she also told me her nickname! It's Bird!! So shout out to my homie Bird yo, I miss you girl!! 😁
False nickname, why are you making stuff up? Her real nicknames are Mega Fox, Foxy Megan & Meg. She is also currently in a committed relationship with Maschine Gun Kelly.
That story sounds like bullshit
@@JurassicReptile real life story, I also met Drew Barrymore when I was younger! Also a s*** ton of rappers! I don't have to make things up. I don't need likes or clout, just thought it would be cool story to share.
This video has got to have the best Chris Stuckmann laughs that I've ever heard!
I remember watching this movie way long ago and thinking “it was a fun time, had some laughs, got scared once in a while by one jump scare” and it was surprisingly good.
Never got to watch it again but after this review I might see it again! Megan deserves a lot of respect from this movie, it’s a nice dark comedy/horror movie!
Thank you for the review Chris!
Btw, where do you buy your tshirts? I keep asking the same thing over and over again haha.
Can't wait to watch this with my wife. This is one of her favorites.
The gay scene in this movie might seem like it was done for the eyes of men but it is an iconic scene for a lot of wlw. A lot of us had our gay awakening during that one scene.
From the first time I saw this movie I thought it was good and holy shit they are so right in describing how they wanted to market it. Feel so bad for what we all let them do to Megan Fox. It seems pretty much no one stood by her when everything happened between her and Michael Bay. Talk about an actress being treated as nothing more than a sex symbol and everything acting like it was fine
Love this review and the critical discussion about the film’s marketing massacre. Unfortunately Megan Fox was a victim of what really amounts to a mass, marketing-induced misperception, being stifled as an artist that would only serve as the medium through which to sell sex to the misguided audience. This unfortunate circumstance is only compounded by the fact that she’s apparently by all accounts an extremely genuine, sincere and hardworking professional who has SO much more talent as an actress than what the suits upstairs would have had us believe. I completely agree that this film is criminally underrated, and I certainly believe that, if marketed honestly and released today, this film would receive a much more appropriate and accurate reception in regards to the many things it gets right. This is a perfect example also of the short sighted and often dated perspectives of the business side of the film industry; this is simply one more film that suffered under the almighty thumb of the big wigs while the creative forces behind its inception and creation were shushed, effectively crippling their ability to properly promote and nurture their creation.
Well, my ramblings aside, cheers to you Chris for telling it like it is, and here’s hoping that Megan Fox receives the praise she quite rightfully deserves.
Agreed. I still feel bad for her being represented as a sex object when it is clear that she can have potential.
There is an excellent video essay called 'Deep Cuts: Society and Queer Horror' that talks about Jennifer's Body as part of it and particularly the subtext of the romantic and sexual feelings between the two.
13:19 .... I'm not a fan of Megan Fox , but that reaction where you can see she's holding back her emotions (and some tears, i assume) really gut punched me hard... 😕
13:18 Megan genuinely looked like she wanted to cry
I think it's also deeper than Jennifer just being "self obsessed". She's only been valued because of her youth and beauty. When she doesn't have that anymore (the part where she's in front of the mirror smearing makeup on), she is lost and desperately trying to get back to where she felt valued.
I'm a woman and I love this movie! There's so much to analyze with Jennifer's character and her relationship with Needy!
It's pretty sad people just view Megan Fox as just some "Hot girl" when there was for more to her than that .
Being "just" some hot girl will grant you a better life then 99% of all other people in this shitshow.
I don't know why all these people are making her out to be a victim. She signed up for it and is a millionaire
@@taketheblackpillneo3940 u say it’ll give u a better life but that’s not true at all she was going through a psychological breakdown Around that time she wasn’t happy at all.
@@thehobothatlivesoutsideyou9209 if she wasn't hot she'd have a worse mental breakdown.
There's more to every woman we see. Some are succubi like Jennifer and others are sweet and tender hearted. But regardless there is far more beneath the surface.
Chirs' "I have come to love this movie in the years" is the new "I grew up with this"
....aaaaand I love it!
Glad to see so many good retrospectives this year!
“You’re lime green jello and you can’t even admit it to yourself”
Mannn Im so glad, usually I agree with the negative reviews, but this movie was different, and the ONLY movie I like that has Megan Fox in it
Chris mentioning Brittany Murphy while talking about Cherry Falls reminded me that she's been dead for years now.😟
I remember when this movie came out. I was still in high school. Yeah I watched it because I was a teenage boy and I had jacked it to Megan Fox more than a few times. Even then though, I actually did like the movie. I liked Needy and I always felt so bad that she had to lose her best friend and her boyfriend and it was a satisfying ending to know that she avenged them both.
Jennifer's Body came out the same year Brittany Murphy died. 2009.
I love how you make a distinction between "critics" and "people", lol
The soundtrack makes my 2009 internal emo-self so happy
I love everyone’s love for this movie in recent years. The two leads always speak about how they loved working on it
I'm so glad you reviewed this! It's been one of the ones on my wish list for you to talk about for a long time. So under-rated!
Put this movie off for so long bc ppl said it was bad, but when I finally watched I LOVED it!! It was fun, had a deep meaning, and I agree the cinematography was beautiful! So sad this film was misunderstood for so long
It's literally coming down to a review a day 🎃
Megan put so much love into this role and you can tell she really and truly understood Jennifer because Jennifer’s obsession with her looks is EXACTLY how Hollywood treated Megan. Then there were deeper moments, like when the band drags Jennifer out into the woods and she is pleading with them....God, that scene breaks my heart because there is genuine anguish and despair there that I just....
Honestly, I can’t praise this movie enough and it is what sold me on my love of Megan Fox because it showed how talented she really is. Is she Oscar worthy? I can’t say because Hollywood did her a massive disservice and focused solely on her sex appeal. They never gave her a real chance and that kills me. If Jennifer’s Body had been handled properly I can only imagine how different Megan’s career would be....god dammit Hollywood.
Holy shit, I totally forgot Kyle Gallner is in this movie. Talk about an actor with range who never gets talked about. This dude has been in everything.
Also, can we talk about the goddamn soundtrack? Cobra Starship's "Chew Me Up and Spit Me Out" was an absolute banger.
Kyle Gallner is fantastic. I remember being surprised by his arc in Veronica Mars. He did such a great job.
I was sad that Chris just referred to him as 'a boy' in the video... I mean it's fucking Cassidy Casablancas, have some respect. The man's got range!
@@jaspeis I loved him in Red State. Ironically enough he was the last guy I figured to be in it.
@@APTheis Yeah, and I also liked him in The Haunting in Connecticut!
Haven't seen Outsiders yet, but I'll have to check it out.
I´ll always remember him as Flash in Smallville.
I remember in every Megan Fox movie that i went to see in the late 2000's, some guy sitting in the theatre would say out loud, the things i would do with that, or other comments.
WOW.
Oh no, men find attractive woman attractive. Whatever shall we do? Don't be mad at them, be mad at Hollywood for marketing Megan the way they did to put butts in seats.
@@riversan90
Uh? That has nothing to do with shouting and blatantly disturbing an audience in the middle of a movie to act cool.
You can think your dirty thoughts in peace.
@@asecretchannel4135 Where you there? Lol There is a clear difference in "saying out loud" and "shouting", or did you just skim the original post, and fill in the blanks?
I hear that. Megan Fox is eye candy, but she can't act, no acting ability at all.
TERRANCE OUT
Thank you for this review! I stumbled on this movie purely by accident and must say it is one of my all time favorites! I understand now why it didn't get the attention it so richly deserved. What a shame, since it was so well written, acted, and shot. Thank you for confirming what I've known all along!
It's really frustrating to see all the women who made this movie trying to convince the studio (men) to take it seriously and all they saw was "Megan Fox hot"
deal with it
@@flyingpaladin617 Okay 😂