My matinee was sparsely attended, which is not terribly unusual for a Saturday afternoon at the local multiplex but I will be curious to see the numbers of this late tomorrow.
But enough industry nonsense.
Can The Fox carry a movie all by herself? Well, I'm more than a little biased but I'll say she probably can. But she wasn't all by herself on this one was she
This is Amanda Seyfried's movie. She's an actress, The Fox is a star, there is a difference and it's important to note.
Megan essentially plays herself, or the self that she shows to the public at any given time. Same as she did for Michael Bay two times. Her delivery is rather dead pan and could easily be mistaken for bad acting. But I think it was by design. Her character Jennifer, at the start of the film is vapid, superficial, self centered and slutty... rathe rlike Megan herself I understand and her delivery through the first reel seems to play up that. After becoming demon infested tho, her delivery seems more animated and there are some instances, when she's downright creepy. We all know she can do sexy so that's a given as well. But she's the foil.
Amanda Seyfried's Needy is the heroine. She has the most to work with. She gets to express all the emotion. Since Amanda is an actual actress and not a star, she delivers. So as performances go, the two girls hit their marks I think.
Diablo Cody's second time out is a bit fumbly. The movie isn't sure if it's a comedy or a horror movie. It isn't scary at all and their are some really funny lines, But it never goes all the way in either direction. I wouldn't go so far as to call it "disjointed" but Diablo could have probably taken another crack at it before she stamped "final draft" on it.
The direction by female action director Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, Aeon Flux) is good, not outstanding but serviceable. The gore gags are mostly off-screen which can be disappointing for the gore hounds. But she tried
The soundtrack is pretty awesome.
I enjoyed the film, it's not perfect, it's good, not great. Slightly better than average I guess. It's lacking something. Can't quite put my finger on it... oh yeah.
Tits.
Horror movies need tits. There's cleavage, implied nudity, lesbianism, lotsa dirty talk, but no tits.
Any future DVD/BD purchase relies on what Kusama puts on the thing. She says there were tons of cuts that will be on the release so one hopes there's some extra skin and not just gore. I don't expect full nudity. The Fox has already publicly stated she's not keen to show the skin. She's proven she can be a sex symbol without doing that... but it never hurts Girl has diarrhea of the mouth anyway so who knows what the future holds. Miss Seyfried however has a film at the TIFF called Chloe directed by Canada's foremost director these days Atom Egoyan. She gets naked in it, but she's an actress, not a star She gets implied naked in this and after seeing those big cans of hers in a bra, well, I'm anxious to see them out of one
Everything is better with tits.
Jennifer's Body certainly would have been. Not that it was bad, but unless you get to see it for free like me, you can probably wait for DVD.
By Odin's beard that chick is fuckin' hot tho.
I guess that's the problem. It was like a 90 minute cocktease with Diablo's witty banter and some blood. Entertaining, but frustrating. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go oggle some Fox pics and take care of something