Jennifer's Body & the Horror of Bad Marketing

[@Apollomasque]

That last line killed me. "What did you THINK was my favourite thing I've ever done? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?"

[@eigenmishi_in_3d]

You can hear that bitterness coming out. "Someone please cast me in a role worthy of me"

[@carleeelizabeth]

honestly i did really love her as april o'neil, though.

[@AnimeCreep141]

The salt in that line gave me a cholesterol problem 🤣

[@rebecatorres999]

nice insult hannah montana

[@BetterWithBob]

The sad thing is that she wanted to move past the generic 'hot chick' roles for ages, but those tend not to be big studio films and therefore have smaller budgets. And she had children to support, so she had to go back to Michael Bay for those big paychecks. It seems as though she's getting those chances these days at least.

[@thequestion4818]

"Not sure what stereotypical about an entrail eating cheerleader" that was the worst part about hs

[@kaiathompson4043]

oh yeah, the gym would always smelt like blood

[@jessl.6386]

The worst part for me was my algebra 2 class, this girl would always eat the teacher 🙄

[@Wargatron]

Every time I’d maybe have a shot with a guy- nooooo, because Cindy forgot her lunch and decided Kyle looked delicious!

[@brooket8068]

thankfully she only got my appendix and i didn't need it anyways

[@YoungNudysIntern]

Lmao the crazy thing about ur account is that this is the move love that the character the question is gonna get this year

[@spookylovely]

The fact that mean girls and Jennifer's body both had Amanda Seyfried in them should be obvious that the core of the story is all about toxic friendship LOL

[@christineaikhuele184]

OMG I FORGOT THAT AMANDA WAS ON MEAN GIRLS 😂

[@christineaikhuele184]

sorry for yelling. I was excited 😅

[@caro5281]

I think she was cast in Mamma Mia between those two, so the Mean Girl Trope from Mean Girls was probably overshadowed by that. But honestly just the scene where they keep pushing each other, or basically every scene where chip talks about Jennifer should be more than enough to understand what the movie is actually about

[@dracocrusher]

"Are we really to believe someone like Juno would neglect to use birth control?" Uhh... YES. Because being witty at times doesn't mean you still can't overlook basic things like that, especially if you're an inexperienced teenager who doesn't fully understand the risks. Even capable adults don't always take that stuff because it can have some pretty nasty side effects, and even smart fully capable adults get unwanted pregnancies. It's kind-of absurd to put the same expectations on a minor.

[@glowstar23]

It does not matter how intelligent you are in every other situation. Horny people are, and always will be, dumb af.

[@matrixiekitty2127]

Yeah that line really pissed me off. She’s a teenager! Of course she could forget birth control!

[@BlackCanary87]

Not to mention that sex ed in the US public school system is patchy at best.

[@nosoynadaoriginal]

When I was little I heard that it's almost impossible for you to get pregnant the first time you do it... So yeah. Lack of sex ed, misinformations and horny teenagers... the narrative of "only stupid people (ejem girls) get pregnant on accident" is... wrong and idiotic

[@83croissant]

I was more surprised that someone like her wouldn’t just get an abortion

[@Toribell1928]

I feel like I only ever see this question of “realism” when it comes to female written or led projects too... I remember a male movie critic criticizing Birds of Prey for the lighthearted tone when she was murdering people. Isn’t that what Harley has always been about? In Deadpool it’s funny and great but in that film it’s all of a sudden unrealistic. Not saying BoP is an amazing movie but the double standard is just 🙄

[@Yharazayd]

dude, yes. and someone brought this up (not sure who at the moment) but they mentioned how it seemed strange that when diablo cody comes up with different dialogue and obscure lingo, it's called bad and unrealistic. but tarantino does it and...it's brilliant?

[@Toribell1928]

Yhara zayd Yes! Her dialogue is done so dirty even though it’s never tried to be realistic. No one is saying these movies are void of critique, but this is just blatant misogyny...

[@n.l.g.6401]

@@8bitdiedie Calm down, Captain Buzzkill. DC is a massive franchise where multiple interpretations of the same character are allowed to exist, and Fun Harley can also be deep, tragic, and relatable (just like the flesh-eating cheerleader in Jennifer's Body is both horrifying and hilarious). Also, as someone who is "deeply troubled" myself, I'm uncomfortable with how you're implying that people with trauma or psychosis aren't allowed to have a good time. You're acting like DEEP TRAGIC SADTIMES and LOL XD RANDOM are the only options a mentally ill character can have. If you ask me, both suck.

[@Toribell1928]

8bitdiedie this is just an example of the point I was making, I literally don’t care about DC lmao but your passion is appreciated

[@8bitdiedie]

N. L. G. Of course deeply troubled people can have “a good time”. Just not by murdering people! Is that such a difficult thing to understand? If you think people with Trauma should be allowed to have fun by harming other people, then... wow. And yeah, of course you can combine comedy with tragedy but it’s a lot harder to take the tragedy element seriously when people market the character like some 90s edgy sitcom teen ala Bart Simpson. The Joker is also dangerously close to this depiction in recent years but at least the narrative tends to keep one foot grounded in how much of a genuinely bad person he is. And yeah, DC has different interpretations of characters which is cool but sometimes a crappy interpretation ends up being the public consciousness of what the character is like even though it waters down what makes the character good. This is the reason people nowadays view Superman/Aquaman as a cheesy boyscout and Batman as a rude edgy man-child even though most of their stories show them as far more complex than that.

[@momentarilysomeone]

It really sucks that, as an adult, I see that Meagan Fox is a smart, funny, capable woman who had her career ruined by Michael Bay. As a young girl, I really hated her because of what I perceived to be her self-cultivated image. Furthermore, I didn't understand that being the "sexy bombshell" is actually okay (you know, if that's what the actress wants). I think a lot of young girls have a lot of misdirected anger. We tend to blame the women who embody the expectations we resent, while not understanding the concept of choice or the larger culture as a whole.

[@dejahall3500]

You said it perfectly! 🙌🏼

[@ocinidolegna]

Im shook so many people disliked her. As a kid i always liked her. But then again i was a kid and she was pretty & i thought a good actor, whereas everyone who seems to have had issues with her were teens around that time

[@yorick2284]

Yes! As a teenager I really hated all the 'sex symbols' and thought that they were doing disservice to women, now I can tell women like Megan Fox were done dirty by the industry.

[@burdistan]

"We tend to blame the women who embody the expectations we resent" that is so true and so eloquently put

[@vadalia3860]

"We tend to blame the women who embody the expectations we resent" I think it's a self-protective/self-denial reaction. "You'd never catch ME acting the way SHE is" makes us feel safer and more in control than "Wow, I hope a powerful, influential man never uses me like one did to her." I do feel women now, at least millennials and younger, are more aware and calling out this kind of thinking so hopefully it'll go the way of all those teen boy victims in the movie.

[@mooglare]

i really wanna see someone make a trailer and posters for how this movie should’ve been marketed

[@Yharazayd]

dude i had a section of the video where it was just a remade trailer but i cut it out

[@mooglare]

Yhara zayd nooo you should’ve kept it in 😭

[@Yharazayd]

maybe i'll upload it on its own, i dunno yet

[@boboblueblue2]

Yhara zayd yes please!

[@katsophiamusic]

@@Yharazayd upload!!!

[@alexusgiamona7561]

Jennifer’s body was soooo ahead of it’s time

[@Bradley_Lute]

At first it seems a bit dated in its sex politics but it slowly reveals itself to be quite sly in its message. It is still slightly dated, but I agree that it was ahead of its time! Diablo Cody is great.

[@Starkardur]

No it wasn't. It was a less interesting version of Ginger Snaps but without the proper horror element.

[@classicmodernfilms7602]

You remind me of the Take reviewers. This is so good.

[@alexusgiamona7561]

@@Bradley_Lute agreed!

[@alexusgiamona7561]

@@Starkardur ppl only hated cause of outdated beliefs. They focused way too much on them being lesbians than the actual story itself.

[@amandachristiansen81]

I remember watching this movie with my mom and she even mentioned that it seemed like a horror take on the aftermath of an assault, how it changes a person on the inside, and we literally discussed how it discussed the complex dynamics between girls in their teen years. If someone in their 40's at the time could understand the metaphors behind the film despite not being a fan of the genre i don't understand how studio executives and critics missed the entire meaning behind the film. Well besides the industry's poor treatment of Megan Fox and the horror genre in general.

[@magster9338]

i love this

[@breezyvonweezy723]

Maybe you’d realize how witty teen girls can be if you actually listened to them

[@mattbrendlen]

Mmm... I don't know about that...

[@tincano-beans2114]

Have you ever listened to a teen girl? Rhetorical of course, you obviously haven't...

[@mattbrendlen]

@nicole davis No you misunderstand me; Women are funny... and women are witty... but teenagers, of any kind, are not... Teenagers are the WOOOOOOOOORST! Can confirm: I was one...

[@mattbrendlen]

@nicole davis Nope... just ageist...

[@mukesh_bombay]

he's same kind of guy who says women aren't funny

[@XxdairexX]

But real talk: imagine this film,the exact same but distributed by a company like A24 it would KILL at the box office and online

[@luciferina777]

ONE CAN ONLY DREAM

[@JackieBorelli]

I would love a remake of this directed by megan fox. give her the respect she deserves.

[@gothpixie7779]

Dude yes

[@roy.shrestha]

That would have been so cool

[@janetjrome538]

OMG YES

[@trinifernandez8870]

Jesus, that last clip at the end was heartbreaking. I get that she was just making a joke, but can you imagine being typecasted so hard that you hate most of the things you are in, and the things that you actually liked are completely ruined because of the perception that other people have of you?. I swear, being "hot" (and perceived as such by the men around you) is way more of a curse than a blessing. Her talent and intelligence has always been overlooked, she was immediately sexualized and when she dared to speak her mind, she was awfully punished with absolutely no mercy. Meghan fox deserves better, her filmography deserves better and I truly wish that in the future she can make millions of movies that make her as proud as this one.

[@jac6548]

"I swear, being "hot" (and perceived as such by the men around you) is way more of a curse than a blessing. " Lmao. No

[@kadenfoley3514]

@@jac6548 I think in the case of megan fox this remark isn't as off the mark as it seems - because she is conventially attractive, she was oversexualised, and demonised - it's not saying that not being conventially attractive isn't harder, instead it's pointing out that what can be viewed as valuable traits can instead have a negative impact on someone's life and career.

[@jac6548]

@@kadenfoley3514 Oh, for sure. That's the case with almost everything in life. But it's definitely not more of a curse than a blessing, that reeks of first world problems

[@justanothercat2886]

To anyone who can help me - what did she say in the last clip after asking the director what her favorite thing would be? Sorry I'm not a native speaker and I cannot understand that part :((( ty in advance

[@MicroChibiAxel]

Just Another Cat she said Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It took me a bit to understand as well due to how she said it

[@atlroxmysox98]

Megan Fox was done dirty by Hollywood, and so was this movie. Jennifer's Body was a really impactful movie to me when it came out (and I'm not gonna lie it was also my 12-year-old self's lesbian awakening)

[@zinaak4194]

100% same

[@hannahsackin2146]

same

[@AgentSteffi]

bi awakening for me

[@poopmadness879]

ME TOOOOOSOSISIWIOOOO

[@sadtitties222]

@@AgentSteffi Same, haha. Not an awakening (I've known since childhood), but definitely reassurance. 😁

[@alexsmart808]

i was a 13 yr old girl when this movie came out and I distinctly remember being put off by the ad campaign and the poster of megan at the school desk, it really did read as a porn-y movie for boys. i ended up watching it a few years later thanks to tumblr and it really really spoke to my teenage experience. it was so rare back then for films to be completely made by women for women so it is actually really sad that girls were completely alienated from their own media, and poor megan literally could not have a hit movie unless it was made for men....

[@sourpuss5951]

Glad I got to watch it as a teen too. I was too young to watch it anyway when they movie first came out, but I still heard all the bad rumors that it was an icky film for boys. I randomly decided to watch it when it came out on tv and was surprised that I actually liked it and that I understood it actually had a message beyond just Megan Fox eye candy.

[@ruth078]

It's very funny to see "I was a 13 year old girl in 2009" next to the picture of a grandma lol

[@racheld5603]

Same! I was 12 when I first watched this movie in like 2014, and I was so confused about why the ratings were so bad on IMDb and stuff. When I would say that it’s my favorite movie people would be kinda weirded out because of how it was marketed lol.

[@SlickSkuddy]

I never wanted to see this movie even though it was marketed towards me. Kind of reminded me of the excessive fan service in fairy tail.

[@JL0ndon]

Also have the opening song by “I’m not going to teach your boyfriend how to dance with you” by the black kids, at the cheer thing where Jennifer waves at Needy, is like the lesbian mr.brightside where the lyrics go “you are the girl I’ve been dreaming of, ever since i was a little girl.” That felt so intentional.

[@vortexofself]

YES! My baby bisexual heart was so overwhelmed by that track and the energy between them. It worked so well.

[@CINRZ]

It's just massively misogynistic to assume that young girls can't be witty and snarky. I remember loving thus movie because she reminded me of myself a little off beat bit of an old soul all of my friends to this day were like that and a lot more teenagers are like that. I think old men struggle to accept that young girls have a more equal and extensive access to information so sorry yes they are going to be smarter and more diverse than the oppressed and abuse women that you used to look down on

[@AJ-cq5pw]

Louder for the people in the back!

[@Emily-yr9hy]

AHH PREACHHHHH

[@bela1825]

When I watched juno I got so excited to see a sarcastic tomboy girl represented in the media. I kinda built my personality around her and to see people say that those girls don’t exist makes me feel not valid

[@bubbles4897]

i think this comment misses the point. ive known a lot of witty and snarky teen girls, but juno had the wits of someone who was 30, not 16. even if a 16 year old is "mature for their age" they dont act like that

[@audranicolio]

What grinded my gears was the "are we supposed to believe a girl as smrt as Juno would neglect to bring birth control" bit, implying that only uneducated, lesser people are the ones who have accidental pregnancies.

[@Spookybluelights]

I was 17 when Juno came out and I found Juno the character aspirational in a way, because she was smart but still flawed. I was stoked for Jennifer's Body but as a young gay guy the marketing totally turned me off and I didn't watch it until it much later and I'm sad I didn't give it a chance when it came out.

[@astoldbyneon43]

I was too young to watch this movie when it originally came out. The poster and trailer always stuck with me just for how shocking they were. When I finally saw it for myself as a teenager, I LOVED it and am so glad it's found it's audience. Bad marketing or not, you can't kill a great movie

[@oof-rr5nf]

i think as long as cinema is driven by market interests, good movies will always get killed. but i am as pleased as everyone else that jennifer's body did not meet that fate

[@diaryofliz]

I agree with you! I remember seeing this movie on the shelf at Blockbuster when I was 10 and I was intrigued

[@marchforth3515]

i first heard of it through p!atd New Perspective, one of my favorite songs lol. But i was young, too, and also assumed it was a hypersexualized girl movie for guys. I hated anything to do with sex at the time so I never bothered with it. I am now ITCHING to see this movie!

[@squilliamwfancyson]

Me too, I was 9 when it came out yet watched it last year at 19 and I AM STILL OBSESSED. It reminds me of my short lived friendship with an extremely rich and pretty mean girl who was new to the school like me but who always got praise and was somehow in her own perfect world with me next to her. It truly resonates with me.

[@haileyberol5944]

I love how men are the ones saying Juno isnt a realistic teen girl, like they would have ANY idea, lmao

[@devonmunn5728]

Stories themselves are already unrealistic to an extent so they already won't capture reality 100% sure I do expect some sort of realism but I won't be nitpicking everything about it

[@layeng251]

you're on fire

[@fiki1515]

@@devonmunn5728 I agree. If a show was to deciept every single detail about reality, I'm going to be honest, that show would be boring. How would one even write a story like that when there is no conflicts, no protagonists, and no antagonists? Because in reality, there is no "protagonist". It's a society of people going through life.

[@devonmunn5728]

@@fiki1515 The closest you can get is portray things that happen in real life. I'm a writer and i do have more contemporary stories set in real life using real life drama within them but they still see stories with some sort of direction and arcs planned even if it is closer to reality then others and some do capture life quite alot but they are still a fictional story at the end of the day

[@fiki1515]

@@devonmunn5728 You're a writer? Have any published works? I am an aspiring writer.

[@goldenalpaca3881]

it says a lot about how toxic Micheal Bay's filming making is when his influence continued to sabotage Megan's career after firing her

[@devonmunn5728]

He first casted her in a film for a 1 second seen when she was 15. At first he wanted to have her by a bar but then changed it to have her dancing under a waterfall. I saw a video about how shes been treated by the industry and there was a clip included where she describes it (and mentions she was 15) and there was people in the audience cheering even when she clearly stated she was underage

[@gabyrianna2971]

oh my god the ending clip, ICONIC

[@Fimbleshanks]

Yeah I think I just fell a little bit in love with Megan Fox there.

[@HisNeverland]

I can't make out what she says at the end 😫 do you know what movie/series she suggests?

[@puffitale]

HisNeverland Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

[@itsmandamade8751]

Megan Fox is an icon we don’t deservw

[@chancehavins9215]

I WAS GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING!!!

[@avocato8156]

I remember watching this movie a year after I graduated from high school, a couple of weeks after falling out with my most toxic, but my most dearest friend i ever had. I freaked out so hard when i saw this movie (can anyone say gay panic) and it was very cathartic, honestly. A fucking travesty what happened to Diablo Cody and Megan Fox.

[@oof-rr5nf]

the repressed gay years of school when falling in love with your best friend was the norm but you only realise how gay you always were when you accept yourself as an adult and look back on those years and go "huh"

[@DarlingMissDarling]

@@justamexicanboy4425 **eyeroll**

[@jazmin6973]

im so glad people are talking about how megan fox was the victim of so much misogyny only a few years ago. and how the real reason this movie flopped is men refused to listen to both the female director and screenwriter and marketed the movie as a softcore porn. both megan and jennifers body deserved better💖

[@jazmin6973]

@BRAVOZULU DWEST boathouse yea pretty much. women good m*n bad glad we agree

[@coatimundi69]

@@jazmin6973 legendary reply

[@salemsmith7085]

@BRAVOZULU DWEST boathouse dude you need to find another way to communicate this response was difficult to read like. maybe use grammerly or smth but honestly this was almost incoherent. like? what? snow white? angels? like ok sure i guess. also dont respond because i wont take the energy to try and read it

[@punkybrewstar83]

I find it interesting that women kissing women is generally always framed as "for men", and yet men kissing men is never framed that way.

[@raquelramlochan184]

Ever heard of the yaoi fandom

[@jennifrsbody]

@@raquelramlochan184 most normal ppl havent

[@roxassora2706]

​@@raquelramlochan184And even that's not framed for men.

[@Inconstructionmaybe-x5v]

Sorry but not really lol.

[@pierrex3226]

Well I guess you ain't too bright.

[@soobinexe7978]

it was hinted at soooo many times that needy and jennifer’s relationship was way more then just platonic and that the kiss scene wasn’t just there for bait but some people just never understood that

[@sydneeellison99]

if there's one ad campaign I'd redo for my campaigns class it be this. We need more women in advertising/marketing yall

[@Aster_Risk]

This comment makes me want to be one of those women so I don't let teen girls (or anyone similar) miss out on things that will be important to them!

[@Mewuli]

I honestly don’t understand since I went to college for marketing and publicity and 95% of the students were either gay or females. We just have to wait for the old people to step down I guess

[@tamarwin]

Yes! This film, and "Mother!" from Aronofsky

[@oleanderthor-borre9506]

@@Mewuli or, you know, maybe this isn't a business where being complacent and humble rewards you. Jobs aren't always spots waiting to be filled. Sometimes you have to make noise and make yourself noticed.

[@sophie7780]

audiences can have little a jk simmons, as a treat

[@Aster_Risk]

I humbly request a lot of JK Simmons, please.

[@jayohhhk]

Wait til ya hear about Whiplash oooooh baby

[@MrTwentington]

I need to figure out why a black screen with the words “Jennifer’s Body” with Gimme More playing moved me so

[@justwannafreefx9419]

Literally same

[@abcdefgrapefruit]

same!!

[@NickaLah]

Same

[@spookylovely]

Makes me want to jump on a pole dance

[@dannyryangawthorpe]

mood. when i heard it, my heart was happy. my culture.

[@Nananananaheckyes]

Legit this movie had all the girls and gays on tumblr obsessed ... still does

[@hibikiotonokojishslvocalis7550]

rumor states diablo cody did it for the girls and the gays, that's it.

[@CaseyfromKentucky]

Re Juno: it was INCREDIBLY realistic for Juno to be as smart and snarky as she was and still not use birth control. What about her not noticing a clear predator was grooming her? Also painfully real. I mean, have you met teenagers? Even the brightest and smartest don't think "it" can happen to them - faulty wiring. Juno was gospel when I was 15/16 and I will defend it to death. . . Also, the feminism of the film gets lost in Juno's character... Jen Garner's character, though portrayed as uptight and cold initially, becomes accepted by Juno and the audience for who she is also, as well as her wishes and choices to be a mother, even without a partner. The soundtrack still slaps and still can't look at Jason Bateman the same.

[@subtlesraf]

i got an uncomfortable feeling about the married guy but always told myself 'he never made a move on her, he wasn't being creepy' and didn't listen to the gut feeling I had. thank you for posting this comment.

[@smallfae222]

For some reason I wanted to hate this movie growing up, but it’s become one of my favorite movies. It’s crazy to think of how incredibly successful it would have been if it came out now.

[@sallylee4924]

Some movies are too ahead of its time. I sometimes wonder the same for Enchanted. It did ok back then, but I can imagine it being so much more successful now. It's besically the Deadpool of princess movies.

[@Kirakirakira96]

@@sallylee4924 My family was addicted to Enchanted. We would watch it 3 days in a row.

[@Arguing.With.Idiots.]

@@sallylee4924 Enchanted is the shit, the soundtracks are just *chef's kiss*

[@kkurajam]

My parents saw Jennifer’s Body in theaters, it was a thing when I was younger that I would ask them to narrate movies they saw and they told me all of Jennifer’s Body on a cab ride home like a bed time story. I was totally in love with it and saw it as this dark twisted sinister movie with this alluring interesting bite to it. I was pretty young but I was very in love with it

[@chloecho2448]

Your parents sound awesome

[@kkurajam]

Chloe Cho Yeah I know many of my favorite childhood movies I’ve never seen heheh

[@kkurajam]

Lol legit im sad gay girls could have been appreciating Megan Fox all this time she could have been shielded from so much sexual harassment and hurt

[@Ineedgames]

@BOARDROOM-BULLY -BY DAY & WARGROUND BULLY -BY NIGHT Well she is Bi-sexual.

[@jonetgames]

the "sexy" marketing for Megan Fox is exactly why I avoided watching this movie for so long but years ago it showed up on Netflix, I was bored and the summary in the description made it sound interesting. I was pleasantly surprised the movie ended up being nothing like how I thought it would be and I began to wonder why I didn't hear any good things about it for so long. I think it's a hidden gem. And also, there are definitely men out there who'd like to be eaten by succubi... trust me.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

The marketing is an issue but I do think the way she is shot in the movie itself and the way she is dressed is also something average teen girls would not want to see (no character in Mean Girls is comparable) nor is average teen girl a horror fan even if Cody was. Teen boys and older men watch more horror so even without sex appeal it would be likely the movie would be more marketed towards them due to genre.

[@hannahcook8017]

I’m sure that someone has already pointed this out, but can you imagine how popular Jennifer’s Body would’ve been had it come out now and been produced by a company like A24 or Neon? I’m so happy to see it get the love that it deserves.

[@RykerJones28]

I remember watching this movie with my now partner of 14 years and I watched it for him. I wasn't interested in another sex romp with Megan Fox. I was blown away by how much I related to that film. I was 17 in 2009. I remembered the intensity of my relationship with my high school best friend. I remembered how much I loved her yet how passionately we would hate each other when we would have a falling out. I remembered my Jennifer. At the time I didn't appreciate how badly the movie, Megan Fox and the crew were let down by the studio marketing. I still love this movie and love how it made me look at my relationship with my best friend. How wonderful yet toxic it could be.

[@Aster_Risk]

I love reading the comments of other women who are my age about this movie!

[@veve7349]

Have you seen the movie Thirteen (2003)? It's amazing (and a little shocking) and covers the topic of toxic but close friendships, too. If you watch it you should also read a little about it's background - one of the actresses, 13 years old at the time, was involved in the writing of the script with her stepmom I think, so it really is authentic and tells the story from a female perpective. I watched it when I was 14 and it really resonated with me. I'm 24 now and rewatched it twice last year and I still think it's incredibly well done, especially for such a small production.

[@novasummer7976]

Irrelevent but being in the same relationship for 14 years that started when u were teens is very impressive and takes a lot of work. congrats i want that in my life

[@RykerJones28]

@@novasummer7976 lol thanks. I'm amazed myself sometimes. 14 years, 3 kids, a lot of drama and trying shit but somehow he's still alive 😂 I'm sure you'll have something like it some day :)

[@RykerJones28]

@@veve7349 I vaguely remember watching it at some point but maybe I wasn't mature enough to relate to it yet. I remember it getting a lot of praise at the time and a lot since.

[@jenandjuice_]

ngl I was extremely jealous of Megan’s beauty when I was younger (I was a teen during this era) and I had thought this was another film targeted towards boys so I never gave it a chance even though my name is Jennifer too lol But I absolutely love her and think she’s great and she was treated unfairly by Hollywood male execs. And Jennifer’s body is a fun film

[@novasummer7976]

i feel like most females were jealous at one point in their lives she's extremely beautiful, but most of us have matured by now and got to see that she is extremely talented, i love her she's great. But i feel like her talent was never shown (except for in this movie) cuz she was always treated as the sex symbol and never seen as anything beyond that which must have negatively affected her career and, more importantly, her.

[@CinnamonCari]

Same

[@SalsaStork]

I would have been the same, if a friend hadn't made me watch it, knowing I'd love it.

[@leru556]

Nova Summer Nah, Megan Fox isn’t all that talented when it comes to acting, though she’s not awful but her performances are mediocre at best. I mean, the only reason why she was “discovered” was because she’s well, really hot. And that’s precisely the only reason why she was given a starring role in Jennifer’s Body. In fact, this movie itself even concludes that Megan Fox is nothing but eye-candy (and if this movie was meant to prove that Megan is actually talented and more than just a sex symbol, it failed in that department). She’s just not a great actress (unlike Amanda Seyfried, who was the film’s true saving grace).

[@jenandjuice_]

IᗩᗰᑕYᖇᑌᔕ maybe you’re right. But I think it’s cause she hasn’t been given the opportunity to have more “serious” roles cause she’s been type-casted as “eye candy” and Hollywood only recognizes her sex appeal. That’s just my assumption though. Ps Amanda seyfried is wonderful

[@julianrivera460]

I always put Jennifer's body in my list of fave LGBT movies, the fact you posted this on pride month means a lot to me.

[@banananutmuffin24]

Me and my all female, mostly gay, friend group were obsessed with this movie when it came out. I never knew it got so much backlash and the reasons behind that are infuriating. It's a great fucking movie.

[@lizhasasthma]

Jennefer's Body deserves a Criterion release, and that's just tea.

[@youngcollind]

Just watched the movie yesterday cause it started streaming on the criterion channel. Your wish is granted!

[@lesliehurtado6860]

It's on the Criterion Channel! We did it!

[@cc-gx8hr]

THANK. YOU. for years me and my high school best friend with whom I also had a very intense sexually frustrated but still platonic friendship with absolutely ADORED this movie. Watched it at every sleepover. But everyone else seemed to hate it. Now that we’re grown and have accepted that we’re both bi, it makes so much sense that we saw ourselves in Needy & Jennifer’s relationship. That kind of intense homoerotic female friendship is so very specific, male execs have just never had such an experience so they didn’t recognize it for what it was and slapped the “raunchy teen boy movie” label on it.

[@Aster_Risk]

My best friend from age 12-20 and I had a similar kind of relationship. She's bisexual and I'm straight. I basically always knew, and never had an issue with it. We had sleepovers and would dress and undress in front of one another. There was this weird tension between us, because I loved her but not in the way that she wanted me to. She would date guys I had crushes on to spite me for not wanting to date her. We were supposed to go to our senior prom together wearing tuxes, but she ditched me to go with a guy she had barely started dating. I had a boyfriend too, and still wanted to follow through with our plan. Several times she brought up the idea of us getting married at 40 if we didn't meet someone by then. When I finally got married she tried flirting with my husband. Female friendships are so complex. They can be toxic and deeply emotional, and there is this sexual tension that's often present.

[@Ren-hc4ke]

someone pls make a new trailer that appeals to the girls and gays

[@evelynnuman]

Oh my god this has to happen

[@xanderguyer7512]

Omg another example of straight guys fetishizing romantic relationships (and even close friendships) between girls. Like it's clearly a statement about the complex nature of relationships between young women, and your sexuality as a girl when you're coming of age. That's an L. Thank god us gays found it. Redemption arc. I also remember some of my wlw friends telling me about how it was relatable to them!

[@PhantomSaysHi]

The sad irony is how many people I know who quote Juno's dialogue regularly. That movie predicted meme language.

[@briannalee1998]

8:10 whoa! I know the word sexist has been getting over used, but wow! Those reviews were actually sexist and had nothing to do with the stories, themes, writing, directing, style, etc as a film. It was all about how the lead actress looked. Those aren't real reviews. Critics are supposed to be impartial, judging the film by the craft not their personal feelings on the actors. The studio was dumb for thinking a movie made for girls should be marketed toward boys. I first saw Fox in Teenage Drama Queen long before I saw Transformers.

[@Jess-qq5et]

I was turned off of this movie because of how it was marketed for sure. I was 15 or 16 when it came out, arguably the target demographic (from the directors perspective) and yet when I watched it I felt dirty and immoral- like I was watching something I shouldn’t have been. I definitely want to give it another watch now, and I’ll be interested to see how my perspective on it has changed now that I’m older and have a better understanding of the intent of the screenplay.

[@loonabloo]

Let us know what you think on your rewatch (respond in the thread so we se)! I want to know what you think this time :)

[@VaguelyPeach]

@gina Me and my friends were the same♥️

[@strawberry.sunshine]

I could’ve written this comment!

[@Jess-qq5et]

@@loonabloo I haven't been able to find it streaming online yet, but its my birthday today, so I might just rent it and treat myself, and I'll let you know my thoughts :)

[@359339]

Jennifer loved Needy more than Needy loved Jennifer, that's facts.

[@yukikanegawa7470]

I think she loved the power trip. She loved knowing she was Needy's number one.

[@amdete8254]

@@yukikanegawa7470 I think she loved both tbh

[@BohemianKitsch]

wow, i had no idea about any of this. i steered clear of the movie PRECISELY because of the over-sexualized, tawdry depiction in the marketing. and i thought the title of the movie confirmed the accuracy of the marketing. i like sexy, and i like Megan Fox, but i'm not a fan of cheap. now i feel inspired to give this a watch. it actually sounds powerful. and if it's even half as good as you've described it, then it's a fucking tragedy how it was presented to the world. it almost seems criminal.

[@sjs9698]

o/ i dodged it for similar reasons... and watched it just after starting this review -hearing how it'd been totally different from the marketing hype i thought i'd check it out- & damn is it good. smart, subtly hilarious, thoughtful, disturbing at times, 's a great film. go see it.

[@TheMcKenzieHaus]

It really is a good movie. You would give it a try

[@brigh12]

That review saying even witty teen girls wouldn't talk like that pisses me off. When I was younger I LOVED Calvin and Hobbes, one reason why I loved it so much was because of how smart Calvin was. He was around the same age as me when I was reading the comics but he was so clever and intelligent and I LOVED it. Then to say that Juno can't be witty and intriguing and interesting because she is a teen girl??? What the heck? I was watching Juno around the same age as Juno herself, and as a young woman, I loved that movie. The soundtrack became my life. I would listen to the vinyl record of the soundtrack with my best friend in her room while we smoked weed and burned shoeboxes full of her ex's stuff. So fuck the dude who thinks Juno should have had dumber dialogue and more pop music so that it would have been more "real".

[@salemsmith7085]

YES EXACTLY!! and idk how many of them were influenced by the movie or if the movie nailed it on the head, but i knew so so so many girls like juno growing up so like.... im confused to what the reviewers were trying to say... like?? maybe you just dont know girls as well as you like to think you do

[@Paula-hg5ui]

I remember watching Jennifer's body when it came out and I LOVED it! I left the theatre thinking it will be the start for a new era in Megan Fox career as a femme icon and wishing she could get a lot of roles where she could explore her talent even more... Then I read the old-white-men critics and the incels comments everywhere and knew I wouldn't get what I wanted.

[@haileyirene4713]

There’s a male KZbinr who reviewed the movie and tried to say how to make it better, and that’s the problem. The things he said, the points he made, wouldn’t make it better, it would make it easier for teenage boys to understand. Complexity is a woman’s secret weapon, when used properly it can kill like a world war. He tried to say that we didn’t need Jennifer’s murder so prominent and that it should have been more about needy and her boyfriend. I’ve always said it’s a movie about a violated girl, using her powerful sexuality to kill those who represent who the band perceived her to be; weak and easy. Then kills the one person that stands between her and her best friend. The people she kills weren’t innocent boys that she had no reason to kill, they had a meaning. It’s just that the simple horny mind of the young teenage boys who went to see Megan fox naked couldn’t grasp the complexity of the storyline.

[@pluto6984]

you summed it up completely.

[@shoesncheese]

Also the central relationship in the movie is Needy and Jennifer not Needy and her boyfriend-whose-name-I-don't-even-remember. That's the dynamic that matters. Needy was Jennifer's only hold on her humanity after she was possessed. And Needy, being Needy, accepted that role. In the end, it was Jennifer who needed Needy. I even wondered if the kiss between the two of them was Jennifer testing to see if Needy could somehow break the spell. Needy did set her free, eventually.

[@32fps]

Please tell me you left a comment like this on it because I can literally see that video right next to your comment on youtube's suggested videos list XD (I saw the video suggestion first and knew it was a man based on the channel name and immediately was irritated because I inherently knew whatever he said would NOT make the film better, or be a nuanced take on the film)

[@emailing]

Saw that review after i watched Jennifer's body bc of this vid and holy shit haha you're right

[@dreamyanon5151]

Hailey Irene you said this so perfectly.

[@oblivionnpc3313]

and thats on my gay self still running a jennifers body tumblr blog in 2020

[@oof-rr5nf]

QUEEN SHIT. You are a hero............

[@goblinyeet]

don't be shy, drop the @

[@emmamoose3171]

yeah can i get the @

[@chloeremington7139]

👀

[@XxxMuseluverxxX]

What’s the @, queen?

[@allyh.8600]

I love Jennifer's Body so much. I feel like almost every teenage girl has felt at least one of the emotions Jennifer and Needy had for each other if not all.

[@TarynAnnTibble]

Being the same age as Elliot Page, and at the time the film was made, a self-proclaimed “indie music aficionado”, I can confirm he was 100% in saying that kids were listening to The Moldy Peaches. I think the biggest issue is that in 2006, the old white men reviewing the film thought the teens were ALL listening to the radio, a place you will not find a lot of the soundtrack for Juno.

[@LuckyLadyLilly]

Jennifer's Body was insanely relatable to me as I recalled my little teenage bi self completely willing to deal with a toxic friendship cause I had a solid crush. This is a delightful breakdown of why it was received so poorly when it was an amazing movie.

[@ew_barf]

Jennifer’s Body was filmed at my high school when I was attending it. I remember getting in trouble by a film staff because my friend and I were sitting outside a trainer with a messily written sticker on it that said “Jennifer”, getting yelled at we ran off taking the sticker with us. Not knowing anything about who or what Jennifer was. And btw the scene with a pool was filmed in an underground abandoned pool at the school.

[@sweetprincess787]

I vividly remember myself as a 12 year old in blockbuster seeing the dvd of Jennifer's Body and thinking Megan Fox was sexy and probably was some sort of soft porn horror themed movie and avoid it, now as a 20 year old, after watching and loving the movie, I wish the cover of this movie wasn't what my 12 year old self thought I was, it's one of the closest depictions to how I felt as a teen girl in high school I have ever seen in film (aside from lady bird)

[@tastyshades]

Okay real talk not to make this long but- SO BEING A YOUNG BLACK, (didn’t know it at the time) BI, AKWARD TEEN DURING THIS TIME WAS SOOOO FUCKING HARD. I hated myself always, was soooooo jealous of almost every girl in my friend circles because they were pretty and getting attention from boys and I was always the ugly but reliable friend. My friendships were toxic and so life affirming at the same time. I know now I fell in love with two of my best friends so that explains even more....anyway I hated pretty/hot/sexy girls because I wasn’t one. I hated Megan Fox because she was everything I wasn’t. -BUT THEN I GREW UP AND REALIZED THAT ~iM nOt IIkE oThEr gIRLs~ is a defense mechanism for girls with poor self esteem and who have general feelings of envy and waywardness when confronted with a confident lady who carries herself with power and beauty-and the kicker is...WE ALL HAVE IT!!😄🤩 The patriarchy constructs society in a way that punish pure self love and pride to make us quite, small and easily pliable to their whims. That’s why I hated her and so many like her but now I’m either indifferent or love some of them. We’re all in this together! I wanna say more but this is long enough and I don’t wanna get to deep because of that but this is the main pulp of what I’m trying to convey- IM SORRY MEGAN FOX, I’m so sorry 😭

[@lexkeach5726]

Im glad you learned why you hated her and others and embraced yourself for who you are! Congratulations! 🖤

[@ryanbell6672]

Your words are perfect and should be read but every child growing up.

[@Imperator_Chrysalis]

whatever

[@EK-rx2ju]

@@Imperator_Chrysalis your comment sufficiently conveys how much you don't care, well done.

[@doclinny]

everyone knows "im not like other girls" is a defense mechanism, that doesn't magically make society stop treating ugly girls like shit

[@siddiqsmouse5004]

"Not wise people who recognize Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen as their Lord and Savoir" MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY!!

[@themartialnerd3286]

There was a point in time where I was accused of being gay and made fun of for it just because I liked this movie when everyone else hated it. And they were all teen boys who were pissed because it wasn't just Megan Fox porn.

[@von2119]

i was 7 when this movie was released, and the trailers freaked me out and made me scared of lesbians for a little bit. now i'm a lesbian who loves this movie

[@Aster_Risk]

Yay!

[@alexsolo5092]

ok me

[@gayforsatan9451]

that ending line when Megan talked about her fav movie is super shady

[@Katyayay]

I've watched that scene like 5 times, even with captioning, I have no idea what she says after: 'what do you think it would be?" What did she say?

[@springirls]

Katya “what do you think my favourite thing would be that i’ve done, teenage mutant ninja turtles?”

[@Katyayay]

@@springirls thank you!

[@adoresessy101]

A lot of white girls like Jennifer's Body as some progressive, ahead of its time feminist movie, but me watching it as an Asian woman was quite interesting bc Jennifer makes a joke about Thai food smelling bad comparing it to a sexual act and makes a snide comment about getting nails done by Chinese nail technicians. Not to mention how they treat the Indian exchange student in the movie.

[@emmasandstone4754]

...but that is what teenagers are like, and its not Thai food because its an Asian food. Also these things don't discount the movies femininity, and that it was progressive for its time. Movies are still being made today with comments that are much more hurtful. I do not mean to discount your perception, but I think that you are reading too much into it because, as a teenage girl, these are representative comments and you aren't supposed to like the demon.

[@Lolo-rk4ns]

@@emmasandstone4754 I think the point of the comment here is everyone is speaking about how it was made "by women, for girls" but was clearly made for a white demographic, by a largely white women team. Which resulted in racist language where the joke wasn't how awful the racism was, but was merely a witty observation on Jennifer's part. You can't read too much into films, that's literally why video essays like this exist. If you can engage with a 20 minute video essay on how progressive and mismanaged the movie was, you can manage a dialogue about how the movie failed in its representation for all young women, and allowed for racism to be viewed as edgy and quirky when it was just plain racism from a largely white feminist writing team.

[@mayalynch7901]

i noticed that semi micro-aggression in juno as well. i love diablo cody, but it rubs me the wrong way how she mocked the asian protestors broken english

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

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[@roxassora2706]

​@@Lolo-rk4nsI agree. I love the movie but some of the lines are awful.

[@johnsilverman656]

You've just completely convinced me to watch this movie, I had always thought it was just sexy sexy time horror movie, and didn't need to see another movie about objectifying women... Honestly, i can't wait to watch it and see what I missed.

[@TheMcKenzieHaus]

It really is a good movie.

[@hciapetus1251]

Have you seen it yet? Lol. If so, what did you think?

[@johnsilverman656]

@@hciapetus1251 I loved it, it’s got some real substance. The marketing was a crime

[@hciapetus1251]

@@johnsilverman656 - Awesome! I’m glad you liked it. I almost didn’t see when it came out cause I didn’t like the marketing. But I love horror, and mentally slapped myself cause I know that marketing is often wrong with certain movies. It was definitely a great movie. I really liked how Jennifer was still the same person, but not really at the same time. It’s what I imagine how people change after being assaulted... without the possession of a succubus. Lol

[@shana2765]

Everyone on Earth owed Megan Fox an apology for how much we treated her.

[@horsepuncher95]

I remember when Jennifer's Body came out, I was one of the horny 17 year old boys that watched it literally to oggle at Megan Fox but was so pleasantly surprised went it turned out it was actually a fascinating comment on the intensity of the teenage girl friendships I was seeing around me in highshool at the time... such a misunderstood film, I knew that I just liked some films coz they were "hot" (looking at you Suckerpunch lol) but when I saw good old Roger Ebert also thought it was more profound than it seemed I knew my interpretation of the film wasn't just me being a pubescent hormon3 bomb.

[@LadyBloodyWrists]

Zach Snyder failed women terribly with Sucker Punch, no matter how many men on youtube try to "analize" it, it should have never been made, it ruined the careers of everyone in it but Oscar Isaac and Jon Hamm

[@Kawaiicarly]

I’m a girl and I love sucker punch 🤷‍♀️

[@jotr.9786]

I also watched it for Megan, and that it was a horror movie was a plus ... had low expectations but it was a pleasant surprise, especially the ritual "you know hard it is to be an indie ban?" unexpected sacrifice to the devil. lol

[@kiarah.371]

straight dudes just don't get it: a saga

[@Aster_Risk]

Yep. Because some things aren't made for them, darn it.

[@humblenepobaby]

I feel so bad for them. Not everything being made for them so sad :(

[@kennthy]

I'm a straight dude and I liked it. Also there are lgbt+ people that do'nt like the movie. People are individuals too, you know. So no need to talk trash about a specific group of people :)

[@oof-rr5nf]

@@kennthy thank you, i did NOT know people were individuals

[@plastictree7635]

oof “not..all straight bad.” Breaking News homophobia and sexism goes down 100% !!

[@dykagnosis]

thinkin bout that dude that was like "you expect me to believe a teenager would listen to kimya dawson?" like yeah dude, im 17 and traumatized, what ELSE would i listen to

[@protojager]

Weird Fact: Most of my favorite horror movies focus on very female forward stories and characters. Tamara is about a bullied girl coming back from the dead as some kind of siren/witch, Jennifer's Body is... well the video explained it, Ginger snaps is literally a direct 1:1 allegory for the bestial nature of womanhood and the macabre way it is discussed in society as if it's some kind of evil ritual, and The VVitch is about a young puritan girl who's whole family is killed after they abuse her for her burgeoning womanhood and makes a deal with satan to live a life of freedom and comfort.

[@loriisgorey]

I remember I begged my dad to buy this when it came out on DVD and proceeded to cart it around to all of the sleepovers I went to. I still have the same DVD copy - the iTunes code still worked after after a decade.

[@user-ye8zk8ku7s]

I genuinely didn’t know it wasn’t well received. Reading the synopsis, the cast, and the visuals were enough for me to say “this is a film that checks every box on my list” and I LOVED it and watched it multiple times throughout high school.

[@justk4929]

I always found Jennifer's body a fun and interesting film because I read it as an exploration of female sexuality through a horror lens, not as a way to exploit Megan Fox. It was cheesy and dumb but in such a way that I can't hate it, it's too interesting to hate it

[@valemmm9]

It's nice to imagine a scenario where michael bay isn't real

[@mitzircle232]

This movie is finally being seen in a *new perspective*.

[@tarinblanding1584]

Panic at the disco 😂😂😂

[@WhitneyDahlin]

So crazy I had no idea about this resurgence in popularity but I was at home alone one night two weeks ago (the day the music video with Megan Fox got trending on KZbin) and went searching for it online and watched it for the first time. My fiance told me he watched it in theaters and he hated the film and it wasn't good but I watched it and, tho I thought it would have been better as a vampire film instead of a succubus film (vampire is a parasite feeding off of others who then either die or become a parasite themselves the metaphor fits much better in that scenario), I really enjoyed it. It is so sad how Megan Fox got typecast so badly it made an entire good film fail because the marketing team couldn't see past her attractiveness. I legit feel bad for her. It must really hurt to have had everyone think you are nothing but pretty and tank anything that you do that reaches beyond that. I'm so happy that people are finally seeing her for the talented actress she is

[@kinamx]

jennifer's body is my fave movie and i have never cared what anyone has said about it. especially men.

[@TheJrockfreak]

I had always heard how bad Jenifer's body was but I loved it when I watched it, as a guy Megan eating guys was awesome.

[@Ash-yh5oy]

I definitely listened to Kimye Dawson when I was 16 lol. And the way teenagers speak in films and tv is always inaccurate. I prefer when they pick a style and stick to it over a show or movie trying for something that a middle aged dude thinks is realistic.

[@xangie8204]

your voice is extremely asmr & so pleasing to listen to. gr8 video, im def gonna watch jennifers body this year

[@millminn]

i can’t say anything other than thank you. FINALLY someone said it. this movie deserves the love it’s gotten in recent years 100%

[@Calpsotoma]

Kimya Dawson is great and I have no respect for anyone who doesn't have respect for her.

[@Aster_Risk]

Man. That guy didn't even treat her with basic human decency.

[@KaijaSchmauss]

Same. It's also incredibly insulting to say she isn't something a teenager would be listening to. I was listening to pop punk, David Bowie, and Queen when I was in high school because I was desperate to be different, but still cool. I completely buy that someone like Juno would be listening to Kimya Dawson.

[@zinaak4194]

And she is STILL an icon 💖

[@moonie3866]

Funny enough, the Juno soundtrack defined my early high school music taste. Love Kimya 💖

[@bela1825]

I used to listen to her throughout Middle school

[@jjessiiexe]

I was too young to watch this when it came out, however I knew about it because of the Panic! at the Disco song they made for it. I remember being shocked by how overtly sexual it’s trailer was and how I didn’t understand why Panic! would make a song for a film that is so overtly sex orientated (I clearly didn’t watch a lot of sex-orientated films to realise that this isn’t overt.) Upon further research and growing up, I can now obviously tell it was VERY wrongly marketed, but you already knew that lol. TLDR: my pre-tween self even recognised the strange marketing and the strange tone.

[@kraziiXIII]

I'm surprised you didn't mention that "New Perspective" is about getting someone to go down on you. That definitely was not an innocent song.

[@jjessiiexe]

elusive I’m gonna be honest I’ve never thought enough about the lyrics so I never realised it was about that 😱 thank you for enlightening me though lol. My young brain at the time of avidly listening to this song seems to have glossed over the “can we fast forward to go down on me” line 😂 I suppose the song does fit the marketing vibe although it’s not as blatant with it I suppose. I’m going to genius lyrics now lol.

[@camryndodd344]

I remember seeing trailers for this and not watching due to my age and the sexualization, but my older sister really loved it. I also knew from the Panic song but since I knew lying is the most fun a girl can have I wasn’t surprised it seemed on brand, I was just confused when my sister would talk about the movie and it seemed her connection with it was much deeper than just a movie about a hot evil girl and I always wondered what more there was to it

[@adagiobreeze8493]

I’m so happy Jennifer’s Body is finally getting recognition I just wish he same would happen the rest of Diablo Cody’s filmography: Young Adult, Paradise, Ricky and the Flash. She’s such a good writer but people but people dismiss her as “That Juno Lady”

[@paulkohler8868]

I remember the marketing of Jennifer's Body making me think, "this isn't for me". I guess I should rethink that and watch it sometime.

[@clairepaffey1727]

Seeing the clips of this film makes me so nostalgic for that time period; the Fall Out Boy posters on the wall and the fashion choices, etc. I didn't get to see the film when it first came out but saw it a few years later and really enjoyed it. It felt like it was made for the alternative teenage girl and I love it for that. And I feel really bad for Megan Fox, because it seems like people disregard her a lot and don't really give her a chance. She's seen as "the sexy girl" and it's assumed that's all she is. In this day and age, that's a very sad viewpoint to have of someone.

[@PhantomKing88]

I always felt Megan Fox was treated terribly in her day and I am happy to see her get her flowers. I am also happy that people find joy in this movie's tale of toxic female friendships and that they have bisexual representation in some sort. That being said, I will never think that Jennifer's Body is a good movie. The themes explored and the concepts are interesting, but the execution of its story was severely lacking.

[@TheeFinalBoi]

Another fantastic video essay. great job! I was screaming at "The Great Gay Reappraisal" cos wow how accurate lmaoooo

[@carsonbailie]

Really loved this essay! As someone that fell into the “Dissapointed Young Boy That Only Wanted Hot Girl Movie” club, I’ve come to appreciate this movie so much more now that I’m older. That interview between Fox and Cody got me to rewatch it a few weeks back and it’s really such a fun film that is so bonkers yet so confident in what it wants to be.

[@ryuman757]

Being a guy, I always thought the movie was marketed to be some kind of sexy slasher-type movie, and always came out confused but entertained whenever I saw the movie at my friend's house. Like I thought it was a lame slasher movie, but it had a great story/theme, and was still enjoyable, and it just never made any sense. But now I can see why the couple people I know praise this feel so strongly about it as a whole, since I simply didn't understand the movie (now I need to re-watch it). Now I feel bad for thinking Meghan was continuing from her role in Transformers by being a "sex icon" in movies, but didn't realize that Transformers suckered her into that position, and a lot of us were just blind to see her for who she was after that....

[@Avemarieantoinette]

I remember seeing this movie in high school and there only being 4 people in the theater. They being my dad, sister, best friend and I. I happy I got to be on the ground floor, it’s nice when success comes to those that were overlooked.

[@rachellawrence4390]

loved this analysis as well as your other videos! you have a really good aesthetic and all of them are so fun to watch

[@protonmonkey]

I've never clicked on a notification so fast, thank you for your hard work

[@treegerl]

Wow thank you so much for this much needed, honest and thoughtful review. In complete honesty, when the trailers for JB first came out several years ago, I was intrigued but ultimately decided not to watch the movie at all because I figured it would just be a another raunchy, overly sexualized film about Megan Fox's hotness (cough cough Transformers). Because of the trailers, I didn't see this film! And not long after the release of this film, it's almost like hollywood completely forgot about Megan Fox. I'm going to watch this movie, now that I know who the intended audience was and the REAL plot of the film; not the fake plot the trailers tried to push onto the public. I also want to start a campaign to bring Megan Fox back to Hollywood. She deserved so much better. Imagine being a female actress with a no nudity clause and just wanting to do your job and act, and still, men in Hollywood just want to sexualize you. That's all they can see. They really did this woman wrong on so many levels! And while we're at it, Michael Bay is utter trash.

[@KittySnicker]

Good analysis! As a straight woman, when the trailers for this movie came out, I did feel like it wasn’t for me because it appeared that the main purpose was for Megan Fox to titillate the audience. So I didn’t watch it. By contrast, I immediately saw Mean Girls with my then best friend when it came out in theaters. I love Mean Girls to this day. I would go ahead and give Jennifer’s Body a chance now but I’m not big on horror movies anyway.

[@ShiningEternity]

Ever since your Skins video (Never even saw the damn show), I just keep coming back again and again.

[@Aster_Risk]

Watch the U.K. version! You'll be so happy you did.

[@TheVargr]

I was in my first year of Uni when Jennifers Body was coming out and posters of it were given out and hanging in every mans dorm flats. The posters were beingput up as Megan Fox who was hot, (and the poster design played on that) but I doubt many of us every actually watched it. I did eventually myself a couple of years later and was surprised that it was a better film than expected (and much less about sex appeal).

[@oily.4608]

I watched this film (as well as Juno) when they came out when I was young. Even at 9, I felt there was a similar chemistry between Needy and Jennifer that you would find in a heteronormative high school flick. My mother hated it but like then, I love the movie.

[@_JD_Heart_]

Watching this two years later I just remembered that Elliott Page wasn’t a Cis guy-

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Soooo my question is.. how can they have a job in marketing, when they suck so bad at their ONE JOB? Loved the video, agree 100%

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"16 year olds dont listen to kimya dawson!" tell that to 16 year old me.