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Copernicus violates JENNIFER'S BODY at the 1st round of Midnite Madness at Toronto's International Film Festival!

Published at:  Sep 11, 2009 4:06:07 AM CDT

Hey folks, Harry here with the first report from this year's TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - and it comes via Copernicus! Our faithful festival astronomer! And boy did he pick a film we're all dying to see - ever since those awesome images of Megan on that dock. Sigh. How many wonderful nights did you spend studying those pics to figure out what was going on with the no nipples thing? Now we have a movie. Here's Copernicus...




At tonight's Midnight Madness screening, I actually saw a teen, scream into her phone, "OMG I was standing right next to Megan Fox!!!" This
teen was apparently just there to do that -- she didn't stay for the movie. And there was much celebrating the presence of Diablo Cody,
Oscar winner, gracing us with her presence at a genre midnight screening. I have never seen so many flashbulbs at a Toronto Midnight Madness screening. Seriously though, calm the fuck down, people.

Citizen Kane this ain't. It isn't even HALLOWEEN. Maybe the closest comparison is a good episode of BUFFY, or movie-wise, maybe THE
FACULTY (ouch!). While I was in the minority liking THE FACULTY at the time, Harry's Oscar-worthy performance aside, I wouldn't exactly
call it timeless. JENNIFER'S BODY is entertaining, watchable, and at times great. But as a whole it fails to resonate. If you are a horror geek, Diablo Cody-obsessed, or are 14-18, rush right out and see it. Otherwise, catch it on DVD. Or cellphone, or however the Diablo Cody demographic watches movies.

The Buffyesque premise is that the hottest girl in school is not just surface-cunty, but demon to the core. A literal man-eater. She doesn't start out that way, but the reason she ends up there is one of the more clever bits of the script, so I won't spoil it. She alternates between fucked-up demon behavior and normal bitchy teen behavior, confounding her BFF Needy (Amanda Seyfried). Needy for some reason thinks her friend chucking up spiky black demon juice is weird, but overlookable. So is her eating a significant fraction of the cast. That is, until she picks on Needy's boyfriend, Chip (Johnny Simmons), at which point a supernatural bitch fight ensues.

I know there's a huge Megan Fox backlash right now, i.e. she's a tool of Michael Bay and all, but nobody but Michael Bay deserves the blame for the utter disasters of the Transformers movies. Sure she's overhyped as the second coming of Angelina, but it isn't all her fault. She does a good job in this. And who knew she looks even better as the undead than she does with the Michael Bay-mandated shoe leather tan? But as good as she is, Amanda Seyfried and Johnny Simmons are the real stars. Their parts may not be as juicy, but they play them with as much nuance as you can get away with in a horror movie. As Needy, Seyfried has to cover a huge range, from nerdy, needy friend, to loving girlfriend (yes!), jailhouse punk (oh yes!), and lesbian lover (hell yes!). Somehow, she manages to do it with subtlety, no mean feat amidst the demons and Diablospeak. In contrast, Johnny Simmons has the one dimenstional "loving boyfriend" Michael Cera role here, but he just has such natural charisma that he
is automatically compelling.

Much like in the Buffyverse, JUNO fans won't be surprised that in the Codyverse teens talk in stylized, snarky banter before slaying their friends. If I'm giving Diablo Cody a hard time, maybe it is because I expect a lot from her. I'm on record as loving JUNO. And she does produce some truly great lines here -- lines that will be added to pop culture, and quoted for decades. But this comes at a price -- some of the teenspeak and references are just so "of the moment" that the movie will seem horribly dated in just a few years. And it is so laser-focused on the teen demographic that it is in danger of annoying alienating everyone else. In fact, at the Q&A, Megan Fox said that when Diablo Cody was not around, she sometimes asked the director, "What the fuck does this mean?" And the director, Karyn Kusama would reply, "I don't know!" But they shot it anyway, and it mostly works.
Megan Fox said she's only now getting some of the lines, months later.

Finally a few words on Karyn Kusama. She's no slouch -- there are some nice touches here, including a well-executed burning bar scene, and a memorable hovering-chick-fight above a bed. And the soundtrack is great -- anyone who puts a Black Kids song into a movie is a goddam genius in my book. But she bungles a few opportunities. The Megan Fox coming out of the lake scene is horribly disappointing. As we learned from SNAKES ON A PLANE, one sure recipe for failure is to have the internet fantasy of the scene dwarf the reality of it. The internet isn't just this wacky teenspeak thing from Diablo Cody's dialog.

With geysers of blood, hot, hot lesbian kissing and fighting. and some the best horror dialog ever, there's plenty to see here. If it didn't
have so much teen pandering this might have been a movie I could love.




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    Readers Talkback

  • Sep 11, 2009 4:07:17 AM CDT

    Much as the idea of Amanda Seyfired kissing a girl

    by mr. zeddemore

    is tempting, I read the script. It doesn't fit in ANYWHERE. So while it will be hot, it's also going to ruin the credibility of the film. But oh well.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 4:09:05 AM CDT

    Ugh... and FIRST?

    by spectrebeeyatch

    Didn't know this movie was so "trendy". Could be kind of funny but come on. This will make or break Fox though. If this tanks her next flick will need to be huge again. I might check this out but over all it seems pretty "meh" right now.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 4:14:13 AM CDT

    BIG LOB

    by gibsonusa returns

    This is not his scene.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 4:22:31 AM CDT

    I see no mention of nudity.

    by tonagan

    That's worrisome.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 4:23:03 AM CDT

    Lines quoted for decades?

    by djamdjean

    I think not.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 4:23:38 AM CDT

    Yeah

    by mr. zeddemore

    I don't think people are still quoting Juno, and that was what... a few years back?

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  • Sep 11, 2009 4:25:59 AM CDT

    Sadly, I will have to see this...

    by marxeffect

    Just for the hot, hot female rug munching! you cant go wrong!!

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  • Sep 11, 2009 4:26:36 AM CDT

    MIchael Cera for THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO movie!

    by zombieheathledger

    Inspired casting. And Charlie Sheen as the FBI agent mentor guy.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 4:30:45 AM CDT

    Diablo Cody's writing is even more self-aware than Tarantino's

    by zombieheathledger

    which is really saying something. I was really surprised she won the Oscar. I thought Juno was clever but I thought the Scream movies kinda played out that whole 'we are commenting on our dialogue as we say it' thing. Meta sarcasm for two hours gets old quick.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 4:31:55 AM CDT

    Dunno..

    by lastofthev8interceptors

    .. I'm on the fence. Although I kind of feel obligated to Diablo for having a character acknowledge the genius of Herschell Gordon Lewis.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 4:40:50 AM CDT

    Seyfried will last, Cody will fade, Fox will...

    by sighborg

    Amanda Seyried will eventually become a huge star, critically and commercially.
    Diablo Cody will write for television. She already writes for Entertainment Weekly.
    Megan Fox, I always underestimate.
    But the Vegas odds should be on Seyfried for the long run.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 4:42:07 AM CDT

    I'm getting Kevin Williamsom flashbacks..

    by sonnyfern

    And we all know how that turned out...

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  • Sep 11, 2009 4:57:08 AM CDT

    no subject

    by cobra--kai

    The dojo will not pay to see this.
    Can't rule out a sneaky wank over it in a few years time though when it's playing on TV.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 5:04:35 AM CDT

    no subject

    by cobra--kai

    "she does produce some truly great lines here -- lines that will be added to pop culture, and quoted for decades. But this comes at a price -- some of the teenspeak and references are just so "of the moment" that the movie will seem horribly dated in just a few years"
    Um.. so what you're saying is that 'horribly dated' lines from this movie are going to be quoted for 'decades'. Fuck. Someone better stop this thing before it hits our screens or we're all in trouble.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 5:34:53 AM CDT

    The only thinkg that will be dated...

    by dj_bollocks

    ... is Jennifer's Boobies... There I said it - the only reason that most males will be seeing this flick...

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  • Sep 11, 2009 5:46:52 AM CDT

    Megan Fox is a dope...

    by karl childers

    now pass up Playboy and go directly to Penthouse so we can really see what's doin'!

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  • Sep 11, 2009 5:49:21 AM CDT

    Guys: if you want porn, just watch porn!

    by mr gorilla

    If you want horror, then - clearly - move along.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 6:01:18 AM CDT

    This movie requires too much prerequisites to be interesting

    by notveryfunny

    "If you are a horror geek, Diablo Cody-obsessed, or are 14-18, rush right out and see it".

    Nah... not worth it.

    And I don't find Megan Fox even remotely attractive. There's something off about her. Every one of her "sexy features" is one step away from being sexy. Maybe if her eyes were less blue, her boobs bigger and her general look a bit less stupid... but then they're not.

    So fuck this movie.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 6:41:35 AM CDT

    I Think You're Probably Wrong

    by cowboyone

    I read the script and it's great fun. This film reminds me of the super-fun horror movies of the eighties, like Lost Boys and Fright Night. I think the film will do boffo box-office with teens and adults. Diablo's got the goods, and Fox is, well ... a fox.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 6:44:38 AM CDT

    Megan Fox needs just one serious role.

    by i hope you die

    Then she can be the second coming of Angelina Jolie. After all, when somebody points out Angelina's output is some of the worst crap ever put on the big screen, people point to Gia as if that's enough to make up for a lifetime of cringeworthy acting and terrible accents. Megan Fox just needs to make a movie where she plays a coked-up lesbian slut who gets naked all the time. Problem solved.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 6:45:11 AM CDT

    funny

    by manofsteel71

    see above..."the utter disasters of the Transformers movies.."...these quotes kill me...I haven't seen part 2 but a movie that has grossed over 400 mil could hardly be called a disaster...then again I thought Titanic sucked turtle taint and look how much money it made.

    Reply to Talkback

  • bastards.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Sep 11, 2009 7:19:25 AM CDT

    manofsteel71

    by monkey butler

    Without having seen Transformers 2 it's impossible to understand just how fucking terrible it is.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 7:23:13 AM CDT

    Cobra Kai

    by tomdolan04

    Spot on, the contradiction between 'lines that will be quoted for years' and 'this movie is full of 'of the moment' dialogue stands out a fair bit.

    Actresses like Angelina paid there dues by appearing in solid dramatic and low key roles (as well as trashy exploitative bits) for years gradually before becoming the A-lister she is now. The backlash again Fox is she's done sod all within her profession to earn the fame shes got bar having boobies. GREAT! As Mr Gorilla says, just watch porn if you want thrills.

    Equally it's the same with peeps like Shia who are EVERYWHERE yet ask someone to name their 'favourite' shia flick and people would be hard pressed to get passionate about his films. It's not bitterness - it's just as a moviegoer you want to root and see succeed the people who earn your respect and impress you slowly, not because they get cast since the press and hollywood merry-go-round declare them 'the next bright young thing'.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 7:27:19 AM CDT

    THE FACULTY!? How does it compare to GINGER SNAPS!?

    by irc-hollywood

    inquisitive minds wonder?

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  • Sep 11, 2009 7:35:29 AM CDT

    monkey butler

    by manofsteel71

    I'm gonna wait for Blu-Ray and watch it at home...after downing a 12 pack...will that dull the suckage...??

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  • Sep 11, 2009 7:38:40 AM CDT

    Thank you, NotVeryFunny

    by bah

    I thought I was the only one.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 7:46:14 AM CDT

    I refuse

    by daggor

    to believe that Megan Fox is actually that watchable. Average looks, top-shelf implants, and nothing else.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 7:53:20 AM CDT

    If a "Diablo Cody" fan thinks some of the lines are a bit much..

    by rainbowtrout1265

    then the average moviegoer will really hate the writing.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 8:07:57 AM CDT

    NO MEGAN FOX NUDITY = NO REASON TO SEE THIS SHIT!!!

    by carlthormark1978

    Megan has recently stated that she won’t be doing nudity (until she tries to get an Oscar at least) which means that there is no reason to see this shit when I have my copy of Hello Mary Lou Prom Night 2 (with ample full frontal goodness from the lovely Wendy Lyons) and I seriously doubt that this drivel, written by that over rated hack Cody, could be anything but sub-standard, otherwise it wouldn’t have been sitting on the shelf for the last year and a half. Besides, there are plenty of other, much more hotter, women in free porn on the net, so why pay $10 to see a deadeyed zombie fuckdoll like Megan Fox?

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  • Sep 11, 2009 8:08:46 AM CDT

    LOL @ ALL YOU LOSERS

    by giant_dick_bag_filled_with_taco_meat

    Saying you don't think Megan Fox is hot. Sharp knees right? Please, she wouldn't give you cheese-dicks a second look and if by some miracle she wanted to bang you don't for a second say you wouldn't kill your dog to do so.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 8:13:43 AM CDT

    Not only would Megan Fox not give me a 2nd look...

    by rev_skarekroe

    ...Diablo Cody wouldn't give me a second look. Which sucks because, as hot as Megan Fox is, I'd actually prefer Diablo.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 8:17:27 AM CDT

    I heard the screams from inside the theatre...

    by hippolyta

    I saw Antichrist before Jennifer's Body and while Willem Defoe was doing the Q&A we heard the screams and he had to stop and say "wow." Seriously, that shit was crazy.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 8:23:29 AM CDT

    Giant_Dick_Bag_Filled_With_Taco_ Meat, FOX IS GENERIC.....

    by carlthormark1978

    Would I like to fuck her? Of course and there is no denying that most of us here would KILL baby Jesus for the chance to stab her baby wallet with our fuckmeat. But that doesn’t mean that she has either the charisma or acting chops to make me want to see her in anything other than a donkey show. Go to any porn website and you’ll find DOZENS of women that are as hot, if not hotter, then Megan Fox, not to mention that they show just about the same acting range while taking 500 cocks in a bukkake gangbang. Hotness isn’t the factor, it’s her ability to emote, and from the evidence she isn’t fit to star in a snuff movie.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 8:27:52 AM CDT

    Diablo Cody, Oscar winner

    by series7

    And you wonder why the rest of the world hates America.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 8:55:58 AM CDT

    What the hell is that new Harry animation?

    by nasty in the pasty

    And Megan Fox is fucking gross, just like Angelina Jolie is fucking gross. Take a shower...!

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  • Sep 11, 2009 9:04:05 AM CDT

    I've heard that....

    by righteousbrother

    you can see movies of girls kissing on the internet if you know where to look.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 9:04:17 AM CDT

    Movies like this will be the death of Midnight Madness

    by garbageman33

    Midnight movies started as things like El Topo, Pink Flamingoes and, of course, Rocky Horror. Low budget, preferably bad movies that somehow developed a cult following, strictly by word of mouth. Playing something like Jennifer's Body, with its multi million dollar ad budget and legion of screaming teenage fans who haven't even seen it yet betrays everything John Waters stood for. I'd much rather see things like The Loved Ones, described as an Australian cross between Pretty in Pink and Misery or Symbol, the latest from the guys who did Big Man Japan. Not this pre-sold Hollywood bullshit. Come on, Colin Geddes, you're better than this.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 9:07:36 AM CDT

    I think its the Time Tunnel

    by ominus

  • Sep 11, 2009 9:14:50 AM CDT

    Megan Fox is super hot but i dont believe

    by ominus

    she has any kind of talent as an actress.not that she is bad at what she does right now,but i dont think she can manage more demanding roles,despite how hard she will work.
    Jolie on the other hand,showed even from earlier roles that she is indeed a talented actress,and she was clever enough to take on more difficult movies,to show what she is capable of.
    in the end of the day,fox is just another pretty face who at the age of 35+,will be playing only in tvseries.remember denise richards?

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  • Sep 11, 2009 9:31:52 AM CDT

    CarlThorMark1978

    by giant_dick_bag_filled_with_taco_meat

    I never said she was a good actress =)

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  • HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA ROTFLMAO until I puke.

    Was Megan Fox blond at one point? Did she fail out of the Tara Reid school of applied logic? Can we assume this means her Mensa application was rejected?

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  • Sep 11, 2009 9:39:42 AM CDT

    Actresses that are young, hot and can actually act?

    by garbageman33

    You can probably count them on one hand. I'd say Mila Kunis, Keira Knightley (a little shaky on the acting), Rachel McAdams (a bit shaky on the hotness), Rachel Weisz (not that young) and maybe Amanda Seyfried, who I'm anxious to see in a movie called Chloe in which she plays a high-class escort.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 9:46:43 AM CDT

    Funny...

    by red ned lynch

    ...that the reviewer mentioned The Faculty. That was the movie we were using as the over/under for Jennifer's Body when we were talking about it at work.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 9:51:44 AM CDT

    Amanda Seyfried getting starring roles

    by series7

    While Lacey 'I give them handjobs' Chabert is stuck doing crappy McConaughey movies. And you wonder why the rest of the world hates America.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 9:55:30 AM CDT

    new Harry animation???

    by series7

    Is that Land Of the Lost? See no one outside of Harry even saw that movie so we wouldn't know.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 9:57:52 AM CDT

    because I expect a lot from her???

    by series7

  • Sep 11, 2009 9:58:45 AM CDT

    Anoyone else pre order the $1,199.99

    by series7

    Avatar sideshow yet? Better hurry up I hear they are GOING fast!

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  • Sep 11, 2009 10:00:17 AM CDT

    Stephen Lang from unknown character actor

    by series7

    To guy scraped by Blue alien and most expensive toy ever.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 10:02:15 AM CDT

    quoted for decades?

    by series7

    Who still quotes Juno? Who's even watched Juno in the past year (save for the people that missed the greatest cinematic achievement known to man while it was in theaters and in 3-D)?

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  • Really? I don't think walking into the nearest indie music store and asking for a mix tape of the top ten cds that month constitutes a level of genius. Though I hope they say HEY HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE BLACK KIDS! In the movie. I love it when they do that, because back before we actually had to buy the soundtrack and figure out who the fuck a certain band was that we liked, they didn't have to do that. Now that kids have IMDB which list every song in every movie we should tell them the fucking music in the movie. Sorry I just saw Sugar last night and I was really liking it, and it was ultimately very good, but they did that shit and pissed me off. Like in Garden State.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 10:08:36 AM CDT

    This just in....

    by series7

    Megan Fox to play Tara Reid in upcoming bio movie.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 10:50:11 AM CDT

    Neomaxizoondweebie says what?

    by lagomorph

    Let's look back at John Hughes movies and cut Diablo a break. It seems pretty clear that her teenspeak banter will not date her work so much as timecapsule it.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 10:52:55 AM CDT

    Megan Fox

    by asimovlives

    She proved without a shadow of a doubt to the world she can't act in the movie How To Lose Friends And Alienate People. And she was even playing a fictional version of herself. She is all plastic looks, Michael Bay's cum and no talent. There's far better women out there, in every department.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 11:04:05 AM CDT

    Remember clueless?

    by powerring

    Alicia Silverstone, Megan Fox, Tara Reid, Lindsey Lohan, Jessica Simpson, Nicole Ritchie and Paris Hilton. would be a spot on cast. Except this could be called: Clueless III: completely vapid.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 11:19:59 AM CDT

    Honest to blog, what about Diablo Cody's patented

    by aliendragqueen

    annoying teen talk in this movie? What of it?

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  • Sep 11, 2009 11:26:32 AM CDT

    We're all dying to see this?

    by solanine

    I'm sorry, what planet is this? We're all dying to see a movie featuring a lead who can't act, a plot that's ridiculously stupid, and dialog from the same person that produced one of the most gratingly annoying characters in recent history in Juno. Yeah, can't fuckin wait. No tits, no care. Even if there were tits, I wouldn't care. I'd just wait a few months until they ended up on the Internet. This movie has reeked of garbage since it was first announced, it's honestly kind of surprising how much anticipation there is around it. Take away Fox and the oh-so-hip dialog, and this movie is DTV. What would the Melvins say?

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  • Sep 11, 2009 11:28:40 AM CDT

    Lesbian

    by thatpussywonteatitself

    That one word is enough for me. I am seeeing it. Who gives a shit if the movie sucks ass.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 11:29:24 AM CDT

    from someone who actually SAW the movie

    by mrgreentheplant

    last summer at a test screening, i can say that megan fox is actually GOOD in this movie. is it because she is playing a character almost exactly like herself? perhaps, but she is miles ahead of the shitty late 90's horror actresses I grew up with (neve campbell/jennifer love hewitt/jessica alba in idle hands etc.) it is the writing that fails to keep this movie from being good, rather than passable. and yes, juno drove me crazy too. also, between when i saw it and now it seems that they've added a shot of fox looking at her ass in the mirror, so that shows you what they think we want.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 11:42:02 AM CDT

    thatpussywonteatitself

    by solanine

    Or you could save ten dollars, type in "lesbian" in Google and have the same with actual nudity instantly! Gotta love the Internet! But seriously though, do people actually go see movies just because they wanna see two famous girls kiss for three seconds?

    And we wonder why the rest of the world hates America.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 11:46:39 AM CDT

    New Harry animation is DEFINITELY Land of the Lost

    by d.vader

    Its the moment from between seasons (2 and 3 maybe?) where they had to write out the dad character bc they didn't want to pay him more money or something. So they had a stuntman wear a wig and stand in front of the "portal", then get sucked in all twirly style. I was watching SciFi Channel's marathon of the show the weekend the movie came out, and I came across this episode and was dumbfounded. You can read all about it at Land of the Lost's wikipedia page. To replace the dad, they had the kids' uncle appear in the Land of the Lost- he went searching for his brother and nephew and niece and fell into the same portal as they did.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 11:58:24 AM CDT

    I'll see it, but...

    by the_juicy_box_of_megan_fox

    I hate "Juno" with a passion, but I'll probably end up seeing this anyway -- even though I know the dialog will rape my ears and not call me the next day.

    As for Megan Fox ... well, I think she'll last another few years before some other pretty young thing steps in to replace her ... and then I'll have to change my kickass user name.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 12:47:52 PM CDT

    SciFi Channel's marathon

    by series7

    Why didn't you tell me DV? Asshole.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 12:55:48 PM CDT

    I wasn't home during the marathon, Series

    by d.vader

    I was housesitting somewhere else I believe and didn't have much access to the interwebs. Or maybe I DID tell all you guys and you were too busy ignoring me to see I was giving you vital information, asshole!

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  • Sep 11, 2009 1:16:48 PM CDT

    Spolier: Megan Fox breastial region

    by powerring

    NSFW... but this is the only redeeming value of the project.
    http://www.fatbackmedia.com/nsfw/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/megan-fox-nude-3.jpg

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  • Sep 11, 2009 1:30:30 PM CDT

    diabolo cody

    by mynemaborat

    dont know why people expect alot from her?? juno sucked balls, i said it then and i say it now... it was just stupid, i hate cody dialogue. it was just the little movie that could, that everyone got behind for some reason or another. and unfortuneately i think cody bought into it and thinks shes rather talented

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  • Sep 11, 2009 2:24:45 PM CDT

    You know what would be really scary though?

    by fiester

    Megan Fox coming at you with that toethumb. Rawr! Toooooooooethumb! Comin' atcha! Run!

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  • Sep 11, 2009 3:39:54 PM CDT

    Saw her on Jimmy Kimmel

    by macready452

    Can she really draw? Is she really a fan of J. Scott Campbell? Might be more to the girl than just looks, but who give a fuck I wanna fill her mouth. Diablo Cody's writing is covered in the tears of shame from countless lap dances. Quote that for years.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 4:04:59 PM CDT

    Waiitng for this one to bomb.

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Sep 11, 2009 4:16:51 PM CDT

    Jennifer dies in the intro, the boyfriend dies at the end.

    by grievey

    There. I just saved you two long, boobless hours.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 4:47:29 PM CDT

    Wow...

    by midgarddragon

    That's an awful lot of whiny bullshit directed at wholly undeserving and far more successful individuals just to say, "The movie's good not great." This review is a product of the hateful culture this generation has created via their internet trolling, sadly. Next time review the movie and leave the hopeless bashing of anything and everything totally unrelated to the film out of it. Lest you sound like a douchebag (again).

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  • Sep 11, 2009 5:10:42 PM CDT

    0%

    by barrock

    On Rottentomatoes.com

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  • Sep 11, 2009 6:07:02 PM CDT

    midgarddragon

    by mynemaborat

    what are you diabolo cody? what a pathetic post. the guy was expressing what he liked and disliked about the film... you want a five word review? hopeless bashing of anything and everything totally unrelated to the film?? umm did u read the review? what the hell are you talking about?

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  • Sep 11, 2009 6:35:47 PM CDT

    The problem with Megan Fox...

    by immortal_fish

    ...is that her looks vary widely from one photo shoot to the next. She didn't even look the same in TINO1 compared to TINO2. Hence, she's only as attractive as her makeup artist makes her out to be, which varies by the skill of the makeup artist working on her at the time.I wonder what she REALLY looks like.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 6:56:07 PM CDT

    The movie feels to me...

    by cheyne_stoking_dms

    to be the equivalence of a total stranger who lives in the Middle East. Chances are I'll never see them but I don't wish them any harm. Good day sirs.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 6:58:18 PM CDT

    As for the little pussy Fox you speak of...

    by cheyne_stoking_dms

    She's a fuckable cunt. No doubt. To pay $10.00 to see a flick because an attractive woman stars in it? The day I pull that move is the same day I'm hanging myself from my garage door. Now for the real good day. Good day.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 7:35:43 PM CDT

    I will go to see it

    by messyjoe

    I am no teenager but I will go to see this film, and hope the dialogue is not over my head. Megan is worth it. I still say the haters are mostly those who envy because they can't have.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 8:40:07 PM CDT

    Megan Fox is dirty nasty filthy...

    by mel_gibsons_nazi_dad

    I want to lick her asshole.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 10:00:32 PM CDT

    This time around...

    by mrpoop

    A Sports Illustrated Football Phone. And the Purple stuff instead of Sunny Delight.

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  • Sep 11, 2009 10:53:54 PM CDT

    I also see no mention of nudity...

    by the_ritty

  • Sep 11, 2009 11:03:46 PM CDT

    Diablo Cody hate

    by felwithe

    I don't get it. Look at the incredible slew of awful movies we have to deal with every year, especially horror movies. I'm not particularly a fan of Juno, but if a horror movie manages to be even mildly interesting, we should all be jumping up and down with joy.

    Eat it, dipshit haters. If it's good you know you're only gonna be that more pissed off, and I have a feeling it's going to be. Maybe not great but it has the feel of a good one.

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  • Diablo Cody can give a good lap dance and knock out a screenplay strong enough to win an Oscar and the Writers Guild of America's top trophy? How many of us will ever be able to do ANY of these things, let alone all of them?

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  • Sep 12, 2009 12:27:18 AM CDT

    AND she writes for EW! Holy Shit!

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Sep 12, 2009 12:29:05 AM CDT

    I really don't care if this movie is even good.

    by cotton mcknight

    I am going to see it anyway. I MUST see it. It's like some kind of weird beacon that is calling me to see it. I can't describe it any better than that.

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  • Sep 12, 2009 2:05:36 AM CDT

    Mark "megan" Fox looked good eh?

    by xiphos_2

    He/she has got her Trannyformation down pat. Good for him/her.

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  • I'm pretty sure all those fag holes got a lap dance from that sac of meat, which is probably closer to a women then they've ever been. So they felt obligated to. And why would I want to win an Oscar and be in the same category as Crash? I'm not raciest nor am I a awful movie. With that said, I say they institute the five year role where the Academy reviews the best Oscar after five years to see if it can still stand.

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  • Sep 12, 2009 2:08:58 AM CDT

    felwithe

    by series7

    Bunch of terrible horror movies? Maybe if you got out of the AMC/Regal cinema from time to time and looked into foreign and low budget films you'd find that horror is a live and well. Sorry that you hold your self restrained to the top ten.

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  • Sep 12, 2009 2:24:01 AM CDT

    The Pamela Anderson syndrome

    by thegreatwhatzit

    Fox addresses questions about sex and tattoos; but acting? C'mon, she jiggled through a couple of TRANSFORMERS movies...not exactly histrionic experience. Pamela Anderson's movie vehicle, BARB WIRE, was supposed to be huge, what with her visibility on mag covers and breathless TV interviews--but the film fizzled and died on its opening weekend (the tire tracks still show). Total bomb. Fox may draw a cult audience but the mainstream will pass. Hope she develops a more secure future than Pam (who'll flash anybody for a press leak).

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  • Sep 12, 2009 3:23:57 AM CDT

    Why we 'hate" Diablo Cody

    by continentalop

    Sure we might be unfair to her, and be extreme in our anger, but she and Hollywood are unfair to us as well. Who made this girl the new great artist and spokes woman of our generation? She has written one script that got made into a movie, it was a fun little movie that somehow got elevated it into this phenomenon and labeled a great movie. Great movie? It isn't American Beauty (also overrated in my opinion), and it sure as hell isn't Annie Hall or even Fast Times at Ridgemont High (a much superior movie and vastly under-appreciated). Juno is all about wit and style, and very little substance or depth. Fucking ending of the Last American Virgin had more pathos and emotion IMO.
    So sorry if there is a backlash against her, but it is to be expected. You can't pull a Pia Zadora and claim she is the new big thing without first checking in with the film fans. She can still win us over, but don't expect us to be there cheering you along - you have to earn it.

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  • Sep 12, 2009 4:19:17 AM CDT

    The difference between hype and earning

    by asimovlives

    Filmmakers like Diablo Cody (and Jatr Jar Abrams) is that it seems they got to be known because they are constnatly hyped, Even if they had produced quality work, it gets drown in the middle of the hype and the media hoolahop. The merits became secondary to the media circus around them. and that will lead to backlash because, frankly, you can'y please everybody all the time, and not everybody will eat it up, and those who don't tend to be quite upset for being manipulated. Which all hype is, it's manipulation on a mass scale. Those who resent the manipualtion, and don't see the hype matching the work, they willbe vocal, they will be harsh, they will be the spearheads agasint the hyped filmmakers.What many people feel about Diablo cody is like what i feel about Jar Jar Abrams, an irritation for an over-hyped filmmaker whose hype doesn't match their achievements.

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  • Sep 12, 2009 6:09:47 AM CDT

    Conti - Damn straight!

    by spud mcspud

    Damn straight, brother! Diablo Cody is to scriptwriting what Shia LeBouef is to acting - an inexplicably meh artist who has one way of doing things (Cody's smartarse dialogue, Shia's fast-talking smart-ass "NONONONONONONONONONONONO!!!") and both seem to either have REALLY impressive contacts on the inside, which helps them to have stratospheric careers without even bothering to have to hone any "talent" they supposedly possess...

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  • Sep 12, 2009 6:18:59 AM CDT

    Series7 - Namedropping songs and/or bands

    by spud mcspud

    The only time this has EVER been done with any style or greatness is in HIGH FIDELITY:

    Cusack: "I will now sell five copies of 'The Three EPs' by The Beta Band".

    And yes, had I been in a record store (instead of a cinema) when I first heard that song, I would have bought it. Last time that happened to me, I heard "Intervention" by Arcade Fire in a local HMV - and ended up with a copy of NEON BIBLE...

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  • Sep 12, 2009 6:46:20 AM CDT

    Spud, I wouldn't say she has no talent

    by continentalop

    I would say she really hasn't proved it yet. She has created two things, Juno and The United States of Tara, and sorry, but neither one has blown me away. In fact, Tara is really getting only luke warm reaction, despite being backed by Spielberg and having stellar talent involved.
    Maybe something in the future will prove us wrong, but don't until then don't be waving her in our faces like she is the next Robert Towne or William Goldman.

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  • Sep 12, 2009 7:16:49 AM CDT

    Scathing review of the film

    by garbageman33

    (from james berardinelli of reelviews) Before concluding today's update, I want to say a few words about what is easily the worst film I have seen over the course of the last few Toronto film festivals: Jennifer's Body. Rather than regurgitating large portions of the review, which will be available in a few days, let me tease it by saying there is no excuse for something this badly made to be accepted by any festival, even if it is part of the Midnight Madness category. The movie is a poor excuse for horror, teen angst, and comedy. The filmmakers don't understand horror and it shows in every frame. Star Megan Fox proves that Michael Bay understood her limitations when he elected to use her exclusively as eye candy. And, when it comes to exploitation elements, the movie doesn't skimp on the gore, but is a PG-13 with T&A. Those expecting another quirky, witty screenplay from Diablo Cody are in for an unpleasant surprise. Even an untrained ear will pick up Cody's strained attempts to re-create what worked in Juno. If I wanted to find something to praise about Jennifer's Body, it would be the acting of Amanda Seyfried, who comes across unscathed, which seems virtually impossible considering the way everything around her is imploding. I'm hoping for something more worthy of her talents early next week with Chloe. And it's not just me who hates this film. I have spoken to a couple of horror experts about Jennifer's Body, and their loathing of it may exceed mine.

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  • Sep 12, 2009 3:36:23 PM CDT

    "I'm on record as loving JUNO" = REVIEW FAIL

    by dickballsworth

    For every DISTRICT 9 there are twenty JENNIFER'S BODY's.

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  • Sep 12, 2009 9:49:16 PM CDT

    RT's meter jumped up to 13%!

    by barrock

    The fresh review is the following.....The film itself isn't that great ... [but] underneath all of the stuff that doesn't quite work is a film about teenage girl best friends that is spectacular.

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  • Sep 16, 2009 12:55:24 PM CDT

    I checked out Body at TIFF

    by domingug

    See my review at: www.youtube.com/gabndad

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