5 things about the first Jennifer’s Body review (AICN)

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.

Jennifer’s Body at the 1st round of Midnite Madness at Toronto’s International Film Festival – via Ain’t It Cool News

1. Seems the Buffy/Whedon comparisons were well founded. And like any zeitgeisty pop-culture reference, Cody’s “snarky” (shudder) on-the-pulse dialogue will improve like yesterday’s glass of red wine. The joy of Whedon’s dialogue is that he makes stuff up, so it sticks. Unlike the Buffy cast’s wardrobe choices … Miaow, etc. Or am I just worried that I won’t get the teenspeak and suddenly my palm crystal will start flashing?
2. Since Megan Fox is “only now getting some of the lines, months later,” can we scratch the idea that she’s some sort of misunderstood genius with undiscovered acting talent? “Megan Fox” is really just Megan Fox – who knew? (Mind you, who’s complaining?)
3. Of course that’s not to say Fox can’t put in a good turn. It will be interesting to see what she does when not running away from Michael Bay explosions, and I can’t wait to see more of tongue-burning fire-eyed Demonic Megan.
4. Maybe what Karyn Kusana could take from Michael Bay is a lesson in set pieces. To hear that the much-hyped “coming out of the lake” scene could be better is a shame. Perhaps it was never going to be an Ursula Andress or Halle Berry Bond-girl entry, but seriously. Hot girl gets out of water. That’s up there with beans on toast or knock-knock jokes in terms of Things That Are Hard to Mess Up.
5. I’m going to start using “surface-cunty” as often as applicable in everyday parlance.

Read Copernicus’s review of Jennifer’s Body, for Ain’t it Cool News.