Jennifer's Body

A month ago, I went to the movies with my friend Nadine, hoping to catch Cloudy with A chance of meatballs for the second time. But we got there late and there were no seats, so we decided to watch Jennifer’s Body.

I didn’t really plan on seeing the movie because I thought the movie would be boring, the storyline is like so cliché. A super hot girl that every guy lusts after. To top it all off, it was a horror movie. (that I doubted in the beginning. I mean, Megan Fox in a horror movie? It’s strange!) And, I’m so tired of hearing and seeing boys fawning over Megan Fox. I guess this is what men feel when they see us fawning over Robert Pattinson.

So, the movie didn’t really waste time in getting straight to the point, where Jennifer is possessed by the demon. The story is shown through flashbacks of Needy, who is Jennifer’s best friend. Needy is in a mental institution and she’s clearly not happy to be there.
In her cell, there’s like a mini shrine to her boyfriend, who is dead by then.

Anyway, back to the story, Jennifer and Needy have been best friends since they were kids. They are totally different from each other, like day and night. Jennifer is gorgeous(obviously), wanted by every guy in the school and popular. Needy, on the other hand, is insecure, shy and not really that popular. Oddly enough, she has a steady boyfriend.

The story all begins when Jennifer and Needy go to a local bar to see an up and coming band. They don’t know that the band is secretly dabbling in the witchcraft and is scouting for a virgin to sacrifice for Satan, so that they can be famous. Very desperate. But the lead singer is hot though( Adam Brody). Jennifer flirts with him and he flirts back. Surprise,surprise.
Needy overhears the band talking among themselves and mistakenly assumed that they want to sleep with Jennifer and she tries to protect her best friend by telling them Jennifer is a virgin, hence not very experienced, etc. When a fire breaks out at the bar, Jennifer leaves with them, despite Needy warning her not to.

Well, Jennifer gets sacrificed. In a way, I do feel that not only Needy and the other boys are victims, Jennifer is also a victim. I mean, no matter how pretty you are, you still can get hurt or stabbed. The sacrifice scene was just sick and cruel. Presumably, Jennifer was scared and the band actually sung to her while they stabbed her with a knife. Creepy, right?

Needy knows that there is something very wrong with her friend. It wasn’t until a sleepover that Jennifer tells her everything. Jennifer was supposed to be dead but due to the requirements of the sacrifice of her being a virgin is not fulfilled, a demon resides in her body. She’s still herself but there’s something living inside her, a demon or spirit, who needs food (flesh,blood of a human) frequently. Usually when Jennifer is full, she’s glowing, pretty and strong with supernatural powers. When she’s not, she’s cranky, pale and has greasy hair.

Jennifer is quite insecure. She relies on Needy a lot and wants what Needy has. Needy, despite of her obvious insecurities, is actually quite strong when she puts her mind on something. Oh, Needy confides in her boyfriend after finding out what Jennifer really is but he doesn’t believe her. She tries to protect him by refusing to go to the dance with him. (A wasted effort because he went anyway and became another of Jennifer’s meal when she comes across him in a park, hungry.)

To make this short, Jennifer gets to devour 4 boys, if I’m not mistaken. (a foreign Indian student, a jock, an emo guy and Needy’s boyfriend. Personally, I thought the emo guy was hot. Adorable, even with his many piercings. He was better than the other guys. Pity them though. If only Jennifer wasn’t so hot, they wouldn’t be dead.

Next time, guys, pick the unattractive best friend. But then, you end up dead too.

In the end, Needy stabs Jennifer in the heart( to kill the demon) but she gets caught red handed by Jennifer’s mom. I think she told them the real story but no one believed her so she gets hauled into the asylum. The story ends with Needy revealing that she absorbs some of Jennifer’s powers when Jennifer bit her and breaking out of the asylum and killing the members of the band which started the whole thing in the first place.

I was wincing and I covered my eyes a lot during the film. I didn’t really like the gory parts, the blood spurting from the body. Yuck. But then again, I’m not the type who is very enthusiastic and hyper to watch a horror movie. Not my thing.

All in all, it was an okay movie. Not that bad but not that good either. I’ll give it a 2.8 out of 5. And might I add, Megan Fox has a smoking body.