Jennifer's Body is Awful

I just saw Jennifer's Body, and I think it is absolutely, resolutely, positively the most awful thing out there (I have to point out that I'm referring to the movie itself - it is simply horrible; Jennifer's body is, actually, statuesque).


However, I want to be true to my philosophy that even the worst movies have some redeemable features. What could those be, in this case? Let's see:

• Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried - very different kinds of beauty, and Ms Fox is much more targeted by the paparazzi, but Ms Seyfried is certainly easy on the eyes.
• The dialogues, in a Diablo Cody kind of way. I mean, they still sound implausible, but they sure are entertaining.
• Acting which, while over the top, is surprisingly sincere. It is clear none of them even remotely believe they're working on a masterpiece, so apparently they went at it with the idea of enjoying themselves.

There. Three redeeming features. Oh, and the movie lasts less than 90 minutes.

All the people involved in this movie have made better films at some other point in their careers. Diablo Cody wrote Juno, a very implausible but likable character; Amanda Seyfried starred in Atom Egoyan's thriller Chloe; even Megan Fox - she was on the first Transformers film (let's not talk about the second one). I'm sure they'll go back to making stuff worth watching.

If there's nothing good on TV, and you stumble upon this movie, I recommend you read a book.