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Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Fraternising with the enemy


My 14-year-old sister Penny is dragging me to the cinema tonight to watch Jennifer's Body. Sigh. Admittedly, part of me is interested in seeing if the film is as awful as I've heard it is, or if I'll be pleasantly surprised. After all, Diablo Cody wrote the script, and I did like her Juno screenplay (cute and witty, although not deserving of the Oscar IMHO). Amanda Seyfried is normally good fun too.
My main problem lies with the film's leading lady. That's right, Ms. Megan Fox. Now before you start thinking 'here we go, another jealous girl who doesn't like Megan because she's hot, blah blah blah' let me explain to you why I'm not exactly her No.1 fan. My dislike of her is not to do with her looks. I love beautiful people. In my opinion, the more beautiful people that exist in the world, the better. In fact, when I first ever saw Megan on the Abc1 show Hope and Faith a few years back, I remember talking to my mum about how she was too good for a small cable show. We had no doubt she'd make it big someday, and now she has.
So I like her pretty face. What I don't like, is the load of garbage she spews out of it. She's disrespectful of other people in the industry (Michael Bay, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Pattinson...the list goes on and on) and considering she's made like five films which don't really showcase much acting talent, she needs to be a little more cautious. Her position is vulnerable, as a new attractive actress could be on the scene in no time.
But most of all her 'Don't compare me to Angelina Jolie' mumbo jumba annoys the hell out of me. Girl, please. Like your PR team didn't make all the AJ comparisons to the media in the first place. She is unoriginal, and lacks any of the real edge and seductive charm that Angelina displayed when she first burst out on to the scene in the 90s, totally unique and fearless, the modern-day femme fatale. Megan is a good copy, but a copy all the same. They might both have dark hair, light eyes and tattoos, but the similarities stop there.
Megan's carefully crafted image has propelled her to the highest of heights in a very short space of time and it will be interesting to see if it lasts. For now, we must wait and see. And in the meantime, I'll be gritting my teeth and purchasing my ticket for one Jennifer's Body.

1 comment:

  1. I hate Megan Fox for the exact same reasons! But you can't express your feeling about her bcoz everyone assumes you are just jealous! Love your blog babe I am already a devoted follower xxxxxxxx

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