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Hi Alex how’s your day going
Ooo ok
How is it up 3 hours but it’s only uploaded from a minute ago
Don’t know
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The epic sad music video was amazing hahahahahah
omg i just came back from one of ur vids
Your videos are so funnny!
For real
Omg Kris! I love your videos!
Yeah 😂😂
“Shut up you’re not my real dad” was truly an amazing song
It’s surprising good.
HELP!!! Everybody at my school cyberbullies me because they say my videos are extremely BAD!!! Please help me, dear rin
@@AxxLAfriku u good?
Yeah Alex you should finish the song and see how many people would listen to it in TH-cam.
Let's hope he releases a full song
When the song said:
“Shut up, you’re not my real dad”
I really felt that
SHUDDUP YOU’RE NOT MY REAL DAD
“random arm flailing”
@@josepho3366I’m in tears 😭
Ah yes
Facts
"Shut up you're not my real dad" needs to be released asap!!
Fr
Its lokey a good song tho
It's better than BTS songs
@@melnaisvilks6795 real
Zoewood was last seen five months ago before allegedly being kidnapped by BTS fans
His current status is unknown
"She's just hovering. It's not *that* impressive." Girl, now is not the time-
She spoke like she grew up in Sunnydale. Althoug, bitch was Lily Kane, she knows how to impose herself. Haahaahaa
That part is amazing!
Plot twist:
Alex just secretly wanted to introduce us to his new indie rock band, shut up you‘re not my real Dad is their first finished song
Facts
Another twist. the song wasn't about the movie, it was about his own life as a tween, lol
😂😂😂😂
Not everyone can kidnap people and make them listen to songs for 14 hours straight
I honestly never understood the “removes glasses and instantly becomes pretty” trope in movies..
I literally look worse without my glasses-
Movies: character looks like a model without glasses
Reality: people with glasses look more like Milhouse or Arthur without their glasses
Same
SAME
@@TuesdaysArt for me I’ve always felt like glasses make me looked younger and not as “pretty” so I prefer to not wear them and stick with contacts lol
my glasses are covering up my eye bags, acne and how massive my eyes really are and people are trying to say i'd look better without? i mean c'mon
I saw someone interpreting Jennifers situation as the cycle of abuse, horrible things were done to her and now she need to hurt others to feel "good"
I.... guess thats an ok interpretation but all i can think of is the dumb demon plot point
she has to eat ppl to stay alive tho its not a choice
Yup this is exactly what the makers wanted to convey
That how women r objectified in the society and how it's been so normalized as we see in the movie she despite being a young teen girl has been objectified and as the name suggest " Jennifer's body" Is the only thing they look at not who she is as a living breathing person
The objectification was to such an extend that she herself only sees herself as just a... Body ( like uk how we use the term body for dead bodies) that in the last scene when needy stabs her she says " My tits"
Well this was made on women's suffering and how it's normalized and very overlooked ( just like most ppl overlooked it in the movie) bad marketing did have some contributions too but if u wanna know the whole thing this is explained on a channel " The talk "
The fact that I would’ve actually listened to “shut up you’re not my real dad” in middle school feels like it says a lot about me
We all had that phase, and we all regret it.
I'd listen to it today.
I don't even have a dad or a replacement, but I would've listened to it anyways, it's a bop
I would listen to it rn-
@@notaccessible3741
Nope, not me.
Jennifer doesn’t have a character arc because she is no longer inside her body after she is sacrificed. The demon has taken her.... sure she has her memories, but she isn’t Jennifer anymore.
i agree even if that is still “jennifer” the demon changed jennifer to be unlike herself
Perhaps it would have been interesting if the movie was about Jennifer trying to take control of her body from the demon and was constantly fighting with herself.
i really feel like the last piece of jennifer was in there. i think she was in there holding onto friendship with needy. so when needy killed her, she not only killed the demon but the last piece of jennifer. IF THAT MAKES SENSE LOL
@@wand3ll and i guess that's the "power of friendship" that Needy got after being bitten by Jennifer lol
The villain in horror never gets an arc.
That parody song of every single emo bad in the mid 2000s was top notch
kinda a little too on the nose in some respects but that's just what makes it funnier
yesss
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂
@Hi My Name Is Ikr. It’s just so.. empowering
Threwwww the treeeeessss I willllll fiiiind youuuuuu
I think it’s crazy that the main point of the film is so obvious but a lot of people don’t pick up on it. I instantly recognized this was suppose to be a metaphor about rape and how it changes and effects the victims. I think all the humor and demon stuff hides that but it was pretty noticeable for me.
I think the marketing probably put alot of people in the wrong mindset to try and understand this movie. That and the fact that rape as an issue (let alone as a trauma) is hardly if ever discussed in most households and/or friend groups.
I was reading a twitter/x thread this (long, cold) weekend about some poor girl who got molested. Then she turned 13 and molested a 7 year old boy and got caught. That poor boy could well do some horrible shit when he gets older.
I sometimes wonder how humanity can survive or if we even deserve to.
To make it about blaming men as the problem, when the overwhelmingly majority of men do not commit such acts, and that men are also victims of SA, is sexist tho.
@@idkwhattoputheretbhbuthere But the majority that do commit them are men so..? And who said men can’t also be victims?
@@merlinho0t Not even close to the majority of men commit such acts. It's a tiny group of people. And men being the majority doesn't mean there aren't tons of women that commit SA. Also, men are way way more likely to not report their experiences, and men's experiences are usually disregarded.
It's amusing to me that certain girls are so expected to look glamorous that "looking rough" looks more like not wearing makeup to normal people.
Makeup good, natural face bad.
Great logic right there.
@@josepho3366
Exactly, lmao!
@@josepho3366 and they wonder why girls have such body image issues
I was wondering if they put make up on Megan to make her look worse or if they told her just don't go to glam that morning, cuz imagine your normal face being referred to as ugly for an entire film.
I totally agree, but in this case that is the point of Jennifers character. She is popular and pretty and always glamorous, so not using making make up and looking normal equals to rough for her character.
I think Jennifer is both jealous and in love with Needy, and so is Needy with Jennifer; to me, it seems like they developed a sort of codependency
Being jealous of someone and having romantic interest in them is really confusing. Especially if you're the same gender and you thought you were straight. It really is confusing and very... hard to understand.
Yeah, definitely getting those vibes
Yeah...that could end badly...😳
That's exactly it!
Yeah especially seeing as they kissed or something and have matching necklaces. As well as they have been friends since they were kiddies
Okay can we all appreciate the fact that alex made an indie emo music video for our entertainment and not gonna lie it slaps 🙌
Yes
TRULY
It was perfection
Frrr lmfao
When is it up on Spotify, i have to know???
“I am the shadow in the prism of a teardrop, my heart is a child crying at the bus stop”
“I LOVE HORTHES!!!”
“I am the shadow in the prism of a teardrop. My heart is a child crying at the bus stop.”
I’m freaking dead 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I LOVE HORSES
I think the point was that she’s hurting random men who had nothing to do with her assault, and that “destroying” men (i.e. tearing them down) makes her feel powerful and rejuvenates her. It’s an allegory for how battered women usually can’t take direct revenge against the abuser so they take it out on everybody around them to make themselves feel better. When you put everything into the context that Jennifer was insecure and traumatised, it all makes sense why she did the things she did. I love this movie and it’s metaphors on trauma and the hardship of navigating adolescence.
Yeah I think she didn't attack them directly bc that's too traumatising for her probably, every guy she kills is them instead
the men weren't random they were all "intimate" with needy. Jennifer and needy have feelings for each other. It was just cut from this movie review even though its like a core part of the story
Well that's what every serial killer's story is whether it be a guy or a girl
oh my god wait that does make a lot of sense tbh i always asked myself what the point behind this movie was but if you put like you said it does make sense, so thank you :D
@@kc-ku1ri well except the football player and the exchange student.
Needy's the only person Jennifer could ever trust, so when the demon takes her, its power is connected to the relationship Jen has with Needy. She can't be killed until Jen loses Needy in the end when the necklace is broken.
It's a very subtle subplot, but everything makes sense when you look at it from that point of view.
I think this is a stretch, Needy just broke up with her and that was quite shocking for Jennifer
@@EmyN I would say watch the movie again. That piece of Jennifer that was still there showed when Needy stabbed her. I really don’t think that was the demon being shocked.
ok boomer
@@W1ll.123 👍
That's a very good interpretation. I really envy how people notice such fine and subtle subplots
"shut up you're not my real dad" is the best song ever and it should get a Grammy or an Oscar or whatever music gets.
"SHUT UP YOUR NOT MY REEAAAAAL DAD" that got me in tears
Time?
@@malazbashir5007 10:58
@@marjoriel8504 thanks youu
samee ♥
@@malazbashir5007 😂😂😂
Isn't that like every early 2000s movie and show soundtrack (of course in teenager)
“Shut Up You’re Not My Real Dad” needs all of the awards right now
Ok
I can't 😂 I've been wheezing about that for hours, it needs to be turned into a real music video
i think jennifer was secretly in love with needy and that’s why she went after every guy that even kinda liked her
jenn even kissed needy 😀
Look at the way Needy looked at Jenn at the bar and kept putting her over everyone else including her boyfriend. They had a toxic friendship/secret love.
Isnt that the point of the movie LOL
Yeah I felt that was pretty obvious in the movie. She just wanted needy all to herself
@@TG-xp5zw yh probably
i swear every time I watch a man react to Jennifer's body they usually miss the point, or the metaphors are completely missed. I also hear the "why didn't she go for the guys in the band", its because she was a victim and was taunted before she died, seeing them would probably be traumatic. Shes not standing up against the patriarchy, she feels taken advantage of, its no longer Jennifer, her body was taken over by a demon, she is not feeling like herself anymore. Needy doesn't kill her because she killed her boyfriend, but because her best friend isnt her best friend anymore, that's why she rips Jennifer's friendship necklace off. And that is also why Jennifer stops floating when she rips it off.
literally. seeing people completely miss the point of the movie hurts. The black goo that only gets worse when you try to wash it or take it away is such a good metaphor for how SA victims feel filthy after they're assaulted, no matter how clean they are. and the whole point is that the body felt like it wasn't hers anymore, which is represented by her being possessed and literally not in control of her body.
This is just sexist though. Men go through SA too, it's not exclusive to women. And it's overwhelmingly mostly women who are the perpetrators in those cases of SA against men.
Them being a man has nothing to do with their understanding of the movie. The movie was executed in a weird way, and I've seen loads of women not understanding it.
@@momomomo__ That goes for men too, it's not an exclusive experience to women. And the gender doesn't change how you understand the movie.
@@idkwhattoputheretbhbuthereweird take. Of course SA isn't exclusive to women, nobody said it was. This is about a woman's experience with SA and we are able to see the nuances of the film in a way that men cannot. While it is true that men experience SA, and that is a fact that should not be forgotten, we also should not forget, this is not a movie about a man's experience. So maybe it stands to reason that men just don't understand it the same way women do. No sexism just different life experiences bring different understandings of media
@@haileybaker1383 "Weird take" then proceeds to also make a weird take lol.
Explain how it's different for men?
It's literally the same experience.
Your gender has nothing to do with your understanding of this movie. The movie is just weirdly executed. Tons of women don't understand it either.
It is sexism because they are saying that men don't understand but women do.
Well, Alex, if being a TH-camr ever fails, at least you know you've got a future in the music industry.
Ah your profile pic and name is so good:)
I love that you named yourself the zero Protection Squad!! She’s so precious!!🥺
Protect her from the gacha kids who have deku and eri do the devils tango
Yeah
@@ikea7254 gAcHa CoMmUnItY shut up people with all ur communities and shit
Love how Chris Pratt's character exists for five seconds before dying in a fire.
😂😂😆
Jesus that man had terrible begginings huh? He was homeless for awhile in real life too actually.
yeah didn't he live in his van or something?
wait can you tell me the timestamp?
@@foxtrapandendo7541 sorry dude idk ask someone else
I think the reason why you don't see an arc for Jennifer is because she's the sympathetic villain not the hero, that's Needy. Needy is passive and follows Jennifer around and by the end of the movie she becomes a proactive badass who kills the object of her admiration. Great work on this vid, Alex!
But the movie is litterally called"Jennifer's Body"and for the whole movie it _looks_ like Needy is Jennifer's sidekick. Plus,the movie *does* have some _real_ Villains(the boyband)and does pretty much nothing with them...basically...Needy is a Hero portraited like a sidekick,the boys are Villains portraited like secondary characters and Jennifer is an Anti-Hero/Villain portraited like a main Villain.This movie is a *MESS!* 😵
@@Nicamon Seems like most people were able to figure it out
@@solarydays To be super-honest,I only watched *this* movie for the lesbian scene...😜(that wasn't even included in this review!😭💔)
@@Nicamon If you watch the movie, you clearly know needy is the main character. It's in her perspective and is narrated by her for God's sake. What other clue do you need?
@@Nicamon A movie can be called anybody body and they're just dead and the detectives are trying to figure out what happened. A detective would be the main character. There's no confusion in that. Just because it has someone else's name in the title (especially if it implied they died), doesn't mean they're the main character.
That "shut up, you're not my real dad" song is pure gold, Alex! I've had it stuck in my head for 20 minutes 🤣
I'm pretty sure at this point I've heard it 150+ times🤣🤣🤣🤣 because I keep listening to his musical
To answer your question at the end, the real reason why Jennifer, even with all her powers, never goes after the band on her own is because the writer, Diablo Cody, wrote this as a parallel to people who are survivors of sexual assault -- in most cases, they usually will end up passing on their trauma by traumatising other people, but will never confront their own traumatisers. That's what the real world looks like, not, as you suggested, a world of revenge-seeking warriors who have been wronged.
Thank you.
Yea but I mean if someone raped me and it gave me superpowers I think I’d do sum bout it
@@rayvintankerson6818 lol ikwym but we can't honestly think about that without being problematic right? I mean, it would be unfair for those subjected to you in your enraged state with added superpowers. You'd never break the cycle of trauma.
The fact that she doesn't go after them is representative of how the violence she receives isn't the fault of a single group of people, it's systemic. She goes after people who remind her of her attackers or are a symptom of a culture in which violence against woman is expected, so much, that they'll be shockingly cavalier about butchering someone and they'll start singing while doing so. Everyone is transfixed by Jennifer's body, that they fail to see the person inside. When Jennifer is stabbed by Needy and she says "My tit" to which Needy replies "No, your heart" shows how even Jennifer has come to see herself purely in sexual terms.
this makes so much sense
Fun Fact: Jennifer’s Body is Megan Fox’s favorite Movie she’s ever done
probably because she was tired and traumatized from being overly sexualized, in this one she isn't a hot damsel in distress
Oh u mean that sweet sweet money she made from the studio? Yeh no wonder she luved it as it made her even more rich.
@@somedudewhodraws9377 many celebrities make a lot of money and still deal with a lot of traumatizing shit that's going on in the industry. tf is wrong with u?
@@sunnybffr Traumatized? Hows that women been traumatized?
@@somedudewhodraws9377 that woman has been overly sexualised in way too many movies and that had taken a toll on her mental health. Whenever she has tried to speak out against them, media outlets just call her a bitch and don’t listen to what she has to say
What’s my favorite part of the movie? When Needy says she thought she only goes after guys and Jennifer says “I go both ways”
I quote it from time to time
Bisexual queen!
Me too
She's binivorous
also, "nice insult, hannah montana" and "i am going to eat your soul and SHlT IT OUT LESNICKY"
I was forced to watch this in theaters with a friend and I was really pleasantly surprised. I think it's really cleverly written. I probably never would've watched this on my own, so I'm actually really glad I was such a people pleaser my senior year lol
The reason Jennifer didn’t have an arc is, despite her being the title character, she wasn’t the main character. That would be Needy, who definitely had an arc. Jen was the evil, unknowable antagonist.
@@RavenL1337
It.... it actually does make sense. In most movies the "monster" don't have character development. And needy is definitely the more interesting character anyway
@@TheSilverwing999 Yeah. But that "antagonist titles" are nothing new. Lord of the Rings, for example, is referring to Sauron, the villain of the novels and the film.
??? Jennifer absolutely had an arc?
@@seacrystal6189 - what? She went from being a pain in the ass to being a supernatural pain in the ass. The only thing she gained were powers and the need for blood. Her characterization did not change much from beginning to end.
@@DetroitAlan01 She was a stereotypical mean girl and she had feelings for her best friend that she wasn't aware of. Then after she gets possessed she starts killing men who Needy likes because she's jealous, but can't kill Needy because she loves her. She keeps trying to have her but with the whole, you know, cannibal thing Needy refuses. The moment Needy tears off Jennifer's necklace is the moment she realises how she ruined the only valuable and actually honest relationship she had. Then she dies at her hands. Yeah, maybe she was still a mean girl, but she was damn interesting to watch and she didn't stay completely the same either
can we just take a moment to admire Alex for making an entire music video just to make a point?
Absolutely
I thought it would be a 5 second gag but he went all out with vocals, visuals, a story arc, and an appropriate soundtrack. One of the greatest tangents to ever exist
mmm
"you wanna go somewhere safe like my van?" LMAOOOOOOOOOO
Best line Ever!!!!
I'm surprised there wasn't a big ol red flag there
12:11 I believe he got totally distracted about explaining the movie 😂
2 non clickbait titles i aint ever seen 🗣🗣🔥🔥
I guess Jennifer did the ACTUAL Devil’s Tango
Good one. 😂
666 likes so I can’t like it
@@NaishaS lol saaaame
Let’s ignore the fact that Alex’s made up emo song is going to be stuck in my head all day.
I want it available on spotify now lmao
"SHUT UP YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD!" X100
FRRR
Why would we want to ignore it
I thought I was the only one that realised
I kind of hated how they made needy a socially awkward nerd when she was portrayed by Amanda seyfried aka the same girl who played the prettiest plastic 😑
Exactly
She is soooo pretty
which movie??? also ur dp is cute is it from an anime?
That's known as "range" for an actor.
I can play ugly
I can play pretty
For the sake "art" I can show my ti**y.
I mean, pretty girls can be nerdy and geeky?
tbh i feel like its good for her because it shows that she has range and shows she has alot of talent. she def understood both assignments (in jennifer's body and mean girls)
I absolutely love this movie lol it's much deeper and darker than it looks, and I think a lot of the hate it receives comes from men who don't understand why not every movie is made for them. This movie's target audience is teenage girls/young women, it talks about s3xual assaut, sexual self-discovery (since Jennifer and Needy are bi and clearly attracted to one another but don't know how to react to this), in a way that doesn't romanticise the abuse (Jennifer literally goes to her best friend's house in search for comfort after being r4ped and vomits black goo that cannot be cleaned all over her house). It's NOT for a male audience, despite having being marketed as if it was, so it receives a lot of hate
I’m male and I really enjoyed this movie tho
i never would have picked up on the metaphors. fascinating to read the analysis in the comments. and it makes the film so much better knowing the clear thought/intent behind it.
@@bio.apfelschorle76tm89 also male and saw this one when it came out.
Diablo Cody writes movies that aren't necessarily comfortable for either sex or any politics. "Juno" was a prolife movie that didn't pull punches as to whether men even deserved to spawn children.
I wish more men had watched both movies.
I just watched it again.
I think what hurt this movie is that Megan fox was just looked as a pretty face rather than a good actor. I thought the dialogue was stupid but it makes sense considering they are teens.
But I first saw this when I was in high school and rewatching as an adult. I can see the messages you are talking about.
However I will point out that they should've made it more clearly. The movie definetly went at a fast pace. Maybe it was a product of its time and the director would've liked to focus on the survival aspect of a victim and the trauma that comes with it, but the studio interfered and said to keep that out.
If a movie like this were to be made today. It definetly would explore the self discovery of both nedy and Jennifer. As well as mental illness
2 things ive never seen
This movie is actually amazing. They just advertised it horribly and honestly it’s like a horror film representation of female friendships and how toxic they can be. It’s honestly amazing and I really enjoy watching this movie.
Shut up your not my real dad
One of my favorite
the concepts of the movie are good but the problem is that the dialogues were so corny that it made the viewing experience a tad bit boring.
@@ritvikkotwal4838 that was the whole point, that’s what makes it a good corny teenage horror movie
I think he cut out one of the key things and its that needy had feelings for Jenifer. like knowing that changes the story
I can't believe everyone hated UNDERAGE Megan fox because she spoke against Michael bae creeping over her.
Shows how shitty and patriarchal our society still is
She did use sex to get roles, so... I don't know which one made her more hated. That 'patriarchal' myth still makes me ROFL so hard...
She was not underage, she was 23 year old (Transformer was released in 2009) and she says he was looking like Hitler. Atleast, they seem in good term now, she play in the turtle ninja directed by him now
@@escaramujo bruh ur blind then
How society has changed
When you want to watch an intense movie but your too scared so you decide to watch it with Alex
It's not that bad on the gore aspect but huge trigger warning for rape though
I was suprised that it is a 15 because Alex only did only 1 other 15 that I know of.
TWO THINGS I AINT EVER SEEN🗣️🗣️🗣️‼️‼️‼️💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💥💥
AN AFRICAN AMERICAN TRIBAL MAN THAT COULD BEST A FIREARM IN COMBAT AND A MEMBER OF THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT ONE FIDNS SEXUALLY ATTRACTIVE🗣🗣🗣‼‼‼💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💥💥
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I thought the same thing
@@Lonnie-4Real 😂
Reasons why I like watching your vids:
- Your funny
- I get to watch movies for free
- Your funny
- I get to watch movies for free
Valid
Don’t mean to be that person but 347 ppl and you don’t know the difference between your and you’re
Edit: I’m really not trying to be rude, just trying to help you’re spelling :) This is one of my pet peeves lol
@@elliottfox3581 was gonna say
@@elliottfox3581 i was gonna say that being the grammatical anime girl in school “your and you’re” pisses me off
@@elliottfox3581 Not to be that person but nobody cares its just youtube
Can we appreciate how hard Alex works? He makes these videos, researches them, animates them, and they are flawless and hilarious. He worked on a 20 minute video, and it's amazing! The song is pretty fantastic too. You're amazing Alex, and I hope you keep doing what makes you happy.
I think the work he puts into these videos is highly underrated.
Literally no one cares
@@jorgeskts you don’t, which is fine. We do though.
Ikr
Honestly he makes amazing videos when he actually tries but other times he just half does it, with rarely any research and shits on it
“ haha been a while jamescharlesisapedo WAIT A SECOND” 💀💀💀this line got me
When did he say that? 💀💀
@@denilsonthomas 6:38
@@denilsonthomas 6:40 I think
Why aren’t more people talking about this?!?!?! 🤣🤣🤣
@@denilsonthomas 6:39
TWO THINGS I AINT EVER SEEN
Jennifer's Body is like wine, it needed to age for people to truly understand to enjoy it
I loved the movie and I couldn’t wait to see it when I came home from abroad (I didn’t know it flopped bc I was overseas)... I guess it was marketing 🤷🏼♀️ I couldn’t wait until it was available on dvd/streaming- still have the movie- and my dad actually watched it with me and bought a copy!!! He doesn’t like to admit it but he def loved the teen movies (or most of them) I would watch 🤣🤣🤣🤣 at least the comedies and horror type movies
During its 10-year anniversary exclusive interview, Diablo Cody said when the movie flopped in 2009 no one wants to make it into the series she was proposing so that they could elaborate more on the plots they want to include (the ones Alex listed). But by 2017/2018 Netflix and Hulu initiated coming to her to offer a Jennifer's Body series deal because of the attention and fanbase the movie is getting lately. But she said she has a hard time accepting their offers because they were the same people who turned her down back then.
@@candicecart9786 that's the exact reason it flopped, because of marketing. Diablo Cody said that she kept telling the marketing team how it needed to be marketed to people. But all they replied with was "Jennifer sexy, she steal your boyfriend" because remind you this was at the height of the "omg Megan is so hot" era
@@thebinlgbtisbabadook7832 it kinda happened randomly. just 2 weeks back i got this sudden impulse to watch the movie after years for some reason.
I’m the 666th like, yw
"been a while, james charles is a peo- WAIT A SECOND" killed me
SAME LIKE WHAT😭👩🏾🦯
Yeah I didn’t expect he’d make a joke about that in a video
Time?
@@watterson.darwin 6:40
@@watterson.darwin 6:38
"Jennifer has this thing where she wants to ruin everything Needy likes, for some reason"
... OH, HONEY 😳
Lmao
that’s what i call teen romance 🥰
I don't get it ?
@@Khushi-Shah It's just teenage girls. A lot are like that. Psychotic. 😂
@@Khushi-Shah Jennifer liked needy, so her with her boyfriend was a no-no for our living dead girl
TWO THINGS I NEVER SEEN 🔥
The most unrealistic thing about this movie is them trying to convince me that Amanda Seyfried is not attractive
She's not Megan Fox sure, but can they at least try?
i think she’s prettier than megan tbh
she was SO gorgeous in the movie “chloe”
The movie never painted Needy as unattractive though. She’s just less promiscuous and glam than Jennifer, plus in a committed relationship.
I know plenty girls like Needy - genetically blessed but not really a bombshell simply because of the way they carry and dress themselves. So I’d say she’s actually rather realistic.
@@RavenL1337 No they literally did not, that’s just the audience projecting their own insecurities onto her and comparing her to Jennifer.
The movie never pretends like she’s ugly. She’s just a nerdy gal.
both of them are drop dead gorgeous
@@stoneheart8231 this is what I was thinking. Well said 😌
“Shut up you’re not my real dad” is such a bop💔⛓🔗🥀🖤
lmao the emojis at the end
ikr it’s sooooo deep
💔⛓🔗🥀🖤
💔⛓️🔗🥀🖤 is now my favorite set of emojis
I had a best friend and we used to watch this movie all the time and she constantly compared herself to Jennifer and always called me Needy. Took me almost 4 years to realize this was toxic and to get away from her. If you realize that your friend acts like Jennifer, please leave that friend. That isn't healthy. It's extremely toxic and you are worth more than that.
I’m so sorry you had a friend like that, in HS my best friend would compare me to Mabel Pines from Gravity Falls and tbh... she wasn’t wrong 💀😂
@@star_fruitti I mean that’s not really an insult... I take it as a complement. Mabel is a fan fav😂
i m a friend who behaves like jen with my friend ... only sometimes for fun 😂 i even used to call her gretchen wen i was obsessed with mean gorls
11:35 this slaps
This film was like every middle schooler's guilty pleasure
YOU AGAIN OMG OMG U ARE THE BEST BROO
Nah just you
Shhhhhhhhh don’t tell them
*nobodYy* _nEEDS_ *TOO* _knOOW_
Hi
The story is Jennifer was ruined by what happened to her. She couldn’t get revenge but only be destructive because she was destroyed. She was a hollow form of who she used to be until she died.
Her friend becomes stronger by figuring out what happened and taking action so she is the empowered one in the end.
There is no happy ending with trauma because it changes you forever, but you can make the best of it and ensure the traumatizers don’t continue.
that makes sense, though i can see where if that was its message it could've, lets say, pandered to people better and been more successful, sometimes you have to be agressive with your message, but if you really want it to sell you have to tone it down some, but i get what its trying to say
"You were always a bad friend"...?
Idk but I think people seem to be desperate to make the film into something better - more profound, more feminist - than it actually is
@@alexbennet4195 there are interviews and other material that talk about the meaning, it’s not just people pulling stuff out of their ass
Lmao "trauma"
Fun fact: Jennifer Body was the first and only horror movie I ever watched, I haven't watched a horror movie since
Honestly hate horror movies
@@jacklouerskates how about asian horror movies?
@@deukae713 no no horror movies ever hate them why would I make myself scared on purpose
@@jacklouerskates Same reason people go on roller coasters, safe and contained thrill, adrenaline. Purposely making yourself scared or threatened can be fun !
I always thought I’d like scary movies when I got older, but I never really did and that’s okay. There’s more people out there like us...they’re just hiding 👀😂
Also one of the words I typed autocorrected to MGK and I had to share that lol
alex could legit make a whole album and i think i would listen to it at least once a week
‘Shut Up You’re Not My Real Dad’ is a high quality song
I vote that song should be produced asap
Better than today's music
@@dianamarcekova9615 by miles.....he needs to do a longer version!
That awkward moment when you realize Alex has been playing the long game to get us to listen to his indie demo
Well played by Alex honestly
Alex in his band's van:
So.....
What did you think?
The part that bothers me the most is that Jennifer was clearly in a trance when she was outside the bar which is the only reason she went into the van 🙅🏻♀️
Exactly.i need to know what happened to her then
@@shreyashikarmakar3481 could be just shock but it did bother me that they never explained that or the fire
like, did they drug her, did they set the fire, was she just so in shock that he wasnt thinking clearly
She was a in trance the band was seeing sign that the devil was working that’s why the lead singer was looking so happy when the fire was starting that’s what I got out of it
@@jennyms1998 I thought the band set the fire? From what I last remembered
I believe that the band set the fire as they were after Jennifer and if you watch the scene where the band was already singing, the vocalist was just staring straight at Jen and the trance was happening during the song.
bro, ken carson so cool they named a whole movie after his song😍
"Shut up your not my real dad"
"Shut up your not my real dad"
Is it in Spotify yet?
You're definitely missing (or at least ignoring) Jennifer's sexual possessiveness over Needy. She's not jealous of Needy, she's jealous of anyone who Needy likes. They're bi.
Edit: for those thinking he addressed it enough... he didn't. He barely addressed Jen being a bi victim of sexual and violent assault was so important as to be the main theme of the movie. One offhand comment does NOT a proper acknowledgement make. He ignored the movie's theme, or at least fell prey to the same marketing that everyone involved with the movie despises. Seriously. You can't brush off the main themes. I like his reviews, but he really missed the mark here. I'm not sure he understood the movie at all.
I think he knows but he didn't mention it. If he has seen essays I bet he read about that too.
Maybe he didn't want to bring that up, because it seems like "let's fetishize the lesbians!"
He does mention it
@@Naathalia12 I dont think it actually fetished wlw. It showed jealously. Also its a massive detail in the movie
Wait I dont get it can you explain?
I've noticed most male TH-cam movie reviews dislike or give this movie a mixed review, whereas the female film TH-camrs are way more positive towards it. A preference is fine, but its kinda interesting how that is seemingly so polarizing for no real reason I can think of. Like most people enjoy Mean Girls. I've noticed the same with Heathers so it could be female led dark comedies don't make sense to some guys.
It’s because it was made specifically for a female audience. The fact that most of it is very metaphoric to things that happen to most girls is something that could go over the head of many guys. And it’s completely understandable. It’s a movie that talks to personal experiences.
@@linaaviles1971 yeah but Mean Girls also is directly for female audiences too, so is that just an anomaly? And I feel like other things like The Devil Wears Prada gets praise. I don't hear/see people talk about movies like Legally Blonde or Clueless much either, but I assume those are also more straight forward comedies
I'm a guy and I liked all three movies so... 🤷♂️
@@strahinjagov said most not all, and are you a TH-cam film reviewer? Lol, but genuine question I think I saw 24Frames of Nick give Jennifer's Body a negative review, watched Dylan is in Trouble just completely miss the humor on both the movies I listed. And for Heathers especially the musical is popular within the LGBT community, so it seems like a lot of straight guys in particular don't get it
@@13realmusic You listed two or three reviewers which I'm pretty sure does not constitute "most guys." I do get what you're saying though, some people have a hard time understanding or connecting with a piece of when you're not the target audience, which is something I always try to keep in mind when I watch something that clearly isn't intended for me. Now I haven't seen those reviews you mentioned so I'll take your word for them, but as far as Alex goes I don't think it's that he doesn't understand JB's themes, he just felt they weren't fully fleshed out, and honestly I think he's kind of right. I still like the movie, but I do think it's trying to say a little too much compared to something like Mean Girls where the message is conveyed a lot better, but again that's just my opinion.
I genuinely would listen to “Shut up, you’re not my real dad” a lot omg…
“I aM a sHaDoW iN tHe PRiSm oF a tEaR dRoP
My hEaRt iS a cHilD cRyIng aT tHe bUs sTop”
Lmao STOP I can’t 💀
When was this said??
@@noelvermillion5268 7:36
@@rianasharma4373 Omg I musta been super distracted at that part. Thank you
@@noelvermillion5268 haha no problem!!
And how about you Sally?
I WUV HORSES!!!!
Tw sexual assault
Something you said at the end just made sense to me. You said Jennifer got violated by men, and then her subsequent demon powers came from men, so it was contradictory, but in fact, a lot of people become more sexually active after being violated. It’s basically a trauma response. Something happened where control was taken from them, so they do what they can to feel in control again. That might be why she had to eat boys after she got sacrificed by boys/men. She ate them because they ate her first.
That's a good metaphor, however wouldn't make it even worse to expirience your trauma again?
@@iatemycat5320 like the comment states,it makes sense for some to start doing the act that affected them to get some sort of sense of control over it though that doesn't apply for everyone.
@@ryuuu245 I see
so why didn't she go after the men who you know did the deed with her ?
why kill other random dudes who had nothing to do with it
@@shimshamjunior maybe cause her hatred for men was so big she pretty much wants them extinct? Or something
The movie is about rape, and if you search for the explanation of it, all makes sense, it's not a random movie, it's about how society see women and how rape can change someone. It's not literal, of course, but is waaay deeper than it looks, and I was suprise when I discovered the meaning. There's a interview where Megan and the director talk about it too.
Edit: I dropped the info. Chill out and search for the interview if u want, see it for yourself before trying to comment about it ✌
First, they got inspired by a real story to make this movie. Check the story of Elyse Pahler. Second, I personally think that Jen was kinda jealous of her friend. Maybe jealous of her relationship with Chip. In fact he was the only guy who didn't even think about her till the end, despite she was the most popular girl in that school. As usual, in these movies, girls like her get lots of bad/toxic relationships and that's why I think that she kinda hated Needy. In my opinion her feelings were between love and hate. That would explain why she never hurt Needy, but at the same time she killed her beloved one. P. S If there's something we don't understand in Europe about USA, is this hatred towards men. I'm a girl and honestly, I find disgusting this way to judge all men as beasts, 'cause on the other hand, lots of women aren't better.
The interesting thing is how I picked up on it at the age 11 (and my sister at 14) but men tend to completely miss the point. It just goes to show how important an audience is for the movie
@@dropintheocean3520 if you think they hate men in USA just wait to see latam, here is very difficult to like men
@@dropintheocean3520 no one said they hate men and this is coming from a girl in the UK. no one said it was all men either. infact she never mentioned men😭😭 what i do hate is when someone mentions rape and women's rights and people think its an attack on men.. like no its an attack on misogynists and rapists duh. rapes is bad weather its a female or male victim obviously.
@@layla_hi6892 exactly. clearly they see rapists as men, therefore seeing men as evil; meaning they are the sexist one
That song was fire. You have a bright career ahead of you in punk/pop. Great work.
It's so interesting how differently men react to this movie than women do.
right?
Yeah ರ_ರ
Different interests
@@WhynoMoral Yes. That's why it is interesting.
its probably bc us women can understand the metaphors and to some point , relate with them..
So, real talk, if you release that song as a single and sell it for like 99c, I guarantee you'd get at least a million downloads, it is perfection lmao.
Ikr!
The song "shut up you're not real dad" is something i didn't know i needed💀
It was so good!
absolute banger you just made
Alex: So what was your favourite part of the movie?
Us: *heavily sweating*
Alex: That was mine too.
There was more to the movie?
@@davincent98 That one scene with Amanda and Megan, if you know.
@@joaquincassagnetezcurra5875 then you know lol
oh my favorite part was when emo brendon urie walked through the school singing new perspective
the movie was inspired by a real story of a band that tried to sacrifice a virgin for fame. ready to glare made a video about it and i encourage everyone to watch it
Do you remember the title of that video?
Title please
@@iAmEllenTaylor "A case similar to the movie Jennifer's Body"
@@treemarie213100 a case similar to the movie "jennifer's body", im pretty sure. you can just look up ready to glare jennifer's body
Stephanie soo did too
TW rape culture/sexual assualt
For the part where you critiqued how Jennifer's body couldve gone in the thriller revenge story or a story of taking back control. Jennifer's body metaphorically was a poke at rape culture/male gaze, the exploration of the underestimation of women, and the subtle expression of queer love (Jennifer's relationship w/ Needy) and that's why the movie worked so well for many people (especially women) as the plot doesn't let Jennifer's assault define her story and rather focuses on her experiences as a succubus and relationship with Needy. Thinking that this movie should be a revenge story is probably influenced by the decades of media where sexual trauma is framed as a motivation and 'weakness turned into strength' (for specifically female characters) when that's not the case with this movie at all. I definitely recommend watching some analysis videos and reviews of Jennifer's body made by women (who were the target demographic for this movie) before coming to an conclusion, since (and no hate to you at all) you aren't the demographic for this movie and likely wouldn't understand the deeper meaning behind this movie
What does TW mean
@@coolmonkey619 trigger warning
I get what you’re saying but rape culture doesn’t exist
@@BenDover4m3 it does exist and because of your ignorance it continues to be a very real and scary threat for all people and especially women. do your research and do better.
@@caitviendgame24 can you explain rape culture to me then? Cause the only definition i have heard was we live in a culture that promotes rape which is not true whatsoever.
TWO THINGS I NEVER SEEN 🔥🔥
Okay, but "Shut up! You're not my real dad" is actually a banger.
Edit: Holy poop! This comment has gotten over ten times the likes I've ever gotten on a comment before. Thanks guys!
ikr like i was jamming to it
Agreed
this was exactly what i thought when i heard it.
aye I need it on spotify
Omg for real tho YUUUS RIGHT
That fake song is a pretty accurate representation of songs at the time. Not gonna lie, by the chorus, I was jamming tbh
You can’t just drop an absolute EMO masterpiece and leave
🤣🤣
jennifer's body 3.141592653% accurate???🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥‼‼
“Shut Up You’re Not My Real Dad” just called out middle school me so hard. 😩
nobody:
alex: **randomly sings a whole punk rock pop song off the top of his head
“Shut up you’re not my real dad!”
Jennifer: “Im not like other girls, in fact I’m not even a girl.
I’m a demon 👹 EEEEARAGHHHHHHHH”
I heard Goku when Jennifer goes for the eargh
What?
@@funnnehdude I was referring to this
th-cam.com/video/2kfmfCw0FJ8/w-d-xo.html
@@HelloAwesome94 OMG PLSS-
@@n3n345 it fits so perfectly 🤣
🗣🗣🗣TWO THING I NEVER SEEN
"We can play 'boyfriend- girlfriend', like we used to", suggests that Needy and Jennifer may have aleady developed a real sexual relationship, before Needy got involved with Chip.
Jeniffer is secretly a lesbian in my opinion
@@luciesai4448 megan confirmed this!
@@luciesai4448 she was. Or atleast bisexual with a heavy prefer to women.
@@what2730 She literally says "I go both ways" though?
@@killyourdarlings1305 she said that because irl Megan is bisexual she wanted to say that but Jennifer was supposed to /in her eyes a lesbian
Not so fun fact: Jennifers’s body was inspired by a real murder case
Wait what? What's the story?
@Isis Jenkins okay! Thanks for what you shared tho
The fire at the bar seems inspired by Station Nightclub.
@Isis Jenkins i had to read this a few times to get the gist of it lol
It's the story of Elyse Pahler
“Never go into an indie rock musician’s unmarked tinted window van”
Alex is giving life advice...😂😂
The foreshadowing for the song is crazy 🤯
"Shut up your not my real dad" goes hard, shout outs to all my 12 year old emo's
Good times. ...I think.
I need it as a ringtone that I will in fact assign to my stepfather.
Ok but "Shut up, You're not my real dad" is an absolute BOP
Where can I download the full song
Amazing. my 15-year-old self feels called out though. lol
"Shut up you're not my real dad" is a song that 14 year old me would've listened to unironically.
I'd have been in my room listening to it on loop, with a solitary Tear Of All The Emotion rolling down my cheek. Because this song got me, man.
Honestly I'd listen to it now 😂
I'm learning it now so I can sing it proudly lmbo.
This was the funniest video yet. That song was chefs kiss
I love this film because the point of Jennifer is that she died when she was sacrificed and there's still a semblance of her left but now it's corrupted by the demon and so she sabotages Needy because she loves her but it's now twisted. The reason it's called Jennifer's Body is exactly the point you made, Jennifer doesn't get a character arc and it's because she died, all that is left is her body and the succubus uses this to feed. However, at the same time New Jennifer DOES get a character arc across the film except it's not positive, at first she goes to Needy because she knows she'll be safe and she doesn't understand what happened (she fucking died for fucks sake), she stays by Needy but when Needy realises that something's wrong the demon no longer sees her as an ally and removes that connection so it starts twisting the knife of their weird friendship/something more they couldn't explore. This is where Needy decides she needs to start taking action and breaks up with Chip to protect him and finally the demon hits Needy where it hurts, it kills Chip and breaks that final connection between Needy and Jennifer giving Needy the freedom to kill her because Needy knows that Jen would never hurt her like that, Jennifer is gone and the demon needs to die. I would wager the reason Jennifer never goes after her killers is because the demon made a deal with the band and it's holding up its end of the bargain so Jennifer being controlled and quickly losing her humanity doesn't do anything; she even tells Needy what happened because the part of Jen that's still in there knows that it's fucked up but she won't do anything about it because of the demon. Needy on the other hand doesn't have the same restrictions since she's not being controlled she's just got the powers.
TLDR - Jen died when sacrificed and all her actions were controlled by the demon possessing her and the only humanity she had left was her love for Needy.
Well said!
Factz
I just want to acknowledge and appreciate how much effort he really puts into these. Like not just animation and comedy, which are great, but the amount of actual research and commentary that goes into these videos. Thanks for doing them!
how do you make a 20 minute video about jennifer’s body and not mention the homoeroticism during the entire plot like she literally feels her up in the chicken scene and also they make out
The whole movie kind of felt like a creeper's wet dream.
I swear they only put that scene in the movie so men could get off, it made no sense but in a way I also believe Jennifer might’ve been in love with Needy or at least jealous
@@rachelkania8005 I don't think so, the main director was a woman, you can look at the reunion interview they did last year, the marketing targeted the wrong public
@@rachelkania8005 jennifer was in love with needy, that's why she kept eating boys she liked. Chip was just the boss level I guess, like she was working up the courage or something because of his proximity and importance to needy. She wanted her all to herself, thats why she dies after needy rips off her necklace, it's a direct symbol of their relationship ending (breaking up). Think about, a large pole didn't kill her, but a box knife did; Jennifer's heart/soul resurfaced in that moment and leaving the demon entity vulnerable. I think her overall vessel just became ineffective to be honest, needy was probably anchoring her spirit in a way, she,(jen) had all the chances to kill her (needy) and didn't try before the climax, I'd argue that even then it was just a girl fight, and she was going easy on needy.
@@kyladyer2855 this is a meaningful point! Agree with this!