BeatinOff HerBoxBetty is a fucking lying ass bitch


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Posted by skunksmokinsnoogans at 198.215.20.251 on April 03, 2003 at 14:57:03:

In Reply to: Et tu, MSN and BeatBox Betty? posted by Kevin on April 03, 2003 at 14:47:06:

they can't tell the truth about a movie so they go and make up shit....how fucking unprofessional. That's the kind of idiots that are involved in the media. Blow me BettyBitch! : If you can believe it, these two bastions of journalistic integrity have misreported (or
: flat out lied, depending on how you look at it) about "Jersey Girl" and re-shoots that
: just don't exist.

: Here's their story. My comments below...
: -----------------------
: Jennifer Lopez and Ben AffleckTough Luck
: J. Lo and Ben's latest vehicle may be a stinker. Plus, Kirsten Dunst becomes
: political

: by BeatBoxBetty

: The scoop on the latest, name-changing film from Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck is
: that in addition to having an identity crisis, it's just plain bad. Tough Love has had
: its name changed from Gigli, had its release date pushed back four or five times
: and had a $5 million rewrite after test audiences were left unimpressed. In fact, the
: original ending had Ben's character dying, but since audiences hated that, the
: studio had to re-shoot a new ending.

: A quick review of the plot and it's easy to see why folks have freezer burn over this
: puppy. In a nutshell, Ben plays a lowlife thug named Gigli who kidnaps the mentally
: retarded brother of a federal prosecutor to save his mobster boss from
: incarceration. Staked-out in his apartment with his kidnapee, Gigli's soon joined by
: Ricki (Lopez), a gorgeous lesbian gangster who's sent in to assist. But as time goes
: by (and your life force drained from you) -- his feelings for Ricki grow, (and she of
: course, falls for him) and then they become concerned for their prisoner... blah,
: blah, blah.

: Some say the fact that J.Lo and Ben met on set may be the only positive thing to
: come out of filming, while others claim that too is a sham. I'm betting both go
: straight to video. But wait, there's more!  Reports are also coming in that Ben and
: Jen's romantic chemistry is zero onscreen. Nada. Zippity-doo-dud. According to the
: National Enquirer, producers of their other new flick Jersey Girl are desperately
: rewriting love scenes because test audiences don't get why their characters are
: even attracted to each other!  Price tag for re-shoots? A hefty $3 million. The cost of
: having Ben and Jen turn up the chemistry meter? Priceless.
: -----------------

: Yeah, use the Enquirer as a source. That's always smart.

: I know it's only a gossip piece, but gossip or not, I thought I'd state for the record,
: that we have not re-shot, nor do we have plans to re-shoot, scenes for "Jersey Girl."
: Ben and Jen's chemistry in the flick is the exact opposite of zero. I'm not
: desperately (or even casually) rewriting dick. Both test audiences seemed to get
: why the two characters were together quite well. And there's no $3 million being
: spent. There - you now have it from a credible source.

: I'd heard they were playing that Enquirer game on Stern the other day and this
: "Jersey Girl" $3 million re-shoot crap came up as a true story. I assumed (wrongly, I
: guess) that anyone who really gave a shit knew that it was "Gigli" that had done re-
: shoots, not "Jersey Girl."

: Now I'm seeing this isn't the case.

: In her (or his) haste to attack and damn Ben and Jen's relationship in any way
: possible (because it catches the interest of a news-reading public whose attention
: would be better spent on the war abroad), MSN's unfortunately named BeatBox
: Betty has dragged our flick into a spot of mud, alleging problems where there are
: none. I know she (or he) is only a gossip hound, but I'd ask that, in the future, she
: (or he) at least try to contact someone involved with a production she (or he) plans
: to besmirch, rather than lazily take her cues from the likes of a tabloid.

: While I'm at it, though, I'd also like to point out that all this "Gigli" stuff is crap too.
: I've seen the flick with a test screening audience, and I haven't heard laughter like
: that in a movie theater since "American Pie" (or "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back").
: And, mind you, the laughter was WITH, not AT, the movie.

: Much as I hate to disappoint BeatBox, both movies seem like they're going to do
: just fine - quite like Ben and Jen's relationship.

: Regardless, next time you're writing a story, even if it is for a gossip sheet, how
: about simply picking up a phone and doing a little research? Just because you've
: been reduced to the lowest rung on the ladder of journalism (manufacturing news
: where there really isn't any), it doesn't mean you have to conduct yourself like an
: asshole, know-nothing.





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