JENNIFER NEVER STOOD A CHANCE AGAINST JOLIE
By Russell Scott Smith
May 21, 2005 -- JENNIFER Aniston never had a chance.
That much was clear to the audience at the first New York screening
of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," the red-hot, sex-drenched comedy thriller
that reportedly sparked a real-life romance between Angelina Jolie
and Brad Pitt -- and broke up his marriage to Aniston.
Viewers who flock to theaters next month to see if Pitt and Jolie
have any onscreen chemistry will get their answer -- a breathless
"Yes!"-- less than five minutes into the movie, when the soaking
wet, tequila-addled duo bump and grind to a sultry Latin beat in
one of many sizzling scenes.
"It's scorching," said B.J. Sigesmund, movie editor at US Weekly,
who attended the screening at the Beekman Theatre on
Thursday.
"Angelina is so exotic, she makes Jennifer Aniston look plain and
boring by comparison."
Pitt and Jolie play married assassins-for-hire in the movie, which
opens June 10.
At first, they keep their shady jobs a secret from each other and
try to live a boring suburban life. But in a twist reminiscent of
the 1985 Jack Nicholson-Kathleen Turner classic "Prizzi's Honor,"
they are assigned to murder each other -- and all hell breaks
loose.
Because of the plot, Pitt and Jolie's characters actually spend
much of the movie hating each other, which only heightens the
sexual tension.
They trade Bogie-and-Bacall-style barbs during a funny dinner scene
in which Pitt thinks that everything Jolie serves him -- a martini,
the pot roast -- is poisoned.
Later, they do a spicy tango while groping one another (ostensibly
to check for guns and knives).
Finally, there's an all-out brawl in which they chase each other
through their suburban house with machine guns and cleavers -- then
pummel each other with their bare fists after they exhaust all
their ammo.
The sparks fly fast and furious as the shootout turns into a sexy
smackdown and they do the dirty deed all over the kitchen
table.
"You could tell how passionate they were," said Carissa Rosenberg,
entertainment editor at Seventeen magazine.
"I loved the look on Angelina's face," added Roberta Caploe,
executive editor of Ladies Home Journal. "She would look into
Brad's face and giggle at everything."
The stars' alleged real-life romance was on most minds during the
Thursday night screening.
"With all the hoopla around this movie, you may have forgotten
there was a movie," director Doug Liman ("Swingers," "The Bourne
Identity" ) told the crowd with a laugh.
Pitt and Jolie still haven't officially announced their
relationship, but they've been photographed together several times
and their reps have stopped denying the affair.
Source: New York Post
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Poor Jennifer.
