Video Review: Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around..."

So I finally caught Justin Timberlake's new video for "What Goes Around..." - the one with Scarlett Johansson. My thoughts are below the video clip.



Has anyone else been finding Justin more and more annoying lately? Because I'll be honest, he's been bugging me and this video just adds to it. Don't get me wrong, I think he is an extremely talented musician, but I just don't buy him as an actor.

I'll admit, I didn't see Alpha Dog but I wasn't too impressed with the clips I've seen (although the reviews didn't seem too bad). And I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I actually was curious to see his acting ability with such heavyweights like Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey, so I rented his direct to video movie, Edison. I can't remember all the details but I think he played this up and up coming reporter that uncovers some big crime thing. I had high hopes but I didn't believe him in that role for a second.

Lots of musicians have shown they have acting chops - Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Mark Wahlberg, Will Smith, and more - but I've yet to see anything from Justin that puts him in their league. Well, at least from a dramatic perspective, because he does always rock when he hosts SNL (hee, hee).

But I digress... back to the video. I think it would have been a million times better if they had cut out all the dialogue portions completely. It just came off as super cheesy. They could have still told the story with just their scenes set to the song.

And what's his point with the story? That Scarlett's character deserves to be in a serious car crash (a potentially fatal one!) just because she cheated on her man with his friend??? That's weak.