Casting a Batman A.S. Movie ? ?

[Catwoman]

lol i love it when dorky guys talk down about a girl's appearance. i've seen all of you in the what do you look like post and none of you are anything to write home about so idk what gives you the idea that you have any room to diss her.

[The Dark Knight]

i've seen all of you in the what do you look like post and none of you are anything to write home about so idk what gives you the idea that you have any room to diss her.

Yeah, well, neither are you. And you have not seen me.

[Catwoman]

thanks for the laugh.

[The Joker]

Sorry, but I'm with colors.

Real shocker there.  

I don't have the kind of free time I'd need but 10:1 I could find at least one (or six) pics where she's nothing special.

Are you actually implying that every famous actress, or actor doesn't have one pic (or six, or ten, or fifteen for that matter) out there that is less flattering than others? Really?

Of course it's all subjective, but it's a bit too easy to google up a pic of someone famous and say, "Hey! They don't look so hot there!"  

That's grade school stuff.  

Sad to say, I could look beyond appearances if she was at least a compelling actor.  Serviceable, perhaps, but she never really struck me as anything special.  A good example is the Hulk.  She was just bland and flat in the role.  Liv Tyler, by constrast, brought a sense of goofy nerdiness to the character and also a believeable sense of melancholy and loss.  Tyler is hardly a top flight performer but she did more with the role in ten minutes than Connelly did with all 12 hours of Hulk 2003 (or however long that wretched abortion was).

Everyone has their preferences, but as far as Ang Lee's HULK goes, I thought it was a fairly decent effort in trying something that wasn't necessarily lightened up for the kids. Which was exactly the case with 2008's The Incredible Hulk. Liv Tyler, as far as her acting is concerned, was sincerely the most unmemorable performer in that film by far. I had my doubts on Hurt, since I quite enjoyed Sam Elliot's General Ross, but his performance was surprisingly good. Norton certainly made for a more traditional Bruce Banner, but I never got that feeling of repressed rage that Bana made a point in conveying in the 2003 effort (which is actually a pretty important aspect to the character). Other than that, no complaints. Tim Roth made for a entertaining Emil Blonsky ... but Liv? Eh, someone had to play Betty.

You could argue that the differences are due to the two actors having different directors.  Fair enough.

You could also argue that both films had very distinct tones to them as well. Ang Lee's HULK was certainly more somber than that of the 2008 Incredible Hulk film. Which was, to say the very least, more akin to the Ferrigno/Bixby tv show, and a much lighter film as it was made to be that summer popcorn movie that everyone expected Ang Lee's version to be following Sam Raimi's Spider-Man the previous year.

But the dull, flatness is something Connelly brings to every role.

Never found her to be dull in The Rocketeer, nor did I find her to be anything remotely flat (acting or body wise) in Mulholland Falls, Requiem for a Dream, Inventing the Abbotts, House of Sand and Fog, Blood Diamond, or A Beautiful Mind.

*shrug*

 

If you need mopey, bland line-readings from a (typically) plain jane actress, hey, Connelly's your girl without a doubt.
If you want something with life and energy to it... well, look elsewhere, I guess.

Well, since we're right back to grade school plain jane comments, I must say Connelly does it for alot of guys. And obviously, I'm no exception. Actually, since I'm a comic book fan, one of my favourite cover artist's is Adam Hughes. Who often uses Jennifer's beauty as a reference for Wonder Woman Much like how other artists reference other famous celebs.

[johnnygobbs]

lol i love it when dorky guys talk down about a girl's appearance. i've seen all of you in the what do you look like post and none of you are anything to write home about so idk what gives you the idea that you have any room to diss her.

You ain't seen what I look like.  Besides, I wouldn't want to blow your mind.   

[The Dark Knight]

lol i love it when dorky guys talk down about a girl's appearance. i've seen all of you in the what do you look like post and none of you are anything to write home about so idk what gives you the idea that you have any room to diss her.

You ain't seen what I look like.  Besides, I wouldn't want to blow your mind.   

[johnnygobbs]

So the old Jennifer Connelly debate has reignited, this time on yet another thread.   

Don't worry The Joker, I'm pretty much with you on this, both with respect to Connelly and with respect to the Hulk movies, both of which I liked a lot (unlike many critics unfortunately). 

Although one thing I will say about Connelly is that her beauty in a given film is almost inverse to the quality of her performance (kind of like Charlize Theron in Monster).  Jennifer Connelly looked amazing in The Rocketeer, Inventing the Abbotts and Mulholland Falls, but her best performances were in House of Sand and Fog, A Beautiful Mind and Requiem for a Dream (I hear she is also good in Waking the Dead).  I personally have mixed feelings about A Beautiful Mind and Requiem for a Dream which was practically unwatchable at times (although I liked House of Sand and Fog a lot), but I can't deny that Connelly gave fine performances in those films, along with The Hulk, in which she and Bana invested genuine heart into what might have been a typical comic book story.

[phantom stranger]

I think what Catwoman is trying to say is this:

[Catwoman]

I think what Catwoman is trying to say is this:

yup. i think if you diss how someone looks you should have to show what you look like so we can diss you.

[johnnygobbs]

That's hysterical Phantom, and I agree with the sentiment.  Too many fan-boys go on about how they 'wouldn't hit that', when you know for a fact the only sexual intimacy they've experienced is with the palm of their hand.

To be fair though, I haven't personally dissed anyone's looks.  I praised Connelly, and with respect to Beckinsale, I suggested that by most standards she is obviously very attractive, but she just doesn't have that spark that most classic movie star have IMO (see for instance Kim Basinger or Michelle Pfeiffer, although that may be a generational thing). 

Nor have I ever dissed anyone's looks on this site.  I may put up my picture eventually, but according to my various girlfriends I don't tend to photograph as well as I look in reality, which I realise may sound like a lame excuse, but is something I hear quite a lot.