While we are on the subject of Jennifer Connelly, does anyone prefer the "new" Jennifer over the "original"?
Back in the days of "The Rocketeer" and "Career Opportunities," she was voluptuous and healthy looking, a prime example of what a "normal" good looking woman should look like. Even in "Dark City", she was incredibly sexy. Even her eyebrows were sexy!
Now, in recent years, she has lost a lot of weight, plucked her eyebrows to pencil thin, and she's all elbows, chin, and cheekbones. I mean, not just slender, but emaciated!
I am not the only one who has noticed this, apparently.
This is a quote from a retrospective review of "The Hulk" from the Onion AV Club:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/my-year-of-flops-case-file-100-hulk,10094/
Bana's love interest is played by Jennifer Connelly, an actress who helped usher me and countless other members of my generation through the raging libidinal storm of adolescence. These days, however, Connelly seems to be preparing for the lead in a live-action remake of Todd Haynes' Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story. Clearly drastic measures need to be taken before Connelly loses so much weight that one day she simply disappears into the ether. I am calling on the good people of this great land to wage a covert campaign to bring back Connelly's baby fat by any means necessary. If you're a coffee-server-person and Connelly shows up at your place of employment and orders a soy latte with skim milk, please substitute a triple Chocolate mocha with whole milk and slip in plenty of whipped cream while you're at it. If you're one of Connelly's neighbors, "mysteriously" leave cakes and boxes of donuts at her doorstep. Like bringing attention to the lesser films of Paul Mazursky, you'll be doing God's work.
Or maybe Connelly's simply too depressed to eat. Just look at some of the films she's made in the past decade: Dark City, Waking The Dead, Requiem For A Dream, Pollock, A Beautiful Mind, House Of Sand And Fog, Little Children, and Reservation Road. There's a not a rib-tickler or gut-buster in the bunch. It's as if Connelly is forever doing penance for that pre-starvation Career Opportunities poster. Speaking of which, here's a completely gratuitous shot of Connelly cleavage:
