Anonymous wrote:Just glad to see I'm not the only person who thinks the Jen Garner hatred is bizarre.

WTF did this woman ever do to you?

NP. She has done nothing to me. But, I don't understand all the great love for her. I find her the definition of basic. I don't find her even remotely beautiful, but think she's average looking. She's an average actress.

I don't understand all the fawning over her.

you obviously never saw the post super bowl episode of alias

Add me to the people who don’t like her. She never did anything wrong to me and I have no idea what type of a person she is. I just don’t find her attractive. She isn’t my type. I’d rather watch actors and actresses who I think are beautiful and or very talented, for me she is neither. Obviously, some people love her, but she’s not one of those universal types like Audrey Hepburn.

Anonymous wrote:She looks terrible. Very masculine, like Mariska Hagerty.

you need your eyes checked

Just glad to see I'm not the only person who thinks the Jen Garner hatred is bizarre.

WTF did this woman ever do to you?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She looks terrible. Very masculine, like Mariska Hagerty.

I brought this up in a different thread recently, but I'm sick of the very narrow idea of what a woman is supposed to look like. On top of all the too short, too tall, too fat, too skinny, too flat chested, too large chested, too flat assed, too big assed things we need to worry about, suddenly every woman looks like a man.

Here is my ever-growing list of women who, according to people online, look like men, or just "very masculine" -- Brooke Shields, Serena Williams, Amanda Peet, Juliana Margulies, Lake Bell, Lauren Bacall, Mariska Hagerty, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Connelly, Demi Moore, Mila Kunis, Jennifer Aniston, Hillary Swank, Khloe Kardashian, Giselle, Idina Menzel, Lauren Sanchez, Michelle Obama, Jamie Lynn Spears, Wendy Williams, Olivia Wilde, Kate and Pippa Middleton...I could go on, just off the top of my head.

This is absurd. What are women allowed to look like in order to "look like women"?

+1 strong features, especially bold brows, does not turn a woman into a man. If anything, good brows are one feature that keeps a person looking younger longer, IMO.

Anonymous wrote:She looks terrible. Very masculine, like Mariska Hagerty.

I brought this up in a different thread recently, but I'm sick of the very narrow idea of what a woman is supposed to look like. On top of all the too short, too tall, too fat, too skinny, too flat chested, too large chested, too flat assed, too big assed things we need to worry about, suddenly every woman looks like a man.

Here is my ever-growing list of women who, according to people online, look like men, or just "very masculine" -- Brooke Shields, Serena Williams, Amanda Peet, Juliana Margulies, Lake Bell, Lauren Bacall, Mariska Hagerty, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Connelly, Demi Moore, Mila Kunis, Jennifer Aniston, Hillary Swank, Khloe Kardashian, Giselle, Idina Menzel, Lauren Sanchez, Michelle Obama, Jamie Lynn Spears, Wendy Williams, Olivia Wilde, Kate and Pippa Middleton...I could go on, just off the top of my head.

This is absurd. What are women allowed to look like in order to "look like women"?

She looks terrible. Very masculine, like Mariska Hagerty.

yeah. DP but she has been working I stopped at 2013.

Jennifer Garner in The Last Thing He Told Me (2023)
The Last Thing He Told Me
6.5
TV Series
Hannah Hall
2023
7 episodes

Party Down (2009)
Party Down
8.2
TV Series
Evie Adler
2023
6 episodes

Upload (2020)
Upload
7.9
TV Series
Officer Jennifer Garner (voice)
2022
1 episode

Jennifer Garner, Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, and Walker Scobell in The Adam Project (2022)
The Adam Project
6.7
Ellie Reed
2022

Jennifer Garner, Edgar Ramírez, Jenna Ortega, Julian Lerner, and Everly Carganilla in Yes Day (2021)
Yes Day
5.7
Allison Torres
2021

Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
7.9
TV Mini Series
Princess Buttercup
Ancient Booer
2020
1 episode

Llama Llama (2018)
Llama Llama
6.4
TV Series
Mama Llama (voice)
2018–2019
25 episodes

Mila Kunis, Norbert Leo Butz, Ken Hudson Campbell, Ken Jeong, Kenan Thompson, John Oliver, and Brianna Denski in Wonder Park (2019)
Wonder Park
5.8
Mom (voice)
2019

Juliette Lewis, Ione Skye, Jennifer Garner, David Tennant, Janicza Bravo, Arturo Del Puerto, Chris Sullivan, and Bridget Everett in Camping (2018)
Camping
5.1
TV Series
Kathryn McSorley-Jodell
2018
8 episodes

Jennifer Garner in Peppermint (2018)
Peppermint
6.5
Riley North
2018

Nick Robinson in Love, Simon (2018)
Love, Simon
7.5
Emily
2018

The Tribes of Palos Verdes (2017)
The Tribes of Palos Verdes
5.8
Sandy
2017

A Happening of Monumental Proportions (2017)
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
4.9
Nadine
2017

Jennifer Garner and Bryan Cranston in Wakefield (2016)
Wakefield
6.3
Diana Wakefield
2016

Kevin Spacey, Christopher Walken, Jennifer Garner, Mark Consuelos, Cheryl Hines, Robbie Amell, and Malina Pauli Weissman in Nine Lives (2016)
Nine Lives
5.3
Lara Brand
2016

Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, and Jason Sudeikis in Mother's Day (2016)
Mother's Day
5.6
2nd Lt. Dana Barton
2016

Jennifer Garner and Kylie Rogers in Miracles from Heaven (2016)
Miracles from Heaven
7.1
Christy Beam
2016

Al Pacino in Danny Collins (2015)
Danny Collins
7.0
Samantha Leigh Donnelly
2015

Jennifer Garner, Steve Carell, Kerris Dorsey, Dylan Minnette, Ed Oxenbould, Elise Vargas, and Zoey Vargas in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
6.2
Kelly Cooper
2014

Men, Women & Children (2014)
Men, Women & Children
6.6
Patricia Beltmeyer
2014

Kevin Costner in Draft Day (2014)
Draft Day
6.8
Ali
2014

Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Dallas Buyers Club
7.9
Eve

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well now I need a photo of this "gown."

I am glad she is actually working again (as an actor, not just doing credit card commercials) because it was starting to feel like she was mostly famous for being Ben Affleck's ex-wife and I have no interest in that kind of celebrity.

She has a commercial on now where it starts with her saying "You probably know me from my other career, but I'm also a business owner," and it grates because at this point DO people know her from acting? She did Alias and then a fairly popular romcom 20 years ago but she has barely worked in the last 10 years.

I don't know why this annoys me but I just feel like if you're going to be in the public eye, it needs to be FOR something. Not just "I make goofy Instagram reels and I'm a mom!" Like who cares, so are all my neighbors, I don't want to see them on GMA either.

I am feeling grumpy today, lol.

Okay….you are entitled to feel annoyed at celebs - But the annoyance of Jen Garner seems misplaced given she has pretty steadily worked - pretty much a movie a year and she’s done series too. if you’re going to be annoyed at someone I’d redirect you to say someone like a Tiffany Amber Theisen, who became famous in her 20s and teens for acting but now parleyed that into cooking and instagram. I’m fine with that and it doesn’t annoy me but seems better to place your annoyance here than on Jen Garner.

I also think a lot of successful actresses are strongly advised to parlay their fame into something else. Reese Witherspoon has been upfront about saying her financial advisor when she hit 30 said you have just a few more years of acting you’re gonna need to do other things because no one wants to. she was greatly offended, but you can see she definitely turned to things like producing, book club, clothing line etc.

Given how Jen started with the sexy alias role, I would not be surprised in the early 2000s if she was told the same thing.

Sorry… Got cut off, but Reese Witherspoon was told no one wants to see an actress past 35. Clearly not true, but she said it did help her on other endeavors.

Anonymous wrote:Well now I need a photo of this "gown."

I am glad she is actually working again (as an actor, not just doing credit card commercials) because it was starting to feel like she was mostly famous for being Ben Affleck's ex-wife and I have no interest in that kind of celebrity.

She has a commercial on now where it starts with her saying "You probably know me from my other career, but I'm also a business owner," and it grates because at this point DO people know her from acting? She did Alias and then a fairly popular romcom 20 years ago but she has barely worked in the last 10 years.

I don't know why this annoys me but I just feel like if you're going to be in the public eye, it needs to be FOR something. Not just "I make goofy Instagram reels and I'm a mom!" Like who cares, so are all my neighbors, I don't want to see them on GMA either.

I am feeling grumpy today, lol.

Okay….you are entitled to feel annoyed at celebs - But the annoyance of Jen Garner seems misplaced given she has pretty steadily worked - pretty much a movie a year and she’s done series too. if you’re going to be annoyed at someone I’d redirect you to say someone like a Tiffany Amber Theisen, who became famous in her 20s and teens for acting but now parleyed that into cooking and instagram. I’m fine with that and it doesn’t annoy me but seems better to place your annoyance here than on Jen Garner.

I also think a lot of successful actresses are strongly advised to parlay their fame into something else. Reese Witherspoon has been upfront about saying her financial advisor when she hit 30 said you have just a few more years of acting you’re gonna need to do other things because no one wants to. she was greatly offended, but you can see she definitely turned to things like producing, book club, clothing line etc.

Given how Jen started with the sexy alias role, I would not be surprised in the early 2000s if she was told the same thing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's a clip:

https://www.today.com/video/jennifer-garner-and-emma-myers-talk-new-movie-family-switch-198894149587

I don't see how that is classified as a gown?!

OP said GMA, not the Today show. Jen wore an off-the-shoulder long black gown on GMA this morning

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/video/jennifer-garner-talks-new-film-family-switch-105201478

Live her she’s beautiful thanks for the vid!

Anonymous wrote:She also always says her parents forced her to wear tons of sunscreen. She was never a big sun worshipper. Also don't believe she was a smoker/drank lots of alcohol.

Her sisters - not in the biz - also have very good skin.

+1 Look at older women of all skin types and it's pretty obvious who smoked, drank alcohol, and/or was in the sun too much.

Anonymous wrote:Here's a clip:

https://www.today.com/video/jennifer-garner-and-emma-myers-talk-new-movie-family-switch-198894149587

I don't see how that is classified as a gown?!

OP said GMA, not the Today show. Jen wore an off-the-shoulder long black gown on GMA this morning

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/video/jennifer-garner-talks-new-film-family-switch-105201478

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well now I need a photo of this "gown."

I am glad she is actually working again (as an actor, not just doing credit card commercials) because it was starting to feel like she was mostly famous for being Ben Affleck's ex-wife and I have no interest in that kind of celebrity.

She has a commercial on now where it starts with her saying "You probably know me from my other career, but I'm also a business owner," and it grates because at this point DO people know her from acting? She did Alias and then a fairly popular romcom 20 years ago but she has barely worked in the last 10 years.

I don't know why this annoys me but I just feel like if you're going to be in the public eye, it needs to be FOR something. Not just "I make goofy Instagram reels and I'm a mom!" Like who cares, so are all my neighbors, I don't want to see them on GMA either.

I am feeling grumpy today, lol.

Nothing particularly notable but even with downshifting to "mom" and dealing with Ben's rehab stints 2017-19, she's done about one project a year in the past decade. She was the best thing about "Camping" (underrated, I thought) and was very good in "The Adam Project" and "The Last Thing He Told Me."

My kids and I enjoyed her in Yes Day on Netflix.