Look at any internet forum, online game, set of search results, whatever, and you'll see Jessica Alba's name or image plastered everywhere. From extremely pathetic World of Warcraft guilds (ie, For Jessica Alba) to hormone-driven and sexually...
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Look at any internet forum, online game, set of search results, whatever, and you'll see Jessica Alba's name or image plastered everywhere. From extremely pathetic World of Warcraft guilds (ie, For Jessica Alba) to hormone-driven and sexually frustrated teens, Jessica Alba is somehow their goddess, their own personal savior that just so happens to have breasts.

From that it would be easy to try and justify that angle or continue to condemn it, but there's really no point. In terms of looks, Alba has few peers. Her face is exotic, unique, and undeniably appealing. Yes, she's damn hot. For most people, the praise (and disturbing adulation) ends there.

I'd contest that she is quite capable of acting. She doesn't have the range of other actresses her age (see Julia Stiles or Alison Lohman, maybe), but she's quite comfortable on-screen and if you watch her various performances over the years - or even her progression through the Dark Angel series - you'll notice that she's steadily improving. That is in no way a knock against her or even her choice in movies, of course (really, no one came across well in The Fantastic Four).

In some ways her and Jennifer Garner are quite similar, having played similar characters in similar TV shows as well as after their progression into movies. You might argue that Garner has a slight edge in looking like she could give a punch, but no one is going to claim that Alba isn't more striking. It's just too bad few people can look beyond that.