Charlize Theron is W’s Second Cover Model for February 2012 (Forum Buzz)

For its Movie Issue this February, W is releasing not one, but two covers. The first, which we showed you last week, features the perennially handsome Brad Pitt, and the second features the equally lovely Charlize Theron photographed by Mario Sorrenti. After being a bit underwhelmed by Brad Pitt’s sexy-as-usual cover, Forum members were excited to see the alternative.

“Now THAT'S a cover. Charlize looks so stunning, pure power and elegance,” wrote Marc10.

ALAUU posted, “I swear, Charlize just has to be one of the most photogenic women in the world. She looks perfect on the cover!”

Melly5525 was also excited by W's alternate cover. “Now that’s what I want to see on a fashion magazine cover, not a shot of Brad Pitt that looks like a Vanity Fair or Details cover. Charlize is stunning and always a knockout in glam gowns.”

Spike413 thinks that Charlize’s cover will make people do a double take. “Charlize's cover is stunning,” he wrote. “It's not the most amazing cover I've ever seen, but it's the kind of cover that would stop me in my tracks while perusing a magazine rack. As an aside, the very photoshopped quality really doesn't bother me since, save for the extremely dewy skin and perfect lighting, that's basically what she looks like in real life... when she's done up to the nines, anyway.”

Charlize just knows how to bring it on a photo shoot. She’s got the femme fatale thing down pat, but she doesn’t make me want to hate her. Not even a little.

Images: celebutopia.com via the Fashion Spot forums.