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Hey bestie! As a fellow Wanda stan how do you feel about Paul Bettany right now? It's so weird for me to associate it him with the character of Vision and the texts he sent and his actions revealed in this trial.
I loved Wandavision and was so excited for the future of Vision but right now it's weird to even look at him
hey bestie! fuck him too :)
#i genuinely sat here and wondered how u knew i was a wanda stan for like ten minutes… and then i realized#it’s been a long few days lol#also i’m not trying to be snippy at all omg#i just have never liked vision as a character so it’s not hard for me to separate him if that makes sense#but i can understand how it’s hard as a marvel fan :/ but luckily it seems he won’t be in any big projects for a bit#so you can take time to reconcile your thoughts / feelings and go forward as best for you!#allie answers#anti johnny depp#anti paul bettany#abuse cw
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Wtf did he send Paul bettany? Genuinely asking. Doesn't excuse the fact that heard is still the abuser lmao
Google is free, but since I have time tonight, I'll share the messages with you. Also, I'm not going to get into a debate with you about Heard, so. You believe what you want to believe. Even if you believe that JD was the victim and that his texts were him "venting", that doesn't excuse Paul Bettany's responses. It was none of Paul's business, and a good friend would not have joined in on those death threats. Fuck Paul Bettany. He's a piece of shit and I hope something comes out one day that will tank his career. If defending JD is the hill you want to die on, then so be it.
Trigger warning for extremely graphic language and threats.
JD sent a text to Bettany in which he expressed that he wanted to burn Amber. Bettany replied (and this is paraphrasing but close enough): "I'm not sure we should burn Amber. She is delightful company and pleasing on the eye. We could of course do the English course of action and perform a drowning test. Thoughts? You have a swimming pool."
Why the FUCK would he say that? People who fantasize about murdering or harming someone are deeply disturbed people. Bettany is a piece of shit and I think he's unhinged and probably abusive. Normal, well-adjusted people don't say things like that. Johnny then said he would want to drown her, then burn her, and that he would fuck her burnt corpse to make sure she was dead. Again, this is not something that mentally stable, well-adjusted people say.
Paul's response: ": "My thoughts entirely! Lets be CERTAIN before we pronounce her a witch."
Fuck Paul Bettany, he's not even a good actor anyway. Fuck anyone who explains away or defends this behavior as "dark humor." It's NOT.
#depp v heard cw#anti paul bettany#we let men get away with the most atrocious shit#the people that are bending over backwards to defend this man after all he has said and done just want to slob on his knob#i said what i said#and i will not be entertaining nonsense on my blog#i will just block you#asks#anonymous#fuck anyone who writes this off as 'dark humor'#when#they know DAMN well they would not have said the same thing if amber had done it
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#taylor swift#Midnight#anti-hero#anti hero#scarlet witch#wanda maximoff#vision#vision marvel#vision (mcu)#wanda maximoff (mcu)#wandavision#marvel#the vision#avengers#wandamaximoff#paul bettany#elizabeth olsen#Elizabetholsen#paulbettany#doctor strange: multiverse of madness#wandavision editing#anti-hero editing#wanda maximoff editing
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But let's not forget that Paul Bettany aka vision was out here enabling johnny and laughed along when Johnny was making rape and death threats about Amber.
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#johnny depp#anti johnny depp#paul bettany#amber heard#i stand with amber heard#justice for amber heard#trial exhibit: text#uk trial#tl: may 30 2014
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It’s crazy how Letitia Wright is being harassed by interviews about her anti-vax past which she has apologized for but Paul Bettany has public texts talking about how he wants to kill burn and rape a woman but I never heard any questions abt that during wandavision 🤔 Not to mention Evangeline Lilly said even worse than Letitia about being anti-vax and hasn’t even been ASKED to apologize while her new ant man movie is on the way
#letitia wright#in no way am I defending being anti vax but Letitia is getting treatment that her peers are not receiving for even worse things#my post
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to everyone on johnnys side, congrats!! you fell for it!
JD stated he wanted the trial to humiliate amber, which it ended up doing. and while i don’g think amber was 100% in the right, JD isn’t a victim. he was an abuser long before amber.
he’s known friends with marylin manson, a notorious abuser, and the pair discussed wanting to have a harem of underage children. if you watched the trail anywhere but tik tok you would know this! he also said to paul bettany, that he wanted to murder amber and assault her corpse.
many people very close to JD have also retracted their support for him, including his OWN DAUGHTER!
the trial was also un-sequestered, meaning it was a trial partially influenced by media pretty much. so OF COURSE the case went in favour of who the media was supporting??? not to mention, this was only the defamation trial, the abuse case between the two a few years ago was not televised, a JD lost that one!!! he was found guilty!! because he’s abusive too!!!
he also had sex with winona ryder when she was 17 and he was well into his twenties, he’s been abusive for a while.
you all fell for the media and JD’s original plan, you all lack media literacy. to view an abuse trial as so black and white is so stupid. they both did awful things, but JD is abusive. and so many men and anti-feminists used this trial as a gotcha moment for women, if JD was actually abused and was actually a victim, using his abuse and pain as a rebuttal for when women talk about abuse would be highly insensitive.
none of you actually care about either of them. they both did bad things, but JD is still abusive. but go ahead and pick sides lmao.
ily <3 if i didn't fear getting hate messages and literal threats, i would have been speaking much more firmly on this topic
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if you're into Supernatural, this series was sooo overshadowed. Dominion is an action / adventure tv series developed by the american television channel Syfy. it aired between 2014-2015 and got two seasons. season 3 was cancelled, though. it (sort-of) follows that cult classic movie Legion, which released in 2010. the one with Paul Bettany and Kevin Durand!
if you like post-apoc themes, morally-gray characters, incredibly chaotic villains and anti-heroes, reluctant saviors and bonds between family, "angels caused the apocalypse because god disappeared and blame humankind", you should check it out!!! :)
...oh my god this was sent to me in november . I THOUGHT I REPLIED TO THIS . IM SO SORRY ANON SBDJHJBS
THAT SOUNDS SO COOL THOUGH? ill check it out when i feel like i need to get into something new, thank you so much!! big fan of post apocalypse themes and batshit characters
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For anti-Katarina Claes anon.
I love Katarina but here's some Dustfinger propaganda.
He got pulled put of a book and is desperately trying to get back to his wife and kids who are still in the book (I think he managed in the 2nd book but I never finished it and it was a long time ago).
He can control fire and uses it for street performance.
He has a pet marten.
He takes an apprentice from The Arabian Nights.
My sister named one of her fish after him.
He's played by Paul Bettany in the movie.
i appreciate your propaganda and I'm sure anon does too
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lol ure anti johnny depp? whata joke
"what a joke" says the person on anon. You're a coward, and the only reason I'm answering this message is because I have a few things I want to say.
anyway. yes, i am anti a man who expressed that he wished to burn his wife and then fuck her dead corpse. and while i am at it, fuck Paul Bettany as well, what kind of disgusting human being encourages that behavior? if it bothers you that i am unsupportive of a man who is an abuser, then feel free to unfollow me. And if you don't follow me, then why the fuck did you send me this message? I tagged the post appropriately so that people who are NOT anti J*hnny D*pp could blacklist it.
get a life, anon. and seek professional help, because this is disturbing behavior.
#anonymous#anonymous hate#i have not spoken a lot about the d*pp/h*rd case because well....my opinions are my own and i am not looking to get into arguments w/ppl#which is why i tagged the post as anti. i didn't want to offend any of my followers#i don't expect everyone to feel the same way as i do#but i cannot and will not make excuses for someone saying that. just. no#i loved his movies but it has become evident over the years that this man is deeply disturbed and in need of therapy#so if any of my followers are upset by my views i'll understand#but i feel the way i feel.#anti johnny depp
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worst movies i watched in 2022:
Don't Look Up
Sweet Home Alabama
Eyes Wide Shut
Devil
The Hatred
best movies i watched in 2022:
The Thing
Eraserhead
Audition
The Batman
Mad God
Mandy
28 Days Later
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Nope
guilty pleasure movies:
Willy's Wonderland
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
some honorable mentions:
Hook - i'm not the biggest Peter Pan fan, so the magic of this movie was lost on me. i wasn't expecting child death, though.
Sinister & Happy Death Day - very surprised by how much i enjoyed them
Saw IV - Spiral: From the Book of Saw - the series is essentially a melodrama at this point
Army of Darkness & Drag me to Hell - Raimi films that disappointed me
Priest & Legion - movies with weird religious tones starring Paul Bettany that would have been better if they were comic books
F for Fake - i recommend watching this if you're a fan of video essays; wikipedia considers it the grandfather of video essays
Scanners, Johnny Guitar & Planet of the Apes - films that left me feeling some kind of way and i'm not sure if that's good or bad.
Melancholia & Anti-Christ - extraordinar...ily overhyped. why do people go nuts over these films? they're so mediocre.
Color Out of Space and Annihilation - films that left me feeling a kind of way 2!
House of 1000 Corpses - not nearly as fucked up as people made me think it would be
Big Trouble in Little China & Escape from New York - i was expecting more plot with less action in Big Trouble and more action with less plot in Escape and boy was i bamboozled.
i also realized i watched a lot of nic cage films this year: willy's wonderland, con air, knowing, mandy, color out of space, and ghost rider. i also watched three john carpenter films that starred kurt russell: the thing, big trouble in little china, and escape from new york.
accepting suggestions for next year :)
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Marvel Pitstop: A Look Back at the MCU’s Phase Four - Television
A continued look at the MCU Phase Four. Unlike previous phases, this latest phase has television series included. There seems to be an over-saturation of content with these television series popping up between the feature film releases. I think that part of the reason for talk of middling quality of releases in the discourse is probably because of the sheer amount of content in a short amount of time to varying success as far as storytelling and quality.
Here’s a look at the television offerings.
TELEVISION
It is a bit of a mixed ride with the television series Marvel featured on Disney+. The highs were certainly very high, while the valleys were at least entertaining but left a bit wanting.
WandaVision - Released January-March 2021
the Meat Life Rating - 8/10
Very interesting concept. Much of the episodes in the series a small New Jersey town are trapped in sitcom life, going through the different sitcom decades set forth by Wanda’s powers but ultimately influenced by Agatha Harkness. The series deals with Wanda’s struggle with losing her love Vision in the events of Avengers: Infinity War. The series felt was strong. Upon initial watch, I thought the finale was weak compared to the rest of the series. On the rewatch, though, I felt like the finale held up pretty well.
Best Performance - Kathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness
This was a tough call because I always enjoy Randall Park in anything, it was cool to see Kat Dennings back in the MCU, we see Teyonah Parris as a grown up Monica Rambeau, and we see strong performances from the leads Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany. Also the surprise appearance of Evan Peters as the sitcom version of Pietro was also good. But in most scenes she’s in Hahn steals the show.
Best Episode - “Previously On”
Throughout the episode Agatha forces Wanda through her past to find out how she was able to harness her powers. We see the history of trauma and loss that Wanda goes through over the years and how her family would watch old sitcoms in their house in Sokovia.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier - Released March-April 2021
the Meat Life Rating - 8/10
This is probably my favorite MCU series so far and is a more conventional approach to television series and the Marvel storytelling. The series is the journey Sam Wilson takes as he grapples with whether or not to take on the mantle of Captain America, dealing with race and what it is to be a Black man in America. While Sam grapples with this, a soldier named John Walker takes on the mantle, given the shield by the US government...and to disastrous results. We also see Bucky dealing with his Winter Soldier past. Both of these occurring while the duo learns to work as a team together to topple the Flag Smashers, an anti-national group looking break up international efforts to reestablish pre-Blip conditions. The Flag Smasher storyline might have been very different, with rumors of a virus or bioweapon storyline edited out due to COVID-19. You can see remnants of this when the Flag Smashers are stealing vaccines and the Smashers leader Karli Morgenthau mourns the death of her mentor due to “an illness,” later identified as tuberculosis.
Best Performance - Carl Lumbly as Isaiah Bradley
Daniel Bruhl’s Zemo was great and even had meme-able moments, Danny Ramirez’s Torres had moments, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s surprise cameo was great. Some of the other guest stars were good and the leads Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan’s chemistry was palpable. But Carl Lumbly as Isaiah Bradley was the best performance. You could really feel the pain in his voice and the performance really added depth to the Falcon storyline as he grappled with whether to take the Captain America mantle.
Best Episode - “The Whole World Is Watching”
In my opinion, the first five episodes are all really close, particularly 2-Star Spangled Man, 3-Power Broker, and 5-Truth. But the fourth episode The Whole World Is Watching is the best. The episode has the best buildup, a look at John Walker’s struggle to live up to the Captain America mantle, the charm of Zemo, the teamwork of Sam and Bucky, and the badass Dora Milaje fight in the apartment. And it has a clear juxtaposition with the redeeming un-brainwashing of Bucky in a flashback at the beginning of the episode and then the shocking killing of a Flag Smasher by Cap Walker with the Captain America shield after a fight with the Flag Smashers leads to the death of Walker’s partner Lemar Hoskins.
Loki - Released June-July 2021
the Meat Life Rating - 8.5/10
In much the same vein as the approach taken with WandaVision, Loki is different. Different in a great way. Falcon may be my favorite show, but Loki as far as quality is probably the best MCU Disney+ series. Following the events of Avengers: Endgame where 2012 Loki steals the Tesseract and disappears, we follow Loki after he is captured by the Time Variance Authority. The TVA is responsible for keeping the Sacred Timeline in tact and eliminate time variants that disrupt it. TVA agent Mobius recruits Loki to hunt down a dangerous variant - a female Loki variant named Sylvie. Loki, in tandem with Spider-Man: No Way Home, serve as MCU primer for multiversal storytelling.
Best Performance - Jonathan Majors as He Who Remains
The chemistry between Owen Wilson’s Mobius and Tom Hiddleston’s Loki is great and is rivaled only by the chemistry between Hiddleston and Sophia Di Martino’s Sylvie. Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Ravonna Renslayer and Wunmi Mosaku as B-15 are strong performances as well. But in the season finale (Loki announced it was renewed for a second season at the end of the first season), Majors stole the show. He Who Remains is a variant of Kang the Conquerer who we will see in the next Ant-Man/Wasp movie. Even with only screen time in the finale, Majors’ performance and execution drive not just the series into another direction, but possibly change the course of the entire MCU.
Best Episode - “For All Time. Always.”
All the episodes are solid and of similar quality, so this was a hard decision. But I think the season finale “For All Time. Always.” changes the direction of the MCU on the level Captain America: The Winter Soldier did. It opens up the concept of the multiverse when Sylvie decides to kill He Who Remains, wrecking the end of the Sacred Timeline and stopping the control over time variants. We have yet to truly see how this may impact the rest of the MCU. There were other things that disrupt things and open up the multiverse, so we may see the culmination of all these things in one of the upcoming releases.
What If...? - Released August-October 2021
the Meat Life Rating - 6.5/10
A cool concept: what if your favorite Marvel hero’s journey was different? What would that look like? While there were several episodes that were spectacular, a lot of the episodes, while entertaining, just felt like something was missing. I’m not too into animation, I didn’t really get into the Star Wars Clone Wars or Star Wars Rebels animated series, so maybe that’s why I wasn’t too into this (although nowadays with all the CGI in things, the “live action” films are also heavily animated). It also felt incomplete, for example with a Thanos-like Gamora featured on the promo art but only appearing in the finale (her episode was scrapped because of production issues due to COVID).
Best Performance - Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa
Man, what a loss the entertainment world endured with the untimely passing of Chadwick Boseman in the summer of 2020. Boseman’s voice acting in What If was the last project he worked on before his death and was featured through out the series - four out of the nine episodes, in fact. He even had his own episode - “What If...T’Challa Became a Star Lord,” which was tons of fun.
Best Episode - “What If...Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?”
Although I felt this show was the weakest of the Marvel Disney+ releases, there were a few strong episodes. “What If...T’Challa Became a Star Lord?,” “What If...Zombies!,” and “What If...Thor Were an Only Child?” were all wildly fun. But the strongest episode was the darkest. In the Doctor Strange episode, the death of Dr Christine Palmer leads Strange down a dark path to gain more power in an attempt to go back in time to save her life.
Hawkeye - Released November-December 2021
the Meat Life Rating - 7/10
Based heavily on the Matt Fraction comic run, Hawkeye is a fun, holiday-themed look at the aftermath of Clint Barton’s reign as Ronin in the post-Endgame world as well as mentoring a new Hawkeye in Kate Bishop. We get Echo and the Tracksuit Mafia run by Kingpin as the main villains as well as a look at Yelena Belova looking to avenge Natasha Romanov’s death as she believes Barton responsible. There are some serious moments in Barton dealing with the Ronin spree as well as Bishop looking at her development and at her mother Eleanor Bishop’s possible involvement in criminal activity. There are some weak areas (the Larpers were a bit of an odd addition) but this is largely a good.
Best Performance - Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova/Black Widow
There are many strong performances. Jeremy Renner is good, Hailee Steinfeld is great. The surprise appearance of Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin was great as well. But Pugh steals the show with her charm and line execution. Her banter with Steinfeld as well as her fight with Renner in the finale were excellent performances. She kept grabbing up the screen with her performance.
Best Episode - “Echoes”
We see the origin story of Echo and the relationship she has with Kazi, the head of the Tracksuits. There is a great break out fight scene in the toy store headquarters of the Tracksuits as well as the subsequent car chase scene. The continuous shot during the car chase from inside the car is top-notch. And the episode ends on a cliffhanger inside the Bishop apartment as Kate tries to break into her mother’s company’s system.
Moon Knight - Released March-May 2022
the Meat Life Rating - 6/10
The 2022 Disney+ show releases are a bit of a letdown. Moon Knight had some very high highs, but I think this show and many of the Marvel shows suffer from is a rushed plot. I feel like this could have benefitted greatly from another few episodes to flesh things out, maybe 10 episodes rather than six. Moon Knight the show follows a man Marc Spector as he reckons with other personalities/alter egos within himself. Marc’s biggest conflict within himself is with personality Steven Grant. Marc also embodies Moon Knight to do the bidding of Khonshu the Egyptian god of Moon and the night sky and battles Egyptian goddess Ammit. It was a revealing look at a character with DID or Dissociative Identity Disorder and what those people may deal with. It was also nice to see representation of Egyptian characters by Egyptian actors and directors. But those storylines seem to fall apart or appear rushed. Also, some of the action sequences were plagued by CGI issues (many times you can tell the difference between a person in costume and a CGI rendering of a person in a costume) and subpar fight choreography (not on the same level as some other Marvel projects).
Best Performance - Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector, Steven Grant, Moon Knight, and Jake Lockley
For all the issues with the series, Oscar Isaac was acting his ass off. Isaac jumping back and forth from Marc and Steven was spectacular. Ethan Hawke was a decent villain as Arthur Harrow, a David Koresh-like cult leader who professes the wishes of Ammit. May Calamawy was also solid as Layla El-Faouly, Marc Spector’s ex who helps Marc/Steven navigate to fight against Harrow/Ammit. But Isaac kills it. The British accent may be off a bit (they even joke about it in the series) but outside of that, some great work from Oscar.
Best Episode - “Asylum”
In the tradition of the other Marvel Disney+ series, the fifth episode is the strongest. Asylum is kind of the Christmas Carol type episode, in the same vein of WandaVision episode Previously On. We see Marc after Marc/Steven dies and has to resolve the issues in their life before they can cross over to the after life. We get Marc as a child and the origins of how the Steven personality came about. A rough but touching episode that stretches Oscar Isaac’s acting muscles. A great episode of television in general from a very middling series.
Ms Marvel - Released June-July 2022
the Meat Life Rating - 6/10
Ms Marvel follows Pakistani-American teen and Captain Marvel superfan Kamala Khan as she discovers hidden superpowers and her family history. While discovering this, she has to stop the Clandestines, a people exiled on Earth trying to get back to the Noor dimension which may lead to the end of Earth. This is another series that would have benefited from a few more episodes, or perhaps separating the story out into another season. I think, as with a lot of minority stories told in American entertainment, they were afraid this would be their only shot to get all of this done (the creators behind this - writers, producers, directors, are all of South Asian decent and were probably afraid this was their only chance to tell the story). This feels like two different seasons smashed into one - the first part a teen comedy, the second an immigrant family backstory. A lot of the plot feels rushed or compressed for time and could have benefited from letting the story breathe and stretch out. The series suffers from too much going on all at once and doesn’t hit in the way say Everything Everywhere All At Once does.
Best Performance - Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan/Ms Marvel
There are some strong performances from the supporting cast, particularly Matt Lintz as Kamala’s BFF Bruno, Yasmeen Fletcher as overachiever close friend of Kamala in Nakia, Zenobia Shroff and Mohan Kapur as Kamala’s parents, and Saagar Shaikh as Kamala’s brother Aamir. But Vellani is so charming in her performance as Kamala Khan. The naive teen discovering herself through her family’s history and her powers was really relatable and the best part of the series.
Best Episode - “Generation Why”
The first episode is the strongest. You see Kamala’s life as a regular teen in Jersey. You also see her strong family life and her Pakistani/Muslim background. Kamala’s strong artistic imagination is on display. And the main conflict is the relationships she has with her friends and the contrast with the views of her family, the push and pull between American culture and Pakistani tradition. It really encompasses the child of immigrants story very well, it is the biggest part of the story of Ms Marvel I relate to.
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law - Released August-October 2022
the Meat Life Rating - 5.5/10
I want to preface this by saying that there were some moments that were really enjoyable. But, I have to say by MCU standards, this has very diminished returns. I know that the teams working the CGI industry-wide are shortstaffed and overworked from all the projects out, but the CGI of the She Hulk is rough. The She Hulk effects in action scenes are decent, but the She Hulk scenes in regular interaction with actual people is very stiff and fake looking. It’s hard going from the Endgame Hulk and the quality of that to the low quality of the She Hulk. And that takes you out of it. The show takes a more conventional trial-per-epidose approach and is very Ally McBeal in its vibe. They took some swings and I’m glad they approached this show differently from the other MCU content (like the sex jokes were a welcomed change), but for the most part this series struck out for me.
Best Performance - Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky/Abomination
Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters/She Hulk actually isn’t bad. Benedict Wong is cooking in Phase Four altogether and is pretty solid straight man in this. Mark Ruffalo is always great as Bruce Banner/Hulk. It was nice to see Charlie Cox return as the MCU version of Matt Murdock/Daredevil, although I don’t know how I feel about that version yet. But Tim Roth is hilarious in this. Great performance and steals scenes. I almost wish he was in this more.
Best Episode - Ribbit and Rip It
Outside of the pilot episode A Normal Amount of Rage, I think Ribbit and Rip It is probably the most complete episode. This is the episode She Hulk teams up with Daredevil to track down LeapFrog, who is fraudulently suing superhero suit designer Luke Jacobson. Great chemistry between Maslany and Cox.
Originally I was going to go over the upcoming Marvel slate. But the last couple years has seen that slate and timeline change multiple times. So I’ll just conclude by saying that all these film and television projects might have benefited from some time between project releases. It feels the MCU oversaturated and that the quality of the content has been down. But if you kind of compare Phase Four with Phase One, they are very similar in how they are trying to feel out what works, what doesn’t, and where to go from there. I will say that the movies were much stronger overall than the TV shows, particularly in 2022.
Let’s see what the MCU in 2023 and beyond will bring us.
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Nicole Kidman and Zeljko Ivanek in Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003)
Cast: John Hurt, Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, Blair Brown, James Caan, Patricia Clarkson, Jeremy Davies, Ben Gazzara, Philip Baker Hall, Zeljko Ivanek, Cleo King, Chloë Sevigny, Stellan Skarsgård. Screenplay: Lars von Trier. Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle. Production design: Peter Grant. Film editing: Molly Malene Stensgaard.
Lars von Trier's Dogville has weathered an initial critical reaction that dismissed it as "Our Town on downers" to become among his most admired films. But that may be in part because von Trier's life and works have been the focus of so much intense controversy since the film was made, so that Dogville looks like a relatively stable and focused work, especially in comparison with Antichrist (2009), which provoked walkouts at Cannes, and Nymphomaniac (2013), his sexually explicit epic-length film. Von Trier has also been plunged into controversy after joking in an interview that he was a Nazi -- he later apologized and said he was drunk when he made the comment -- and by charges of sexual harassment during the making of his films. He has become something of a latter-day poète maudit, whose defenders are as passionate as his detractors. But Dogville, though overlong and perhaps too show-offily "experimental" in its minimalism, tells a strong story with the help of some gifted performers, particularly Nicole Kidman, who gives one of the best performances of a remarkable career in the role of Grace, the gangster's daughter who winds up being abused by and then destroying the titular town. Some of the criticism initially directed at Dogville centered on its supposed "anti-Americanism," which seems to me wrong-headed. Is the barely masked greed and hypocrisy of Dogville's inhabitants indigenous to America? Is its portrayal of the dark side of frontier village life any more an indictment of America than that of the town of Presbyterian Church in Robert Altman's McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), a film that I've never heard called anti-American? And anyway, there's nothing more American than the freedom and willingness to criticize America. Why not extend that freedom to Danish filmmakers, too?
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'Death threats' and 'humiliation' bring Depp-Heard trial to close
Closing arguments due tomorrow before the case is handed to the jury
A weeping Amber Heard said on Thursday that she had received death threats all throughout the “painful” defamation trial brought by her former husband, actor Johnny Depp.
“I am harassed, humiliated, threatened every single day,” the Aquaman star said on the final day of witness testimony in the sometimes excruciating trial, which is in its sixth and final week.
“I receive hundreds of death threats regularly, if not daily, thousands since this trial has started, people mocking my testimony about being assaulted.”
Depp filed the $50 million suit against Heard after she wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post in which she called herself “a public figure representing domestic abuse”, although she never named him.
In spite of losing a similar case in the UK, where it is significantly easier to win defamation cases, he chose to file a second case against her.
The trial is being held in Fairfax, Virginia, even though both stars live in Los Angeles, California.
Depp claims he filed there because it is the home base to the newspaper but chose not to sue the publisher, which he did in his former losing effort.
He may have thought he would get an advantage there because of the weaknesses in Virginia’s anti-SLAPP law, which is supposed to protect free speech.
SLAPP stands for Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation and 32 states and the District of Columbia have laws against them.
Using the law, Depp’s lawyers made a motion to have Heard’s $100m counter-claim against the actor tossed out.
The counter-suit claims his then-lawyer, Adam Waldman, defamed the actress when he called her abuse allegations “a hoax”.
Judge Penney Azcarate rejected the motion.
Defence witnesses supported Heard’s claims that she has been the target of a years-long hateful social media campaign by millions of fans of the Ed Wood star.
“I just want Johnny to leave me alone,” Heard said for the second time since the trial began.
Earlier in his testimony, Depp admitted to writing in a 2016 text that Heard was “begging for total global humiliation” and “she’s gonna get it”.
He said it was written in anger when he learnt she was alleging that he physically abused her.
Depp also texted his friend, actor Paul Bettany, “Let’s burn Amber!!!”
Bettany wrote back: “I’m not sure we should burn Amber. She is delightful company and pleasing on the eye.
“We could, of course, do the English course of action and perform a drowning test. Thoughts? You have a swimming pool.”
Depp replied: “Let’s drown her before we burn her!”
Then Bettany replied: “My thoughts entirely! Lets be certain before we pronounce her a witch.”
Bettany was not called by Heard’s attorneys although the text exchange was read in court.
A parade of the couple’s mutual friends testified that Depp could be “loving and generous” but that he could also become “a monster” when intoxicated or under the influence.
Readmore:https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2022/05/27/death-threats-and-humiliation-bring-depp-heard-trial-to-close/
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Paul Bettany saying that having his old texts and emails read in court was 'unpleasant'. But didn't say anything about how agreeing with someone who wants to burn and drown their wife and fuck her corpse to check shes dead is 'unpleasant' was bizarre.
Like the unpleasant bit of the story isn't the part about your texts being read, mate. It's what the texts said
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