#zero dark thirty

[fanofspooky]

Scream Queen - Jessica Chastain

[boydswan]

ZERO DARK THIRTY (2012) dir. Kathryn Bigelow

[flipjack]

Jessica Chastain on the way to the Morelia Film Festival

[nellarw95]

Happy Birthday Jessica 🥳🎂🎈🎁🎉

March 24,1977

Buon Compleanno 🥳🎂🎈🎁🎉

24 Marzo 1977

[zionistsinfilm]

When you buy or stream Mothers' Instinct, Ava, Interstellar, The Martian, A Most Violent Year, Miss Sloane, Scenes from a Marriage, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, George & Tammy, The Help, Molly's Game, Zero Dark Thirty, you're giving money to Zionists. Jessica Chastain laughed at learning how the IOF kills Palestinians.

[yuplusjin]

Jack is that you 😂😂

[primonizuto]

Fares Fares as Hakim ZERO DARK THIRTY (2012, dir. Kathryn Bigelow)

[raurquiz]

#happybirthday #MarkStrong #actor #Stardust #RocknRolla #SherlockHolmes #KickAss #RobinHood #TinkerTailorSoldierSpy #GreenLantern #JohnCarter #ZeroDarkThirty #TheImitationGame #Kingsman #Cruella #Tar #Shazam #FuryoftheGods #MurderMystery2 #DeadShot #dune #prophecy #Atlas

[unfotograma]

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

[hayleylovesjessica]

The woman whom I work for hasn't sent me any work this week, so it feels like, to the extent that I work for her, I work for her only nominally. Anyway, I'm bored out of my mind, so I put on Zero Dark Thirty. I'm always happy to watch an excellent film featuring my beloved wife, Jessica. She's so beautiful (swoon!), and I love the version of her that we get a couple times in the movie where she's wearing a dark wig because her character, Maya, is trying to go incognito. She rocks that wig and makes it work!

[beautyarchive]

Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty (2012).

[pedroam-bang]

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

[faresaday]

[obi-wansorrow]

A list of my favorite female characters because this post is right. I let these influential women live within me without ever giving them the credit they so clearly deserve. These women shaped me. They influenced every outspoken, confident, and strong part of me. They taught me to be brave in the face of so much trauma. They taught me the opinions of men will never define me. Here are those characters:

Evelyn Carnahan, The Mummy, played by Rachel Weisz*

Cattie-Brie, The Legend of Drizzt by R.A. Salvatore

Lara Croft, Tomb Raider - all depictions

Mina Harker, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, played by Peta Wilson

Mulan, Mulan

Ellen Ripley, Alien, played by Sigourney Weaver

Gwen DiMarco, Galaxy Quest, played by Sigourney Weaver

Hedda Gabler, Hedda Gabler written by Henrik Ibsen**

Mrs. Helene Alving, Ghosts written by Henrik Ibsen

Nora Helmer, A Doll's House written by Henrik Ibsen

Rhonda LeBeck, Tremors, played by Finn Carter

Medea, Medea written by Euripides

Arwen, The Lord of the Rings, played by Liv Tyler

Éowyn, The Lord of the Rings, played by Miranda Otto

Nightsister Merrin, Jedi Survivor Series, voiced by Tina Ivlev

Ahsoka Tano, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (animated), voiced by Ashley Eckstein

Maya, Zero Dark Thirty, played by Jessica Chastain

Commander Shepard, Mass Effect Series, voiced by Jennifer Hale

Elizabeth Swan, Pirates of the Caribbean, played by Keira Knightley

Selene, Underworld Series, played by Kate Beckinsale

Kira Navarez, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars written by Christopher Paolini

Kristin Ortega, Altered Carbon (books by Richard Morgan, show adapted by Laeta Kalogridis), TV show character played by Martha Higareda

Reileen Kawahara, Altered Carbon, TV show character played by Dichen Lachman

Quellcrest Falconer, Altered Carbon, TV show character played by Renée Elise Goldsberry

Lizzie Elliott, Altered Carbon, TV show character played by Hayley Law

Miriam Bancroft, Altered Carbon, TV show character played by Kristin Lehman

There are so many more that have left their mark on me. These are the ones I can remember now.

I watched a lot of the movies listed here when I was a kid. I didn't see the way women were being belittled or treated like token pieces when I was young. I only took away the best parts of those characters.

Rhonda from Tremors? A young female scientist working on her own!

Gwen DiMarco? Funny, tough, scared out of her mind but still there!

*There is a scene in The Mummy when the two groups reach Hamunaptra. A man says, "They are led by a woman. What does a woman know?" It was not until I was well into my adulthood that I realized this was meant to be a dig at her. Growing up, I always thought it was a genuine question. A question uttered with reverence and awe. What does a woman know? We know so many things! Women are able to do so much without ever having to look it up or ask. I took this as a sign of "Yes! Women are mysterious. We hold so much knowledge. We are powerful!"

**Hedda Gabler is a play that stole my breath away. I love every bit of this work. A woman trapped in a marriage she had no desire for. Not because there was another man, but she truly did not want to be married! The self-sabotage, the destructive and toxic qualities that she takes on throughout the play is heart wrenchingly beautiful. I love Hedda's flaws.

If you want to chat about these women, I will talk for days.

i dont really know how to articulate this but its crazy just how many people dont even realize they dont care about female characters. all their faves are men. they never talk about girls without being led into it. and when you try to point this out to them they try to defend themselves that their faves are just the archetypes they like, despite clearly not caring when that same archetype is a woman. like i feel like at a certain point it is your problem with the common denominator if you cant find a single female character to enjoy