Armie Hammer : le scandale dans le sang

I thought I was about to watch a documentary about Armie. Instead they dragged the whole family into this and made the aunt the main star. Like, who cares? I get it, all of the men in that family are perverts and shady criminals. All of that could have been summarized in like 10 mins max. But no... because if you did that then you'd have a very short documentary and that's not very good for advertisers. So back to Armie... barely anything is sad about the guy. But as far as I see it - he never actually broke the law. He spanked a few girls a little too hard so let's now ruin his life? Don't get me wrong - he's clearly a rich, spoiled, white trash. But he's not even hiding it. He's basically totally open about it. One look at him and you already know he's bad news. You don't even have to be a smart girl to know you should run the other way. If you're getting involved with trash like that and then you end up with bruises then I'm sorry sweetie but you're the one to blame. Don't play with fire and then blame the fire that you got burned. That's not how it works. Some lessons need to be learned the hard way I guess... I do feel bad about the aunt though. She's left penniless with no family at all after growing up in literal hell. That's gotta be rough. But if I wanted a documentary about her I would have watched one. I though this was about Armie. Epic fail...

In a nutshell, Armie is guilty because his Great Great Grandad was possibly a communist. His Grandad tried to hide being Russian. His Father was left the entire family inheritance and the Aunt was cut out the will and is extremely bitter about being left penniless and seems to have never seen Armie since he was a child, but she knows what he's like. Then there's the ex-girlfriend who experienced something she won't talk about and later overheard something else she won't talk about. A couple of thirsty tik-tokers and the girl who's traumatised, but never actually met him. The only person who actually made criminal complaints and MIGHT have merits, has nothing to do with this. Oh and Armie kicked his Aunt when he was four, so he must be guilty.

What a hack job.

Why is it shaming and hurtful to blame the alleged rapist and torturer on social media but it's not hurtful to shame and blame and accuse the ones who are potential victims? Cancel culture is not as alive and well as rape culture as many of these reviews are demonstrating really exquisitely. As if losing some jobs is worse than being tortured & raped. Everyone's reputation is on the line. Treating the women as guilty liars until proven innocent and right is just as bad as what you accuse them of doing to Hammer. Hypocrites all over the place.

Second, BDSM is all about consent and communication. Abuse like this is taking the physical parts of the kink and leaving out the communication and consent. Gaslighting is not a kink. It's a psychological weapon. It's a tool to wield when you need to feel superior to someone else or because you get off on hurting others. They aren't the same. Educate yourself about kinks cause you are making yourself into a liar and gaslighter by perpetuating made up rumors and definitions yourselves.

If you didn't like the style of the doc or thought it didn't help the understanding of the situation, that's legit. All those other criticisms are less concrete than saved messages from a crazy actor.

Very poorly made, not much more than a collage of articles, Wiki pages, IG and Tiktok content you've probably already seen. The sitdown interviews with Courtney and Casey are what makes this series worthwhile although they didn't really get into the graphic details, their courage is immeasurable. Another takeaway is the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster as told by Edward Epstein which deserves its own series. The Hammer dynasty tragedy is epic, the series is scant. If you do decide to watch it feel free to fast forward. Hoping for a better Hammer family series/movie and a better world for these survivors.

The meaty part of this documentary is the text messages and testimonials from the women he used. Their pain is unequivocal and the sanguine desire of this soul deprived ghoul is stomach churning. The history of where his need for depravity comes from becomes a little too entangled since it's not linear and they try to jump back to Armie sometimes as if an after thought. Three episodes doesn't seem enough since the story seems unfinished at the end of the third episode. These documentary makers need to talk to the makers of the R Kelly documentary to pick up pointers on how to finish and not seem to run out of gas after only 3 episodes.