Atlas Shrugged - the Movie (Part one), page 1


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Topic started on 12-2-2011 @ 06:24 AM by FlyersFan
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Looks pretty good.
Modernized.
There was talk about Angelina Jolie being Dagny.
Glad that didn't happen.
Comes out April 15. (traditional tax day! )
Kinda fits.
edit on 2/12/2011 by FlyersFan because: fixing youtube linnk



reply posted on 12-2-2011 @ 06:30 AM by FlyersFan
TYPICAL HOLLYWOOD.

They are censoring what we get to see. They aren't putting it out for far distribution because .. allegedly .. they think there aren't enough people interested. BAH! This is one of the best selling books and recently enjoyed yet another selling spike. Hollywood won't put it out because it exposes what will happen if their far left socialist way of doing things actually were to take over the country. In this case, they are all acting on poltiics .. not money.


Washington Post

The film has not yet been picked up for distribution.

"Hollywood does not think enough people" are interested in the message of "Atlas Shrugged," says executive producer Harmon Kaslow to the room. This is why he has brought the film clips to CPAC - to prompt a grass-roots groundswell of demand for the film at theaters, "spread through the technology of freedom."

"Atlas Shrugged" was Rand's final work, the book in which she most clearly laid out her theory of objectivism, which argues that the pursuit of one's own happiness - "rational self-interest" - will ultimately lead to the betterment of society. It features a female railroad executive, the man she loves and the government who keeps trying to bring her down. The book is split into three parts; if enough interest and financing can be drummed up, "Atlas Shrugged: The Movie" will be followed by two sequels.



reply posted on 12-2-2011 @ 07:10 AM by BenIndaSun
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True, railroads are old-fashioned today. I wish they wouldn't have modernized it, the book still has meaning today even though it's set over 50 years ago. I don't think Ayn Rand would have approved of this modern form
.....

Yeah Jolie would have not been good for this. I haven't seen much of her, but if she used one of her accents it would have really sucked although she does have a good look for Dagny except the lips. I'm curious to see how they casted the fellas (Francisco, Ragnar). I guess that old man smoking is Wesley..looks like him, although a little older than I thought.

I'll still probably end up watching this, after it's released just to see how good or bad it really is.


reply posted on 15-4-2011 @ 08:04 PM by davidgrouchy


Here is a clip from the movie Scene 10
"Henry Rearden Comes Home."
I don't think this movie will
succeed in getting the
audience to identify
with the heros.

At least, not an audience that has neither read the book, nor thinks on their own.

Also don't take that last comment as an endorsement of Ayn Rand, as I despise her work,
but Holy Smokes Man, I could have written a better screen play than this.
If her work is to fail then maybe it should fail on it's own merits,
not through an interpretation that is out of step with what
people are feeling and believing.

In this scene we are supposed to feel sympathy for a man who works hard,
has a bitter condecending wife, and is guilted into giving away money
while at the same time being denied credit for doing so.

As much as I criticize Ayn Rand, this is not
the intelectual leader she described.
He looks needy and disappointed
by lack of approval from others.

/fail


David Grouchy
edit on 15-4-2011 by davidgrouchy because: spelling



reply posted on 15-4-2011 @ 08:17 PM by davidgrouchy


Another clip.
Again the supposed strong individualist leader
seems naive and uninformed. Resorting
to agressiveness in the face of
obsticle or dumbness.
With a plea for
sympathy
on top.

Ayn Rand was intimidating and intelectual,
none of the things this movie represents.


David Grouchy


reply posted on 26-4-2011 @ 08:10 AM by tomten
reply to post by FlyersFan



I saw this movie.
It was great!
I can't wait until part 2 and 3 is out.

My wife have read the book.
And it is going to be awesome.
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