Atlas Shrugged (Part 1)

[Watashi]

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I had no idea this was so close to release.

This looks like Ayn Rand's Unstoppable.

[Derek]

Part 2 should be Galt's 60 page speech in one unbroken static take.

[Sycophant]

I like that from the very beginning, it announces it'll be as agonizingly didactic and wordy as the novel.

[Watashi]

Part 2 should be Galt's 60 page speech in one unbroken static take.
I've never read the book. 60 pages?!

[Sycophant]

Man, the people who made this. Where the fuck did they come from?

[elixir]

I've never read the book. 60 pages?!

Yeah, that was a fucking pain to get through.

[elixir]

So, I had an Ayn Rand phase for a week. Then, I just found it very interesting and actually wrote a whole lot about her philosophy and her life (it's actually quite fascinating, I read one of her biographies...she didn't follow her philosophy at all, obviously). I don't think she's stupid or worthless like some do, but yeah, her novels are quite didactic, can't argue with that.

I can't believe they are actually making this movie.

[Mysterious Dude]

I've never read Rand, but I've seen The Fountainhead with Gary Cooper, and it is one of the weirdest movies to have ever come out of Hollywood. The long speech about the creator and the parasite is pure insanity.

[elixir]

I've never read Rand, but I've seen The Fountainhead with Gary Cooper, and it is one of the weirdest movies to have ever come out of Hollywood. The long speech about the creator and the parasite is pure insanity.

I think she forced them to keep the whole speech, which is if I recall correctly, around 10-15 pages. Galt's is SIXTY. I doubt they'll have that....that was the hardest section of the book to read by far--LET ME TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THE BOOK HAS BEEN TELLING YOU ANYWAYS AND IN THE MOST CONVOLUTED AND RIDICULOUS MANNER POSSIBLE. I use caps, because it felt like I was being yelled at.

If you do have any interest in reading her, read Anthem, which is short and not as extreme as her other works. We The Living is probably her most nuanced work (for her). Yes, I've read all four of her novels. :)

[DavidSeven]

After filming was completed, it was revealed that the release date would be April 15, 2011, coinciding with the usual date for Tax Day in the United States.

However, in 2011, the deadline for submission of income tax forms is extended three days to the 18th, due to the celebration in Washington, D.C., of an intervening holiday called, ironically enough, Emancipation Day.

Sly.

[B-side]

Not read any Rand, but that looks terrible.

[elixir]

What I'm wondering is who they think will see this movie...I can't imagine this making much money.

[number8]

The Tea Party?

[Dead & Messed Up]

What I'm wondering is who they think will see this movie...I can't imagine this making much money.

Atlas Shrugged consistently sells well in the USA, from what I understand. number8's right, that it also holds special interest to Tea Partiers. If they market it well, this thing could be a big hit.

[elixir]

Atlas Shrugged consistently sells well in the USA, from what I understand. number8's right, that it also holds special interest to Tea Partiers. If they market it well, this thing could be a big hit.

Yeah, that is true, and it does even better in times of economic recession. Still, I just think its audience is already limited because I can't see teenagers going to this...and how many adults without knowledge of Rand will? True about the Tea Party. Yeah, it definitely depends on the marketing...I don't think this is a very good trailer.

[Milky Joe]

Man, the people who made this. Where the fuck did they come from?

Excellent question. I've been having fun on IMDb exploring that. From the esteemed Executive Producer of Sunstorm (2001) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303103/), Madam Savant (2001), (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139442/) and Wishman (1992) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103273/). Plus writer/producer John Aglialoro, the guy who brought you this (http://www.cybexintl.com/).

[Mysterious Dude]

I'm curious about the actors. I wonder if they're all Objectivists (like how most of the actors in An American Carol were Republicans). Armin Shimerman, say it ain't so!

[Sven]

Michael Lerner AND Jon Polito nooooooooooo!

This looks so bad.

[monolith94]

This might do a modest amount of business, but it probably won't make its money back until it gets released on dvd, where people will buy and not watch it, just like they do with the book.

[Pop Trash]

So this is like Battlefield Earth for Tea Partiers?

[Kurosawa Fan]

This might do a modest amount of business, but it probably won't make its money back until it gets released on dvd, where people will buy and not watch it, just like they do with the book.

:lol:

[Dead & Messed Up]

Brace for all the reviews that incorporate "shrugging" into their dismissals.

[Sycophant]

Still, I just think its audience is already limited because I can't see teenagers going to this

You may be right, but if there's any time in a person's life to like Ayn Rand, it's when you're sixteen years old.

[elixir]

You may be right, but if there's any time in a person's life to like Ayn Rand, it's when you're sixteen years old.

And that is exactly what happened to me (well, 15). But, most people I talked to about her had never heard of her (anecdotal experience, but I imagine it's still true across the board).

[Benny Profane]

What I'm wondering is who they think will see this movie...I can't imagine this making much money.


Like them or not (I do), Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead are considered pretty much #2 and #3 most influential books of all time, right behind the Bible.

[Benny Profane]

By the way, it's weird that they set this in modern times, when the significance of the railroad is far less than it was when the book was written. Kinda subtracts from the importance of a Henry Reardon and Dagny Taggart on society.

[elixir]

Like them or not (I do), Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead are considered pretty much #2 and #3 most influential books of all time, right behind the Bible.

I know the poll you speak of, not very scientific. But you are right, they are influential in their way. I just mean beyond those who have read the book, it's hard to see the appeal. Will only appeal to adults probably...we'll see. Maybe I'm wrong and it will make 100 million opening weekend.

Anyways, it's hard to imagine this being any good. Maybe if they can introduce subtlety into the story.

[elixir]

I wonder where they will end it, because the book is split into three parts. Is the movie a two-parter?

[BuffaloWilder]

These all seem like very pleasant people. It will be very easy to empathize with them.

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Cooter!

[Benny Profane]

These all seem like very pleasant people. It will be very easy to empathize with them.

Empathy is for weak-minded, parasitic collectivists.

[number8]

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Former congressman and three-time presidential candidate Ron Paul will make his acting debut in the third installment of the Atlas Shrugged film trilogy, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The film also will feature several other prominent conservative personalities with little or no acting experience, including Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity.

"Atlas Shrugged is a fantastic book, but it's much more than a story — it's a philosophy," Paul said. "It's influenced millions of people already and because of its greatness it's going to continue to influence a lot of people."

[Watashi]

:lol:

[Spun Lepton]

On other words, Paul, Hannity, and Beck are investors.

[MadMan]

Wait they are making a third movie? Why?

[number8]

Wait they are making a third movie? Why?

It was made as a trilogy from the beginning. The book is in three parts.

[MadMan]

Never read it. Never wanted to.

[number8]

On other words, Paul, Hannity, and Beck are investors.

Surprisingly, nope. The third movie was successfully funded as a Kickstarter. Which, you know, feel free to wring any irony you can get from that fact.

EDIT: I was wrong. The kickstarter was just for their marketing/distribution cost. They got their $10 million production cost elsewhere. So maybe you're right.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlasshrugged/atlas-shrugged-movie-who-is-john-galt

[number8]

HOLY SHIT THE FAQ SECTION :lol:


Isn't asking for charity antithetical to Ayn Rand's philosophy?

Kickstarter is not charity and we do not seek charity. We are offering a voluntary value-for value exchange. If you see no value in any of the reward levels, you should not back the project.

Regarding the idea of charity however, Ayn Rand had no problem with someone giving money to a cause they care about. If someone deems a cause worthy and wants to donate money, they should be free to do it. What Ayn Rand had a problem with is altruism for the sake of altruism as a moral duty, or being compelled, or forced, to "give."


Isn't this ironic?

No. Kickstarter represents a "free market" and the very embodiment of what Atlas Shrugged is all about.

The real irony is that detractors continue to use the word "irony" to describe a voluntary value-for-value trade amongst individuals as being in opposition to Rand's philosophy.

[number8]

The more I read about this series the funnier it becomes. Nobody in the cast wanted to come back, so each of the 3 parts has the main characters played by completely different actors each time.

[Lazlo]

Yeah, the fact that the first movie bombed at the box office and yet they still made two sequels against the will of the free market is pretty funny.