Atlas Shrugged Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k91gP7u3fhs ^ | Nov 25, 2019 | n/a

[V K Lee]

A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her.
Based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand.
Provider Samuel Goldwyn
Rating PG-13
Release date 2011
Running time 1:36:49
Language English

Actors
Taylor Schilling
Grant Bowler
Matthew Marsden
Graham Beckel
Edi Gathegi
Jsu Garcia
Michael Lerner

[V K Lee]

Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIjCyULA0wM

Part two of Ayn Rand's groundbreaking novel comes to the screen in this thrilling and powerful drama.
The global economy is on the brink of collapse.
Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear.
Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations for Taggart Transcontinental, has discovered what may very well be the answer to a mounting energy crisis - a revolutionary motor that could seemingly power the World. But, the motor is dead... there is no one left to decipher its secret... and, someone is watching.
It's a race against the clock to find the inventor before the motor of the World is stopped for good.
Provider Samuel Goldwyn
Rating PG-13
Release date 2012
Running time 1:51:35
Language English

Actors
Samantha Mathis
Jason Beghe
Esai Morales
Patrick Fabian
Kim Rhodes
Richard T. Jones

Atlas Shrugged III is not available on you tube but was made and released to theaters in 2014.

[mmichaels1970]

I think all three are available on Amazon Prime. But I've been hesitant to watch. Have you seen them? Are they any good?

I read the book twice and enjoyed it (except for the 20 page monologue near the end). But I have this gut feeling that the movies will be disappointing.

I'd love to see "We the Living" in a movie form.

[Zathras]

I thought the first one was the best due to the chemistry between the Readan and Dagney actors.

[DIRTYSECRET]

I don’t think the 3 movies were that good. One of them had not so attractive characters. The latin lover may have looked a little too old. The 3 dvd’s were just not that memorable.

[chrisser]

I saw them on Prime. I thought they were pretty decent. It’s a little jarring that the actors change through the three parts, but it doesn’t take long for you to get them settled.

I binged on all three. It’s a bit of a slog.

There are a lot worse things you could watch...

[newfreep]

IIRC, Samantha Mathis was with River Phoenix the night the actor died. She avoided all direct questions from LEOs and seemed to have intimate knowledge of what actually happened.

Classic example of the dark evil of Hollyweird...and so glad I moved from that cesspool.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Francisco standing up for capitalism at the party was memorable. Took 10 pages I believe. I don’t see how it could take up that much time at a party. The memorable line was on page 97 where Francisco asks not to hear the opinions of Dagny’s brother-forgot him. Something about sparing us all his idiocy.

[hardspunned]

First one was good, second, so, so. I watched part of the third and found it on the level of a Hallmark Channel movie. It’s a shame Hollywood never did it before leftist Hollyweird took over.

[V K Lee]

The first two have been the only ones seen. Unable to catch the third at theaters. Some at FR did see it and, like other movies, there was pro and con. The first two we did enjoy. Like you, the book has been read multiple times (wore out the cover of the paperback and eventually misplaced a portion of the book.) Enjoyed seeing the printed word come to life.

[litehaus]

Few kids would bother to read ....SO...force all high schoolers to watch the movies before graduation !
They just might learn sumtin......

[FalloutShelterGirl]

I didn’t think they were very good. It would, however, make an excellent HBO mini-series with a decent budget and not Z-list actors. But that will never happen.

[srmanuel]

I’ve read the book twice, call me crazy but each time I learned a little more.....

The movies when they were made were not made one right after the other, so the actors are not the same for all 3.

IMO, based on the book, the first was pretty good and they got weaker as they were made probably based on the limited budget the producers operated on...

Part 3 was weak IMO, especially the ending

To do Atlas Shrugged correctly you would need a multi part mini-series on something like HBO with a budget big enough to really tell the story, which I don’t think will ever happen...

[William Tell]

"I read the book twice ..."

I just recently read it ... No, wait. It was a newspaper article I read about our local utility shutting off electrical power to about a million people due to the company's equipment starting wildfires during windstorms.

Somehow sitting in the dark miles from the fires made me think of the book. Despite the fact that I pay at least four times more for electrical power than my relatives in Oregon, there isn't enough money to design and install equipment that doesn't start fires. The utility is now facing bankruptcy due to the financial losses they have created. Oh, well...[shrug].

[mmichaels1970]

Amen. The “gist” of the story plays itself out here all the time. I think of the book often as well.

[chud]

I read the book twice and enjoyed it (except for the 20 page monologue near the end).

Wow, I couldn't get through Atlas Shrugged, I found it very long and repetitive.
I loved The Fountainhead though. That's the Ayn Rand book that I recommend to friends.

[Teacher317]

I binged on all three. It’s a bit of a slog.

Have you tried the book? LOL

[Publius]

Atlas ping. The first part of the movie is now available.

[Openurmind]

Absolute required reading...

[mmichaels1970]

I enjoyed The Fountainhead as well.

[wally_bert]

I saw all three and liked them.