the reviews on rottentomatoes.com are all from leftie columnists. of course they would hate it. of course they wouldn’t get any of it. the single clip i saw when reardon came home... they would see nothing wrong in that clip
and that’s the point
they are the ones the book was written about.
It’s hardly surprising that this would be a badly made movie.
Hollywood is trashing the Tea Party – get it?
It’s, like, subliminal.
I don’t get his scoffing at railroads. Ebert must live an insulated life and be unaware of how much of our “stuff” travels by rail.
I get stopped at the tracks often enough to know it’s quite a bit as long trains roll by carrying cargo containers stacked two high.
The only thing that sounds disappointing is that Taylor Schilling keeps her cloths on.
So this must be a pretty good movie, and I say that as an Ayn Rand fan who's making his FOURTH pass through "Atlas Shrugged."
“It’s a few years in the future. America has become a state in which mediocrity is the goal, and high-achieving individuals the enemy.”
Yo Roger, the future is now! I guess you missed the President’s class envy rhetoric the other day.
Does it surprise anyone that Roly Poly didn’t like it? Thanks for the input, Rog, but I’ll wait for a review from someone who hadn’t written it a month before the movie was released.
“It’s a few years in the future. America has become a state in which mediocrity is the goal, and high-achieving individuals the enemy. Laws have been passed prohibiting companies from owning other companies.”
AKA Obama’s America.
I’ve seen hundreds of statues erected to famous and infamous people all over the world. But I have NEVER seen one erected for a critic.
How did I know that a diehard Socialist like Roger Ebert would hate this film.
Chin up, Roger! Keep a stiff upper lip!
Reardon invented reardon metal.
did he write the review before he saw the movie or did he just base it on a few clips.
Maybe, someday, Ebert will be able to grasp the meaning of this novel/movie.
Instead, consider every superlative you can think of: Fantastic, incredible. amazing, wonderful, stunning...barely describes it. I was in tears more than once because it resonated so strongly. The screen-characters are perfect representations of the book-characters. When I first saw Dagney, OMG! My heart skipped a beat! I'm in love.
Go see this movie. You will want to see it over and over. It is amazing.
I’m surprised no one has mentioned the Italian version of “We The Living”, a fine period film, and true to Rand’s emotional view, imo.
http://www.flixster.com/movie/noi-vivi-we-the-living
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704662604576256782014528702.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Would it be too much to ask for actual actors and actresses, actual production values and passionate acting instead of wooden recitations. Seen the previews, seen the extended scenes, this looks like some cheap USA network film of the week.
Its a great book, its un filmable, unless you spend real money on talented directors and actors. It looks like a crappy, desperate low budget production.