Ayn Rand couldn't get the movie of Atlas Shrugged made, nor could a long succession of people who followed her, so I'm not going to be surprised by bad reactions and reviews.
The movie is probably going to suffer from the fact that everyone who read the book has strong feelings and ideas about the subject matter. I myself have the book in my head and am sort of split on whether or not I want to see the movie or not.
So many people are disappointed when their favorite books have been made into movies. Books to movies invariably makes a lot of people really angry. For every success, like Watchmen or Gone with the Wind there are dozens of stinkers Breakfast of Champions or The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. That has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with how we feel and think about books and characters.
Those who haven't read the book haven't either because the subject matter doesn't interest them or because the book is very long and is seen as boring, or because they are actively opposed to the message.
Atlas Shrugged has a lot to overcome to be a success, but I do hope people go to see it.
Reviewers: 0%
Audience: 88%
It would appear that reviewers are as liberal as the MSM rags in which they appear. I want to know who does the scoring on these things. Consider the review in the San Francisco Chronicle, which ends: “What is a selling point are the boldly drawn characters, played by a cast of unknowns, some of whom deserve to be known. I’m thinking in particular of Taylor Schilling as Dagny Taggart, a railway heiress, and Grant Bowler as Hank Rearden, a manufacturing magnate and the inventor of Rearden Metal. Even with director Paul Johansson practically missing in action, giving them nothing, Schilling and Bowler are forceful and attractive.
“I’d be willing to sit through Part 2 right now.”
Yet Rotten Tomatoes tags that review as “rotten.” Go figure.
I mean -- "If you double cross me, I will destroy you!"?? The voice actors playing the villains on Super Friends would have been too embarrassed to utter lines like that.