ANYONE SEE THE MOVIE ATLAS SHRUGGED - AYN RAND? ANY REVIEWS

Just a personal suggestion if you haven't yet read the book: Forget the movie and read the book.

It is unlike any other philosophical novel I've ever read.

As a rule of thumb one should always read a book prior to seeing a movie adaptation.

I've never known a movie to even come close to portraying the true ideology delivered in a classic book or work of non-fiction.

Going to the see movie is like watching the "kiddie version" or cliff note cartoons rather than having to "suffer through" actually reading a book.

I know that Americans have the right to be insufferably ignorant and mind numbingly stupid, however we really shouldn't abuse the privilege.

Sorry...I meant to say fiction not non-fiction in my previous post.

Thanks for the information, I do agree that reading the book is the best way to experience a story such as this.

Ayn Rand was truly a visionary... that said, did you have a chance to see the movie?

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No, not yet Jason, however I intend to.

I assume that you're going to catch it as well.

Afterwards perhaps we can check back here and compare notes.

Take care Jason

I have seen the movie. I'm not sure what the boycott on the movie was, but I had to travel 70 miles to see it at an independent theater. Now I have read the book years ago, and then again prior to watching the movie. book wins hands down. But the movie (part 1) was pretty good, it followed the book. I recommend it. It definitely shadows many of today's events.

I've read the book twice and listened to the audio book 4 times (I travel quite a bit). The movie was OK but didn't follow the book all that well. there is just too much in the book in the way of philosophical and storyline points to put in a movie. It needs to be a mini-series. As the other posts suggests, read the book. It is eerie in the way that a book that was written in the 50's seems to be pulled for the news of today.

Visionary? it is the difinitive text on capitalist exploitation!!

>...Ayn Rand was truly a visionary...

Oh dear,if ever there was a person ripe to be locked up and the key thrown away,it's Ayn Rand."Visionary" my ass :-)
This anti-Altruism theory of hers is one of the sickest memes that have invaded American & World politics...

LOL - Go look up the definition of visionary. You just contradicted your own statement.

She was a visionary and helped define the ideals of the modern day.

I'd suggest you review some of her interviews to really grasp the ideas she was trying to convey... it sounds like you may have some misunderstandings.

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Was just thinking of this book the other day.

Seems to me in this modern day TV could be substituted for the train allegory in Atlas Shrugged. Ayn Rand had no idea back then how crazy powerful the TV would be. The elite at all costs will struggle to keep your TV up and running, at least one in each household.

Ayn Rand was a close personal friend of Alan Greenspan in real life in college.

I have no doubt, the reason the book was done as well as it was, was because she heard the mind of one of the biggest PTB puppets of all time.

He was recruited in or before college (they nearly all are) and he was tapped as a financial mastermind back then... and she and he shared many a day/night studying. (hmmm....)

And here we are with a near perfect interpretation of how the system is working now.

Coincidence?

I know what a visionary is,and she is not one.Instead she is a sad excuse for a human being,and anyone who agrees with her sick theories must have some screws loose...