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Entertaining
Engaging characters
You may love it or hate it, or anywhere in between
Well, hard to say. Huge fan of the book and never really wanted to see it made into a film, because I thought it was impossible to do it justice. If I was wrong, I don't think this effort proved me so. It's hard to watch and not notice the 90+% of the content that is missing. It's not as though the people behind it didn't have the necessary passion, but I think this extremely dense book couldn't possibly be condensed into a 5-hour movie. (I'm multiplying the 100 minutes of this part one into three parts) Even given unlimited funds and the perfect director, this needed to be a very long miniseries. And I'm not sure even then the dogmatic repetition of the theme wouldn't turn off many viewers. The speech in book three alone would take five hours by itself to do. All that said, a number of friends told me it was "not bad" or "pretty good", and they were fans of the book. Also, the time is updated to five years in the future from now, as opposed perhaps the same five years from when the book was written, probably from the early '50s and published in 1957. My guess for you: If you're a fan of the book, you'll find the movie at least interesting. If you like the theory the book expounds but haven't read it, you'll probably like the movie. If you are in disagreement with Rand's free-market principles and dismissive attitude towards religion, you'll likely despise this film whether you've read the book or not. Want evidence of this? Check rottentomatoes.com. Overwhelmingly negative reviews from movie critics, most of whom make clear their distaste for Rand's thinking in their reviews, yet very high ratings from the actual moviegoers. Read the book first. It's a long one and tedious, so better to say I recommend reading the first two chapters, about 40 pages. That will tell you whether you wish to continue.
Good Story translated to film quite well.
This film appeals primarily to those of the political persuasion championing free market capitalism with as little government intervention as possible. Having seen both I and II of "Atlas Shrugged", I am looking forward to the next installment if and when it is made. One of the more controversial themes is the virtue of selfishness. I have not read the book which is among the most lengthy of novels. One could categorize this movie as science fiction because it deals with a future as seen from the late 40's or 50's, which seems to be inching up on us already. On the other hand, there are no grotesque monsters or space ships as found in a lot of S. F.Good Story
Awesome Movie for Anyone Already Familiar with the Story.
Review by Peter Egan of Egan Medical, an eBay seller specializing in medical supplies, maternity supports and prenatal care items, medical equipment and various healthcare products. First and most importantly, I decided upon a 5-star rating because America's survival as a nation and free society depends entirely upon the ability of the enlightened few to expose the ignorant masses to the literary masterpiece that is Atlas Shrugged, written by Ayn Rand, 21st Century prophet who is deserving of being the first atheist ever canonized as a Saint due to the fact that Atlas Shrugged was divinely inspired and the universe's lone absolute impossibility is for one to put forth a coherent argument challenging the divinely inspired nature of Ayn Rand's magnum opus. As for the movie itself, I highly recommend anyone planning to watch it first either read the book or at the very least listen to the audio book before enjoying the movie. Without possessing some degree of familiarity with the characters and storyline in advance of watching the movie, it can be difficult if not next-to-impossible to really make sense of what's going on, who is who and why certain events and scenes are of importance to the overall storyline as a whole. The production quality was is outstanding --- especially considering that producing a movie such as Atlas Shrugged is almost inviting death. Whomever produced the movie has some peanuts the size of cantaloupes given that he or she must've known in advance that they and/or their families would almost certainly be targeted for murder, with a distinct possibility if not probability of an attempted hit prior to the completion (or even near the completion) of the first film in the series, Atlas Shrugged Part 1. If America hadn't lost the Cold War, Atlas Shrugged would be required reading in every high school AND college throughout the country. Heck, it would be required reading even in the various U.S. territories which are insufficiently important - at least when it comes to justification for statehood.
Atlas Shrugged the Movie Part One
THis is part one of a two park making of movies out of a gigantic book. The acting was ok, the movie does give you the gist of about half of the book. I am looking forward to seeing then buying Part 2. Most of us read Atlas Shrugged at College. If you have not, get part I, see part II in Oct. and read the whole book. Considering how long ago AYN RAND wrote the book, she saw much of today coming back then.
Truly Amazing well worth every penny
I bought the Atlas Shrugged Part One because I read the book, and was interested to see how it translated into a movie, I loved the movie, am waiting for Part 2 to arrive. It is so current to what is transpiring today in politics! It should be a must for everyone to see. The book was a long read but so worth it and the movie adaptation into present times is right on the money. A. Rand was way ahead of her time when writing the book she knew what was to come because she had seen it in Europe. The people in Washington DC would probably try to supress this because it is truth.