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you can read both at different moments of the day. they require different types of mental effort, so you can read one while you take a break from the other.
[OMFG Squee!] Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Movie Trailer!!!
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you can read both at different moments of the day. they require different types of mental effort, so you can read one while you take a break from the other.
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As a person who dislikes reading books, I can't wait to see the movie.....although I did muster up enough interest to read The Revolution.
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They were separate books of the same story. One can no more get the entire story from reading one of the Tolkien books and ignoring the others than one could from reading chapter 1 of Atlas and ignoring the rest.
imho, Atlas Shrugged is the single most important book/resource to read for anyone who is serious at all about liberty and individualism. As much as I love Rothbard, Hayek, etc Rand tops them all and sets the bar for philosophy (and crushes the older ones) with Atlas Shrugged. It is to philosophy to what E=MC2 was to physics.
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Well, at least they tried. The acting seems stiff as if everyone has a nifty little secret that they are not going to share.
It has the look and feel of a lifetime movie. I was afraid of this. Of course i am going to go see it, but i will probably be cringing at acting.
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It has the look and feel of a lifetime movie. I was afraid of this. Of course i am going to go see it, but i will probably be cringing at acting.
Old fart rant over
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Yeah, movies in parts never work...
bad example, those suck so much that words fail me at the moment... LOTR was good though...
read the book, I was looking forward to this movie but the trailer looks terrible IMHO... looks like a bad cable movie...
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I might see it someday. It didn't look quite as bad as I was expecting. I won't be rushing out of my house to see this one, but Atlas Shrugged did have a profound effect on me, and caused me to look Rothbard up (after I heard about the feud between Rand and Rothbard). I don't really agree with Rand on a lot of things any longer, but the book was an enjoyable read for the most part. And yes, I do believe I read all of Galt's 70-page long speech, although it probably took me a good week to finish that part alone. 
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As opposed to Rand's writing?
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Try the audiobook.
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The trailer wasn't particularly stunning. Looks like a typical dogmatic drama which takes itself seriously - AKA something I'll regret watching.
You know what of Rand's I'd like to see? We the Living. It's a book of Rand's which gets almost no praise or even mention but I truly believe it's one of Rand's greatest works. It gets the point across in something like 1/10 the time of Atlas Shrugged, has more interesting characters (or rather, characters which Rand didn't feel compelled to justify every action they took with a page of dialogue), and is simply fun to read. The characters are actually likable whereas Rand's later works all had stiff characters with protagonists I wanted to die just so something interesting happened. Better yet, it actually has a premise based on Rand's experiences. What's happening is believable, detailed, and thus very immersive, all while having a strong pro-individuality message readers can relate to. None of that anti-religion, "parasite" dogma to turn people away. For all its tragedies, it's one of Rand's most hopeful-seeming pieces, perhaps because it was her first.
You know what of Rand's I'd like to see? We the Living. It's a book of Rand's which gets almost no praise or even mention but I truly believe it's one of Rand's greatest works. It gets the point across in something like 1/10 the time of Atlas Shrugged, has more interesting characters (or rather, characters which Rand didn't feel compelled to justify every action they took with a page of dialogue), and is simply fun to read. The characters are actually likable whereas Rand's later works all had stiff characters with protagonists I wanted to die just so something interesting happened. Better yet, it actually has a premise based on Rand's experiences. What's happening is believable, detailed, and thus very immersive, all while having a strong pro-individuality message readers can relate to. None of that anti-religion, "parasite" dogma to turn people away. For all its tragedies, it's one of Rand's most hopeful-seeming pieces, perhaps because it was her first.
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Looks like shit.
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There is a movie version of We the Living. I actually haven't read or seen it, but I know a movie exists.
You'll only see the back of Galt's head in Part 1. The director said they'd get someone else for the role when he appears in Part 2.
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We the Living was made into a movie during 1940s Italy:
http://www.wethelivingmovie.com/history.php
The Fountainhead was made a movie in 1949:
http://www.amazon.com/Fountainhead-...Z4A2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297581595&sr=8-1
I've not seen either one. I've read some of We the Living but gave up on it (I'm willing to give it another shot though), I own and have finished The Fountainhead mp3 audiobook (good but nowhere near as good as Atlas). Anthem is available as a free audiobook b/c the copyright expired:
http://librivox.org/anthem-by-ayn-rand/
I think the trailer looks good and I think the movie will be successful. The abridged audiobook of Atlas I think is only 9 hours (might be 12), so I think 3 movies can do justice to the book, especially if they are long like Lord of the Rings.
http://www.wethelivingmovie.com/history.php
The Fountainhead was made a movie in 1949:
http://www.amazon.com/Fountainhead-...Z4A2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297581595&sr=8-1
I've not seen either one. I've read some of We the Living but gave up on it (I'm willing to give it another shot though), I own and have finished The Fountainhead mp3 audiobook (good but nowhere near as good as Atlas). Anthem is available as a free audiobook b/c the copyright expired:
http://librivox.org/anthem-by-ayn-rand/
I think the trailer looks good and I think the movie will be successful. The abridged audiobook of Atlas I think is only 9 hours (might be 12), so I think 3 movies can do justice to the book, especially if they are long like Lord of the Rings.
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