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Kali Compton
January 16th, 2012 @ 7:43AM
Registered:
2003-03-25
Location:
Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 375
| There is also a documentary that is for sale and will be playing in select cities on Jan 17 and 26th.
Ayn Rand and the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged
http://atlasshruggeddocumentary.com/
Edit: As much as I hoped that movie would be decent, it was a snoozer for the most part. It did stay true to the plot and message which was nice to see. I think the prospects for a 2nd and/or 3rd part are quite dim unfortunately.
EDITED: 2012-01-16 07:48:37 |
Charkoth
Right Wing Extremist
January 16th, 2012 @ 7:48AM
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2003-05-08
Location:
OHIO
Posts: 2203
| If you haven't read the book, I would highly recommend it. Other than the romance stuff from a woman's point of view the book is excellent!
I've heard that the movie is terrible compared to the book but then again most movies are. |
hjparcins
General
January 16th, 2012 @ 8:30AM
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2008-10-27
Location:
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Posts: 980
| I haven't read Atlas Shrugged yet, but I read The Fountainhead.
That book is EXTREMELY well written (Ayn Rand is probably the best prose writer ever - and I consider that a separate distinction from storyteller), and the message is fantastic, but man - I had such a hard time getting through it. I need action and death and fantastical shit happening in my fiction. It took me like a week to read through A Game of Thrones, but The Fountainhead took me a month at least.
I couldn't digest huge portions at a time like most books. Too much to consider before moving on.
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TheSilver_Ghost
is awesome.
January 16th, 2012 @ 3:54PM
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2003-03-25
Location:
wisconsin, USA
Posts: 1066
| I'm often under fire (English as a profession) because I've never read it. My wife has a degree in English (which she doesn't use) and mocked me for not reading it before remembering that she hasn't either. It's funny because I saw that on amazon and almost ordered it, and then yesterday I went to redbox and almost rented it. :p
Maybe tomorrow I'll see the book and almost buy it. |
CRockwell
Peon
January 16th, 2012 @ 7:33PM
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2003-07-07
Location:
dayton, OH
Posts: 55
| I was hoping for better but besides the sub-par acting it was alright |
Zelph01
Marine
January 17th, 2012 @ 12:08PM
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| I read the book last year. It's a good book, and it's an eye-opener as to what's around you. How politicians and lies and the have-nots conspire to take from those who earn it.
The book makes the case for Robin Hood as a crook.
I mean, Robin Hood is blindly celebrated for taking from the rich and giving to the poor. That's theft, and it's what modern welfare is today.
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TheSilver_Ghost
is awesome.
January 17th, 2012 @ 8:05PM
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2003-03-25
Location:
wisconsin, USA
Posts: 1066
| The book makes the case for Robin Hood as a crook.
I haven't read the book, but I'm pretty sure you're really missing the point about Objectivism. It was a bolshevik-american revolution, brother! |
hjparcins
General
January 18th, 2012 @ 4:56AM
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2008-10-27
Location:
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Posts: 980
| Objectivism is like, the complete opposite of Communism. I don't understand how you can compare it to the Bolshevik revolution? |
