Posted on 04/16/2011 5:33:32 AM PDT by Kaslin
Any FReeper movie reviews yet? My 18 year old son saw it yesterday and said it was awesome. Reviews have said that it stinks. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 5 out of 100 on the Tomatometer.
Nothing ever changes in the marxist media.
I reas Atlas Shrugged at precisely the right time: just after college and as I was starting my first business.
The book was just perfect for me at that age: slightly repetitive, engrossing, dramatic, and filled with new ideas I had never considered about Man and government.
New ideas beget new ideas. I became more open minded about what freedom really means, and little by little, I became a sane American citizen.
Ayn Rand was no “conservative,” but her legacy is a not-so secret weapon in the war against communism and fascism.
Buy the book for ANY 18-25 year old in your periphery.
I wondered who he was. That was about 1980.
Re red everything but “Anthem” a dozen times. “Atlas Shrugged” is such a fine book that for some reason I continue to reread. I have a copy in my car, a copy at work, and a copy on top of my Bible and dictionary, right here.
Given dozens of copies of Atlas and Fountain head out over the years.
I await the new movie. Prepare to see the previous one on TCM.
Maybe it’s time to Freep the Tomatometer... No doubt that’s what is going on over at DU.
I have never understood the fascination with Rand. She was a pompous atheist, nothing more than a early 20th century Eastern european intellectual which today we would call a secular humanist. Is it because she was pro capitalist that many people here read her works with enthusiasm?
I raised three sons and I saw to it that they each had their own copy. I know that each of them at least read most of it, if not all of it. That was good enough for me. And they all have good common sense and value personal freedom so I am happy.
Sounds like the reviews are positive.....Good sign that a lot of people hate the film.....I’d be worried if the Lady GaGa crowd liked it. (Which is most of the population today.)
“Any FReeper movie reviews yet?”
I can’t remember the last movie I saw in a theater. I saw it yesterday. It was excellent. The action was fast-paced. The evil people were right off TV and from the Democratic party. They used all the current buzzwords; fairness, helping others, etc. The movie didn’t even exaggerate anything, it was a straight line from where we are to where we’re going to be if we don’t get off the train. The hero and heroine are powerful (unrealistically young and good looking) millionaires out to do their job. The bad guys could be straight from Obama’s White House. (Van Jones, anybody?)
I believe I screwed up. The old movie was the Fountainhead... I think... Therefore I am... I think...
B&W has a way of slipping away. Like much else lately.
Stopped going because of distaste regarding the feeding of parasites.
Thanks very much!
“Maybe it’s time to Freep the Tomatometer”
The 5% rating is coming from reviewers. The audience rating is 86%, which is actually pretty good (Source Code is rated 90% by reviewers and 87% by the audience, etc.). So unless Freepers are movie reviewers, “Freeping” isn’t going to influence the 5% score.
Atlas Shrugged was recommended to me by a wonderful friend, years ago. I was apolitical at the time and the book certainly changed my life. I began to pay attention to politicians and whether or not they love big government enough to rob us of our self-reliance and our freedom. I hope everyone will see the movie..I certainly will.
Yeah the “experts” are panning it while, from what I gather thus far, audiences are liking it.
Why reading the book is as important as seeing the movie.
It's an american capitalist interpretation of Jane Austen!
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