Posted on 04/16/2011 5:33:32 AM PDT by Kaslin
Rand was more pro-individual, than pro-capitalist. She abhorred the big government style crony capitalism that we see today.
Saw it earlier today. I thought it was great. Ebert and the rest of the Leftist movie reviewers are ALWAYS going to add or subtract stars based on the political correctness or incorrectness of the movie, and Atlas is about as politically-incorrect as you get.
It opened on 300 screens (rather than the originally projected 50) and Box Office Mojo has it doing very well on a "revenue per screen" basis. I expect to see it in wide release next week if the gross for the whole weekend turns out like the Friday gross.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen got panned by reviewers (Ebert panned it with 1 star, as did Rotten Tomatoes), probably over the way the movie dissed the Obama administration, and went on to earn $402million in domestic ticket sales and another $434M in foreign sales.
This is why I come to FR for movie reviews instead of paying attention to the "professionals".
“Dances With Wolves”.
Haven’t read it and I guess I won’t bother.
And a fine one. It starred a young, handsome Rossano Brazzi and the ever-luminous Alida Valli.
Made in wartime Italy as two movies without Rand's knowledge, it was soon supressed by the Fascists, when it dawned on them how close to home their theme struck. Then they were lost for over a generation before prints were located and re-edited into one film in the 80's, under Rand's supervision.
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