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Box Office: 'Atlas Shrugged' collapses, even without a NY Times review
NY POST ^
| April 26, 2011
| Lou Lumenick
Posted on 04/26/2011 12:48:34 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
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To: stylin_geek
Sheesh, my post was meant very lightly. Take a pill. I had no idea you were taking your original post so seriously. I’m sorry what I said was offensive to you. Yes, of course I read your entire post.
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:16:16 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Publius
Of course it's bad news. We are here.. this is statism. Everywhere one turns. Open the peepers. Galt didn't produce a movie, he destroyed society. Objectivists should not be banking on dreams.
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To: Still Thinking
Ah, okay, gotcha.
Sorry for the misunderstanding.
I’ve had more than my share of people who went out of their way to be unpleasant today.
I took it as more of the same.
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:19:30 PM PDT
by
stylin_geek
(Never underestimate the power of government to distort markets)
To: DWC
Thats great. You should try her other books.I'm reading The Fountainhead now. That's the beauty of taking the bus every day. I'm saving the environment and working my mind.
The money I'm saving on my commute (my employer pays for the transit card) is being set aside for a small lot in Galt's Gulch, CO.
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:25:46 PM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(If Dick Cheney = Darth Vader, then Joe Biden = Dark Helmet)
To: stylin_geek
Oh, OK. No problem. Please accept this coupon for happy FReeping for the rest of the day. My you not run into any more obnoxious Freepers today!
I just read your post and thought “Yeah, but that was a James Taggart line. I probably would have contempt for the actor who COULD deliver it convincingly. But just let me at the Francisco lines!”
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:31:14 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Night Hides Not
Next read “we the living.”
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:39:59 PM PDT
by
DWC
(historian)
To: HiTech RedNeck; Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus; fieldmarshaldj
>>
That is an interesting question. If you went Galt, would you want to go for a picture about going Galt? <<
Atlas Shrugged is in theaters, and the Randroids say everyone must see it.
Billyboy shrugged.
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:41:10 PM PDT
by
BillyBoy
(Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
To: All
One Randroid I talked to compared this film to Mel Gibson's “The Passion” with its “masterful marketing stroked to shrewdly target the conservative groups and wildly exceed expectations”.
Hmmm.
Atlas Shrugged: Grossed $1,676,917 opening weekend, finishing in 14th place overall.
The Passion: Grossed $83,848,082 opening weekend, finishing in 1st place overall.
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:42:36 PM PDT
by
BillyBoy
(Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
To: I see my hands
Galt ... destroyed society.
Have you actually read the book?
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:43:27 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: SpaceBar
Several times. Now begin your BS rant with impunity. I won't respond.
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I saw. I liked it. I bought the book on the way home. And the acting wasn’t bad!
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:53:58 PM PDT
by
LiteKeeper
("Who is John Galt?")
To: wideawake
“Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others it is a holy cause. There are of course times when hard cash will buy souls, and the remarkable thing is that such times are marked by civility, tolerance, and the smooth working of everyday life.”...Eric Hoffer
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:55:55 PM PDT
by
Sea Parrot
(Being an autodidact, I happily escaped the bureaucratization of intellect)
To: Paperdoll
FReeper Book Club: Introduction to Atlas ShruggedPart I, Chapter I: The ThemePart I, Chapter II: The ChainPart I, Chapter III: The Top and the BottomPart I, Chapter IV: The Immovable MoversPart I, Chapter V: The Climax of the dAnconiasPart I, Chapter VI: The Non-CommercialPart I, Chapter VII: The Exploiters and the ExploitedPart I, Chapter VIII: The John Galt LinePart I, Chapter IX: The Sacred and the ProfanePart I, Chapter X: Wyatts TorchPart II, Chapter I: The Man Who Belonged on EarthPart II, Chapter II: The Aristocracy of PullPart II, Chapter III: White BlackmailPart II, Chapter IV: The Sanction of the VictimPart II, Chapter V: Account OverdrawnPart II, Chapter VI: Miracle MetalPart II, Chapter VII: The Moratorium on BrainsPart II, Chapter VIII: By Our LovePart II, Chapter IX: The Face Without Pain or Fear or GuiltPart II, Chapter X: The Sign of the DollarPart III, Chapter I: AtlantisPart III, Chapter II: The Utopia of GreedPart III, Chapter III: Anti-GreedPart III, Chapter IV: Anti-LifePart III, Chapter V: Their Brothers KeepersPart III, Chapter VI: The Concerto of DeliverancePart III, Chapter VII: This is John Galt SpeakingPart III, Chapter VIII: The EgoistPart III, Chapter IX: The GeneratorPart III, Chapter X: In the Name of the Best Within UsCoda: Ten Years AfterAfterword and Suggested Reading
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posted on
04/26/2011 2:57:39 PM PDT
by
Publius
To: Graneros
Playing in two theaters in Colorado Springs...Tinseltown and Chapel Hills Mall. That’s not 200 miles from Pueblo, is it?
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posted on
04/26/2011 3:00:16 PM PDT
by
LiteKeeper
("Who is John Galt?")
To: discostu
But, it was Easter weekend...all the theaters took a hit. Check it out this weekend!
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posted on
04/26/2011 3:03:54 PM PDT
by
LiteKeeper
("Who is John Galt?")
To: Publius
You went to a lot of trouble. What is your point?
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posted on
04/26/2011 3:05:40 PM PDT
by
Paperdoll
( On the cutting edge)
To: Paperdoll
You said you were reading the book. Billthedrill and I have some book club threads to aid comprehension.
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posted on
04/26/2011 3:08:06 PM PDT
by
Publius
To: Paperdoll
This was, is, but may not always be, Gods own country. Our system was devised d by and for Christians. New Thought is removing God from every area of public life. Christians are ridiculed without criticism! Our President declares that we are no longer a Christian nation! But this is still a Christian nation! Perhaps God is withdrawing His grace because the people are turning from Him. They are listening to the New Thought. New Thought is not new. Satan has been promoting it since time began. Ie: good is bad, bad is good! Do yourselves a favor. Buy a copy of Ayn Rands Atlas Shrugged, and see for yourselves if you want your world to emulate hers. before it is too late! Whatever Ayn Rand was, she was no Christian. Atlas Shrugged (the book; I haven't seen the movie) was quite explicitly anti-Christian.
To: Paperdoll
“I havent seen the movie just out, but I am currently re-reading Atlas Shrugged. It is very depressing because I see so much of the condition and political dominance written in the book around me more and more every day. Especially the placing of the blame and hatred upon successful and productive business being the fault for the disintegration of our amazing country of opportunity to raise ones standard of living due to ambition, and hard work. There are too many who have become dependent upon the government for their daily bread, which I find appalling! How can one hold ones head up when they are nothing but a parasite? If we allow all the New Thought (Communism) to prevail, we will not!”
Very well said. I do not read Ayn Rand for her thoughts on Christ or religion—I read it for her exposition of socialism, which is timeless (much like Jefferson’s writings).
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posted on
04/26/2011 3:12:40 PM PDT
by
Stat-boy
To: I see my hands
Now begin your BS rant with impunity. I won't respond.
Great. You have inferior reading comprehension, and you're one of freerepublic's biggest retards.
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posted on
04/26/2011 3:13:05 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
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