FReep This Movie! Atlas Shrugged Part 2 - Send a Message to The Marxists (Vanity)

Atlas Shrugged Movie ^

[ct_libertarian]

Reasons To FReep Atlas Shrugged Part 2 This Weekend (and Bring FRiends)

• It's a good movie.
• The bigger the box office, the better Part 3.
• It faithfully represents the middle third of the book.
• It faithfully represents what is going on right now in this country.
• It faithfully makes our case for Capitalism.
• It gives a big supportive nod to the Tea Party.
• It takes well-deserved swipes at Occupy.
• It practically screams: "Wake up, this is Obama and his Cloward-Piven cabal".
• It's got a cameo with Sean Hannity.
• It's got a cameo with Teller.
• It will really p!ss off The Marxists:
  • They don't want the message getting out.
  • They want the producers to fail so that there is no Part 3.

Saw it last night, twice. Brought friends and family and they also saw it, twice. It was excellent. Hope to see you there.

[ct_libertarian]

"Are you ready?" "By my life, and my love of it..."

[G Larry]

We saw it last night!

It was GREAT!

Can’t wait for Part 3!

[BCrago66]

Saw it last night, and it was pretty good. The novel was great, and I just don’t think it’s possible to do complete justice to it in 3 movies; the material is so rich that it requires a miniseries of at least 20 hours. Otherwise, some of speeches and dialog appear to be empty pontificating, because there isn’t enough action in the plot to back them up.

That said, it’s a fun movie, and very well done within the constraints of the format. The ideas expressed in the movie are as important now as they’ve ever been. And the pacing and production values of the movie were better than in Part I. So I personally hope that as many people as possible see it. (BTW, if you see it, buy the ticket in advance on Fandango. Reason: Fandango purchases are immediately imputed into box office stats, letting people know the movie is popular, thus helping to extend the movie’s run.)

[Ramius]

Seeing it today. Can hardly wait.

[Ramius]

Seeing it today. Can hardly wait.

[Capt. Canuck]

Grrrrrr...

No chance of seeing it up here in Canada until it is on DVD.

[The Citizen Soldier]

Saw it yesterday afternoon.

The movie is very well done and absolutely perfect timing for this election cycle.

Great defense of capitalism and explanation of why money/profit is so critical in a free society.

Funniest part to me was Bob Beckle flubbing his line.

[BCrago66]

Another fun fact: Alex Kozinski, the libertarian Chief Judge of the 9th Circuit, was an extra. He was a non-speaking member of the Unification Board, at the tail-end of the panel.

[rktman]

Wouldn’t that be the 9th CIRCUS court?

Happy Birthday US Navy!!!!

Helping keep mankind warm for 65 years. (In a deep Hemi rumble sort of way.)

[The Great RJ]

I watched the first part of Atlas Shrugged last night on Netfliks. While it was good it was a bit slow getting started, but by the end it was clear that the government was socializing the country and killing off private industry. The storyline was however a bit troubling as it misses the environmentalist whackos who would be blocking the railroads and opposing all oil drilling in 2016. Not even Ayn Rand likely could not have in 1957 conceived that such environmental lunacy would become mainstream. However the movie is true to the now 55 year old book.

[MayflowerMadam]

I think Jonathan Hoenig has a cameo in it, too. He’s my “fave” of the financial talking heads.

I just ordered the DVD of Part I which should arrive soon. After watching that, we’ll see Part II on the big screen, if it’s still playing.

[Fiji Hill]

Is it necessary to have seen Part 1 in order to understand Part 2?

[jdub]

Is it necessary to have seen Part 1 in order to understand Part 2?

No. My wife and I saw it yesterday, and she had neither read the book nor seen part 1, and she understood what was going on. You will understand more of the understories and the characters having prior knowledge, but the movie was done to be able to stand on its own.

[Tail Gunner John]

I’d suggest you read the book. Watching the movie afterward is a nice treat, but buy the book.

[Anima Mundi]

You don’t need to see Pt.I to have Pt. II make sense I think. Pt. I is on Netflix and Netflix usually has a free trial period available, so you coudld watch it that way.

[BCrago66]

That entire Circuit may be somewhat Circusy (as personified by e.g., left-wing Judges Reinhardt & Pregerson), but you’d like Judge Kozinski. He was pro-2nd Amendment long before it was cool. Also great on the Takings Clause, the 1st Amendment & many other issues.

[tbw2]

How busy are the theaters showing it?

[CodeToad]

Went last night. About 70 people in a 100 person theater. Good movie but it left itself hanging for part 3! There were very direct statements against socialism/communism/marxism made in that movie and I was glad to see it.

[FreeManWhoCan]

wow. I am surprised to actually find a thread about Atlas Shrugged II where a sourpuss, purist, member of FR hasn't shown up to trash the movie. I saw it last night. it was great. I hope they make their money to make part 3. Although they changed the actors, I thought they pulled it off quite well. When it ended everyone in the theater was applauding. The new leading lady was great. My favorite part was when the hispanic guy was referring to Atlas and how he would tell him “To shrug!”

[Truth29]

"How busy are the theaters showing it?"

Saw it today at the early show; about 75 people in a theater holding approximately 300. Everyone who cares about November 6th should go. It is directly topical and shows the country falling apart under an increasingly oppressive, authoritarian and regulatory government that could easily be the Obama Regime with freedom loving capitalists and the best and brightest Going Galt. A few are still plotting resistance and Part II ends in a cliffhanger. I hope the producers make enough to make part three and there is enough of the US left to see a wide distribution of part III.