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Discussion => Philosophy, Economics and Justice => Topic started by: DoctaFeelgood on October 05, 2012, 04:14 am
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Who else is as excited as I am to see Part 2 of Atlas Shrugged when it comes to theaters next week? :D
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I'm not. And look at my screen name. It's an independent movie and I've heard it's terrible.
Oh well...
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Part 1 was interesting so I will definitely be watching part 2. Not as good as the book of course, but still fun to watch.
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I'm not excited. I was completely disappointed by the first movie. I'll still watch Part II, but they'd better have done a ton of work on improving the script, pacing, and general presentation. Part I was like a marginally better than average made for TV movie.
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Download link for part 1 , anyone?
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Download link for part 1 , anyone?
thepiratebay.org :D
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Hmm, haven't seen either yet, though I've been planning to. I'm...curious, at the least.
Basically waiting until I'm in a romantic enough mood to tolerate a few good speeches in a movie from a book 60% populated by Mary Sues ::).
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Worse source material that the Twilight movies. :P
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Worse source material that the Twilight movies. :P
I hope that's hyperbole. Rand wasn't a very good writer, but I've tutored functionally-literate 8th graders who write better stuff than Twilight just by instinct. Rand just wrote like a Russian, and she was about average as far as Russian novelists go.
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Any advice on reading the book? I own a copy but I can never get more than 50 pages or so in before I give up. :-\
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Worse source material that the Twilight movies. :P
I hope that's hyperbole. Rand wasn't a very good writer, but I've tutored functionally-literate 8th graders who write better stuff than Twilight just by instinct. Rand just wrote like a Russian, and she was about average as far as Russian novelists go.
Only slight, for effect of course. ;)
Now the Russians! Those were some writers that weren't afraid to grapple with big ideas. Love, death, redemption, transcendence...pretentious dicks! Better to go the American way (Rand is synonymous with the American way, right? ;) ) and grab the first idea that occurs to you in life, and ride that puppy till the fat lady sings!
haha, I'm just needling you man. To each his own. :)
Any advice on reading the book? I own a copy but I can never get more than 50 pages or so in before I give up. (http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/Smileys/default/undecided.gif)
If you can't get through a book (Joyce, some Faulkner, Moby Dick, some postmodernist, some existential stuff, are about the only stuff of worth you might need advice to get through), chances are it's because your sense of aesthetics is crying out in agony for you to stop! Listen to it! :D
OK, enough instigating for me. All in good fun, right? ;)
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I saw Part II tonight. WAY better than Part I (though that's really not saying much), and much more watchable than the book is readable.
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I have never heard of this movie. Is it a Silk Road thing?
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It was an amazing book and movie, was really pissed about it being a two part movie but I am excited for part 2. Hopefully, it is as good as part 1. I think everybody should read that book, really helps you understand the corruption that takes place between business/governemt.
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It's actually a trilogy, and now I cannot wait for part 3!!!
I saw part 2 last night and I must say it was so much better than part 1. Way more intense and entertaining. Not sure how I feel about the cast being completely different, but when your one of the few libertarian themed filmed to ever come to theaters, you kind of expect the budget to be small. :-\
Either way, I highly recommend you all go see it ASAP! You'll be really glad you did!
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Good to hear! It's sad the Hollywood movie industry is so neo-liberal, so interesting movies like these are rarely successful and released in theaters :(. I was also upset the cast had changed but I guess it doesn't matter!
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Hmm, wonder where i can get a hold of the first two parts, sounds interesting as hell.
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The second part is in theaters now, so probably any digital release will be a crappy someone-filmed-the-screen-with-a-digital-camera thing. The first part my mom said she watched on Netflix last night.
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Politically funded films are usually shit. this 1 is funded by the koch brothers and is venerated by the tea partiers. Personally i think fuck the plutocracy, and this film champions the idea that without the bourgeoisie the masses would descend into anarchy.