OHSNAP. Atlas Shrugged Trailer -

[Cognitive Dissident]

Looks like it's only playing in two theaters in Colorado.

It's only in AMC theatres in roughly 80 "markets", whatever those are.

Well, it turns out it's in a few more than two theaters, but locally (that is, within ten miles of SW Denver, only two (go Northeast, it's in a couple more.)  It IS in more than AMC, though.  It's in Century and UA too, which happen to be closer than the AMC which has it.  It's not in the AMC that's nearby, either, or a dozen or so other nearby theaters.

[mikehz]

Okay, so it was better than expected, but not as good as it should—or could—have been. The art direction was fairly decent, given the budget. Taylor Schilling did well enough as Dagny Taggert, but overall the acting was stiff and flat. Not only was Jsu Garcia terribly miscast as Francisco d'Anconia, but he turned in the worst acting job in the film as well. He might as well have been in a high school play.

The producers did a good job of integrating the fifty year old story to the times, projecting it into the future. Some of the visuals were great.

Overall, I was entertained, though non-fans of the novel will not be inspired to read the book. The theater was half full, which is more of a crowd than I'd expected.

[Fred]

thanks for that..

[LTKoblinsky]

Looks like it's only playing in two theaters in Colorado.

It's only in AMC theatres in roughly 80 "markets", whatever those are.

Well, it turns out it's in a few more than two theaters, but locally (that is, within ten miles of SW Denver, only two (go Northeast, it's in a couple more.)  It IS in more than AMC, though.  It's in Century and UA too, which happen to be closer than the AMC which has it.  It's not in the AMC that's nearby, either, or a dozen or so other nearby theaters.

well, a press release steered me wrong, then. I also may have misinterpreted it. Anyway, about to make the two hour drive to the nearest Atlas Shrugged theatre.

[Cognitive Dissident]

I'll probably wait until it shows up within ten miles or so at a matinee discount--otherwise, maybe I'll try to figure out how to download it and get the $ to the producers (cash in a mailed envelope?)

[Turd Ferguson]

Imma go see it this weekend then. Sounds good enough to pay for I suppose.

Thanks for the honest review mikehz

[hellbilly]

Mike- from viewing the trailer, the quality looks on par with LifeTine channel movies.. is it like that or better?

[mikehz]

Not great, but I'd say better than made-for-TV. Given the low budget, the producers did okay. The acting was the real weak point, IMHO.

[Turd Ferguson]

WTF??

65 miles, one way, to see a movie?

Fuck that!

I dont do that.

[Shadowtheweak]

http://exiledonline.com/atlas-shrieked-why-ayn-rands-right-wing-followers-are-scarier-than-the-manson-family-and-the-gruesome-story-of-the-serial-killer-who-stole-ayn-rands-heart/

Just keep that in mind before you walk into Randland 

[Cognitive Dissident]

Typical Alternet ad hom.  My mother sent me a bunch of their bullshit about the "Evil" Koch Brothers.

[mikehz]

May it would be too much to expect the author of the hit piece to actually read Rand's work.

[LTKoblinsky]

Just got back from seeing it...not shit, but the acting was terrible. Hank Rearden was a strong character (great acting), but Dagny was absolutely miscast and the wardrobe department was terrible (heels and power suit in the middle of Nowhere, Colorado at a railroad construction site). They shouldn't have changed some of the plot points and should have filled in others. They came in hard and heavy on the crisis and cronies where the book kind of snowballed those aspects. The completely missed an opportunity with the 21st century motor company, portrayed Hugh Ackston (sp) as a bum with poor hygeine, and skipped over any of the Fransisco plot details. There were some highlights (Rearden, "It's mine, do you understand that concept? Mine.") and the whole project had a spirit and passion to it. Overall, 2.5 or 3 out of 5, to try to quantify it.

[Turd Ferguson]

Coming from such a biased(in favor of A.S.) source, this doesn't say much good about the movie.

Now I for sure aint driving to F'ing Effingham Illinois to see it.

[Shadowtheweak]

Typical Alternet ad hom.  My mother sent me a bunch of their bullshit about the "Evil" Koch Brothers.

Agreed, Alternet can have some shit articles.  The Koch Brothers are shit heads though; they're government welfare queens pretending they're free marketers.