This is fascinating. I have NEVER seen this happen before, to this extreme--Rotten Tomatoes has "Atlas Shrugged Part I" at a measly 8% on the Tomatometer, based on critic ratings, but the audience has it at 85%!!!!
There are some reasons why this could be happening, but I still find it very interesting.
As for the film itself, I have no idea if it's any good. I know I myself, several years ago when I started my journey to read "great" works of literature in our society, read several of Ayn Rand's books. Personally, I find them very interesting, with many very compelling points, but feel that Mrs. Rand and the Objectivist philosophy leaves out or even purposefully ignores several important things. I don't know that I could say that I "enjoyed" the books.
So I'm quite interested to see this movie, although I don't personally subscribe to the Objectivist philosophy. I would imagine that it will make several compellings comments on today's societies and governments, and I wonder if it will do so in as heavy-handed a manner as Ayn Rand's books themselves. Will be interesting to find out, and to see what it's quality is as a film as well.
Very interested to hear anyones' thoughts that has seen the film.
There are some reasons why this could be happening, but I still find it very interesting.
As for the film itself, I have no idea if it's any good. I know I myself, several years ago when I started my journey to read "great" works of literature in our society, read several of Ayn Rand's books. Personally, I find them very interesting, with many very compelling points, but feel that Mrs. Rand and the Objectivist philosophy leaves out or even purposefully ignores several important things. I don't know that I could say that I "enjoyed" the books.
So I'm quite interested to see this movie, although I don't personally subscribe to the Objectivist philosophy. I would imagine that it will make several compellings comments on today's societies and governments, and I wonder if it will do so in as heavy-handed a manner as Ayn Rand's books themselves. Will be interesting to find out, and to see what it's quality is as a film as well.
Very interested to hear anyones' thoughts that has seen the film.
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