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There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.
Wesley Mouch was certainly ugly and vile, but I wouldn't call him an orc.
I just got back from watching it, they did an outstanding job of condensing a long, complicated plot into a movie that was only about 1:40 long. Taylor Schilling in particular did a great job as Dagny. It would have been better if it was 10 minutes longer, to provide a bit more depth in some areas. Rearden's start from noting to his business success, and years of work developing Rearden Metal were not covered. Nor was Ellis Wyatt's oil fields explained as well as possible. Not an issue for people familiar with the novel, but I can see where people that hadn't read it could miss these details.
Just the same, a lot better than most of the trash out of mainstrean production houses, on much larger budgets. Great job guys, can't wait for parts II and III.
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.
First Ever Big Screen Adaptation of Ayn Rand's Epic Masterpiece Hits No. 2 in Per Theater Sales Opening Weekend
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CULVER CITY, Calif., April 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlas Productions, a motion picture studio, announced today that "Atlas Shrugged: Part I," the first ever big screen adaptation of Ayn Rand's epic novel, will be expanding from 300 to nearly 1,000 theaters nationwide.
Yeah, it opened almost as big as "Expelled". (Wall Street Journal and reason.com count as liberal, now?)
How many screens did it show on relative to other movies? What was the budget relative to them?
I'm not surprised. Libs don't know the difference between profit vs. profit margin (ala ExxonMobil), so it's not surprising that absolute turnout vs. marginal turnout is ignored.
How many screens did it show on relative to other movies? What was the budget relative to them?
I'm sure you can read boxofficemojo as well as I can. Well, not now, it's down for maintenance.
But the comparison is apt - niche movie, self-selected and dedicated core audience, panned by critics and praised by audiences, limited opening - and getting fairly good per-screen figures. That's to be expected - actually, it's what I predicted back in post #25.
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I'm not surprised. Libs don't know the difference between profit vs. profit margin (ala ExxonMobil), so it's not surprising that absolute turnout vs. marginal turnout is ignored.
Well, it's yet to be seen if AS will manage to turn a profit at all. If the movie stays on the "Expelled" trajectory, it may be in for a rough ride.
Which is sad, because like it or not, it's an important novel and it could have deserved a wider audience.
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