Author Topic: Atlas Shrugged, the movie  (Read 4715 times)

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Re: Atlas Shrugged, the movie
« Reply #25 on: August 13, 2008, 05:31:47 AM »
You think James Joyce was bad?

Try reading Henry James.

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Re: Atlas Shrugged, the movie
« Reply #26 on: August 13, 2008, 05:48:07 AM »
Here's a hint:

Skip "The Speech."

Yea?  Really?  Is it worth reading at least once?  Will the plot suffer by missing the speech?

(I'm currently reading Atlas Shrugged for the first time)

You will not miss anything not already written and expounded upon a dozen times elsewhere in the book.

The plot will not suffer.

IMO, The Fountainhead was a much better book.



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Re: Atlas Shrugged, the movie
« Reply #27 on: August 13, 2008, 08:45:53 AM »
So do you guys think this movie will be as good as Starship Troopers? 

For the record, I thought Starship Troopers was a terrible film, even before I read the book. 
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Re: Atlas Shrugged, the movie
« Reply #28 on: August 13, 2008, 09:40:36 AM »
"For the record, I thought Starship Troopers was a terrible film, even before I read the book."

I can't disagree with that...

The only saving grace of that film was Denise Richards.
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Re: Atlas Shrugged, the movie
« Reply #29 on: August 13, 2008, 09:43:41 AM »
"For the record, I thought Starship Troopers was a terrible film, even before I read the book."

I can't disagree with that...

The only saving grace of that film was Denise Richards.

That movie was so stupid that it made me angry. Ship breaking in half, cool.

Stupidest escape pod design EVER. And a plot that was "Archie and Friends in Space".