Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Hollywood and Rand Don't Mix

I'm still suffering slightly from the chills I experienced... When I read that the filming of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged had been announced for 2008... And will star Angelina Jolie as Dagny Taggart.

Kind of makes me sick to think of what the Socialists in Hollywood will make of this Anti-Socialist Masterwork.

Let the rewriting, the misrepresenting, and the general carving up begin.

I am today predicting that the only significant and memorable result of this movie will be that in 2015 there will be a whole slew of "Dagnys" registered for Kindergarten.
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5 comments:

SkyePuppy said...

I tried reading Ayn Rand back when I was registered as a Libertarian, circa Ronald Reagan's presidency. I think it was The Fountainhead, not Atlas Shrugged. I just couldn't get into it & never quite understood the Libertarians' reverent worship of all things Rand.

Could you be a closet Ron Paul supporter?

11/27/2007 12:56 PM
Malott said...

Skyepuppy,

I'm not a closet anything, thank you.

Rand's philosophy is imperfect... As are her stories. But coming out of communism, she has a unique perspective on the evils of Socialism.

I really enjoyed both the The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.

I think you should give The Fountainhead another shot.

11/27/2007 2:36 PM
Tsofah said...

Like Skye, I don't get Rand either.

Despite having a root canal done this morning, I did get a chuckle out of the banter of you and Malott.

Malott, am I to understand you ARE a Ron Paul supporter, based on the following?

Skye: Could you be a closet Ron Paul supporter?

Malott: I'm not a closet anything, thank you.

(I STILL chuckle when I read that! Thanks you two, I needed it)

11/27/2007 4:05 PM
janice said...

I bought the behemoth of a book, and tried reading Atlas Shrugged a few times, just couldn't get into it.
I kept hearing what a great book it was, just didn't see it.

11/28/2007 7:47 AM
SkyePuppy said...

Delta,

Glad to help you in your time of pain...

Chris,

Ayn Rand's books must by a Guy Thing.

11/29/2007 12:12 AM

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