<p>Perhaps this is old news by now but they are making a movie of Atlas Shrugged. It's being done in three parts with the first part coming out sometime in April.</p>
<p>I'm actually excited to see this movie, Rand is often very very long-winded and so a well written screenplay could really bring some life into the text.</p>
<p>You can see the trailer or part I on Youtube now.</p>
<p>atlas shrugged waht is dat</p>
<p>^ It’s a book by Ayn Rand, despite being a genuinely bad book it’s one of the best selling novels of all time. To many it acts as a “libertarian (technically Objectivist but w/e) manifesto”</p>
<p>Did you read this book?</p>
<p>I haven’t actually read this one of Ayn Rand, but I’m pretty sure someone told me (or maybe not me specifically, but they were talking about it) that there was a movie of Atlas Shrugged.</p>
<p>Is there a movie for Das Kapital?</p>
<p>Partial answer to my own question: There seems to be at least one. However, it is 9.5 hours long.</p>
<p>This is good. Maybe I’ll watch the movies instead of trying to slog through that monster of a book.</p>
<p>Who is John Galt? lOl</p>
<p>“This is good. Maybe I’ll watch the movies instead of trying to slog through that monster of a book.”</p>
<p>The book is actually pretty easy to read, despite it’s intimidating size.</p>
<p>My only concern is that the film is “based on” Ayn Rand’s book. Depending upon the personal politics and philosophy of the filmmakers, it could be thought-provoking or a sham.</p>
<p>^^That’s alright. I don’t feel like plunging headfirst into a pool of objectivism at the moment either.</p>
<p>Upon seeing this thread, my first thought was, “NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”</p>
<p>Although the trailer changed my mind.</p>
<p>After reading that 1000-something page monster, I’m not sure I could stomach a three-part movie of it. The trailer makes it look at least moderately entertaining.</p>