First three reviews posted for Atlas Shrugged, pan it

[Quixote1818]

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/atlas_shrugged_part_i/

[ixion]

1. As was expected...

[Pholus]

2. Here's to Parts II and III never getting made. It's just the wisdom of the free market!

The reviews were fun to read. Gloat, gloat... :)

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

3. I just watched the trailer, not even 10 mins ago

and it does look like it could be embarrassingly, painfully bad. Besides the original material, that is.

[al bupp]

4. The Book is Utter Tripe, IMHO

Bad writing coupled w/ a shallow and transparent plot left me unable to get past page 50, or so. I wouldn't see the movie if you paid me.

[bighughdiehl]

5. oh boy...

Some people are about to get a real life lesson about their free-market gawd.

[Quixote1818]

9. Poetic justice. :) nt

[Poll_Blind]

6. Ah, and who would have guessed- seeing as Rand was a worthless piece of shit.

:shrug:

PB

[Shandris]

7. Looks like the poll on the site was heavily freeped.

Or would that be 'Randed'? At either rate, either I missed something in the statistic...or supposedly 81% of people who heard of it want to see it.

Yeah, right.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

12. Could be avid film-goers who don't want to miss out on the next "Showgirls" or "Gigli."

But, yeah, I noticed that too.

[mistertrickster]

8. Art and hard-core propaganda rarely go together . . .

The book has no visuals that will translate to the screen.

"Here are the big shot corporate heroes, plotting to destroy the economy by quitting so that people will finally see how much they need them."

You can't film that . . .

[kenny blankenship]

10. Sure sure, they laughed at Battlefield Earth, too

But who's laughing now?

[Pholus]

16. OMG I forgot about that *other* religion's flagship movie....

I detect codpiece stuffing there...

[Johonny]

18. eberts review of that movie is drop dead funny

One of the best things he ever wrote.

[Rabblevox]

11. The Atlas Society's wank-fest review is worth a chuckle...

http://www.atlassociety.org/review-atlas-shrugged-part-1-film

[Pholus]

15. As a freeloader I'll have to consider an illegal bootleg just for irony's sake and some humor!

"The Skeptics are Wrong" indeed.

[TransitJohn]

13. This thing's gonna sweep the Razzies!

:evilgrin:

[csziggy]

14. "‘Atlas Shrugged’: First Movie to Target the Tea Party"

‘Atlas Shrugged’: First Movie to Target the Tea Party
6:03 PM 4/6/2011 by Paul Bond
Atlas Shrugged, a novel in which society’s most productive citizens choose to disappear, was published in 1957, and filmmakers have spent nearly every year since trying to adapt it. They finally succeeded, and the first part of what’s planned as a trilogy comes out April 15. If you didn’t know that, it’s likely you’re not a member of the Tea Party.

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Despite years of cinematic interest and high hopes for stars and funding, the film was made for less than $10 million, with Taylor Schilling — who appeared on NBC’s short-lived Mercy — playing protagonist Dagny Taggart.

By Hollywood standards, the marketing budget is tiny, so word-of-mouth from Tea Partiers sympathetic to the film’s message is crucial to its success.

More: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/atlas-shrugged-first-movie-target-175724?_r=true

This article seems to be a pretty good analysis of how this movie was made to be targeted towards the Tea Party members and how their marketing is relying on the Tea Party network of contacts. Matt Kibbe, president of FreedomWorks, is pushing this thing hard, sending out promos to Tea Party email lists with links to the trailer.

[martymar64]

17. I'll only watch it if Mike Nelson does a Rifftrax to it

That's the only way I could stomach Battlefield Earth

[MessiahRp]

19. There's a funny group on Facebook:

"If you like Ayn Rand, I hate you motherfucker"

:)