I love Rand and her Philosophy , Read most of her books and loved it .But about the movie , if I hadn't read the atlas shrugged novel , seeing the movie I actually couldn't understand the connection between characters and what is the plot all about and what's going on. I think someone who hasn't read the book can't catch the grip and it may cause a lot of missunderstanding about Atlas shrugged.Plot is so spreaded , there is no background to it so the audience undersatnds characters as they should to. filming is lifeless , Acting is lifeless , you can not feel anything while watching the movie , you can't immerse yourslef in the movie . so hey say it's a low budget movie , common , for such a great novel as Atlas shrugged , making such a movie is absolutely unacceptable and desrespect to the book.I actually had downloaded part 1,2,3 and was excited to watch them all , but finishing watching the first part I removed the rest also not to spoil the great taste of atlas shrugged which I got from reading the book.I can say the worst movie I have seen in 5 years.

Current times seem to be approaching the state outlined in the novel Atlas Shrugged, and I've been wondering when someone would tackle this as a cinematic project.The movie is credible, but not awesome. I think there are several reasons: 1) Rand's novel is very complex and full of detail and "inner dialog" that is tough to convey in a concise film. Given the tabloid attention span we've developed, that means it is hard to build back- story without losing viewers' attention. 2) The message of individual excellence is not aligned with the current mainstream view that "we're all in this for the greater good." That means it won't be mass media popular, which limits the potential for traditional funding. 3) The adaptation seems to assume that viewers will have read the novel, which probably isn't the case for much of the public. I loved the novel, so my brain filled in the blanks on the missing context - that won't happen for the average movie goer.I'm not sure if any of these are contributing factors, but the acting felt wooden in many scenes and there were a lot of dialog segments missing that would have contributed to the underlying "feel" of the novel - namely that crushing the motivation of individual success is bad for progress and posterity.I will still watch the whole series, and hope that one day there will be another made by one of John Galt's artisans.

ALERT: THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SOME SPOILERS Over sixty years ago, Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead was made into a movie, starring Gary Cooper. It would have been considerably easier a task to adopt that book to film than to adopt Atlas Shrugged. Nevertheless, this rendition of the book to film does considerable justice while maintaining a great deal of faithfulness to the themes presented by the original novel.The setting, as in the original novel, requires some suspension of belief, as it consists in an alternate reality and includes some elements from the science fiction genre. Other than some adaptations to bring the story into the present day, it remains a faithful reproduction, and in remaining faithful to the story, I believe that it is only pertinent to review that story to some extent.I read my first Rand novel, Anthem, when I was in high school. I later rediscovered it, and some part of myself that had apparently gone missing when I was in early college in the Fall of 1992. While Atlas Shrugged is a much more dense expression of Rand's ideation, much of that essential spirit is captured in her earlier novel, Anthem. Rand champions rational behavior with the spirit of free enterprise, and for this reason she is still widely embraced today.Although, assuredly, much work went into both the novel and the film, the story is quite straightforward, and, in my opinion, not difficult to comprehend at all. When I read another review, posted on Netflix, that purported that the movie would require a course of study in political science, I was quite surprised. I think, perhaps that the reviewer might have been confused, and neither understood some of the basic themes in the novel, nor the course of study in politics that they so earnestly had recommended. As for those who have never studied political science, both the film and the book are easy enough to understand from an economic perspective, the premise of which is so well depicted by the title of the original novel. Ultimately, to this readership and demographic of movie-goers, the story makes a statement that is designed to make its audience think about the nature of obligation, and to whom and for what one should be obliged. To the latter demographic, the students and professors, both, of political science, Rand's "philosophies" may tender some questions, that perhaps only she would be capable of supplying herself. Nevertheless, from a theoretical standpoint, her ideas are quite intriguing, if for no other reason than that they have had such ample influence even beyond her own lifetime.Some of the criticism of Rand's beliefs could potentially be traced to the abandonment of "civilization" by several of the characters in this very novel. However, Rand was erudite with respect to political philosophy, and one can well recognize her plot device of "Atlantis" as a sort of "state of nature," parallel in function to that of Locke's, Hobbes', etc. Such states of nature are, of course, presented as a type foundation from which to construct social contracts, such as are manifested by the constitutions and legislatures of the governments of modernity. Rand appears to be using this device, borrowed from these social contract theorists, to challenge the modern audience not to take for granted the freedom inherent to the modern liberal state, rather than to be proposing some altogether new form of contract for society. Instead, she addresses the level of freedom that one has within a free state in a kind of sub-context of economic focus.It is within this context that she presents her theoretical state of nature, which is quite obviously set to answer the question of the paradox of the constraint of freedom proportional to individual ability as given in The Republic by the penalty of being ruled by one less capable. While in Plato's writing this concept seems to be confined to the concept of government, it finds pluralistic application within any field of endeavor, and especially with respect to those fields that compete economically, and as such are inherently, to some extent (although they may be hobbies for some), vocational in nature. It would seem, then, that Rand's "philosophy," from "Shrugged," can be encompassed in a nutshell simply by saying that one maintains the freedom to do business with whomever one chooses to do their business. In essence, this is the spirit of free enterprise, a spirit that goes hand in hand with such liberties that are there to protect it.The film, itself, I found to be good, if perhaps recalling to mind a bit closely some of our recent economic foibles; yet it balances this with a call to integrity, both in the context of business and one's personal conduct. What may be a little difficult, initially, for the viewer to grasp is how Rand's concept of integrity devolves to a certain honesty of self-interest, as opposed to any external imposition of in what this conduct should consist.All in all, I enjoyed watching this film, and I believe it presents a reasonably faithful introduction to Rand and her writing.

Who thought a political movie about trains could be interesting? This movie, while being fairly political in the way it presents itself, keeps you interested with just one simple question: "Who is John Galt?" I started watching this movie because I was bored one day, and I immediately was drawn into the story. The characters, the conversations, and the events all interested me completely, and I have to say that the writing was terrific. This is the first time that I have come into contact with any of Ayn Rand's work. I enjoyed this movie so much that I almost bought the book that the movie was based off of the other day. Yes, this movie was so good that it made me want to read the book. How often does that happen? I am not a person that enjoys many political movies, but this film has so much depth behind all the characters and events that my attention was easily held. If you like political films or just love a great, compelling story, I fully recommend this movie to you.