tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post3904608959512751116..comments2024-03-29T00:34:36.786-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Trailer for Atlas Shrugged, Part ISam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-87197372180355417062011-02-20T20:10:02.569-06:002011-02-20T20:10:02.569-06:00Kathleen, I just don't get this book at all an...Kathleen, I just don't get this book at all and the movie trailer leaves me cold, too. Do let me know what you think of them if you make it all the way through...Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-60569244399252270102011-02-18T14:16:48.886-06:002011-02-18T14:16:48.886-06:00Sadly, I have yet to read Atlas Shrugged and have ...Sadly, I have yet to read Atlas Shrugged and have been meaning to for almost 30 years now. I guess I have to read it now so I can enjoy the movie when it comes out!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739982274914536036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-74192365426459266742011-02-14T12:53:31.001-06:002011-02-14T12:53:31.001-06:00Neither can I, Susan. When a trailer bores me as ...Neither can I, Susan. When a trailer bores me as much as this one did, I cannot imagine spending a couple of hours with the acutal movie. They always say that the trailer shows the best parts of a movie...scary thought in this case.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-24874626018762072512011-02-14T12:51:55.962-06:002011-02-14T12:51:55.962-06:00Thanks for that, Ms. Factotum. I love your analog...Thanks for that, Ms. Factotum. I love your analogy and the thought that others were as bored with this "classic" as I was.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-76470889333008582872011-02-14T08:45:04.530-06:002011-02-14T08:45:04.530-06:00I can't wait to not see it.I can't wait to not see it.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-18651205678177160442011-02-14T07:55:25.743-06:002011-02-14T07:55:25.743-06:00Sam, it's not you, it's Ayn. I slugged my ...Sam, it's not you, it's Ayn. I slugged my way through Atlas Shrugged. Awful novel. I agree with some aspects of her political theory, but she could have written a short essay explaining it rather than an 800-page behemoth with each character representing a point of view. <br /><br />In a way, Atlas Shrugged is like Designing Women at its worst, when there would be an important issue and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-49319108666400573472011-02-13T19:56:22.293-06:002011-02-13T19:56:22.293-06:00Ouch! C.B. you are damning with faint praise, for...Ouch! C.B. you are damning with faint praise, for sure.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-31281534661668920362011-02-13T19:55:51.694-06:002011-02-13T19:55:51.694-06:00Library Girl, her novels bore me...but I always fi...Library Girl, her novels bore me...but I always figured it was me, not her. Frankly, the movie looks pretty boring, too.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-76515147789080014502011-02-12T17:14:42.123-06:002011-02-12T17:14:42.123-06:00This could end up rivaling John Travolta's Bat...This could end up rivaling John Travolta's Battlefield Earth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-28185034564386262612011-02-12T12:28:44.352-06:002011-02-12T12:28:44.352-06:00The only book of Rand's I ever tried was The F...The only book of Rand's I ever tried was The Fountainhead. I wanted to write a paper about it for a scholarship. I never finished the book, couldn't even get very far into it, because I couldn't stand any of the characters. I didn't give me the urge to try anything else of hers, so I'm not really familiar with Atlas Shrugged. The trailer does look pretty slick, though, and I A Library Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144279685884011943noreply@blogger.com