Review of Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011) by Fredbreakfast — 14 Apr 2011

Jehkul, I'm gonna say this in as few words as possible: No.

If this movie were about World War 2, it would be bad.

If this movie were about the moon landings, it would be bad.

If this movie were about the life of Moses, it would be bad.Jehkul, I'm gonna say this in as few words as possible: No.

If this movie were about World War 2, it would be bad.

If this movie were about the moon landings, it would be bad.

If this movie were about the life of Moses, it would be bad.

If this movie were an adaptation of any other piece of literature from any other time or place, it would be bad.

That's at least what the critics are saying, especially Roger Ebert's review. Never mind the political ideology, this movie is so bad that the philosophical underpinnings are irrelevant and don't need to be brought up to give this movie a negative review.

The irony is that this movie is a perfect exercise of self appraisal, as a critic does not need to ask what he is she is contributing: they are all saying "don't waste money on cinematic crap" and frankly that is a good service to society by telling them to go see something else. I appreciate that contribution to society, and anyone else who says otherwise probably takes such things for granted or are just being obtuse for the sake of salvaging their own beliefs.

If you want to talk about institutional bias, rating a movie a 10 because of its message is pretty high on the list of examples, especially when you admit it doesn't deserve that rating.

Don't care about personally rating this movie, but I have to, so I'm gonna say 5 to be neutral.