RE :RE: 'Atlas' pic mapped
Hollywood will completely blow this one... I can pretty much assure you that I plan to give this one a miss in the theaters. If I'm bored on some rainy Sunday afternoon when it finally makes its way to HBO, I might watch it, but only if I'm in a particularly easy-going mood.
How quick to judge, Steve. You regularly complain that Hollyweird does nothing but advance the Liberal agenda, but you won’t give the big screen adaptation of "Atlas Shrugged" — a book written by Rand, your objectivist heroine — a real chance? What else could you ask for?
The article says Angelina Jolie is a Rand "enthusiast." Once again, this can only be because she doesn't have the vaguest clue what Rand's belief systems included. Rand was a rabid anti-feminist. She called feminism simply another disguised form of Marxism. Jolie spends a lot of time bleating altruistic platitudes while Rand found altruism to be poisonous. I expect Jolie is attracted to Rand's fairly libertine attitudes on sexuality and to her atheism. I feel safe in assuming that Rand would have found Jolie, her lifestyle, and her outlook to be distasteful. Jolie and Dagny Taggart are diametric opposites.
So, who cares? Jolie's an actor. An actor’s job is to portray someone else, often someone unlike him/herself. Insinuating that Jolie would do a bad job because she may not be like her character — or the author who created the character — is pretty silly. Plus, are you insinuating that Jolie is a feminist? Jolie's never struck me as a feminist; she seems like a pretty hip chick to me, if not kind of wacky. Of course, lots of talented folks are wacky, but I fail to see what that has to do with an actor's ability to tap into the essence of a character.
The article also says Brad Pitt is a "fan" of Rand's. One can only wonder how much that has to do with Jolie's interest. I can't imagine any scenario in which a brainless pretty-boy like Pitt could be even remotely interested in Ayn Rand. She did not, after all, ever write any comic books. John Galt would likely find Brad Pitt to be completely despicable.
Again, who cares? I fail to see a real point other than you don't like Jolie or Pitt.
So — what would get Steve Brenneis to the theater? Better yet, if Steve Brenneis was a producer for Lion's Gate's 'Atlas Shrugged,' who would he cast, and what difference would it make to the film?
How quick to judge, Steve. You regularly complain that Hollyweird does nothing but advance the Liberal agenda, but you won’t give the big screen adaptation of "Atlas Shrugged" — a book written by Rand, your objectivist heroine — a real chance? What else could you ask for?
The article says Angelina Jolie is a Rand "enthusiast." Once again, this can only be because she doesn't have the vaguest clue what Rand's belief systems included. Rand was a rabid anti-feminist. She called feminism simply another disguised form of Marxism. Jolie spends a lot of time bleating altruistic platitudes while Rand found altruism to be poisonous. I expect Jolie is attracted to Rand's fairly libertine attitudes on sexuality and to her atheism. I feel safe in assuming that Rand would have found Jolie, her lifestyle, and her outlook to be distasteful. Jolie and Dagny Taggart are diametric opposites.
So, who cares? Jolie's an actor. An actor’s job is to portray someone else, often someone unlike him/herself. Insinuating that Jolie would do a bad job because she may not be like her character — or the author who created the character — is pretty silly. Plus, are you insinuating that Jolie is a feminist? Jolie's never struck me as a feminist; she seems like a pretty hip chick to me, if not kind of wacky. Of course, lots of talented folks are wacky, but I fail to see what that has to do with an actor's ability to tap into the essence of a character.
The article also says Brad Pitt is a "fan" of Rand's. One can only wonder how much that has to do with Jolie's interest. I can't imagine any scenario in which a brainless pretty-boy like Pitt could be even remotely interested in Ayn Rand. She did not, after all, ever write any comic books. John Galt would likely find Brad Pitt to be completely despicable.
Again, who cares? I fail to see a real point other than you don't like Jolie or Pitt.
So — what would get Steve Brenneis to the theater? Better yet, if Steve Brenneis was a producer for Lion's Gate's 'Atlas Shrugged,' who would he cast, and what difference would it make to the film?
posted by Strother | 2:28 PM
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