tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395386597298338483.post1730218443410126571..comments2023-10-30T07:41:42.272-05:00Comments on The Den of Snobbery: Day 43: Atlas Shrugged Part 1Elitist Movie Snobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15903495267094812095noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395386597298338483.post-91063374917748853552012-01-12T17:49:13.319-06:002012-01-12T17:49:13.319-06:00It's a stupid film, and I utterly agree with y...It's a stupid film, and I utterly agree with your assessment. There is no defending this garbage. I just found your question about the moralistic elements interesting. <br /><br />I just sometimes get very disappointed when Rand is linked so closely with the new conservative/Tea Party bullshit. She had much more to say than either it's followers, or it's detractors, are willing to grapple with. It's like saying "Catcher in the Rye" is about killing John Lennon. Again, I say that as someone who isn't a hard-core believer. (I get bored with the hate mail)mpjedi2https://www.blogger.com/profile/08692756479105537432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395386597298338483.post-91559578756770042032012-01-12T17:01:07.054-06:002012-01-12T17:01:07.054-06:00I guess my whole issue was that the film was marke...I guess my whole issue was that the film was marketed and sold to people as the film that would finally help everyone understand the Tea Party movement and what their core fundamentals were. I was just thoroughly confused by all that, so I guess most of my equating one with the other came from that.<br /><br />I think there's merit in all ideas, whether I agree with them or not, I just don't feel that there's merit in creating artless nonsense out of a book that seems better left to be read than dramatized. It's a sloppy film, period.Elitist Movie Snobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15903495267094812095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395386597298338483.post-60913131590231564072012-01-12T12:54:13.099-06:002012-01-12T12:54:13.099-06:00A true Objectivist would engage in an extra-marita...A true Objectivist would engage in an extra-marital affair because that's what they want, and it should be theirs if they have the ability to get it. Rand's beliefs can be distilled to "the question isn't who will allow me, but who's going to stop me." <br /><br />You seem to be equating Rand's views with those of the Theocratic dunderheads now trying to become the alpha-male of the Republican party. Rand views can be read as pretty much atheistic, because, again, religion is simply a construction to impose a limitation on human action. The idiot politicians just see "limited government power" and don't dig any deeper.<br /><br />I am no dyed-in-the-wool Objectivist, but I also firmly believe that Rand's ideas are useful, especially in an artistic sense. Hell, Rush's "2112" is basically a long ode to Rand's idea that no system, no power, should ever be allowed to prevent the individual from fulfilling their ambitions, or expressing his or herself.mpjedi2https://www.blogger.com/profile/08692756479105537432noreply@blogger.com