I read several reviews over a period of weeks and they were all pretty negative. After several attempts of trying to want to see it, I read another review by some random person on the internet - she basically said it's a good movie, but since it doesn't cater to the liberal Hollywood ideology, most reviewers are giving it negative reviews more out of an agenda than a subjective opinion of it as a movie. I realized she's probably right, and that I was putting too much stock in the critical reviews. So I watched it, and it was pretty good. Of course, I agree with the libertarian message, and the movie presents it very persuasively and is true to the book, so perhaps I liked the movie more than a liberal would.
Parts 2 and 3 are scheduled to be made soon, with Part 2 being released right around election time this year. The book is about 1200 pages, so it's no wonder that it takes a trilogy to communicate it via the big screen.
If you haven't read the book, you should. If you don't want to read the book, watch the movie(s). Either way, the message that fairness, competition, and independent accountability and responsibility are the best structure for a successful economy/society is clear and persuasive. That is how this country became the greatest in the world; that is how the Constitution and Declaration of Independence intended this nation to work; and the failure to adhere to those principles is why this nation is failing.
Who is John Galt?
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