In defense of ASIII
" I swear by my life and my love of it...."
I saw ASIII last week in NYC. No theaters are showing it in upstate NY (Rochester) and I was in NYC on Nursing Association meeting business for our State association.
There were many generally critical negative comments commenting about the simplicity or triviality of the production (my assessment of the comments). There were minimal complements.
I think it is FANTASTICALLY APPROPRIATE for what I believe to be the target audience. Producers didn't have unlimited resources.
That audience has not spent years studying Rand and Peikoff. et.al.
ASIII presents the essential messages of Objectivism to an audience essentially uninformed of these ideas. They production comes across in a beautiful and effective and even believable (for the most part) portrayal of our values. The actors are excellent in their roles.
It is very difficult to communicate our values to those only believing today's big government ideas and ideas focused on collectivism that are generally held in our altruistic (is it supposed to be religious?) society today.
Recall the password to the power station in the Gulch.
Congratulations.. Can't wait for the DVD.
I saw ASIII last week in NYC. No theaters are showing it in upstate NY (Rochester) and I was in NYC on Nursing Association meeting business for our State association.
There were many generally critical negative comments commenting about the simplicity or triviality of the production (my assessment of the comments). There were minimal complements.
I think it is FANTASTICALLY APPROPRIATE for what I believe to be the target audience. Producers didn't have unlimited resources.
That audience has not spent years studying Rand and Peikoff. et.al.
ASIII presents the essential messages of Objectivism to an audience essentially uninformed of these ideas. They production comes across in a beautiful and effective and even believable (for the most part) portrayal of our values. The actors are excellent in their roles.
It is very difficult to communicate our values to those only believing today's big government ideas and ideas focused on collectivism that are generally held in our altruistic (is it supposed to be religious?) society today.
Recall the password to the power station in the Gulch.
Congratulations.. Can't wait for the DVD.
But that is also a flaw of the source material.
Why you ask, would a simple film, made from a seventy year old novel, so completely terrify these supposedly confidant, powerful men and women?
That is because the error of their ways and assumptions is made clear, and because it represents a mitigation of their control, and of their power.
An incident I had forced that thought home to me. I brought up the AS movies in conversation, however one educated, bright, and otherwise intelligent person answered with, "Atlas Shrugged? Ayn Rand was a hypocrite because she accepted social security benefits." The old strawman logical fallacy in real life; you don't have anything to say about the position, so attack the person. I don't even think she realized she had fallen into that trap.
Considering how little all of those involved with the project had to work with, I think they all deserve 'purple hearts' for their incredible results.
I saw the movie again last Sunday. I don't know if it was the delicious popcorn or my happy mood, but it was like seeing a different movie (compared to my opening night viewing experience). I loved it! Ignore the gripes I had before. I'm over my pouting. This is an excellent movie and deserves a second (or third..) viewing.
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