Once again, Weekend at Bernies gets snubbed.

...and enslaving peasants and sometime practicing on them. Living an unearned life of luxury...

The Machiavellian family that manipulated the child emperor, perhaps necessarily against the samurai were clearly the bad guys. However, the emperor's desire to bring Japan to modern technology was correct. Japan had a lot of loyal and hardworking characteristics, but they were completely backward technologically. The emperor established a constitution and took power from the shogunate (feudal oligarchy). This was the basis, not a rejection of honor.

The real western character was a frenchman.

"Blade" is a great libertarian movie. The whole thing is a allegory about Thomas Sowell's life. A half vampire (someone who started down the path to communism) is offered redemption by killing (proving wrong) the vampires (communists) and their minions (liberals). It's no coincidence that most of the "evil" vampires have British and Russian accents, and that they die when exposed to sunlight (the truth).

This is specifically for KH since he asked about Peter Schwartz articles about libertarianism
see his peice in the huffington post http://huff.to/1Fsixit
also go to his web site PeterSchwartz.com and search "libertarianism for two other peices.

Final scene in "Executive Suite." It should be presented to ALL graduating seniors (in whatever school), with it being mandatory for business majors.
- The original "Rocky." Seeming "loser" and most of the losers surrounding him, as he and they become winners.
- "Hombre." A superb work of art featuring (likely unintentional) what happens to a strong independent soul when it reluctantly attempts to act on the moral premise of altuism.
- "The Miracle Worker" (Bancroft and Duke version). Anyone who is not moved by Bancroft's character and the scene in which Helen Keller makes the crucial mental connection is simply a "dead soul."

I would describe all of them as Art promoting not only "Objectivist" or libertarian views, but the proper values of life itself!

Number 1 on my list is always Executive Suite from 1954.
I wonder what Rand thought of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcEOs...

So, how does this person explain Eddie Willers?
A respectable worker who is not a genius. And the
sense of life of Cherryl Brooks, (who is later
driven to suicide after she marries James Tag-
gart?) No, Ayn Rand promoted greatness; that
does not mean that everybody has to be phenomenal, but that everyone should do the
best he can, and preserve his own self-respect.

Two great westerns come to mind: Shane and The Big Country.

Idiocracy. Now there's an individual that made a difference, and his beneficiaries tried to kill him for it.
The Carpetbaggers. George Peppard as Jonas Cord, a man driven by the vision of growing his business.

Yet another way to show the difference between a Lib and an Obj.ist. When lacking sound principles, who knows what movies will look appealing.

I reject the notion (in the article) that Atlas Shrugged is a pure libertarian film.
See the previous blog on Obj.ism vs Lib.ism for further clarification.

The West by corrupt influence of the Emperor sought to destroy the way of life of the Samurai...

The Samurai who's way of life was dedicated to the protection of Japan and service to the Emperor.

"For A Few Dollars More" illustrates how a pair of so-called "bounty killers" can strategically form a partnership to make big reward money. LOL!

The first "Spaghetti Western," A Fistful of Dollars" was about making money off idiot bad guys before getting rid of them all.
Back in the 60s that movie's appearance in the USA was held up for about a year due to being successfully sued by the Japanese makers of "Yojimbo," about a masterless samurai or Ronin, who wandered into a town and with a sword did exactly the same thing Clint Eastwood shortly later did with Colt .45.
Sergio Leone had to pay for not even giving any credit to the story he ripped off. That's capitalism too in a way.
I like both movies regardless..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_1iT...

The Last days of Sophie Scholl

Should be "The Fountainhead" (Gary Cooper) and "Atlas Shrugged I-III" at top of the list. Then
"Meet John Doe" (also GC)
"They came to Cordura" (GC)
"Souls at Sea" (GC)
"The Lives of Others" (Germany)

Brazil (Terry Gilliam) is a semi-comedic 1984. Very, very good.

I like the comedy, Real Genius with Val Kilmar. It is anti government power/bureaucracy, and pretty entertaining.

Someone here turned me on to "Still Mine", a true story with James Cromwell. That is pretty good too.

Good list! I don't know about the last Samurai. Not sure there was any liberty in what the protagonists sought in the real life version.

What crap! No "The Fountainhead".

One of my favorites with "2 against the world" is African Queen. Bogart and Hepburn are unbeatable.

Great one

Rocky Balboa (2006)

Rocky Balboa's inspirational speech to his son
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkJLT...

Good call!!!

Atlas Shrugged 1 - 3
The Fountainhead
Star Wars (all of them)
Soilent Green
1984
Logan's Run
The Island of Dr. Morrow
Braveheart
Wag the Dog
The Last Samurai
John Adams

yes. I saw a meme the other day that said some famous TV sit com which is lame and then it said Serenity-one season? really?!

oh good one