I've given up on comparing movies to the novels they are based on because more often than not you will be disappointed.
A book has so many things that can be left to ones own imagination like you've said that it's impossible to always get it right for everybody.
Exactly.
There are
millions of imaginary versions of the book, one for each person who has read it.
If you've read the book then try to think of the movie as something entirely new based off the same ideas and not something that is trying to copy the book.
I think they are trying to get away from being a copy of the book by changing the time period and making it more modern. Plus making it more modern appeals to the younger crowd.
Very perceptive. They came up with a brilliant approach to get around trying to copy the book. I really like their use of fresh face no-name actors so that you don't attach them to any other movie. It's a stroke of genius to appeal to the younger generations because the original generation who read her book is already dying off.
I was a kid when Rand's book first came out in 1957, but when I was older I took great delight in reading it. To date, I've read it three times and have used her book as an "operating manual" in my business for over 30 years.
You may not know this... Atlas Shrugged is a
VERY unusual book.
From 2000 through 2008, Ayn Rand's huge 1,000+ page epic's sales averaged a staggering
166,000 copies a year even though the book is
over 50 years old.
Now if you think that's amazing sales for an old book from a long dead author...
Since January 2009, more than
600,000 copies have been sold. That's
530,000 more than it sold in its
first year of publication!
There's a reason for this. Long ago Rand accurately predicted in Atlas Shrugged
exactly what is happening economically in America
today, and she also describes
exactly what to do about it, so that you will not only just prevail, you'll live a good, productive, meaningful, and happy life.
I'll watch it because the previews appeal to me and it looks like it has an interesting story, with trains
If they do the movie right by faithfully expressing Rand's principles...
...trains will mean a
lot more than just trains to you.
Greg