Even without the philosophy there's just so much they didn't get right in the Atlas Shrugged movies. In fact, they did almost everything poorly. Poor casting, inexplicable directorial changes, the works.
Stuff that didn't really come down to a low budget, just felt like negligence that could have been avoided.
The only book to movie that the movie did better is arguably Fight Club to which Chuck Palahnik (who wrote both the book and the screen play) himself said was.more proud of the screenplay then he was the book.
"Dune" is another good example. There's so much in the book, a faithful movie would be hours long, unwatchable for the typical movie goer. But the abridgement needed to make a watchable movie leaves out so much it frustrates the typical reader.
I'm afraid there are books that just can't be made into a decent movie with any real fidelity to the book.
That is where shows should come in. A better format for entertainment in my opinion. Especially without commercials or confinement to half hour time slots.
It amazes me that producers haven't realized that when people are binge watching episodes on streaming services, you can have episodes be different lengths.
I only watched the movie, but damn Atlas Shrugged is good.
The movies are horrible. They don't do the book justice by a long shot.
Like every book to movie adaptation.
But especially something like Atlas Shrugged, where so much is about philosophical discussion.
Even without the philosophy there's just so much they didn't get right in the Atlas Shrugged movies. In fact, they did almost everything poorly. Poor casting, inexplicable directorial changes, the works.
Stuff that didn't really come down to a low budget, just felt like negligence that could have been avoided.
You can download a free epub of Atlas Shrugged on line.
You do realize that is the point right?
LOTR may be the exception.
The only book to movie that the movie did better is arguably Fight Club to which Chuck Palahnik (who wrote both the book and the screen play) himself said was.more proud of the screenplay then he was the book.
With One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest a possible exception
"Dune" is another good example. There's so much in the book, a faithful movie would be hours long, unwatchable for the typical movie goer. But the abridgement needed to make a watchable movie leaves out so much it frustrates the typical reader.
I'm afraid there are books that just can't be made into a decent movie with any real fidelity to the book.
That is where shows should come in. A better format for entertainment in my opinion. Especially without commercials or confinement to half hour time slots.
It amazes me that producers haven't realized that when people are binge watching episodes on streaming services, you can have episodes be different lengths.
If you don't want to read one of the longest books in the world, check out the audiobook version. It's a long one but the narrator is great.
I'm sure they don't, but I still enjoyed them.