What would you consider the number one priority in the making of Atlas Shrugged Part III?
We want to hear from you. What would you consider the number one priority in the making of Atlas Shrugged Part III?
A. Casting
B. Getting the message of Atlas Shrugged right
C. Cinematography
D. Special Effects
E. Hiring the right Director
F. Other
Leave your answer in the comments below.
A. Casting
B. Getting the message of Atlas Shrugged right
C. Cinematography
D. Special Effects
E. Hiring the right Director
F. Other
Leave your answer in the comments below.
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The movie needs to entertain. Atlas Shrugged, the book, was itself a story. Yes it had the core elements of Objectivism, but Ayn Rand wanted it to be a story on an epic level. It was that.
Personally I enjoyed the cast of AS Part I. I connected with them. They were Dagney, Hank, Francisco, Ellis, and scummy little James Taggart. As much as I liked AS Part II, I never connected with the cast, except with the woman who played Lillian Rearden. She was absolutely vile and did a great job.
Hope this helps!
CROWDSOURCE IT!!!!
You need to spend the money to make this thing appealing. So get the money!
Without a 'good movie' the message only reaches people who have already heard it and loved it. The 2nd movie did not appeal to people who were not already fans of the book. You scored much better with them on the first movie.
Also, as a visual person I think C is incredibly important. This is a MOVIE and not a radio broadcast or play, after all.
D. should be minimal. Whatever cool effects can be generated now will look outdated in 10 years anyway. Save money on D to spend on A, C, and E.
To get it across, you need to make sure you tell a good story. Your best plot boils down to this: conflict, romantic and otherwise, between John Galt, originator and de facto Mayor of Atlantis, and Dagny Taggart, who sees Atlantis as an indefensible stronghold and believes in carrying the war to the looters. Except that her war is only philosophical--a repeated litany of I-told-you-so's--and not physical, which is the war that Ragnar Danneskjöld wages. (Are you going to introduce Ragnar Danneskjöld? Seems to me that you have to include him, because he, more than John Galt, knows how the men of the mind must win the war in the end.)
You also have a lot of epic scenes in Part III, and you might simply have to discard some of them. Your choices:
The spectacular exit of Francisco d'Anconia from the world stage. ("Brother, you asked for it!")
The riot at Rearden Steel, followed by Hank Rearden's final defection
The demonstration, and then the detonation, of Project X.
John Galt's speech, and reaction to it.
John Galt's captivity and rescue.
A lot of choices.
Oh, and one more thing: find the actor who played the Devil in Roma Downey's "Bible" mini-series. Cast that man as Mr. Thompson. I'm sure you know why.
Get the Acting and Directing right. If you have pregnant pauses, poor character development, the movie will flop.
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