People are voting emotionally.

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

John & Harmon set out to start a trilogy of Ayn Rand's epic novel. They were new at movie-making, didn't know what the film would eventually cost, and were either ignored or scorned by those in the movie world.Yet they got pretty good acting, a little slow pacing at first, and some good drama - the John Galt Line creation. I thought the movie picked up towards the final third, as the team found its center and began rolling out staccato pithy comments. I thought the most inspired acting was done by the man who played Ellis Wyatt.AS Part I (2011) is a fine effort, capturing the themes of the novel while developing the mystery storyline. It's really a rough draft of "Non-Contradiction"; a follow-up could feature more Akston's Diner & dollar-sign cameos, AS Part II (2012)'s Rearden Steel set, and more product placement of current capitalist icons.

It's hard to believe that a movie like this has been made. I didn't read the book, although I guess it can't be far from it. The whole purpose of Atlas Shrugged seems to be the glorification of big companies, of those who -even when they already have more than enough- want to have more and more money. Throughout the 90 minutes of its duration, I was waiting for anything to proof me wrong, to actually defend the oppressed and the middle/low classes, but no. This movie is completely, utterly centered in those heads of corporations and the people with the big money and their "painful struggle" to get more of what they only care about: money. They even go on calling an individual owning an oil company a hero! A human who believes it is fine to destroy anything in order to drill to extract gas for just one goal: more money. They even go to the extent of accusing the government of "limiting" the power of the corporations!! When in reality it works the other way around: it is corporations that control governments.This movie is not particularly boring, although its content is not for everybody at all. If we go into moral values, this film should be burnt and forbid. Only bourgeois and executives who don't give a damn about anything or anybody but themselves would enjoy this propagandist crap. Interesting how one of these people, in the movie, says that she never hurt anybody in her life. Yeah, right. I suppose they believe their money grows in the trees and no animal (human or otherwise) and/or Earth globally is not affected by libertarian rubbish, flawed way of thinking and its destructive and egotistic methods.Freedom? Sure. Liberalism? Perhaps. Libertarianism? NEVER.

Normally, when books are being filmed, it's normal to assume that the book should be good in the first place, but what do you know. Atlas Shrugged(don't even ask me why I read it cause I don't remember who recommanded it to me and if I did remember I'd probably end our friendship immediately) is probably one of the worst books I've ever read in my life. From the first few pages you could see where this was going and it's characters were so one-dimensional that a freaking dinosaur fossil's got more personality and the same goes for the book. No wonder they are giving away 400.000 copies for free every year, cause who in their right mind would spend their money on this crap. Well, I hear Alan Greenspan is a big fan, but judging by his reputation it doesn't really surprise me. And, hey! I even heard Sean Hannity is playing himself in one of the sequels! They both fit like a fly on a turd! You might wonder when am I going to review the Movie, but I don't really have to. It's just as bad as the book and to tell you the truth, that should really tell you anything you need to know if you thought that maybe watching part II & III would change your mind. It won't. It only gets worse. If you have some spare time in your life, better thing to do would be loading your gun and blowing your brains out, but before you pull the trigger, you should either put the book in front of you or play a movie on your telly, just so the police know the reason for it and hopefully ban this book or at least your family can sue whoever is sitting on the rights of it for everything they are worth. Stay away from this movie and it's sequels. You're welcome!

The film is really praise-worthy, as, despite its low budget, it manages to capture the spirit of the book. In addition, the leading actors really personify well Rand's characters from the book. The plot (as opposed to the second film) does not miss much from the book, although I'd add another 20-30 minutes to include some more extended dialogues/monologues from the book (especially from Rearden's anniversary party). The film gives a spoiler by showing that it's John Galt who is taking away the people who are missing, although I can understand it from scope of the economy of the film series. Overall, as someone who enjoyed the book and was preparing for a B-movie, I was really positively surprised from the film, connected with the heroes and attached their faces to the book's character (I watched Part 1 without having finished the book). This is why I was so much disappointed from Part 2 and the change in the cast. In any case, the book is so exciting, that no film adaptation can be good enough...however, Part 1 makes a decent effort.