Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)

Gripping story with well-crafted characters

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

When I was looking at movie series on RottenTomatoes, I was looking to see what was the lowest rated one of them all that had at least three entries with reviews there. It's none other than this series. I have heard a lot about the book and have no desire to read it. This tells the story of a company that makes metal for railroads. Its employees start quitting and vanishing with no explanation other than people keep asking who John Galt is. That's really all this movie is. It is dreadfully boring. I think the only reason I didn't fall asleep is because the movie was a lot shorter than I thought.Having seen the second one first, I suppose this is slightly better, but it's still crap. This movie is just businessmen talking and talking. Mike Nelson couldn't possibly have seen these films because they are more boring than anything in "The Phantom Menace". At least that one had lightsabers in it! All we have in this movie is talk, talk, talk, and no action at all. I don't remember any of these characters' names. The acting is so bad that all of these characters are dull and uninteresting. If I wanted to watch something like this, I'd watch the news.I'm confused as to why this or the other films haven't been on Rifftrax or Channel Awesome and I think I know why. There's practically nothing to even mock here! Every scene is so monotonous it's hard to tell one from another. There's a big fire but even that's boring. I guess the best thing is probably how short it is. I remember Penn and Teller criticizing the Bible, but then they admitted they read books most people consider dumb like this film. As a long book, if this is supposed to be the Bible for atheists, I'll gladly believe in God. *1/2

i actually enjoyed the film, but probably a TV show would've worked better - business, politics, love and betrayal - what is not there to keep the audience watching every week?since i hadn't read the book,there were some blank spaces, like - what is the motive of the politicians to break businesses? power, of course, but the link was too weak/would've been great to get more background on the families and relations etc etc.as a production it is solid, camera work is splendid, pretty good fx, acting is great, the only thing missing, as a mentioned is more depth which could've been provided by this being a TV show but well - still good

It's 2016, the U.S. economy is in tatters, gas costs $37 per gallon, and the government's out to take over private businesses through the benevolently phrased "equalization of opportunity" bill. Also, top CEOs are disappearing after sudden encounters with mysterious men in black. But a couple of far-sighted, common-sense manufacturing executives are diligently trying to liberate the country from corrupt sell-outs and their cronies in Washington. Among other things, they discover the designs for a revolutionary new engine that runs on atmospheric electricity but was somehow just left abandoned in the shell of a Wisconsin factory that went belly-up because it paid its employees according to their needs instead of their contributions.Sound familiar? I did my best to ignore the rather obvious agenda behind this film and simply watch it as a poli/eco/whatever drama. While it has some really fine cinematography and decent acting, ATLAS SHRUGGED is languid, fake, and, in the words of several other reviewers, just plain boring. The opening is quite compelling, and the story has some definite plot-layers; nevertheless, the layers simply don't make a whole lot of sense. None of the story is really resolved here in Part One, and after watching same, I don't even feel much enticed to see Part Two (but I might).

Who thought a political movie about trains could be interesting? This movie, while being fairly political in the way it presents itself, keeps you interested with just one simple question: "Who is John Galt?" I started watching this movie because I was bored one day, and I immediately was drawn into the story. The characters, the conversations, and the events all interested me completely, and I have to say that the writing was terrific. This is the first time that I have come into contact with any of Ayn Rand's work. I enjoyed this movie so much that I almost bought the book that the movie was based off of the other day. Yes, this movie was so good that it made me want to read the book. How often does that happen? I am not a person that enjoys many political movies, but this film has so much depth behind all the characters and events that my attention was easily held. If you like political films or just love a great, compelling story, I fully recommend this movie to you.