Review of Atlas Shrugged, Part III
My wife and I recently saw Atlas Shrugged, Part III (AKA, Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt?), the third and final movie in the trilogy based on Ayn Rand’s famous novel. Unfortunately, it was so bad that there isn’t much point to going over its weaknesses at any length. The acting was mostly wooden, the production values were little better than those of a 1950s B movie, and the villains are so ludicrously incompetent and stupid (much more so than in the book), that it becomes impossible to take them seriously. I thought the first movie in this series was merely mediocre, and the second was actually pretty decent. The third is so ridiculously bad, however, that it almost negates whatever was good in the first two. The cameo appearances by famous libertarian-leaning people like Ron Paul and Judge Alex Kozinski were easily the highlights of the film. Their work was considerably better than that of the actual professional actors playing the lead roles. Almost the only positive thing I can say about the film is that my wife liked it better than I did. She knows a good deal more about Ayn Rand’s work than I do. So I should acknowledge the possibility that the film has some hidden virtues that escaped me, but might be noticed by a more sophisticated viewer.
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