Who is John Galt? By the time you get to the end of this, the final chapter of Ayn Rand's idealistic work of fiction, you will probably shrug your shoulders after finding out 'the answer.' Slavishly adapted from the novel, but with little attempt to create an adaptation that works as a piece of cinema. I found the previous instalments tolerable, and a little intriguing, but this third entry is betrayed by the low budget restrictions placed on the filmmakers.
So bad it’s good...well not good exactly...but fun in that bad movie kind of way, Atlas Shrugged III: Who Is John Galt? is an embarrassingly inept conclusion to Ayn Rand’s literary classic. In this climatic chapter Dagny Taggart discovers a hidden community where the world’s leading industrialists and thinkers have withdrawn to and the man behind it all, John Galt; meanwhile Dagny’s brother James collaborates with a secret cabal to nationalize the country’s remaining industries. Once again all the roles have been recast (‘cause it worked so well for the last film), which leads to two major problems: the characters don’t feel consistent and the actors playing Dagny and Galt have no chemistry together. Also, the film employs the use of voice over narration, which makes it feel like a cheap television documentary. While it’s entertaining to watch a film like Atlas Shrugged III: Who Is John Galt? go horribly wrong and self-destruct on screen, that’s not much of a recommendation.
This was much worse than the earlier two movies. And that is saying something!
Part III retains some of the tenants of the earlier parts. The decay of society, changing actors to confuse the audience, a mix of unnecessary and underwhelming special affects, and adds to that a growing distaste for John Galt. even before this Part starts pretending to be all deep and meaningful.
Thank goodness there was no Part IV
I can only assume that the original material is worthwhile reading, otherwise no-one would have funded this waste of time.
Shout by DurackBlockedParent2023-07-17T10:45:49Z
I rated this movie for the message and philosophy it put into film from the novel. I applaud those who took the effort. I don't give a rats ass about the production quality. Thank you for making this movie trilogy. :pray_tone2:
“I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”
― Ayn Rand