I was astonished by the book and movie “Unbroken”. It seemed like something that should have been made a movie long before it was. Alas, that movie and many of the ten listed that provide an opportunity for female leads. Two of them do, but there isn’t much of a story for the Iranian protest (a woman protested, was jailed, managed to get free, and now nobody knows what happened to her… umm, I don’t think my expectations are being subverted). The story of Hillary Clinton is one nobody wants to hear or see anymore.
Along a similar line; I just finished a re-reading of “The Fountainhead”. It really is interesting and sad that not much has changed, such that the story seems fresh to today’s news. I don’t know if we have a Howard Roark, but I think Trump is a near Gayle Wynand. Trump wasn’t raised from destitution, but “I do” seems to fit Trump well. Trump definitely is selfish, but he’s also a second-hander. The trial of Brett Kavanaugh was similar to Roark’s, but I wouldn’t describe Kavanaugh as ideal as much as an innocent man being railroaded by the modern day versions of Ellsworth Toohey.
Well, The Fountainhead was in fact made into a movie. But that’s one that would be worth redoing today.
The sad thing is that Atlas Shrugged wasn’t done well. That deserves a redo as well.
I had lots of hope for the Atlas Shrugged series, but I only purchased the first two, and only fully watched the first one. My bias helped me get through the first movie. The second movie was just a mess.
I saw that The Fountainhead was made into a movie, and that Ayn originally liked it, but later didn’t. I can’t imagine the story being told as is in the book. I definitely can’t figure out how to do justice to Dominique Francon. Her character arc is like that of a masochist. Perhaps that is why Zach Snyder is thinking of making a film of the book.
I just noticed that auto correct changed a “don’t” to ” that”. The movie suggestions don’t provide opportunity for female leads. When you can do that, you get “Hidden Figures”, but you also get “Rogue One” and “Ghostbusters”. Then again, we also got “Sully” that year, so I’ll accept being wrong. Oh wait, “Captain Marvel” just released to home movie.
Every one of these movie ideas is phenomenal. I don’t think in these terms, generally, and I guess most people don’t. The only book I ever read that I recommended to a producer was The Perfect Storm – but I was already too late, because it was in development. These are excellent, and every one of them should be made.
Only a couple of those don’t look super boring. Instapundit has a suggestion, Robert Smalls.
Robert Smalls (April 5, 1839 – February 23, 1915) was an American businessman, publisher, and politician. Born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina, he freed himself, his crew, and their families during the American Civil War by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, CSS Planter, in Charleston harbor, on May 13, 1862, and sailing it from Confederate-controlled waters of the harbor to the U.S. blockade that surrounded it. He then piloted the ship to the Union-controlled enclave in Beaufort-Port Royal-Hilton Head area, where she became a Union warship. His example and persuasion helped convince President Abraham Lincoln to accept African-American soldiers into the Union Army.
I was astonished by the book and movie “Unbroken”. It seemed like something that should have been made a movie long before it was. Alas, that movie and many of the ten listed that provide an opportunity for female leads. Two of them do, but there isn’t much of a story for the Iranian protest (a woman protested, was jailed, managed to get free, and now nobody knows what happened to her… umm, I don’t think my expectations are being subverted). The story of Hillary Clinton is one nobody wants to hear or see anymore.
Along a similar line; I just finished a re-reading of “The Fountainhead”. It really is interesting and sad that not much has changed, such that the story seems fresh to today’s news. I don’t know if we have a Howard Roark, but I think Trump is a near Gayle Wynand. Trump wasn’t raised from destitution, but “I do” seems to fit Trump well. Trump definitely is selfish, but he’s also a second-hander. The trial of Brett Kavanaugh was similar to Roark’s, but I wouldn’t describe Kavanaugh as ideal as much as an innocent man being railroaded by the modern day versions of Ellsworth Toohey.
Well, The Fountainhead was in fact made into a movie. But that’s one that would be worth redoing today.
The sad thing is that Atlas Shrugged wasn’t done well. That deserves a redo as well.
I had lots of hope for the Atlas Shrugged series, but I only purchased the first two, and only fully watched the first one. My bias helped me get through the first movie. The second movie was just a mess.
I saw that The Fountainhead was made into a movie, and that Ayn originally liked it, but later didn’t. I can’t imagine the story being told as is in the book. I definitely can’t figure out how to do justice to Dominique Francon. Her character arc is like that of a masochist. Perhaps that is why Zach Snyder is thinking of making a film of the book.
I just noticed that auto correct changed a “don’t” to ” that”. The movie suggestions don’t provide opportunity for female leads. When you can do that, you get “Hidden Figures”, but you also get “Rogue One” and “Ghostbusters”. Then again, we also got “Sully” that year, so I’ll accept being wrong. Oh wait, “Captain Marvel” just released to home movie.
Every one of these movie ideas is phenomenal. I don’t think in these terms, generally, and I guess most people don’t. The only book I ever read that I recommended to a producer was The Perfect Storm – but I was already too late, because it was in development. These are excellent, and every one of them should be made.
Only a couple of those don’t look super boring. Instapundit has a suggestion, Robert Smalls.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Smalls