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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 18 Oct \ parent \ on: A European Fannie/Freddie? econ
I don't necessarily trust them to portray anything accurately, but as an economist I find it particularly distracting when they misportray economic topics.
I really haven’t seen a movie where they did economics or economic thought right. They even f up philosophical thought. I saw the butchering of Atlas Shrugged and thought they missed the point very well. I do understand that movies are different from books and they can’t make the same thing in both media. Other good examples are Lord of the Rings, Spaceship Troopers and etc. Then you have what happened to The Hobbit! Just unbelievable.
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I was shocked at how different the book Starship Troopers was from the movie. They hardly even resemble each other. I found them both quite compelling though.
Atlas Shrugged is another one where I haven't wanted to see how they managed to butcher it.
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It seems that the director and writer for Starship Trooper had a specific political statement they wanted to make about fascism, rather than just do the book. It was better than a sharp stick in the eye but I could watch it and even capture it to DVD.
Atlas Shrugged was done in three movies with three different directors. Here again, books and movies are different media, but that does not justify what they did to the movies. Maybe the books were just too dense with plot and characters.
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