http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/663/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-finally-weighs-atlas-shrugged-hates-it-course <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Carina Chocano called the movie, based on Ayn Rand&#039;s &quot;ham-fisted fable of laissez-faire capitalism,&quot; &quot;rushed, amateurish and clumsy,&quot; and burdened by its libertarian ideology. Since when has a &quot;ham-fisted&quot; message stopped Times critics from favorable reviews of dubious left-wing material? </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> The Times on Friday finally gotten around to reviewing the movie "Atlas Shrugged," based on the novel by Ayn Rand, a heroine to libertarians and objectivists in particular. New critic Carina Chocano (like the rest of the critics, who weighed in two weeks ago) was scathing on the movie's flaws and clearly disdained its politics: "<a target="" href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/movies/atlas-shrugged-part-i-ayn-rands-opus-review.html?ref=movies">A Utopian Society Made Up of Business Moguls in Fedoras</a>." <br /><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/times-finally-weighs-atlas-shrugged-hates-it-course" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch AtlasShrugged CarinaChocano DoubleStandards liberalmediabias Movies NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias StephenHolden TimesWatch Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:47:00 +0000 admin 287 at http://archive2.mrc.org