Hmmm.  I just saw Miss Jolie on TV this morning being interviewed by some pathetic excuse for a journalist, who compared her to Laura Bush.  Wow.  If looks could kill...  

Do keep in mind that actors, esp. the best -though I'm not proposing that she is (and Brad just sucks)- accept roles often according to the challenge and visibility of them, not nec. the political message of the piece.  That's why they are actors, they aren't being paid to be themselves...  

I've not read Atlas shrugged, as the thought of doing so makes me want to vomit and that's not really how I like to spend my spare time.  So I don't know the plot, and how much of a statement the director wants to make.  Could it be possible to use it to illustrate what's wrong with this philosophy (if you can call it that...)?  A critique?  Who knows.

And who knows what the expecting couple's motivations are.  Maybe they want to make a ton of money to give to the African children?  Maybe they are hipocrites?  Maybe they aren't even actually going to take the roles but the rumours are an attempt to lure investors?  How do we know?  

Whatever, she's adopting freaking orphans and advocating for impoverished children.  What am I doing, ya know?  

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire