Agreed. It will be ten years before this is done again. I am conflicted. It was so good of the producers to make this trilogy. How Part III turned out as it did baffles me. I can tell people with a clear conscience the book was better.

It's called a comment to the OP. Contributing ideas would be under another topic. I'd apologize for having an opinion, but that's not very AR is it?!

No. We will never have a better vehicle to help spread the word in a decade than this movie. We use it or lose it.

I agree totally that Joaquim de Almeida was the wrong choice for Francisco d'Anconia. Even though I like him as an actor, I felt from the first announcement that he was too old for the character. I was also disappointed that we didn't get to see Dagney make her speech revealing that Hank had been protecting her when he signed the "gift certificates". Though I do understand decisions have to be made when it comes to translating a book to the screen, I would have liked to see that scene and the attack at Hank's plant. I had to drive 60 miles to see the movie and overall I did like it. Hopefully, we'll get to see deleted & extended scenes when the disc comes out.

ok. so you joined our forum to tell us that? are you interested in contributing something to AR's ideas or...?

The message is a good one. I'm not trolling the message or the book. I'm disappointed that the movie was not of the same calibre as the AS I.

Don't know why the Trolls even come here. Think it is safe to say every producer will buy a ticket. Still some people just want us to sit down, shut up, and do as we are told....Sorry. No.

Sorry about the mistake. Was just going off memory. Don't always get it right.

Terrycan,
the shooting schedule for this film was 19 days. I just heard my daughter say that in a radio interview. lol

I have noticed many trolls criticizing the film and using the "Project F" comparison. talking points...

Well said. If you didn't read the book you didn't know what was missing. Film production must deal with realities of time and budget.

cranedragin and terrycan: Excellent examples of scenes that greatly contribute to the book, and should not be expensive or difficult to film. Perhaps those scenes are more important to those who have read the book? I know I would have appreciated those scenes. I admit this is armchair quarterbacking at this point.

Yes Part I was done in about six weeks for about six million. Sometimes things go better when you don't over think them.

Dittos cranedragon. Using Dagney to distract the guard was true to the book. However her her leading the assault in high heels and no combat training was over the top.
Rearden deserved so much more time. The wet nurse dying in his arms would have had impact. Rearden walking out of his meeting with Mooch, Megs and James Taggert would have been so doable. The brick of gold presented by Ragnar and missing from Rearden's safe the day after he disappeared. Scenes like that belonged in the movie.

I would have gladly traded a few minutes of Colorado scenery to see Francisco's last discussion with Reardon before Reardon "shrugs". The voice-over by Reardon dreadfully short-circuits his struggle and final decision.

I also thought the rescue scene played far more like something from a TV show [Numbers, perhaps], than CEO/business executives stepping outside their usual world to rescue Galt.

Agreed. But personally I though the casting was awful. The acting (apart from the names we recognized) was awful. What was with the sets? Compare to AS I which was excellent in all aspects. At times I felt I was watching a mash-up of "Austin Powers - Project F" and a spanish language novella - soft focus lens and all. This movie is a disservice to AS. Sorry.