Observations:
- No one in the theater.
- I thought Rearden was the best done "good" character.
- After the reviews, I was expecting a bad Francisco. He wasn't magnificent like I want Francisco to be, but he was much better than I was expecting.
- The bridge was gorgeous.
- I liked the modern update/spin -- thought: if it were redone again, it could be done with a space elevator
- I think the portrait of the politicians / political businessmen was fabulous.
- I think they worked hard to make folks who look like politicians. Really nice.
- My image of James Taggart was older, closer to Orren Boyle.
- I read a lot of criticism beforehand, I don't find most of it persuasive.
- I'm not a movie buff (only adult move I've seen in theaters in 3-5 years?)
- Acting was not fabulous, but tolerable, mostly.
- I read the book more than once, and have an awful good memory of it.
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1. 20 People in the theater, last week the line at the arts theater was around the block - glad I waited.
2.Agreed.
3.Fransisco was "meh" not impressed.
4. Word.
5.The updated/modern spin was much better than expected. The 1957 version would be unworkable unless you set it in some sort of alt-history.
6. Agreed
7.Yeah, I swear Mouch looks just like Tip O'Neill.
8.Again agreed, James Taggart should be older.
9. Duh.
10. I think the last adult movie I saw was Serenity.
11. Schilling (Dagny) was pretty good. She's not quite skinny/angular enough, and I NEVER envisioned Dagny as a blond, but I thought she did quite well. Beckel (Wyatt) was damn good I thought.
12. You read faster than I do; I've only read it once.
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