Posted on 04/15/2011 1:31:44 PM PDT by RobFromGa
He actually grew on me a bit once I got over the “young and tall” disparity.
I thought he did a pretty good job. Rearden’s family was well done, too.
Especially Lillian after sex: “All done, are we?”
There’s a famous sketch of Rand by the artist “Ilona” that appears on the back of the old Signet paper-packs of her books. There are times when the actress playing Dagny looked like that sketch. Possibly her resemblance to that sketch figured in her casting. Myself, I always thought that Dagny was Rand’s idealized self.
I wonder of the actor playing Hank might not have been selected for a resemblance to Frank O’Connor (Rand’s husband) since he looks nothing like the description of Reardon from the books?
A lot of people just didn't like it. Too slow paced, perhaps. A great look at the early days of the oil industry, though. Pulling oil up in buckets, pouring it into a big hole in the ground and putting it into wooden barrels!
I thought this was a riot...this was from movie posters, as kids would see them...
LOL! Ya think?
Ayn Rand was one strange chick, no doubt. She was no dummy, and her emphasis on self-reliance is worth gold, but her attitudes towards sex, her appearance and such were very odd, to say the least. Sounds like she was into S&M or other such stuff.
I thought the first third of “There Will Be Blood” was good. Then it got weird. Then it became incomprehensible. That’s about the best I can say about it!
That’s a hilarious poster!
bookmarking for following as I read the book
Any idea when the movie is going to make it to Kingwood, TX? The week it was over in Woodlands, TX my entire family was sick and none of us could make it. Is it possibly going to be out on DVD where I can buy it?
It came out at Redbox on Tuesday.
It should be available pretty much anywhere now.
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