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The script tried to cover too much and never delved deep enough into any one scene really set the plot into motion. Having read the book several times, I knew what was happening, but I fear that a newcomer will be lost and confused. The romance between Hank and Dagny didn’t get the chance to build as it did in the book and seemed much to casual on screen.

I saw the 11:15 am Tempe "premiere".

Not having read the book in years, I may have a different vantage point. I thought the Dagny/Hank romance developed in a very believable and logical way. It was not a Fountainhead-style love-at-first-sight-fantasy-rape-scene. Their love was an inevitable consequence of their shared values. The parts involving the Rearden Metal bracelet were delicious.

38 posted on 04/15/2011 2:24:22 PM PDT by AZLiberty (Yes, Mr. Lennon, I do want a revolution.)

The parts involving the Rearden Metal bracelet were delicious.

Agreed. Lillian was played very well.

40 posted on 04/15/2011 2:27:43 PM PDT by r-q-tek86 ("It doesn't matter how smart you are if you don't stop and think" - Dr. Sowell)

I was at the 1:30 show. Notice how strangers were meeting each other at the door like lost friends?

195 posted on 04/15/2011 11:17:51 PM PDT by Nateman (If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)

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