[OldMissileer]

Well, the 60 page John Galt speech was in this part of the book so that should pick up the pace of the movie. :-)

I thought it was about 100 pages. Either way it was the reading equivalent of beating a dead horse over and over again. The repetition of the same point wanted me to gouge my eyes out.

[Night Hides Not]

The author did have a way of taking 10 pages to say what could be said in a few paragraphs.

I thought the first two movies followed the novel well. However, character development was insufficient for viewers who hadn't read the book.

For example, the scene in Part I where Dagny, upon meeting Francisco at a hotel/restaurant, throws a glass of wine in his face. Without reading the book, you would have no context.