nappinglibrarian I found this second installment in the Aglialoro & Karmon trilogy to be inspiring and entertaining. A marked improvement from Part I, AS Part II (2012) "Either-Or" had better actors, props, and scenery; smoother pacing; and added many thoughtful cameos and product placements.Portrayals of the second third of Atlas Shrugged will always hinge on the quality of the D'Anconia "Money Speech" and Rearden's self-defense before the Unification Board. I thought this movie set the bar pretty high.I liked the opening James-Bond style foreshadowing, the character development of Dagny & Hank, and the different shading to the bad guys. I'd like to have heard a better rendition of Halley's symphony, and perhaps a signature whistle melody for a John Galt theme.

n-sotirakopoulos 1)Did John Galt take away the cast from Part 1 to Atlantis? The all-new cast was a horrible idea. To begin with, it's unrealistic. Dagny and her brother are suddenly in their mid 40s, whereas in the book and in the first film they are in their mid 30s. Even worse, Francisco D'Anconia is in his 50s and doesn't look anything near like a playboy. 2) The plot has huge gaps. The cigarette with the dollar sign and the frozen trains are important for the plot and yet only someone who had read the book could understand what was happening. Also, where is the Pirate? Apparently he will appear in Part 3, but still, there are huge gaps in the plot. 3)The two most powerful moments in Part 2 in the book was Francisco's 'lecture' on money and Hank Rearden's speech on court.I would add an extra 10 minutes on these scenes on the film, as they are way too short. 4) In conclusion, the film is bearable only by someone who had already read and enjoyed the book. The new cast was not a good fit and generally Part 2 was a let-down after the decent effort in Part 1. Still, the book is so exciting that I'll give a chance to Part 3. PS: A film based on Rand's book where no one is smoking???

allegre-raul I haven't read the book so can't comment on it, but the story in the movie is so original and so important that I just loved it. I saw part one but honestly couldn't remember if they had changed the actors in part two or not, since none of them were well-known. The acting seemed fine. The movie looked like a medium budget movie. The special effects weren't great and some of the scenes weren't as large-scale as they could have been, like the steel mill, the protesters, etc... But all that was fine because the movie was great. I'd imagine conservatives would like it and liberals would hate it. It's great to see a glimpse of where we're headed when the government goes overboard with talk of fairness and equality. It leads to everyone being equally poor.

Brent Gillham It has been so long since I read the book. I am sure there are legitimate complaints of how the story line does not follow the book-just as is the case in 99% of all movies. Whether or not the movie followed the book exactly does not make it good or bad for most entertainment purposes.I am not surprised that the movie is unpopular with people who dislike the Libertarian philosophy. It's almost funny to see them (including some critics) write that it is among the worst movies they ever saw. Actually, if most of these people were capable of putting aside their political and philosophical prejudices, they probably would rate the movie mediocre at worst and many would rate it better. Like John Stossel once remarked about someone calling his quite enlightening show the worst show on television..."The worst? Really???" This was not a book or movie made for entertainment purposes except to entertain the mind. It is a work of philosophy set to get one thinking of the virtues of selfishness and how natural it is for humans to form symbiotic relationships to celebrate that virtue.Still, I enjoyed the artwork, architecture, fashion and even the acting. Better in part two than one, in fact. I have seen poor acting before and there was, quite simply, NONE in this movie. Add to that the fact that the movie had not one dumb or corny moment in it-quite a feat for a movie these days. Unless you are one of those people who thinks everything you disagree with is dumb or corny.