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Extremely dated material. This movie should have been set in the past where it belongs.
This made very little sense in the age of corporate dominance of our government and society. Unions? what unions. Railroads? Coal? Steel? and a few saintly industrialist, oilmen and bankers save the day! Does that sound right to anybody? Does any of this make sense in the 21st century? This is only for people who believe in the Rand books and their internally consistant yet naïve 'philosophy'. Otherwise it is piss poor movie making, story telling, acting etc. And when did Francisco D'Anconia become a fat 70 year old dude?? And Danejskold is like a WWF dude...? Rand was a huge narcissist who like a lot of unreflective novelists, made herself (as Dagny) the center of a phantasy where she is like the male characters and is also desired by the many ideal male characters. Its so sad that people don't outgrow this fandom after high school.
