brian_r_wright

Stays with the times, and within the first three movie orbit. Deals with several issues of public importance. Exciting new actor playing Heather Lee. Superbly entertaining and watchable. I liked Legacy a lot, too.

Everything about this movie works. The ideas are liberating and inspiring, the actors are terrific--especially Raymond Massey and Patricia Neal, who should have won an Oscar. The music uplifts, the struggles are real and harsh. The cinematography accentuates the rock solid plot of the hero's integrity against great odds.

It's especially amusing to read the negative reviews, which demonstrate exactly the collectivist herd's blind hatred of humanity as individuals... that Rand nails so exactly in the action and dialog of the book and movie. These collar-humans despise the good for being the good, the independent for being the independent.

And Gary Cooper is perfect as Howard Roark. Roark's courtroom speech lays out what each of us can be and can achieve... once we throw off the chains of the mob. Also put Patricia Neal's (Dominique Francon's) words to Roark after the Roger Enright party in your quote book:

"They hate you for the greatness of your achievement. The hate you for your integrity. They hate you because they know they can neither corrupt you nor rule you."

This movie (and book) gave so many of my generation a reachable ideal of what man can and ought to be. The artistry and MEANING of The Fountainhead is an unparalleled achievement for humankind... that will thread us out of the corrupt, criminal world that the Men of the Power Sickness intend for all of us Independents, great and small.

Pure inspiration and emotional fuel on the silver screen.

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Grows on you, really fine piece of movie-making. Watch it a few times over the years, and you'll see what I mean. This is NOT a toss off film, it warrants a far higher rating than what I'm seeing so far on IMDb.

Great mixture of real life drama, comedy, making tough decisions that every moviegoer can relate to. Love the performances of all the key players, especially Chris Pine and Bre Blair... and the ones playing the 'major eff ups' do an extremely fine job, too. That's how people like that truly ARE.

Music is well integrated and appealing. Ryan Craig is a first rate writer and director, not just a good one. He has a fine touch for the human in us, while finding a sterling silver lining in the cloud.