The movie shows a brilliant architect in struggle with the power hungry members of the dark triad and the vulghar mob. While some adherents to the philosophy of Rand, like Mark Cuban etc, brought it bad name, the original novel indeed like the movie captures the main points nicely. Integrity and originality are met with mob resistance, as is often the case, but one must not let the lesser minds win in their empty greed and shalowness. While Rand's fantasies are somewhat ridiculous, she does come from a real place and has a point, especially to those, who, like she did, suffer from mob persecution of lesser people led by unscrupulous power greedy manipulators. In that sense the movie is very encouraging and good. In USA, country where Rand emigrated and worked, unfortunately this is often vuhlgarly misinterpreted as either a despikable call for egotism or its very affirmation, while it is not really the main point. Most actors did a good job here, except for Gary Cooper, whose age is not a problem, and he gets the love story, but when it comes to philosophy he is really out of his depth. Never the less, the movie is engaging and surprisinhly watchable, and carries a strong message of keeping one's integrity and independent spirit against compromises and corruption. It is not a call for egoism at all, but a call for preserverence against petty hters that crush the spirit of the most capable among humans all too often.
Review of The Fountainhead
