It was the first time I'd really watched it. What a load of codswallop!

I had a half-smile on my face the whole time, waiting for the next atrocious, absurd little nugget of wisdom that came out of the character's mouths.

It was like watching an ideological version of Dudley Do-Right, with the rugged, heroic individualist Howard Roarke as Dudley and the evil, scheming collectivist Elsworth Toohey as Snidely Whiplash. I actually laughed out loud at some of the most outrageous statements.

Our TVOntario had interviews with 3 architects afterwards where they discussed the ideas of Ayn Rand using the theme of architecture to advance her ideas.

Two of the architects thought it was atrocious and ripped the movie apart both for her perception of what an architect actually does (conciliation, external inspiration, adaptation of ideas, cooperation in a common vision) and the truly BAD acting and screenplay dialog.

But I LOVED the theme title of the interview show - "The Edifice Complex".