B. Definitely B! And not changing the casting AGAIN! I really liked the original cast members. Dealt with the change for II. So let's just leave it alone.

In this order:
B, E, A, C, D

B is the overall necessity, and you can't get the message right if you do not have the best director, or casting or the other facets either.

Please make Ayn and the rest of us proud!

Getting the message of Atlas Shrugged right!

F. Hiring the right Screenwriter; one who will be completely unoriginal; in other words, one who will not add or change any words of dialogue but instead use only the precise words Ayn Rand wrote. Deleting some words are of course essential if the film is to be less than 12 hours long, but key, immortal sentences must not be deleted (For example, Dagny's "We never had to take any of it seriously, did we?" at the beginning of Part III and "Do you hear me, my love?" in Galt's speech). The love story should be held to be equal to the economic story in importance and have equal amounts of screen time. Any other way of approaching it is the approach of an artistic imbecile. Even Al Ruddy knew that when he approached Ayn Rand. The screenwriter should not be afraid to include key prose sentences by Ayn Rand, to be spoken by a narrator, as in Brideshead Revisited the miniseries or the opening and closing of To Kill A Mockingbird, which included narration by their respective authors.

Getting the message of Atlas Shrugged right!

A. Casting John Galt correctly will make or break ASIII
and then
F. a great representation of the original Galt's Gulch to properly show what a utopia the world would be if made up of nothing but producers.

I just wanted to add, CASTING is part of the story telling. The casting in part 1 and part 2 each had it's pluses and minuses. The issue was the change. Changing the casting disrupts the story telling. It's bad enough we had to wait a year to continue the story but then you changed everyone. Continuity of the story is a key to effective story telling. There is no going back now... so do whatever you can to minimize the disruptions to the story telling.

g. all of the above.try not to recast the LEADS a third time for one. One shouldn't produce two entire feature films only to say on part three "This time we're getting it right." Ouch.

There are two key priorities:
1. getting the message right and
2. making it sufficiently entertaining as a movie that even people who aren't devotees of Rand find it worth seeing.

If those two things are accomplished, then the film will have done its job. However, in order to do this, it takes the right writer, the right director, the right cast, and the right technical expertise and creativity. So I don't know how one can determine one over all the others.

I think the best answer to anyone who cares anything about this series is B. "Getting the message of Atlas Shrugged right"! That being said, the Director, Casting, Cinematography, Special Effects, then everything else would be the correct order of operations. But definately the message is vital to awaken the public to our own reality here in the United States - not to mention the world of today!

B, showing faces of listeners to Galt's Speech, from fear to panic to revelation.

B, by all means, get the message across. The people of this country needs to know that we are starting to lose our freedoms.

B.....The message that we were left with after episode 1 was not complementing Part 2.; I enjoyed both episodes but you need to get back on track from the first episode.

Special effects. Make the economic collapse spectacular and Galt's Gultch the epitomy of entrepreneurial spirit and wealth creation highlighting the benefits of capitalism and individual liberty unfettered by government.

B

Getting the message right is tantamount however, there are other elements that need nearly as much focus. Getting people into the theaters is critical. Otherwise, we're preachin' to the choir. The story is as timely as ever. Hype the storyline in parallel with the crisis du'jour. Don't count on the critics. Leverage mainstream media. The best thing that happened for Part I was the argument Graham and Bob Beckel got into on Fox News. That was seen by millions and stirred up a lot of enthusiasm. Familiar faces (like Graham Beckel) wouldn't hurt either.

"B" of course yet speaking for myself and many who have seen the movies, read the book, you are getting it right...and more to the point is ITS HAPPENING NOW!!

B and A Getting the message right. And that was done in both parts 1 and 2.

However, the actors in part 2 fit their characters better. And the special effects that were used were appropriate, but not over the top.

I loved part one & once I adjusted to the new cast I loved part two . Esai Morales was terrific as Francisco, he kept me interested and his familiar sexy way was a definite plus. (Please keep him in three)
The most important is the (d) message, then it's even with the cast & director. Those three make a blockbuster.

B

B - Get the message out

I would like to answer all (A - F). To be more informative, I will select one as you have requested. I choose C - Cinematography.

Casting

Getting the message of Atlas Shrugged right. Wonder if this will cause and IRS audit?