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[Enchirito]

Perfect. I thought this film was masterfully executed and captured the spirit of the books perfectly.

I have no idea why it's getting mediocre reviews from critics. IMO best movie experience of the year, right up there with Sin City.

what did you guys think?

[Hobbes]

Can't wait to see it. But those previews are scaring me because they don't quite look like they fit the theme I think of when I think about the book.
You know what's funny? you mention that the reviews are mediocre, but just this morning i read the preview picture and it boasts "Critics around the universe are raving for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!" LOL

[Enchirito]

well, I'm seeing some pretty stupid reviews at ROTTEN TOMATOES and Metacritic.

If you haven't seen it yet I'll just say: don't expect a carbon copy of the book(s), it's different - but it's genius. Adams himself wrote the screenplay - it just molds the story into a more moive-friendly narative. I loved it so much. I was worried going in but in my opinion it does everything right - and it is no easy task to make this kind of comedy work.

oh and loving british pythonish humor and Henson muppets don't hurt.

[Cliodna]

Maybe it's because I never finished the book, but I didn't totally love this movie. I thought it was good, but some parts of it were just too far out there for me, and it felt like the whole movie went by at like, super-speed.

Sam Rockwell is one of the funniest guys alive. I swear to God, I loved watching him in this movie. Zaphod is soo full of himself and brainless! Thumbs up to him.

[ChicaFrom3]

For the most part, I really enjoyed the movie. Was amused by the fact that I was the only one in the theater who brought a towel along.

However, there were definite disappointments. Most of the disappointments were small and forgivable--omissions of my favorite jokes, like

"You know, it's times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse about to die in the vacuum of space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young."
"Why, what'd she tell you?"
"I don't know, I never listened."

and

"On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find the plans."
"That's the display area."
"With a flashlight."
"Oh, well, the lights had probably gone."
"So had the stairs."
"But look, the point is you found the plans, right?"
"Yes. Yes, I did. They were in the bottom drawer of a locked file cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware the Leopard.""

Again, small and forgiveable disappointments.

My biggest disappointment, though, was the decision to make Trillian/Arthur a major subplot. I'm not fond of Trillian/Arthur; I infinitely prefer Trillian/Zaphod, which is the direction the books themselves leaned in. Trillian always seemed to find Arthur rather dull and predictable, and I wish the movie had let her stay with Zaphod.

But for the most part, I really like this movie. And I sass that hoopy Ford Prefect.