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Enchirito Council Member
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 2211 Location: Billings, MT
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:08 am Post subject: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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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? _________________
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Hobbes Council Member
Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 11208 Location: Vancouver, BC
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:16 am Post subject: |
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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 |
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Enchirito Council Member
Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 2211 Location: Billings, MT
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:33 am Post subject: |
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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. _________________
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Cliodna Advanced Vidder
Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 197 Location: Wisconsin, USA
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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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. _________________ I want to make videos like Charmax and LAURA4LAD when I grow up.
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ChicaFrom3 Advanced Vidder
Joined: 16 Apr 2005 Posts: 511 Location: the sunnyside of the street
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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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."
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"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. _________________
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