I kinda liked "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"

[nytemare]

I've always been a fan of quirky Brit humour, so maybe that's why. I know a lot of folks didn't like it.

[SkipNewarkDE]

1. I enjoyed it

I have been a fan of this story since the radio series many years ago. The movie was faithful in tone to the books, and I thought the cast was great, esp. Zaphod and Trillian. The actor who plays Zaphod doesn't claim it, but it is so obvious he is channeling George W. Bush in his smirking cluelessness and Texas drawl. A sweet movie that isn't ever really laugh out loud funny, but nonetheless consistently charming.

[nytemare]

4. I liked Alan Rickman doing the voice of Marvin.

He was like C3PO on downers.

[RoyGBiv]

13. That was perfect ...

It was one of the few characterizations that fit precisely the image I had in my head from reading the books.

[nytemare]

21. I loved it, the sort of depressed, somewhat passive aggressive robot.

:)

[nyrnyr1994]

32. I'd comment on your post....

...but you wouldn't listen to it anyway... :silly:

[AlCzervik]

2. i loved that movie and so did my daughter

i loved the humor and the story line.

[nytemare]

5. It was pretty cute.

I thought the voice of the know it all big computer sounded like Jennifer Saunders, but I guess it wasn't.

[MisterP]

22. the voice actor's Deputy Dangle from Reno 911

[nytemare]

23. Wasn't he the computer in the ship?

I am confused now.

[MisterP]

26. oh, that computer--you meant Deep Thought, I thought Eddie

I liked the "Think Deep" t-shirts and Deep-Thought-style metallic-colored hats of the Magratheans.

[nytemare]

28. I love Reno 911

Weigel cracks me up the most. I thought that computer sounded like Jennifer Saunders, but I could be wrong.

[MisterP]

29. aaaAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH! (beat) "This is why we don't let you have 12 donuts"

"can we remove her feeding tube?"

[fishwax]

3. I kinda liked it too

saw it last night. The book's better, of course, but the movie was fun, I thought. :)

[Cannikin]

6. I liked it alot. I'll be buying it soon

[nytemare]

10. It was surely enjoyable.

I figure my love of things like Monty Python has something to do with it.

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. I thought it was very good

I wish they had just done the one book, and not tried to jam so much in, but it still works just fine.

And the animations of the Hitchiker's Guide were hilarious!

[Z_I_Peevey]

8. My favorite part was the planets under construction.

I could watch that scene over and over.

[swag]

9. The movie? It was good.

Mos Def = Mos Sexy.

So say the scores of het women in my life.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

11. We own it...It's sooo great.

I love Martin Freeman who plays Arthur. I tend to like "That Guy" kind of actors and actresses, people who you see in movies all the time and love but most people don't know their names.
If you liked this movie's actors, I would recommend seeing Love Actually if you haven't already. Alan Rickman and Martin Freeman are in it, and it's hilarious and heartwarming. I own it and watch it when I'm feeling blue. It really picks me up.
Duckie

[nytemare]

16. I have that too, good flick.

:hi:

[Ksec]

12. Ive wondered about that one.

Looks different

[nytemare]

17. It is, if you like Monty Python and Carl Sagan, you should like this.

LOL.

[bridgit]

14. brit humor is one thing but that chick drove hubby nutz...

said her acting skills were that of, "a bag of wet mice" she drove me kooky too :crazy:

[nytemare]

19. She was sort of average.

I can see your point.

[bridgit]

20. brittany murphy would have been spot-on maybe...

:shrug: but who am i

[RoyGBiv]

15. I enjoyed it, with reservations ...

I took my daughter to see it, and she enjoyed it too.

I am a fan of the books, having read them when they were first published. By a strange coincidence, my daughter had been browsing my bookshelf a year or so before the movie came out, before either of us knew a movie was being made, found those books, read them, and loved them. We were both hesitant to see the movie because so many movies inspired by great books are pitiful, but we pressed ahead.

As I said, I enjoyed it, and I liked many of the interpretations, although I have no idea how they got the appearance of the Heart of Gold in the movie out of the books. I also liked the way they fit the actual Guide into movie. I had wondered how or if they would do that and could not imagine the story without excerpts from the Guide, which is truly the funniest part of the books, imo. What I didn't like, and what a lot of fans don't like, is that they just had to throw stereotypical romance into and not let the story rest on its own merits. If the rest of the movie hadn't been as good, that would have killed it for me.

[bridgit]

18. the books are great...

:woohoo:

[bikebloke]

24. Read the books many years ago

It was nice too see it filmed. I kept waiting for "the brain the size of a planet" line. It came just like I read it. And they did open the door for the next book, "Restaurant at the End of the Universe". That's the one with the big rock concert? I'd like to see how special effects chefs cook that one up.

[nytemare]

25. I read the first one about 8 years ago.

It was pretty much as I remembered, but I should go back.

[MrSlayer]

27. Love the books, despise the movie.

Especially what they did to Zaphod, hideous.

[aePrime]

30. Same here

I think that if you like the books, it's not possible to enjoy the movie. It's just so...wrong.

[dxstone]

31. I'm with you and MrSlayer...

Read the whole series twice, one of my absolute fave 5-book trilogies of all time...
JUST saw the movie, and I became MUCH more depressed than Marvin ever seems to manage in the film (Big Mistake #1 of 22,867)...
The BBC radio-play that came out in the late 80's, I think, was really the BEST... it was an 8 or 12-installment thing, 1/2 hour at a time... BBC TV also did an adaptation of similar length; and though VERY low-budget, it was STILL superior to this new film. They just tried to cram 'WAY too much into this tiny thing...
And they made CHANGES. And the characters and plot were PERFECT the way it was... why even adapt the goddamn thing if you don't LIKE it???
And they left SOOOOO much out... for chrissakes, they left out the B-Ark!!! THE MOST IMPORTANT PART!

It pisses me off because now so MANY people who never read those books NEVER will, since they've already seen the movie and will reasonably assume the basic content was there. I hate that. I hate when that happens.
These are GREAT books, they're monumental and VERY unique, Douglas Adams was possessed of an extremely singular voice and vision... there is NO single writer that is truly comparable; those books are jewels of great rarity...
If you never read the source material, I can see how you'd think it was pretty good.
But trust those of us who have read it: The film SUCKED.
Adams must be spinning in his grave. They should wire him up; they could power Disneyland for the next couple centuries.
Alas, alack...
Funny old thing, life...
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