The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (merged)

[jglamere]

I gave it a 7.

Never read the books, even being the "geek" I am and was not really familiar with much of Hitchhiker's lore.

Saw it with wife and 2 friends and we all enjoyed the humor and the movie as a whole.

 

[Jakar]

I gave it a six. I was not really fussed on the actors that played Ford or Zaphod and that kind of let it down for me.

 

[Nifft]

I didn't like it. They shouldn't have made it all happy-sit-com ending by putting the Earth back. The main cast was okay, but Trillian wasn't brilliant (in either sense) and Arthur wasn't a particularly expressive touchstone.

Some really good things were in the movie, but taken that way, it was a series of excellent illustrations from the books, loosely connected by a bad plot.

-- N

 

[Henry]

I saw a Rockwell interview where he said that he based the performance on Bush, Clinton, Elvis, and a number of others. Just from what I saw in the trailers, I thought immediately of Tom Petty as he came across in The Postman.

Actually, I saw more Elvis than anything in the performance, especially with the over-exaggerated body moves he was doing. Maybe it's in the eye of the beholder. Overall, I gave it 7/10, mainly because there were some laugh-out-lound moments in some things, but it was passingly funny to me overall.

It made #1 box office this weekend, and critics were falling all over themselves trying to explain why it did better than the blast-em-up XXX: State of the Union. It's not that hard to explain in my opinion: There are a LOT of people familiar with the books, in passing if nothing else, and wanted to see what the movie was like. Now, if the box-office doesn't flip next weekend, with XXX being #1, and Hitchhiker being #2 or #3, I'll be surprised. And we ALL know what the weekend of May 20th is going to look like.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Anyone else notice the paralells between the portrayal of Beeblebrox and President Bush? Seriously- watch the voice and facial expressions. It's especially funny when he's paralelled with his opponent, a nerd whose entire campaign was based around Beeblebrox being an idiot. Great, subtle British parody.

Yep, picked up on that right away.

I enjoyed it, gave it a 7. I'd see it again. Parts of it were beyond what I expected (the planet construction floor sequence was particularly excellent), and some parts fell a little flat (Deep Thought was a bit of a let down to me).
My wife and the friend who went with us to see it both said, and I quote, "It wasn't the worst movie ever..." :\ Laura has never read the books, and our friend Lori has, but a long time ago. They both felt that it was too disjointed, and not as funny as they were expecting. Part of this could have been becasue we had 7 or 8 obnoxiously drunk college students sitting right behind us who laughed very loudly and commented on every little thing that happened, funny or not.

 

[TanisFrey]

Well, it was entertaining I especially liked
[SBLOCK]The TV series Arthur Dent's cameo as the holographic warning at the planet Magrathea[/SBLOCK]
But is was more of a made for TV movie than something that needed the big screen. 6/10

yea but half of the joke was
[SBLOCK]they filmed in in 3D. He will pop out at you if you have the 3D glasses. They did not tell the studio about this till after filming was rapped.[/SBLOCK]

 

[Mark]

Does anyone who has seen it think it will lose much for those who choose to wait until it comes to the small screen (rental, cable movie channel, etc.)?

 

[demiurge1138]

Well, the movie's biggest selling point (compared to the book) is really the visuals, which would probably lose quite a bit on the small screen.

Demiurge out.

 

[Tolen Mar]

When I came out of the movie, I was dissapointed. I soo much wanted to see the first book in its entirety on the screen. (The kicker is I kept telling myself not to...but hey.) That dissapointment dealt with, I realized I had a great time during the movie.

A lot of the lines got shortened, but in a way it works for me, cause Ive practically memorized the first book, and a lot of the second. Kept me from quoting the whole thing as we went along.

I thought the acting was great, the animations awesome, and I spotted the BBC marvin right off. (Didnt recognize adams, but Ive never seen his face, so there you go.)

What didnt I like? Well the whole Hama wants his gun line. Where the heck did that come from. however, I do have to admit it was a truly appropriate adams-style invention (I got a kick out of it when marvin grabbed it up.)

I also did not like Zaphod. Blech. Yuck. (Various publicly inappropriate sounds). Too annoying for one, and I knew he would be. But he was far and away too much. The 2nd head sucked horribly. As did the reason for having the second head.

So, once I thought about it, and realized just how much I laughed throughout, I realized it wasnt a half bad film after all. Definatly rewatchable.

However, I left when the credits started rolling, and having heard about the one guide entry I so wanted to see being played during the credits, I wish I had waited..o well...Ill see it again eventually.

 

[Abraxas]

yea but half of the joke was
[SBLOCK]they filmed in in 3D. He will pop out at you if you have the 3D glasses. They did not tell the studio about this till after filming was rapped.[/SBLOCK]

I noticed that right off but didn't bring my peril sensitive sunglasses to catch it