Fine. It sucked. If you've listened to the radio series, read the books, or watched the miniseries you probably won't like the movie at all. There has been some commmentary about how the previous three incarnations are all different, but the differences are rather small in comparison to the differences between them and the movie.
If are familiar with it, you'll be really disappointed that the words harmless and mostly harmless are not said at all during the movie.
A cameo is made for those of you familiar with the miniseries by a certain plastic pal who's fun to be with (if he wasn't so depressed).
Some people mentioned the lesser things like the position of the president of the galaxy's heads and the color of a woman's hair and her age, the race of the man named after a car, the lack of mostly British accents, etc. But those things are miniscule differences compared to the blotched plot. I won't say anymore about that because it would be a spoiler to do so.
My guess is Douglas Adams couldn't sell it as he had originally written the script because it only would appeal to cultists, err a specific niche audience who have read the books etc.
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I just don't think the book transitions well to a 100-minute movie. It loses everything in the translation - the wit, humor, and offbeat sensibilities and sidebars of the book. At least that was my take.
Or do you think it'd be possible to make a good Hitchhiker's Guide movie?
Ross
Reuben, where are the updates? Did your brain die from margarita overdose?
Ross
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