The Hitchhiker's Guide - movie

[Charmy]

Originally Posted by MFD

Huh? But... Zaphod DOESN'T know the real reason half his brain was locked away. That's right out of the books...

I'm also going to have to respond with a "Huh?". We seem to be talking about two different things. I'm not refering to any changes to Zaphod's backstory, but rather changes to the character himself. In the book, Zaphod at least had some range of emotions. He experienced doubt. He got angry. Here's he's just an idiot. It makes it harder for them to do anything with him in the future because he's not really a character, he's a cardboard cut-out. In the book, too, he did figure out that he locked away his own brain, and he knew there was a deeper reason for him to do the things he was doing- it would have been nice to see this in the film.

Originally Posted by MFD

I'll agree that the ending could be problematic if they make a few more movies, but the Humma Kavula thing is particularly easy to imagine being wrapped up.

I do agree that it could be tied up later, but if they plan on carrying it on they should at least have made some reference to it near the end. Even if it's part of a series a movie should always be self-contained. You have to be able to view it as an independant creation. By having Humma appear only briefly, and then disappear just as quickly, you're leaving a big gaping hole in the story. Humma should have made another appearance near the end to show that they at least intend to finish his story later on.

Originally Posted by MFD

Do you realize how fast the movie would be over if they went straight to Magrathea? I'm sure it wouldn't even break the hour and a half mark.

Again, I agree with you in that they shouldn't go straight to Margrathea. But there were a lot of things they could have done in that time. In paticular, I would have loved to see the myth of Margrathea expanded upon, if for no other reason than to give the movie a driving purpose. The first book was mainly about the events on Margrathea, but the movie didn't have any connecting thread to pull it all together. A lot of it was just milling around. If they had made it about Margrathea (without going there right away, of course) it would have really focused the movie.

[swordmaster]

Originally Posted by Deathosaurus Wrecks

i thought it was great. it wasn't the book, but they still did a pretty good job on it none the less. anyone catch the cameo apperance of the original Marvin?

Gah, you beat me to it!

I really enjoyed this movie, though it should have been much longer. I personaly think that there should be a sequel, seeing how the movie ended. It ends the same way the book does, with Ford telling them about the resturant at the end of the universe, and seeing as the book ended the same way, and it turned out a sequel, the movie should as well. After all, the story isn't nearly over yet.

Also, the part at the end with Marvin and the gun was pure genius. He looks at the gun and you can just see it coming.

[Ink_Blot]

Yep jsut saw it at the same time as SM. Awsome. I'm glad I read the books or I wouldn't have understood it. I jsut wish they had done the guide entry on how:

"The babel fish proves that there is a God, and since He needs faith and says "without faith i am nothing", the fact that he does exist from the babel fish prooves that he doesent. God then dissapears in a puff of logic. Man goes on later to prove mathmatically that black=white and gets killed in the next zebra crossing."

Thanks for the tip to stay during the credits, we would have left otherwise.
I do think the movie was better than the critics protrayed it to be, thankfully.
There were a few not-so-good things, but they were dispersed amongst the many good ones.

I saw this last night, and based on all the reviews and stuff I had heard from people over the past month, I went in with no expectations.

Verdict: It was a good movie. It was entertaining, some bits were downright hilarious, and I suppose in a stretch it was worth the ticket price. It was not a GREAT movie, IE a movie that you buy on DVD AND VHS just so you can watch it at any given time. It was just a good movie. For an Americanization of a British film / book / radio show, I was surprised at some of the quickies they left in (and Marvin in the Queue was just sweeeeeet).

Does anyone think that they could have spent a couple more bucks on Zaphods head? That was the worst special effect in the entire movie, it was like someone had just used Photoshop on every scene to tie the heads together.

[Toastburner B]

This is a the opinion of someone who found the book compeletely forgettable.

Seriously. I read the book some years ago, and I don't remember a dang thing that happened in it. Therefore I assume I didn't care much for the book.

With that in mind, I must say I found the movie more enjoyable than I expected it to be. Being a general nerd, I was able to keep track of the plot...something my sister had trouble with when my brother-in-law took her to go see it. It was a generally entertaining movie, I thought, and I would recommend it.

And Ink Blot...I believe that the God part of the babelfish entry was probably kept out either for the reasons of time, or to avoid a fundamentalist rush.

[TheI3rokenspiral]

Very good movie. Though some of the jokes just weren't there. I loved the sand slapper thingys. I forget the name of them or if there even was one, but that was great. Very Monty Pythonish.

[mauve]

I was pleasantly suprised. I had expected this film to suck. I mean REAAAALLY suck. I know I ranted and raved about how much this film would probably suck, but it really wasn't that bad. Sure, it wasn't perfectly true to the book, but it was still very amusing.

Marvin the Android pretty much stole the show. How could you not love a big-headed uber-depressed robot with the voice of Professor Snape? (Or the 'Voice of God' in "Dogma," if you're not a Harry Potter fan.)

[HigherFat]

For the avid Hitchhiker fans we can all rest assured that the movie will spark sales of the books therefore spreading all the greatness of the series evermore. But for those who havent read the books, they must have been living in a hole, or illiterate! may peace come on their souls when they do

[Ryoshi]

...The old Marvin model was nice. But the music...O! Behold, how the music sparks the fire in my soul!


...Sorry...I get a little carried away. I was humming the BBC show's theme all day on Friday, but I didn't expect it to be in the movie. It made me very, very happy.

Also, the pub scene in the beginning takes place in the same pub the BBC show's scene took place in.

The movie was most excellent, and I think the Humma subplot can and should be resolved in a later movie. The fact that Zaphod is a bumbling idiot for much of the movie can be explained by that BIG EVENT THAT OCCURS WITH HUMMA ON THE PLANET THAT WORSHIPS THE GREAT GREEN ARKELSEIZURE.

...Sorry again...kinda new here and not sure how spoiler tags work on this site. Don't want to ruin anything, so I kept it vague enough...didn't I?

[BitVyper]

The tag is, "111111," obviously contained in square brackets.