stupid brit!

l highly disliked it. highly.

I honestly don't see how anyone could be disappointed. I went to see it on Saturday with a friend (incidentally, the biggest Hitchhiker's fan I know), and we both adored it with a passion. It was so tonally correct, endlessly imaginitive and perfectly cast that any shortcomings or liberties they took didn't detract from the end result. I even liked the love story!

And Sam Rockwell was perfect.

I put it down very clearly in my review. But I'm glad you enjoyed it. The important thing is, someone got their money's worth.

Well maybe I should actually read your review then, huh!? How do you like those apples?!

*reads review*

Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong! Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong! You're wrong!

7/10 (B-)

I was surprised by this one. I thought it would be one of the year's worst and I ended up really enjoying it (aside from Sam Rockwell's horrendous and annoying performance)

The thing is, if people got what they say they want... all the madcap gags from the book, the movie would be an even more incoherant mess.

The focused their time on making things like the whale special, making the entries special, cutting in order to save what is left of a plot.

It's not perfect, but I also don't understand the lukewarm reception.

It started out with promise... it reminded me of Monty Python and the Holy Grail in some ways. But, as loyal mentioned, the movie lost a lot of steam as it went on, and by the end it felt very flat. The 3 lead actors were very uninspiring to me, and I felt they could have done so much more with the concept.

But, at the same time it wasn't terrible and it did have it's moments. It was easy to watch.

C+

Ditto.

Not knowing any of the material beforehand was not an advantage. Considering most fans were dissapointed with the film, I thought it could have been better for a non-fan. Unfortunately, it was the opposite.

I hardly laughed at all in this film. Almost every joke fell flat. But, Mos Def, Martin Freeman, and even Sam Rockwell were decent enough to make a bad movie a little better.

Overall, though, boring and mediocre. C-

B


Well, I am not familiar with the source material, but I must say that I did enjoy this adaptation quite a bit. I heard lots of things about it. Many good ones, but also some terrible ones. For one, I did not find this film funny. Usually, I am a fan of British humor, but this one didn't really make me laugh even once. As a comedy it failed for me in every possible way.

For another, the movie often loses its focus. What's up with that random John Malkovich appearance that doesn't re-occur later on despite it being somewhat crucial to the plot. The movie doesn't tie up loose ends.

But that aside, it was a decent and most of all very imaginative movie. Despite the rather moderate budget, I was surprised by the good effects and the great production design. The spaceship, the alien worlds, the aliens themselves were all well-done, even if sometimes ridiculously weird. The cast mostly did a decent job. I liked Rockwell, but he has done the same stuff before in other movies. Freeman was decent and the best thing was that he actually had some chemistry with Zooey Deschanel and of course Marvin stood out. The ending was a bit abrupt and seemed...off, but overall it was an enjoyable, even though quite flawed, experience.

A very funny movie, but its story stucter hurt it from getting a B+, so it gets a

B

Hmm... I feel like an odd man out for thoroughly enjoying this movie. I sadly never read of the material, but I still enjoyed this film on its own immensely.

Grade: A

A-

When I saw it in the theaters I was a little less impressed, some of the casting choices were not what I pictured as a fan of the books and the whole story is very compressed. But on second viewing I appreciated it more for what it is, not what I had expected, and what it is, is one of the most creative movies of the year. I've come to really like Sam Rockwell's take on Zaphod and I think time will be generous to this movie.

The minus because it's not quite as funny as it wants to be. But it oozes likeability, creativity and cast chemistry.

By the way the DVD for this has a fun commentary by the director, Freeman and Nighy.

The beginning was fantastic and I thought it would end up being a great movie. I was wrong. From then on, it became clear that it was an unfunny, and at times stupid, mess. The visual effects, however, were fantastic. D

A wild, unpredictable and hilarious sci-fi spoof. The actors all do good jobs and the film has some very clever moments of humor. Some stuff doesn't work, but the visuals are very imaginative and its highly entertaining.

A

ZOOEY!!!

Loved the book, loved the movie. So underrated.

8/10 (B+)

Yes it is very much underate. B+

7/10 -> B-

I avoided this because of the bad response it got when it got out.. I finally saw it at the beginning of this year and I was pleasantly surpised. It's not a great adaptation, but it's a good one.