Breaking the silence on the new Hitchhiker's Guide movie

by AlmostAtheist 17 Replies latest jw friends

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  CaptainSchmideo

  Trillian was cute. I could give her and the casting director a thumbs-up for keeping it real and using the "girl next door" in the role but again, I had the preconceived notion that she should be a lot hotter.

  I think she was plenty hot! I was in love when I saw her in the shiny boxers and the large horn rim glasses. Beauty and brains in one nice package!

  I was disappointed that lot's of dialogue was snipped (I am hoping for an "extended edition", a'la "Lord of the Rings"), but lest we forget, before it was a book, it was a Radio Play. Radio relies on dialogue and narration to fill in what you don't see, which becomes the reverse problem when you have a visual medium like a major film.

  I'm glad it beat 'XXX-State of the Union'. I guess there was a wider appeal that what was imagined. Kinda of like the Star Trek movies....
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  silentWatcher

  >> I agree about Zaphod... the character was done perfectly! (An ego larger than the universe itself).
  
  Hmmm, to me the perfect Zaphod would be Jim Carrey. (At least that was how I pictured Zaphod when reading the books myself)
  
  It would have been funny to see what Carrey would have ab-libbed. (some of the funniest parts in his films are just him ab-libbing.)
  
  silent (oe the "planning to see the movie this weekend class")
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  New Worldly Translation

  I'm off to see the film this weekend but from what's been said I don't think I'll enjoy it much. Also I've read the book a couple of times and thought it was an ok escapist read but not a classic in any sense. IMO the humour is mediocre, the satire too obvious and for such a short book there's more than it's fair share of dull points. I read some of the sequels and I couldn't take to those either.

  The only saving grace was that other attempts at making science fiction funny like Red Dwarf and Isaac Asimov's humorous short stories were infinitely worse.
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  darkuncle29

  I went last weekend, it was interesting and fun at first, but eventually got long and...well it just felt slow. I think the begining went too fast with some of the enjoyable ironic bits and ideas, and people that haven't read the books might totally miss them completely--"techno babble" tends to numb some people I think. I'm glad it beat XXX-- cough [product] cough.
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  OldSoul

  Thank you, brave forerunners, for sparing me money I need to spend on other things. I was going to tighten belts to see the flick at the theater, but now I know a DVD will play as well.

  I absolutely loved the books. Please, tell me now, should I spare myself the disappointment and avoid even the DVD?

  Thanks in advance,
  OldSoul
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  AlmostAtheist

  Sorry OldSoul, I never saw your post until today. But since HHGTTG is coming out (or is out) on DVD, it's a good time for a reminder that this was NOT a good movie. There is surely something better you can do with your money than buy or rent this movie.

  Dave
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  Scully

  The movie wasn't even almost mildly entertaining (imo). My kids thought it was fantastic though.

  I won't be shelling out any more money on a DVD.
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  kwintestal

  A friend lent it to me. It wasn't good at all. Glad I didn't waste any money on it at all, just gas bringing it back to the video store for him.

  Kwin