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KurtHarder
Fantastic, one of those movies that I enjoyed almost as much as the book.roobin_22
one of my favourites but in no list at all!krazy_kh
what....it did not make ANY list at all ?? how can that beWallmasterz
Not very good.CMT
Horrible adaptation failed to establish the tone of the books or the radio series.Astrain42
The book is much better. =)Marisoul
I love it I love it I love itSuzanne
The book was better, of course, but still a pretty amazing movie!rainy
I watched it when I was like 8... Don't remember a thing. Just remember that my father hated.Sokratesz
It could never have lived up to the book, so stop demanding it.kds_randomwords
The book and, the series, changed my whole view of life, the universe, and everything. Oh, and math. I didn't know 6*9 could ever equal 42.This movie had no chance of ever living up to that. But I still loved it.
daisyaday
Yes it's goofy and the plot is disjointed but it is sooo funny. And really, no movie could encompass the books.mayumi
i have yet to read the book, but the film was hilarious.dpanter
Horrible adaptation failed to establish the tone of the books or the radio series. (2)Mos Def should definitely get a medal for somehow landing acting gigs when he is perfectly devoid of both talent and skill. Martin Freeman seems just confused all the time (possibly on purpose) but not at all like the Arthur Dent we know from the books. Sam Rockwell and John Malkovich however, are brilliant.
I of course realize that this was always an impossible project. You could never do the books justice on screen, so they didn't try for a faithful adaptation. The general story is somewhat retained but in most areas, generous liberties were taken to make it work in a very shortened version, brutalized into a cinematic experience. Nice try, but doesn't really hold up.
Perhaps I'm biased from having grown up with the books and they being personal favorites. Scratch 'perhaps', I'm definitely biased.
Overall, it fails pretty horribly but it has some shining moments where you can forget the plethora of shortcomings and, if ever so briefly, really enjoy the unmistakable Douglas Adams humor. The universe robbed us of his brilliant comedy genius way too early and we are worse off for it.
This movie should have been so much better, simply because he deserved it.
Drage3000
You like or really dislike, there's no in between with this movie.I knew nothing about Hitchhiker's Guide (except that the answer is 42) and so this movie showed me this universe and taught me what it was. I found it hilarious and I completely loved it! Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent was perfect! And then I do not doubt that the book might be better than this movie.
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