Don't Panic

[Dracon II]

I saw HGTTG yesterday... very, very different to the books (to be expected)... but still quite funny. Good to see they kept it in the capable hands of the British.

Who else has seen it, and what are your comments....

[Dauphin]

Saw it.

Trillian.

[Dracon II]

Trillian.

Pretty much how I imagined her...

casting Mos Def as Ford Prefect was a surprise though. I always thought Ford was a perfect demonstration of British wit... so using an american kinda struck me as strange... his performance was a bit underdone too. But still good. I have no major grievances... though the scene where they get smacked in the face everytime they have an idea was a bit

[Ecthy]

what is hgttg?

[Whoha]

Hitchhickers guide to the galaxy Im guessing.

[Lul Thyme]

yes different enough so that all purist will be annoyed but still liked it. Its good not great.

[Immortal Wombat]

Trillian
Adding a love-story subplot
Overall

[Lul Thyme]

Originally posted by Dracon II

Trillian.

Pretty much how I imagined her...

casting Mos Def as Ford Prefect was a surprise though. I always thought Ford was a perfect demonstration of British wit... so using an american kinda struck me as strange... his performance was a bit underdone too. But still good. I have no major grievances... though the scene where they get smacked in the face everytime they have an idea was a bit

yeah that wasnt that great, but the audience in my theater seemed to like it sorta...

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Lul Thyme


yeah that wasnt that great, but the audience in my theater seemed to like it sorta...

An audience will laugh at absolutely anything if they're told to.

[Starchild]

I went in with the concept that "It's not the book. It's not meant to be the book. It's the movie" stuck firmly in my head. I really enjoyed it. There were quite a few laugh out loud moments and it was full of in jokes.

Casting an American as Ford Prefect made one of the lines from the book/movie absolutely sparkle:

"Arthur, what if I told you I wasn't from Guildford?"
"Well, that explains the accent."

[ixnay]

I really, really enjoyed it when I saw it last night.

[alva]

Bleh, it won't be out until august here (last time I checked).

(and the first time, I really want to see it on the big screen. )

[Imran Siddiqui]

I went in with the concept that "It's not the book. It's not meant to be the book. It's the movie" stuck firmly in my head.

What about if it wasn't in the radio series?

[Dracon II]

Imran makes a good point... each incarnation of the series has been different... so we shouldn't be too disappointed by the movie not being like a book. The medium is the message after all...

I was happy with the film... I'm not a snob.

[Provost Harrison]

Actually I was surprised Marvin worked out OK, I think Alan Rickman did a pretty good job of the voice...