The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy is a brilliantly funny movie. I've never seen the original series everyone else is on about, so I guess I didn't already expect something, but I loved this anyway. It is the story of Arthur Dent, an average...
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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy is a brilliantly funny movie. I've never seen the original series everyone else is on about, so I guess I didn't already expect something, but I loved this anyway. It is the story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman who loves his tea, and is about to have a bypass driven through his house. His friend, Ford, is predicting the end of the earth, and saves him just as earth is destroyed, and subsequently, they begin the greatest journey the galaxy has ever seen.

The acting is brilliant, and Arthur's character is basically clueless, just as anyone would be, and he just wants to relax and collect himself. Ford is confident in his knowledge of the galaxy. And every other character is exactly who you'd expect them to be, not trying to be funny by making the nerd a muscle bound superhero (I HATE THAT!). The comedy is great. Most of it is jokes that are statements that make sense if you listen to what the characters say. The special effects rock. I don't see what people don't like about this movie, but hey, everyone's opinion is valued "cough" (YEAH RIGHT) "cough".

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy is a greatly underappreciated movie, and I am glad to have seen it.

If you've seen the original 1981 tv series, you'll know that with this movie, they simply put new faces on the actors and cut the number of scenes. Twenty-four years later and we were expecting lights, bling, CGI, technology and general...
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If you've seen the original 1981 tv series, you'll know that with this movie, they simply put new faces on the actors and cut the number of scenes. Twenty-four years later and we were expecting lights, bling, CGI, technology and general entertainment value. We were disappointed. Three points for the casting of Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent. Marvin was stunning too.

All in one day Arthur Dent loses his house,finds out his good friend is actually an alien and also finds out that earth is going to be blown up because the planet is in the way for a newly proposed motorway. This Sci-Fi movie has it all! It's...
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All in one day Arthur Dent loses his house,finds out his good friend is actually an alien and also finds out that earth is going to be blown up because the planet is in the way for a newly proposed motorway. This Sci-Fi movie has it all! It's wacky and I love that!

So much wasted potential, including near-perfect casting. But if you are a fan of the books, you will probably be very disappointed. I think the first half of the movie is good-to-great - relatively faithful to the story and any changes are...
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So much wasted potential, including near-perfect casting. But if you are a fan of the books, you will probably be very disappointed. I think the first half of the movie is good-to-great - relatively faithful to the story and any changes are acceptable. After around the half-way point, it all just becomes a muddled mess and resembles neither the Hitchhiker books or a decent storyline. Read (or re-read) the books instead.