Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy :(
#16
Posted 30 April 2005 - 04:04 PM
#17
Posted 30 April 2005 - 04:09 PM
Yep it's there, that was what preceded the petunia thing I talked about, and while the petunias were not funny, the whale was. In my opinion, that was one of the funnier scenes in the movie. Mind you, it did have some very good, funny, moments. The point of view gun was a good scene too. It just didn't have too many moments like that. And the middle, as Jariten said, is extremely muddled and boring. It's not bad, it's just as Jariten said, meh.
#18
Posted 30 April 2005 - 07:33 PM
Yes, the whale was there, the scene plays out pretty much verbatim as it does in the book. It's funny, but not as hilarious as in the book - the most satisfying part is when the whale hits the ground with a nice 'whump!' rather than the dialog.
I quite liked the movie and wouldn't mind seeing it again. The funniest parts were the scenes NOT in the book. Not telling, don't want to spoil the surprise. That said I do give the movie high marks - I mean when I first read the book I thought it would be impossible to make it into a movie.
#19
Posted 01 May 2005 - 05:47 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A943184
The second radio series is all completely different and not represented in any of the the books, though a small detail from it snuck its way into the film. A lot of it is very good.
#20
Posted 01 May 2005 - 07:08 AM
Less Is More v4
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#21
Posted 01 May 2005 - 08:32 AM
The romance really shouldn't have been there, that annoyed me alot. Bloody Disney.
The Whale was great. I should also point out that it was voiced by Bill Baily, who plays Manny in Black Books. Excellent choice. Actually, I think they chose good voice actors for all the non-human parts. Alan Rickman did an excellent Marvin, and the vogons were excellent as well.
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#22
Posted 02 May 2005 - 03:11 PM
I think they did an excellent job with Zaphod's character, despite the extra limbs thing.
#23
Posted 02 May 2005 - 04:15 PM
*MILD SPOILERS*
I thought that the whole Hollywood-needing-to-have-a-romance-thing was clearly evident and not necessary. Zaphod was a lot of fun but the two heads thing was very oddly done. I'd always imagined the heads being parallel. Sam Rockwell put on one hell of a performance whether it's the Zaphod you'd imagined or not.
Mos Def is Mos Def and whether he's acting or rapping I am a huge fan.
I thought that Arthur Dent was portrayed extremely well.
I thought the Vogons were actually quite good. The use of ACTUAL people in suits was refreshing after so many movies insisting on using CGI for such characters. Puppetry and animitronics have coming a LONG way in the past ten years but you wouldn't really know it since movie makers don't use the technology in favor of CGI.
The visuals were all amazing. Great effects. A perfect use of CGI to enhance (rather than replace) the sets and surroundings was very nicely done. I wish George Lucas would take a cue from movies like this. It was great to see actors outdoors with real wind moving their hair and interacting with creatures and surroundings that weren't just added in afterwards.
The movie did a good job capturing the fun aspects of the book. The cut scenes of the guide were pretty well done.
It had an excellent soundtrack. I'm looking to pick up a copy.
All in all it was fun to watch but it didn't blow me away. I really appreciated what they did with it and how it was put together but I'm not counting down the seconds until I see it again.
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#24
Posted 03 May 2005 - 12:38 AM
* Well, I'll probably check it out some time.
**Ok, I lied, but that's still beside the point.
#25
Posted 03 May 2005 - 05:32 AM
there was a lot of stuff left unexplained, and a lot of sequences which lacked a punchline, or indeed a point.
#26
Posted 03 May 2005 - 06:19 AM
The only spoiler I had was that Manny from Black Books was doing the whale - I love the whale, and it was good to see it.
The other worlds were alright - meh is a very good term for them.
Alan Rickman was a great Marvin - the look started out wrong for me but I came to agree with it more and more.
The Vogons beauracracticness was overdone... but worked well enough.
As for Trillian - well I had never thought of her as Arthur's girlfriend so that didn't quite sit with me - Zaphods extra bits was done differently to what I expected but was good enough.
In short, it was good. I still prefer the book - but it was still good.
#28
Posted 03 May 2005 - 05:16 PM
#30
Posted 04 May 2005 - 01:30 PM