01-05-2005 10:45									#31
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It did a better job than the books at least .

	01-05-2005 11:00									#32
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I only really liked two things from the movie:

spoiler(highlight to read): 1) The Vogons 2) When the Infinite Improbability Drive turns them into yarn and Arthur is sick into the wastebasket

The rest was mildly amusing at best.

	01-05-2005 11:02									#33
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui spoiler(highlight to read): Oh, and the "For Douglas" at the end was a great touch

At the very end of the movie when the ship activates the Infinite Improbability Drive, the last thing it turns into before going to the credits is

spoiler(highlight to read): Douglas Adams' head

	01-05-2005 11:04									#34
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Yeah, I saw that... I wish they had that with the text.

I think he would have been happy with it .

	01-05-2005 11:11									#35
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This was the part Alan Rickman was born for.

	01-05-2005 11:18									#36
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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat Trillian Adding a love-story subplot Overall

No copies of the film in Finnish cinemas until July

	01-05-2005 18:56									#37
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quote: Originally posted by ixnay At the very end of the movie when the ship activates the Infinite Improbability Drive, the last thing it turns into before going to the credits is spoiler(highlight to read): Douglas Adams' head

Is that who that was? I thought it was the guy from Magrathea who tried to shoot down the Heart of Gold.

quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker The reviewer in WaPo complained that there wasn't really an overall plot

quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Get him to the books . Then he'll really be shocked .

quote: Originally posted by Admiral Indeed. I felt that the way in which the movie was most open to criticism was in its attempt to establish a plot.

Oh yes. I think Addams probably tried to do it this way for the specific reason to get some critic to complain about the plot!

	01-05-2005 19:48									#38
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Saw it last night.

Loved it.


So long, and thanks for all the fish!
So sad it had to come to this!

I can not wait for that to be nominated for Best Song and performed at the Oscars, like Blame Canada.

	01-05-2005 19:53									#39
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I'd kill for an mp3 of that song.

	02-05-2005 01:53									#40
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My review of the film, in smilies:

	02-05-2005 02:05									#43
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Miserable gits, the lot of you!

	02-05-2005 02:07									#44
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quote: Originally posted by Starchild I'd kill for an mp3 of that song.

	02-05-2005 03:07									#45
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Good rendition of the book (except for Arthur getting Trillian in the end). Much better than I expected it to be. Very imaginative portrayal of the book.

	02-05-2005 03:08									#46
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Who says it was supposed to be a portrayal of the BOOK?

	02-05-2005 03:08									#47
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quote: Originally posted by Starchild I'd kill for an mp3 of that song.

Really? Do I get to name the person?

	02-05-2005 03:12									#48
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quote: Who says it was supposed to be a portrayal of the BOOK?

Who says I wanted it to be a carbon copy of the book?

I just thought that the movie'd be better if that aspect of the book were preserved.

	02-05-2005 03:14									#49
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You are missing the point... you seem to think the movie was supposed to be a rendition or portrayal of the book. Why? What about a rendition of the radio series? Or the television series? Or just an entirely different plot with similar background?

Adams never does the same exact story twice. There are always changes involved.

	02-05-2005 03:18									#50
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Besides the radio series was the original. Not the book.

	02-05-2005 03:21									#51
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I didn't know about the radio series.

quote: You are missing the point... you seem to think the movie was supposed to be a rendition or portrayal of the book. Why?

You seem to think that a rendition has to be exactly the same.

	02-05-2005 03:26									#52
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quote: Originally posted by Dauphin Besides the radio series was the original. Not the book.

Now that was funny! I used to sit listening (9pm on a Tuesday I think) when I was a kid. It's kind of funny that people think it started with the book, give it a couple of years and people will assume the film came out first and then they wrote the book based on the screenplay.


BTW for those in the UK they are repeating the TV series on BBC2 at 11pm on Tuesdays.

	02-05-2005 03:33									#53
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quote: Originally posted by Ramo I didn't know about the radio series. quote: You are missing the point... you seem to think the movie was supposed to be a rendition or portrayal of the book. Why? You seem to think that a rendition has to be exactly the same.

You are missing the point again... who said the POINT was to have a rendition of the book? Perhaps it was to be a rendition of the original... the radio series. Or perhaps the point was not to have a rendition of any particular piece, but all of them put together and jumbled up.

	02-05-2005 03:33									#54
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Oooh, I'll have to remember that, I've never seen the TV series although I have heard the radio series...

	02-05-2005 03:48									#55
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quote: You are missing the point again... who said the POINT was to have a rendition of the book?

YOU'RE missing the point again. There's a reason why the book and the movie (and the radio series, etc.) have a common name. Because they share some other things in common. You seem to believe that a rendition has to be exactly the same as the original.

	02-05-2005 04:06									#56
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Hey! Both of you! The point IS missing the point!

	02-05-2005 04:07									#57
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quote: Originally posted by Dauphin Besides the radio series was the original. Not the book.

	02-05-2005 05:23									#58
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It was a rendition of the story, if the word story is appropriate to such a work. In that it did adequately, though not brilliantly due largely to the limitations of making it into a successful film, which has far less running time than any other format.

	02-05-2005 06:23									#59
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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat It was a rendition of the story, if the word story is appropriate to such a work. In that it did adequately, though not brilliantly due largely to the limitations of making it into a successful film, which has far less running time than any other format.

Bingo... the point wasn't a rendition of the book. So whether it was a good or bad rendition of the book matters not a whit. What it was, instead, was a rendition of the underlying backstory that featured in the radio series, book, tv series, etc.

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I think it succeded in apealing to an american audience. Having said that i much prefer the 80's tv series, after the book of course.

Not a bad film, but it felt like it struggled alot of the time to me.Still its been doing well according to some reports so good on it

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertai...ilm/4509721.stm

I'll stick with my pyjama's, a nice cup of tea and the book though