Hitchhiker's Guide at the El Cap

[surfinmuse]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Note: This is NOT a scarcastic post. It is not an attempt to be cynical nor is it in any way shape or form intended as a personal attack. This is simply a question. Prior to seeing the movie, had you read any of the books?

Hi Moonliner, no worries, no offense taken at all whatsoever to the question. Yeah I've read all the books, with a preference leaning towards the first two, and most of the third.

Sorry I don't know how to use the Spoiler Tags, but here's fair warning.


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The truncated lines do lose some of the jokes, and there's not enough Marvin (my favourite) as far as I'm concerned, and Zaphod is more shrill than I heard/pictured in my head as I read the books.

All that said, I still enjoyed the movie, whatever the deparature. But that's the thing about film adapations of books that create their own universe (literally, in this case!). Harry Potter comes to mind as another example.

For all the stuff that was cut out and/or changed in the movie, there were some tremendously enjoyable bits. I think the movie is beautifully conceived. I LOVE the Earth Mark 2 sequence, and Bill Nighy is just fantastic as Flartibartfast.

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Well I hope that everyone who who goes to see it has a good time, if nothing else, to talk about what worked and what didn't when the movie is over. Cheers!