On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 12:07:20 -0400, Larry Green wrote:

Gunner wrote:



http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/



If you are at all familiar with Douglas Adam's original books, radio
plays, TV series or anything else connected to H2G2 you could well be
very disappointed with this movie.

To say that it strays far from the original plot/concept/story line
would be an understatement. For someone who has never read the books it
may be an OK film but apparently whole sections have been totally
ignored or changed beyond recognition,


Blame DNA himself - he wrote the screenplay. His work, his choice.

Yes I know.........and all the variations on the theme were just
that.......variations. It just strikes me that this is more like a
'giant leap' rather than a 'small step' ;-).



I was really looking forward to this long awaited movie and I may go to
see it even after reading the above. However I will 'rewire' my brain
before entering the theatre so that I do not expect it to be anything
like what I remember of the radio plays and TV shows and will endeavour
to experience it as a singular item not in any way connected to whatever
went before.


When is the last time a movie of a book you enjoyed was anywhere near as
good?

Hmmmmmm........a long time ago but......the animation of 'Watership
Down' was pretty close to the book.

Gone With the Wind, maybe?

IMHO that has to rank as one of the biggest wastes of celluloid ever.
The last line of the movie sums it all up for me. Gone with the
wind......who gives a damn!

Movies about books are good for spending
a bit of enjoyable time (at best), nothing more.


Well I must admit I do prefer a good read to a movie any day. I haven't
been to a movie theatre/cinema in over 12 years and I rarely watch them
at home either (or much TV come to that) despite there being literally
dozens of movies on VHS and DVD here (three females in this house means
TV is on 14+ hours a day!)


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Larry Green