There is a pestilence upon this land, that apparently everything good is barely noticed and anything bad is given all the attention just for us to focus our negative reactions just to get a reaction. With that said, let us concentrate on a relatively unknown adaption of a famous Sci-fi series. No, not Star trek, a British sci-fi series. Not Doctor who, but A Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. Never heard of it, not surprising. In the 1970's Douglas Adams performed a medium transfer from radio to novel with the adventures of A Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. Soon after it was adapted for TV and now screen(so its a medium transfer, from a medium transfer, from a medium transfer). Now, I never read the novels or saw the show, well I tried but it was a bit slow and I saw the movie first so the quality was different. So I shall be looking on this movie as just the movie not by it's medium transfer.
The story follows Arthur Dent and his travels through space on the spaceship the "Heart of Gold", alongside fellow earth being Trillian, aliens Ford Prefect and his semi-half-cousin Zaphod Beeblebrox and depressed robot Marvin. After earth is destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass, Arthur and Ford hitch a ride with Vogons who are hot on the trail of President of the Galaxy, Zaphod who stole the Heart of Gold. From here they embark on a quest to find the ultimate question to the answer of life the universe and everything. (I dare you to look that up on Google, the answer is at the bottom of this page).
Now the main criticism for this film comes to the the fact that most things in this film you may not get all the jokes or the refrences due to it being adapted from a novel and TV show. But to tell the truth, I understood everything, thanks to Stephen Fry playing the Guide. His voice makes him the master of exposition and anything he says, you'll listen to it. Another criticism comes from the cast half being made up by Americans like Zooey Deschanel and Sam Rockwell. To me they had more than enough energy to portray the characters. The British cast is very well cast especially Martin Freeman as Arthur. Of coarse, it's the little people who make this film for me. Warick Davis Portrayed Marvin, while Alan Rickman voiced. You could not get a better voice for Marvin. But of course some of the humor can be a little...stale. They aren't many, but I say 70% are funny, while 10% are really funny.
What really holds this movie together is the Effects, puppets, good CGI, and costumes that actually look real. When you first see the Vogons you are blown aay by how real they look. But the scene that does it for me is factory floor of the Planet construction company. It is a sight to see, especially on the big screen. The writing is very good(kind of pointless seeing how I bashed a third of the jokes), but the fans of the mythology constantly forget that Douglas Adams who came up with it all, wrote it, so what does that say and it does bring up points like, why are we here, should we ask why or role with it, is it better to be happy than right? Well I am happy I saw this film, but I don't think its great. It will be good for the sci-fi nerds and fans out there, but casual audiences will be scratching their heads.
Premise: 1 Star
Direction: 1/2 star
Acting: 1 Star
Effects: 1 Star
Script: 1/2 Star
4 Stars out of Five.
The story follows Arthur Dent and his travels through space on the spaceship the "Heart of Gold", alongside fellow earth being Trillian, aliens Ford Prefect and his semi-half-cousin Zaphod Beeblebrox and depressed robot Marvin. After earth is destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass, Arthur and Ford hitch a ride with Vogons who are hot on the trail of President of the Galaxy, Zaphod who stole the Heart of Gold. From here they embark on a quest to find the ultimate question to the answer of life the universe and everything. (I dare you to look that up on Google, the answer is at the bottom of this page).
Now the main criticism for this film comes to the the fact that most things in this film you may not get all the jokes or the refrences due to it being adapted from a novel and TV show. But to tell the truth, I understood everything, thanks to Stephen Fry playing the Guide. His voice makes him the master of exposition and anything he says, you'll listen to it. Another criticism comes from the cast half being made up by Americans like Zooey Deschanel and Sam Rockwell. To me they had more than enough energy to portray the characters. The British cast is very well cast especially Martin Freeman as Arthur. Of coarse, it's the little people who make this film for me. Warick Davis Portrayed Marvin, while Alan Rickman voiced. You could not get a better voice for Marvin. But of course some of the humor can be a little...stale. They aren't many, but I say 70% are funny, while 10% are really funny.
What really holds this movie together is the Effects, puppets, good CGI, and costumes that actually look real. When you first see the Vogons you are blown aay by how real they look. But the scene that does it for me is factory floor of the Planet construction company. It is a sight to see, especially on the big screen. The writing is very good(kind of pointless seeing how I bashed a third of the jokes), but the fans of the mythology constantly forget that Douglas Adams who came up with it all, wrote it, so what does that say and it does bring up points like, why are we here, should we ask why or role with it, is it better to be happy than right? Well I am happy I saw this film, but I don't think its great. It will be good for the sci-fi nerds and fans out there, but casual audiences will be scratching their heads.
Premise: 1 Star
Direction: 1/2 star
Acting: 1 Star
Effects: 1 Star
Script: 1/2 Star
4 Stars out of Five.
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