Hitchhiker's movie

[juldea]

Also: I was not overly pleased with the H2G2 movie. Sure, it was fun, and I don't regret the time or money spent on it. But I am disappointed that it was turned into a romantic comedy.

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[flyingindie.livejournal.com]

Boy, do I agree with you. I think it's a disappointing movie for anyone who gave a shit about the books.

[etherfinker.livejournal.com]

Ehhh, well... That's what you get for letting people in Hollywood make the movie. I guess I enjoyed enough of the other facets of it to not get too bothered by the unnecessarily cheesy or un-funny bits. (Like the musical number about "So Long And Thanks For All The Fish" - what the hell was with that?! Scared me...)

Then again, it's been ages since I read the book, and I've never been that hugely devoted to them. Unlike the friends whom I accompanied to the film, who could, and did, recite nearly any of the lines which were lifted directly from the text.

... So don't flame me, okay?

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Hee. No flamage here, friend.

I thought the musical number was indeed crazy and out there, but fun. It set the mood for irreverence, right off the bat.

[mr-teem.livejournal.com]

Yeah...that was it. I was trying to put my finger on the really wrong note at the end. (And it wasn't Marvin's line.) They turned it into a romantic comedy with a happy ending.

On the other hand, it didn't suck. Only worth a matinee price, though, in my opinion. There were definitely scenes that were worth seeing on the big screen and I'm glad I did.

And there were maybe 30 people in the theatre last night when we saw it. Not a good sign.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Ahh, my theater on Sunday afternoon was packed. I was glad I went alone, since I was able to still find a decent seat coming in a few minutes into the trailers. :)

Which Marvin line?

[ratbastrd.livejournal.com]

You can't fault the story for being different, every version of the story was different, radio plays to TV show to books to game. But yeah, the Arthur/Trillian thing just didn't make any sense at all. IF they really had to inflict a romace on us, they could have brought Lintilla into it. I just hated how 2/3 of the jokes were wiped out, and replaced with, if anything, slapstick that just didn't really fit. Overall, eh.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I don't mind differences. I grew up with all of the stories (although mainly the books and the radio series) and I knew that the story had been changed by Adams for the big screen. But I still dislike the romance plot, or at least the import that was placed on it.

[ratbastrd.livejournal.com]

I concur. Everything these days has to be a romantic comedy. If they remade The Ten Commandments (I'm sure it's in the wings), God would have to seduce Moses with flowers and lively repartee before he'd agree to take the bloody tablets.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

I'd pay to see that...

[brewergnome.livejournal.com]

Romanceywhosit?

::sigh::

I'll still go see it. Even if it sounds like they have gutted the humour, which was, of course the best part.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

They haven't, entirely. It is still fun and funny. I enjoyed it greatly pretty much up until the last 10 minutes. :)

[idonotlikepeas]

They did a who with the what now?

[juldea.livejournal.com]

No spoilers! I have probably done enough damage as it is.

It is definitely worth seeing, just don't bet the farm on it.

[eustacia42.livejournal.com]

Too true.