Wednesday, May 4, 2005

Went to see the new HitchHikers Guide To The Galaxy film tonight, I thought it was pretty good. H2G2 (as those in the know call it) has been through many incarnations: Radio Show, Books, TV programme, videogame and now the big screen - each time the story has changed slightly to fit each format. For the film there is now a love story tacked on, although it's not as horrifically sickening as it could have been; quite a few scenes from the book have been removed or significantly shortened; and some extra scenes added to make more use of the Vogons it would seem. Also it has an ending that does not necessarily mean a sequel has to be made... The thing is these will only matter if you are a diehard fan - which I'm not, I just thought it was a fun film with plenty of likeable characters. I especially liked how they portrayed Zaphod Beeblebrox, even if the actor playing him just had to smile and point most of the time, it was smiling and pointing with a certain amount of style.

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