The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Bill Nighy, Martin Freeman, Mos Def
Earthman Arthur Dent is having a very bad day. His house is about to be bulldozed, he discovers that his best friend is an alien and to top things off, Planet Earth is about to be demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Arthur's only chance for survival: hitch a ride on a passing spacecraft.... (read more) Earthman Arthur Dent is having a very bad day. His house is about to be bulldozed, he discovers that his best friend is an alien and to top things off, Planet Earth is about to be demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Arthur's only chance for survival: hitch a ride on a passing spacecraft. For the novice space traveler, the greatest adventure in the universe begins when the world ends. Arthur sets out on a journey in which he finds that nothing is as it seems: he learns that a towel is just the most useful thing in the universe, finds the meaning of life, and discovers that everything he needs to know can be found in one book: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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PG, 1 hr. 50 min.
Directed by:
Garth Jennings
Release Date: Apr 29, 2005
DVD Release Date: Sep 13, 2005
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no not as good as the books but what is ? Sam Rockwell and Alan Rickman are great, Martin Freeman and Zooey Deschanel are pretty good
I really wanted to like this movie more, but despite the dated look and low budget, the BBC TV series is superior.
It is a shame really, because this had a lot of potential. It really did, but I really have no idea what they were thinking with Mos Def in there and some of the blatant butcherings of Adams' work. The update is great in terms of the vast improvement... (read more) It is a shame really, because this had a lot of potential. It really did, but I really have no idea what they were thinking with Mos Def in there and some of the blatant butcherings of Adams' work. The update is great in terms of the vast improvement of special effects, visual presentation of Guide articles, and general puppetry but falls short of being something that should have been - an improvement of the old BBC series.
Un po affrettato e di corsa, ma piacevole remake, protagonista e Mos Def eccellenti.....e Zooey è Zooey....<3
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The problem is not that the film debases the book but that movies themselves are too capacious a home for such comedy, with its tea-steeped English musings and its love of bitty, tangential gags.full review
[The movie] captures the quizzical, quasi-spiritual nature of [Adams'] book and manages to nail a surprising number of his dry little jokes, even some that you think could work only on the page.full review
A beautifully odd duck and a faithful-in-spirit adaptation of Douglas Adams' iconic sci-fi ramble.full review
By the film's final third, you begin to wonder when, or if, it is going to reach a conclusion.full review
Like The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, but with much less visual charm, it is a conceit with little to be conceited about.full review
An extremely pleasant, consistently amusing diversion that is never as uproarious as you might hope.full review
Purists may miss their favorite bits or raise eyebrows over the somewhat altered ending, but the book's goofball -- and very British -- humor survives intact.full review
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