The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

directed by Garth Jennings
Category: "Fantasy"
Year of Release:2005
Date Added:05/08/2005
Date Watched:05/07/2005
Description:From IMDB: Everyone has bad mornings. You wake up late, you stub your toe, you burn the toast ... but for a man named Arthur Dent, this goes far beyond a bad day. He learns that a friend of his is actually an alien with advanced knowledge of Earth's impending destruction, and is transported off the Earth seconds before it is exploded to make way for a new hyperspace motorway. And as if that's not enough, he's also wanted by the police and experiences Earth II, an insane electronic encyclopedia, no tea whatsoever, a chronically depressed robot and the search for the meaning of life.
My Rating:8

Reviews for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Review - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The

Based on the book by Douglas Adams, and sticking pretty close to it for the most part. Arthur Dent wakes up one morning to discover his house is about to be demolished to make way for a bypass. He’s staging a protest when his friend, Ford Prefect shows up and makes a startling announcement. He (Ford) is from a different planet, and the earth is about to be destroyed by the Vogons to make way for a bypass. Ford hitches a ride for the two of them on a Vogon ship. They are discovered and thrown into space where they just happened to be picked up by the ship of Zaphod Beeblebrox, the president of the galaxy. With Zaphod is Trillian, an earth girl who Arthur met at a party, and Marvin, the depressed robot.

Zaphod has stolen the ship and is chased by the Vogons while he tries to discover the “question.” Some time before, a massive computer was built to determine the answer to life, the universe and everything. The computer said the answer was “42.” But nobody knew the question. So a larger computer — the planet earth — was built to determine the question. Then the Vogons destroyed it. While looking, Arthur is separated from his companions and meets Slartibartfast, who works for a company that builds planets — and is building another earth. Arthur is reunited with his friends and is taken to his house on earth, but he decides he loves Trillian (and she loves him back, which is a departure from the book) and they take off into space again with Ford and Zaphod.

• While waiting in the queue at the Vogon Prisoner Detention Centre, Marvin (the one from the TV version) can be seen waiting in line. As Arthur (from this film) passes him, he gives a double take.

Reviewed by Roger on 2008-07-31 13:08:12

Review - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (movie), The

An excellent job of translating the humor from the book to the screen. It was much better than I expected. I didn’t think the character of Ford was played very well, but the rest of the actors and actresses were convincing. The special effects had a rather chintzy look which I think actually added to the charm. There was no attempt whatsoever to make the viewer take it seriously at any level. I gave it an 8.

Reviewed by Roger on 2005-05-08 20:03:39

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