Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Pros: Entertaining, funny movie.
Cons: Not as good as the book. John Malkovich under used.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was a very popular humorous science fiction book written by Douglas Adams. The story has been told in several different forms including a radio show, records, the book, and a series on television in ...

Pros: the story hidden under this mess
Cons: not funny, terrible actors, missing cuteness of original mini-series

"Hitchhiker's sucked it did." This is a quote from the radio commercial pounding the airwaves in Eastern Washington, and has been for the past week or so. The reason being the premise that everyone thinks Star Wars : Episode III will end up saving the ...

Pros: I want a point of view gun of my very own. Great visuals.
Cons: The cast was utterly wasted in this film.

I confess, it's been decades since I had read these acclaimed books by Douglas Adams, chronicling the adventures of Arthur Dent as he's hauled around the galaxy in a skewed version of the Divine Comedy. At the time, the set of three books, were turned ...

Pros: Memories. Bill Nighy.
Cons: Douglas pulled an odd face at me.

I was actually sad when Douglas Adams died. It was uncharacteristic of me. I don’t go in much for emotional ties to celebrities. I don’t much go in for being a ‘fan’ of anything or anyone either. Heck, I don’t even know where to ...

Pros: Hilarious dry humour, fast paced, deliciously nutty. Most of the actors are excellent.
Cons: It may not please die-hard fans, but then, could anything?

Arthur Dent is having a bad day, ("This must be a Thursday, I could never get the hang of Thursdays.") He wakes up to find his home about to be demolished, making way for a bypass, then discovers his friend, Ford Prefect, is an alien and, just to ...

Pros: Follows the book pretty well
Cons: What works on the page doesn't always work on screen

I’ve been holding off on writing this review until I could read some other reviews here. The reason was because I did not like the movie…at all. I enjoyed the book and wanted to see it made into a movie, but now I think that maybe it was too weird to ...

Pros: They finally actually made this thing!
Cons: But it's not as good as I would have hoped.

Back in the '60s and '70s there was a series of travel guides available known as Hitchhiker's Guides. They were intended for students and others on a shoestring budget to help them find the best deals in the best places and maybe experience a ...

Pros: imaginative, thoughtful satire, Zooey Deschanel
Cons: bipolar comedy that ranges from boring to silly, with not much left in-between

Four years ago, Earth breathed a sigh of relief, the way a seesaw does when a fat kid gets off. For one brief moment, this big blue marble of ours felt lighter as one soul climbed toward the light before its replacement could shimmy down. That soul was ...

Pros: entertaining and fun in and of itself; classic BBC sci-fi look with nicer effects
Cons: outside of the story-related complaints by die-hard purists, it's extremely light on characterization and plot

Don't Panic. Those might be the two most helpful words of advice anyone could give you before you try to watch The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, a film long-awaited by the maniacally devoted fans of author Douglas Adams. These fans ...

Pros: Marvin, the Guide, overall Britishness
Cons: Zaphod, Trillian, uninspiring love story

That’s what I love about Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; it’s so delightfully British. The series is on my list of books to read. Many of my friends have informed me that I need to read Douglas Adams’ masterpiece, and I suspect they’re right. ...

Pros: If you like off the wall humor, this movie will leave you in stitches.
Cons: Not everyone will appreciate its bizarre style.

As if to prove that Arthur Dent never quite got the hang of Thursdays, it's a Thursday when his house is set to be demolished. But in a twist of irony, no sooner is his house gone then the Vogon's arrive with plans to destroy the entire planet. He only ...

Pros: Story. Effects. Acting.
Cons: Bizarre humor that won't click with everyone.

Looking for a movie that's completely different from the norm? Looking for something in which you can't anticipate every twist and turn of the plot? Looking for an off-the-wall comedy with little like it anywhere? Then this is the movie for you. ...

Pros: Some great jokes, the casting making them even funnier
Cons: Some jokes extremely flat, draggy pace

With all the negative press it's been getting, from both fans and some critics, I wasn't holding out a lot of hope for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy when I went to see it last night. Perhaps that was a good thing, because I discovered that ...

Pros: funny. intelligent. true to original.
Cons: may take awhile to get into if you haven't read the book, but worth it.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy created quite a buzz in my workplace before it even came out. I have a number of self-proclaimed dweebs, dorks and geeks with whom I work. All these dweebs, dorks and geeks read and loved the Douglas Addams book by ...

Pros: Safe for children; funny; entertaining
Cons: Deviates from the book a bit too much

My, oh my. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a difficult movie to review, indeed. I mean, it's entertaining and all and moves along at a nice, rapid pace. But, the thing just deviates like crazy from the books on which the film is based to ...