2015 films 1) The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[nwhyte]

Having gone to The Hobbit 3 last week, at F's request we watched the 2005 movie of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy last night. It held up much better than I remembered; Martin Freeman is given rather more of an emotional arc for Arthur Dent than he gets for either John Watson or Bilbo Baggins, climaxing with the deployment of the Point-Of-

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[redfiona99]

I've always been obscurely disappointed by how they did Zaphod. But I do love the theme tune.

[swisstone]

It's not perfect, by any means, but I like the crabs and beasts on Vogsphere, the woollen people, and other little bits that are slipped in. Some of the criticisms seemed predicated on the idea that the original script is holy writ and cannot be changed. But the movie isn't trying to provide visuals for the radio series - it's making H2G2 into a British romantic comedy, a job it does quite well.