HitchHiker Movie

[Jabba]

His name is Sam Rockwell and he is an outstanding actor. He was in The Green Mile, Matchstick Men, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Galaxy Quest and others.

Thanks Fractal....Bingo.....Now I remember him. He has the crazy dude in the Green Mile. He is a real good actor! I don't remember him in Galaxy Quest though...

And another question, the guy who was the Priest guy in the scene where the're praying to the God a Achoo (I think that was it), the one with the freaky glasses....Isn't that the guy who played the phycho in the Silence of the Lambs? The queeer seamstress in the basement ??

[FractalWalk]

Isn't that the guy who played the phycho in the Silence of the Lambs?

No. John Malkovich played the priest (Humma Kavula), while the psycho in the silence of the lambs was Ted Levine.

Also, In Galaxy Quest, Sam Rockwell played the guy who was afraid he was going to die because he was the plucky sidekick.

[Grasshopper]

I finally got round to seeing this a couple of days ago.

It was very watchable as a movie in its own right, certainly no travesty, but I still came away feeling slightly disappointed. I just couldn't believe how many crucial jokes they had left out. It felt very similar to Terry Gilliam's films which are OK but not as funny or clever as The Hitchhiker's Guide.

I think the main problem is that most of the jokes in the books are in the dialogue and narrative. For some reason the filmmakers decided to strip most of these types of jokes out and replace them with mostly lame visual gags. I know that film is predominantly a visual medium but IMHO the BBC series managed to remain much closer to the spirit of the books on a much lower budget.

Having said that, the friend I went with really liked it. But he hasn't read the books or seen the BBC series so he wasn't aware of what he was missing.

[RayB]

The movie's ok. I bet I would have liked it better if I hadn't read the books. Since I have, well I knew everything that would happen, which spoiled everything. heh

I agree with their decisions to cut stuff including jokes. Much of it just wouldn't work on screen anyways.

[Dartful Dodger]

I read the books, and I thought it was a good movie.

If you want to see a movie this weekend, I think it's worth watching.  Unlike the other Sci-Fi movie you won't have to start waiting in line for it yesterday.

[danny_galaga]

The movie's ok. I bet I would have liked it better if I hadn't read the books. Since I have, well I knew everything that would happen, which spoiled everything. heh

I agree with their decisions to cut stuff including jokes. Much of it just wouldn't work on screen anyways.

you couldnt have known about the malkovich character from the books though as they obviously made that whole part of the movie up when adams died. (",)

as an aside. a german backpacker who ive been (trying to) chatting up went and saw it. she didn't get it at all (and which i could have told her beforehand), which certainly shows that its not a good movie to see 'cold'.

[RayB]

Malkovich's character was new? The religion that thinks they were sneezed into existence was from the books... I remembered that much.   

[danny_galaga]

Malkovich's character was new? The religion that thinks they were sneezed into existence was from the books... I remembered that much.

[Grasshopper]

Yeah, I can't understand why they added the Malkovitch section. It doesn't really add anything to the plot, and is actually slightly confusing. For instance there was no explanation of how Malkovitch had obtained the coordinates to Magrathea.

One thing I really did like about the movie was their updated version of the theme tune. It brought all my fond memories of the original series flooding back. I just wish they'd played it at the beginning of the movie instead of the lame dolphin tune.

[jbox]

Yeah, I can't understand why they added the Malkovitch section.

Something tells me there were supposed to a fair few more jokes in that section that never made it to the screen...

[danny_galaga]

Yeah, I can't understand why they added the Malkovitch section. It doesn't really add anything to the plot, and is actually slightly confusing. For instance there was no explanation of how Malkovitch had obtained the coordinates to Magrathea.

One thing I really did like about the movie was their updated version of the theme tune. It brought all my fond memories of the original series flooding back. I just wish they'd played it at the beginning of the movie instead of the lame dolphin tune.

ah yes. the theme. i forgot about that. it was great they used it AND i think it worked well that they put it where they did. im pretty sure in the tv series it started about the same time, although obvioulsy without that silly dolphin song at the beginning...

[RayB]

Is anyone else upset they didn't keep the "green thing with the tongue" logo?

[danny_galaga]

Is anyone else upset they didn't keep the "green thing with the tongue" logo?

i dont remember that. refresh my memory. ill have to pull out my old videos and have a look. oh, wait. they are 3000km away 

[jbox]

Is anyone else upset they didn't keep the "green thing with the tongue" logo?

i dont remember that. refresh my memory. ill have to pull out my old videos and have a look. oh, wait. they are 3000km away 

I think it was more linked to the computer game at first. It may also be a geographic thing, since different publishers also used different book covers.

[danny_galaga]

i see. looks vaguely familar. this is the cover im most familar with:

[Grasshopper]

Just stumbled across a pretty cool site.

http://www.thebigcdomain.com/media/marvin.html

Brain the size of a planet and all they can do is make pop songs about me.....