The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
It's an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, Man had always assumed that he was the most intelligent species occupying the planet.
It's also an important and popular fact that critics are not always right though that often goes ignored.
Those who have read The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy know that the book is impossible to read without laughing out loud.
Most of us who read books also know the abysmal reputation of Hollywood when it comes to adapting such books to the big screen. There might be the occasional Les Miserables but for the most part it is all so much disappointment.
So when The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy started on the screen I was already bracing myself for some stinker.
Fortunately, right from the opening sequence (narrated by Stephen Fry) through the bumbling of Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman), the antics of Zaphod Beeblebrox (Sam Rockwell), the depression of Marvin (Alan Rickman), to the mesmerizing beauty of Tricia McMillan (Zooey Deschanel, yes I loved her in this movie) everything is just perfect.
The movie does deviate slightly from the book but then considering that The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is more of a collection of stories with simply too much happening I guess this was the best that could be done without resorting to a bunch of sequels.
For the most part The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy sticks to the main plot points (Kirkit and some other parts are totally missing though) and delivers the right ingredients to make this movie enjoyable.
Of course, you do not need to have read the book in order to understand the movie or enjoy it but it does add a certain extra bit to the entertainment if you have.
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