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Revisiting childhood movies: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
"So this is what dolphins are actually like on the inside."
Man, the books were friggin lit when I read them as a kid. A good amount of it prolly went over my head, but they were nonetheless a ball. It's been a while since I read them, so I can't say whether this adaptation holds up as well as the books, but as its own film? There's some enjoyment to be had with the performances, but it's decent.
Xtra Notes:
-Another great transition to the start of the film from the Spyglass logo, except instead of a cartoon that's better than the movie, we've got dolphin footage.
-I don't get how this song was nominated for worst song at the 2005 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, it's real catchy!
-Get ready for some Stephen Fry narration, cuz it keeps coming back.
-And here we have our main cast: Bilbo Baggins, Most Definitely, New Girl, Justin Hammer, and two Harry Potter cast members in one.
-Imagine meeting who you thought was gonna be your girl for the first time only to have Sam Rockwell win her heart instead. Sucks bro.
-These Vogons are suitably ugly, and we can thank Jim Henson's Creature Shop for that.
-This film really hates galactic crabs for some reason.
-"You can't be a president without a whole brain." True dat.
-These two kids really didn't take 42 for an answer to life, the universe, and everything to the point where they turned themselves into mice to dig into a regular human's brain for the question. This is a certified "What in the hell were you thinking?" moment.
-I found a way to make this film inventive: make the human characters yarn versions of themselves. No other movie has ever done that.
-Oh snap, It's John Malkovich in his most daring role to date, well, at least until Birdbox.
-"The fate of Zaphod's other head remains unknown."
-So not only is Zaphod an idiot, he's so dumb that he unknowingly caused earth's destruction. Wicked.
-The whale falling down to the ground is so iconic that there was a whole shirt of it. And I'm a proud owner of that shirt.
-"Have you ever tried yoga?" says Zaphod before Trisha jumps into the portal. Why yes, I have tried yoga. Should probably do it some more.
-Enter Bill Nighy as the head of planet reconstruction with an unfortunately goofy name.
-Earth Number 2, the Ride: now operating at Disneyland.
-Oh yeah, this is technically a Disney film. Should we add this to the list of adaptations of books that Disney failed to get right or nah?
-These kids won't take happiness as a solution to their quest, fame is the real goal here. What a misguided goal that was, huh?
-A restaurant at the end of the universe? What are they trying to do, set up a sequel that never got made?
-Douglas Adams left us too soon. :(
-While there was no sequel, another adaptation in the form of a TV series is being made for Hulu. When will it come out? No one knows...Jun 19, 2022
"So this is what dolphins are actually like on the inside."
Man, the books were friggin lit when I read them as a kid. A good amount of it prolly went over my head, but they were nonetheless a ball. It's been a while since I read them, so I can't say whether this adaptation holds up as well as the books, but as its own film? There's some enjoyment to be had with the performances, but it's decent.
Xtra Notes:
-Another great transition to the start of the film from the Spyglass logo, except instead of a cartoon that's better than the movie, we've got dolphin footage.
-I don't get how this song was nominated for worst song at the 2005 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, it's real catchy!
-Get ready for some Stephen Fry narration, cuz it keeps coming back.
-And here we have our main cast: Bilbo Baggins, Most Definitely, New Girl, Justin Hammer, and two Harry Potter cast members in one.
-Imagine meeting who you thought was gonna be your girl for the first time only to have Sam Rockwell win her heart instead. Sucks bro.
-These Vogons are suitably ugly, and we can thank Jim Henson's Creature Shop for that.
-This film really hates galactic crabs for some reason.
-"You can't be a president without a whole brain." True dat.
-These two kids really didn't take 42 for an answer to life, the universe, and everything to the point where they turned themselves into mice to dig into a regular human's brain for the question. This is a certified "What in the hell were you thinking?" moment.
-I found a way to make this film inventive: make the human characters yarn versions of themselves. No other movie has ever done that.
-Oh snap, It's John Malkovich in his most daring role to date, well, at least until Birdbox.
-"The fate of Zaphod's other head remains unknown."
-So not only is Zaphod an idiot, he's so dumb that he unknowingly caused earth's destruction. Wicked.
-The whale falling down to the ground is so iconic that there was a whole shirt of it. And I'm a proud owner of that shirt.
-"Have you ever tried yoga?" says Zaphod before Trisha jumps into the portal. Why yes, I have tried yoga. Should probably do it some more.
-Enter Bill Nighy as the head of planet reconstruction with an unfortunately goofy name.
-Earth Number 2, the Ride: now operating at Disneyland.
-Oh yeah, this is technically a Disney film. Should we add this to the list of adaptations of books that Disney failed to get right or nah?
-These kids won't take happiness as a solution to their quest, fame is the real goal here. What a misguided goal that was, huh?
-A restaurant at the end of the universe? What are they trying to do, set up a sequel that never got made?
-Douglas Adams left us too soon. :(
-While there was no sequel, another adaptation in the form of a TV series is being made for Hulu. When will it come out? No one knows...Jun 19, 2022
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