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Telegraph Reviews Hitchhiker Movie, Approves

Posted by timothy on from the gives-hope dept.

LPetrazickis writes "The Telegraph has reviewed the movie adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The review notes that the film is every bit as much a loving tribute to Douglas Adams as it is a joyous comedy. American actors acquit themselves well, and the sense of intelligent wonder transfers well to the technicolour screen. The many incarnations of The Guide are summarized at the end."

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  1. Box office earnings... by kwoo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I forecast 42 million dollars in the first day. :P

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    1. Re:Box office earnings... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well if it does make that much on the first day, I guess we DO know what the question is.

    2. Re:Box office earnings... by SidV · · Score: 5, Funny

      6 Million Theartres X 9 Million Theatres = 42 Million dollars.

      Highly possible since the math used by Production companies to figure out the Net when there are people getting paid a portion of the Net is even more complicated, mysterious and convuleted than Bistromathematics.

      Ask anyone who's ever taken a percentage of the Net, Production company will show that it lost more money than it took to actually produce it.

  2. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Informative

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  3. Cake is for eating by nakly · · Score: 5, Insightful
    What's sad is how unfair criticism of this movie is inevitable, rather it turns out to be any good or not. When you get something that's so ridiculously popular with such a devout fanbase, there's going to be a gigantor contingent of those who aren't capable of understanding that this is not the book. Can anyone say LotR?

    I, for one, look forward to the movie. I have confidence that it will incredibly funny, while still staying true to the spirit of the books. I ask all those who demand a carbon copy to please bellyache out of my earshot.

  4. I wish I could believe him, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sounds rather bought-and-paid-for to me. Puff piece. Astroturf, even.

    And what's with nonsense like:
    Zooey Deschanel as Trillian, a minor character in Adams's book

    or

    and a towel, a manic-depressive android and a whale falling from the sky all make important appearances.

    I'm sorry, Trillian is a "minor character"? Marvin is lumped in with the whale as a character who makes "important appearances"? Important appearances? The reviewer doesn't even give his name? If the movie slashes his role that much, there is serious trouble.

    My Joo Janta peril-sensitive sunglasses are strangely opaque. I suspect this movie will suck, and will only do slightly better than if every theater showing it was blanketed in an SEP field.

  5. I just don't understand by Nate53085 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Has it gotten to the point where we don't even watch a movie to figure out if we like it? How often are critics wrong? Watch the movie for yourself and make up your own mind.

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  6. Breaking news: Slashdot ad revenue bust by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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    "I just can't take it anymore" said one long time Slashdot afficionado. "It's just Google, HitchHiker's, and WIFI"

    Experts predict that of the remaining 12.5 visitors slashdot gets daily, 98.3% use the adblock feature of the controversial "Firefox" browser.

    "It's a bleak situation"

  7. Re:Quit mixing metaphors badly by screwballicus · · Score: 5, Funny


    We are, after all, discussing a movie review published on the website of a newspaper called the Telegraph .

    I don't know about you, but my head's spinning.

  8. Re:Books great. TV show sucked. Movie? TBD by eibon · · Score: 5, Informative
    I need to dig the box of the attic and find a 5.25" floppy drive to try the game again.
    No, you don't