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| Year of first release: 2005 | |
| Director: Garth Jennings | |
| Actors: Martin Freeman (The Hobbit trilogy), Yasiin Bey, Sam Rockwell (Moon), Zooey Deschanel (Elf, New Girl TV-series) | |
| Country: USA, GB | |
| Genre: Comedy, SF | |
| Conditions of visioning: 13.03.2016, HD VOD, Home cinema | |
| Synopsis: Being evicted from his home, Arthur (Freeman) is in-extremis saved from the destruction of Earth by his friend Ford (Bey) who is not from this planet at all. Follows a race through the Galaxy in the company of it President (Rockwell) who recently stole a revolutionary spaceship. | |
| Review: Years ago, on the advice of friends I had read only the first two books in the 5-part geek cult novel by Douglas Adams and this is an adaptation, quite faithful I found, of the first book. If you don't know the book and want to watch the movie, be ready for 100% typical British absurd humour. If you don't like the Monty Python for example, better stay away from H2G2. Indeed in that Universe you can hitchhike your ride on spaceships, the most useful commodity is a bath towel, we are only the third most intelligent species on Earth and the galaxy is governed by a lunatic that stole a ship equipped with one-of-a-kind improbability drive, transforming you into random objects before you reach your destination. As mentioned, it is a quite faithful adaptation and thus some gags don't show too well on screen, but it is well-done enough that I can't complain much about it. And I like the 100% latex design of all the aliens (no CGI) and the cast, in particular the British one. Unavoidable if you wish to perfect your geek culture. Dispensable otherwise. |
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Rating: 5 /10
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Saturday, March 26, 2016
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
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I watched this movie in the theater when it came out in 2005. I did not know the story but I heard a lot of references on it, especially the answer to any question. The story was perfect for me, as I had no expectation. Indeed absurd humour. And it is the best of the movie. Reading the book explained some links between characters that were completely unexplained in the movie. The movie is a good comedy. I would have rated 5/10 as well.
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