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May 04, 2005
Hitchhiker's Guide... Don't Pan It!
Well... actually, do pan it.
I went to see it this evening with a coworker because we had won free movie tickets via a trivia game on the bus ride over to the baseball game. (Rangers over A's, 16 to 7, rained out in the ninth inning.) And at $9.50 per ticket, we were glad someone else had paid for the movie, especially for this one.
Mind you, I have read the books and seen the BBC TV version, but I wasn't a fanatic on it. Well... technically, I could quote sections of it at length, but just because I'm that guy... you know, the geek who can quote nerd films at length. Anyway, I went in with an open mind, fully prepared for it to stray from the books/etc.
It varied between sticking closely to the origionals (almost line-by-line) and straying from them, and there were good parts in both areas. There were also somewhat lame parts in both. By and large, it was just inconsistant, though it did at least start fairly strong. The ending, while annoyingly trite, was at least marginally decent. I stress that: marginally decent. Not glorious, not even good. Just decent. Maybe. I'm on the fence here.
I give it two white mice and a towel.
Reviews by Dan at May 4, 2005 11:46 PM