ApophisV Posted June 13, 2005 Posted June 13, 2005 Hey all, the movie is out here since last thursday... I just returned from it, so here are a few thoughts on it! In general a good movie, but far away from the niveau I had expected... It sure is a really hard task and hardly possible to achieve the book's genius, and the movie just doesn't reach it. It's not really disappointing either, and I can not really tell you how somebody who hasn't read the book will think about the movie, but for me there was just nothing really surprising in it. But the movie also had it's nice moments: There were some cool and funny scenes (whale, Marvin, the construction site,...), and the actors (especially Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent :) ) did some great work. The space special effects are very nicely done, though the aliens are sometimes looking more like the B-Movie versions of a micture of Luc Besson's Mangalores and Mondo Shivan... :/ So, what are your thoughts about this movie? Quote
Dark_Avenger Posted June 14, 2005 Posted June 14, 2005 I saw it a few months ago, and as someone who hasn't picked up any of the books, I thoroughly enjoyed it. For some reason, every favorite line I have from that movie came from Marvin. Alan Rickman's voice acting was brilliant. Quote
ApophisV Posted June 14, 2005 Author Posted June 14, 2005 Yes, Marvin was really greatly done! Especially the scene at the end where he uses the weapon ist just funny! I dunno how he sounds in the original, but here we also had a good speaker for him, I think (though I'm not sure) that it was the same speaker that spoke Palpatine... Quote
The Middleman Posted June 14, 2005 Posted June 14, 2005 Yes, Marvin was really greatly done! Especially the scene at the end where he uses the weapon ist just funny!I dunno how he sounds in the original, but here we also had a good speaker for him, I think (though I'm not sure) that it was the same speaker that spoke Palpatine... No, Palpatine was played in all movies (including OT) by Ian McDiarmid. Marvin the Paranoid Android was voiced by Alan Rickman, of 'Harry Potter' (as Professor Snape) and 'Dogma' (as The Metatron) fame. Both of them are fantastic actors. As noted in the other Hitchhiker's Guide thread, I feel that the movie was good but that the movie as an ADAPTATION was horrible. It just didn't have nearly the same feel as the book, and it totally lost all the little moments that made Hitchhiker's Guide a classic. Oh well. Quote
ApophisV Posted June 14, 2005 Author Posted June 14, 2005 No, Palpatine was played in all movies (including OT) by Ian McDiarmid. Marvin the Paranoid Android was voiced by Alan Rickman, of 'Harry Potter' (as Professor Snape) and 'Dogma' (as The Metatron) fame. Both of them are fantastic actors. I am not talking about Ian McDiarmid, but about his synchronized German voice... Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted June 15, 2005 Governor Posted June 15, 2005 I just returned from it, so here are a few thoughts on it!In general a good movie, but far away from the niveau I had expected... It sure is a really hard task and hardly possible to achieve the book's genius, and the movie just doesn't reach it. Have you in fact read the book? My mummy read it to me when I was but a small laddie. So I've forgotten it now. Quote
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