I just just JUST finished reading the third book in the series about three hours ago. I saw this movie two days ago. Where was I going with this? Oh, yes. This was a very, very ambitious move. Dramatizing Hitchhiker's is like dramatizing...well, I can't think what, because there hasn't really BEEN anything quite like Hitchhiker's. But this movie managed to keep the zaniness of it - and the zaniness in the exact spirit of the book, which means we're not treated to an hour and a half of bodily function jokes or sex jokes. We're treated to an hour and a half of completely random things happening for no particular reason. The bit about the whale and the petunias was one of my favorite things in the book and I was utterly delighted to find it in the movie. I have a feeling I'm about to go on and on about this in detail. This mood doesn't come upon me often, so here I go.Marvin looked not at all how I expected but after a moment or two I found it WORKED. Marvelously. He was cast quite well, too. Alan Rickman always sounds quite depressed to me so it makes sense to cast him as the Paranoid Android. Arthur and Zaphod were both cast brilliantly, while Trillian reminded me uncannily of someone I know who I somewhat fear/dislike so I found it difficult to enjoy her character. Ford just . . . erm. Wasn't Ford. But there's nothing I can really do about that. And I so wish I knew who the black-haired chick was. She's certainly not in the first three books. Hmm. I think I'm done. On to my other reviews now.
Memorable quotes: many, but seeing as how I was in a dark theater I couldn't write them all down, so here's the one I managed to pull from my scribbled notes:
"I do not date single-celled organisms."