It makes me very sad that I did not like this movie; I am a huge fan of all five books in the incredibly misnamed Hitchhiker trilogy.
Where did the movie go wrong? Well, casting Sam Rockwell, for one. I wanted to bash his heads in with a rock throughout the film. Yes, Zaphod is supposed to be annoying, but not that off-putting.
Second, the plot seemed to be missing a few pieces, somewhere. As in, the end features Trillian and Arthur together - big change from the book, but I'm fine with that - and... Zaphod with the Vice Preisdent? Did I miss something? Yeah, she clearly was jonesing for him during the movie but... what? SOMETHING had to happen. Maybe in the director's cut.
But frankly, the problem was that the whole thing never felt silly enough for me; it's like the actors felt they were in the middle of some high art feature. They should have been having FUN, and that fun should have been evident on the screen. Instead, it was flat, featureless and... God but I hate to say this, dull.
Where did the movie go wrong? Well, casting Sam Rockwell, for one. I wanted to bash his heads in with a rock throughout the film. Yes, Zaphod is supposed to be annoying, but not that off-putting.
Second, the plot seemed to be missing a few pieces, somewhere. As in, the end features Trillian and Arthur together - big change from the book, but I'm fine with that - and... Zaphod with the Vice Preisdent? Did I miss something? Yeah, she clearly was jonesing for him during the movie but... what? SOMETHING had to happen. Maybe in the director's cut.
But frankly, the problem was that the whole thing never felt silly enough for me; it's like the actors felt they were in the middle of some high art feature. They should have been having FUN, and that fun should have been evident on the screen. Instead, it was flat, featureless and... God but I hate to say this, dull.