Watching the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was about the same as watching Spaceballs from the space adventures to the knife as a light saber and to Marvin. But, with Spaceballs, it was more of a parody of the Star Wars saga. Now by venturing back to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy what I found interesting was the commentator who spoke throughout the film; explaining the universe and what our fellow characters were up to and saying a few goofy things here and there. The movie itself was a bit weird and made me cock my head right and left throughout the movie. I did, however; like the story-line of the film and the way everything turned out such as the costumes, stage sets, and etc. The music I found was really fun to tag along with and as weird as the film I just had to finish it and I might even consider watching it here and there. But, the price I paid for it brand new was worth it.

So I heard that the book is really good. That could be true. Most of the time the book is a lot better than the movie. This movie was far from impressive.Arthur (Martin Freeman) befriends Ford Perfect (Mos Def aka Yasiin Bey) while unbeknownst to him Ford was an alien just visiting Earth. Ford, being a good friend, takes Arthur with him on an interstellar hitchhiking voyage just before Earth is destroyed. And, as the title would suggest, the movie is about hitchhiking from galaxy to galaxy while avoiding being killed, captured or otherwise.The movie is very quirky with some weird characters. Weird characters don't ruin a movie--in fact they can sometimes enhance a movie--and I don't think that the characters were all that bad. The story was somewhat flat as well as its execution. I didn't find the movie funny or terribly interesting. Maybe I should read the book.

The top review now is a horrible TL;DR.Here is a better review: This is an unusual comedy that does NOT go down the already cleared path of cliché movies - be it comedies or otherwise - and not just cracks jokes but at no point presents itself in any serious way. Or rather - is from almost the very start a collection of ridiculous absurdities that are managed and kept in line by a "logical" story. However be warned - this is in a weird, modified way pretty much standard British humour. And that I find very refreshing, and so will probably you too. So go watch it!

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a film that compliments the book series very well. The cast is well chosen, the story is brilliant, and it's a funny film that really brings out the best of Douglas Adams' famous series. For the most part, if you've read the first book you'll be up to speed, though it's worth reading the rest. The film features Arthur Dent, whose home is demolished one terrible morning, to make way for a road bypass. Only minutes later is planet Earth destroyed, to make way for a galactic bypass. And so begins a long story of whacky space adventures that take its characters on a journey literally out of this world. There are four main characters that are the premise for this film. Zaphod Beeblebrox (Sam Rockwell) an egotistic two-headed President of the Galaxy, is on a quest to find the Ultimate Question. Ford Prefect (Mos Def), named after a car he almost got ran over by, is a friendly alien from a planet in the vicinity of Beetleguese. Tricia McMillan (Zooey Deschanel) is the love interest of the movie, a notable difference to the book that I will mention later. And of course, we cannot forget Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman), an ordinary man from England who has been thrust into the perils of his Galaxy. While Marvin (Warwick Davis), the chronically depressed robot, is quite a major character, he doesn't see that much screen time. The film paces itself really well, and I think the first scene prior to the destruction of Earth is very well made, setting the film up for a thrilling adventure. Interjections from none other than master narrator Stephen Fry help jog the story along, by adding little anecdotes of information from the novels. The cast is fairly well chosen, especially in Martin Freeman, who portrays the often-frustrated but overall-caring character of Arthur Dent so brilliantly. There doesn't seem to have been any purpose in Questular Rontok (Anna Chancellor), but each actor is almost a direct match to the characters in the novels. That is, except Trillian.Trillian is overall a fairly minor character in the novels, however it was interestingly chosen to push her more into the limelight, giving her a presence in a love triangle between Arthur and Zaphod. It was clever to do this, but fans of the series may be disappointed to see a whole new story arc introduced purely for the purposes of romance (although I wasn't). The story of the Vogans in the series feels wholly incomplete, so it seems wise that it was resolved in the movie. On the whole, the film intertwined plots from the novels ingeniously, adding what seems necessary here and there. It seems the ending on Magrathea was a little unusual, but on the whole it completes the movie decently enough. This is a film that, to use Adams' quote, has made a lot of people very angry, and even been regarded as a bad move. Perhaps these people should take into account that many of the differences between the book and movie were written in by Douglas Adams himself, prior to his death. On the whole, it's mostly harmless, and certainly worth a watch. I certainly enjoyed it; it really compliments the novels very well. Arthur Dent, and for that matter all the characters, are brilliantly acted out. The plot is to be commended for the most part, and the introduction of a romance that really supports Arthur as a character is on the whole satisfying.If you've read the series you have to watch the movie. And if you haven't, it's still definitely worth a see.