The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (DVD)

OK, I'm going to try a little mini-review before kicking onto the main thing. This tries to get across the highs and lows I experienced with this film. The Trailer (or my pre-film feelings) --------------------------------------------------- This was IT!! The big one!! After a gestation period to rival a herd of elephants, The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy film was finally here!! This is gonna be great!! For once, the overuse of exclamation marks is justified!! Then the film starts... The End Credits (or my feelings on leaving the ...  Read the complete review

Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy began life as a radio show, before becoming a hit series of books and a 1981 TV series. It's surprising in many ways that it took until 2005 to be made into a full-length feature film. While I'd enjoyed both the books and TV series, I'm not really a cinema goer and some rather mixed reviews, combined with the fact that I had after all read the books and seen the TV series, meant I didn't bother catching it at the cinema. When it was shown on TV last Christmas (2007) however, I was quite looking forward to it. I wouldn't call myself particularly discerning when it comes to movies. As readers of my recent Fantastic ...  Read the complete review

"The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy". The radio series that spawned pretty much everything; books, records, a TV series, a computer game, several stage shows, a website and a towel. But not, surprisingly, a full length feature film. In these days where everything from books to computer games to theme park rides seem evolve into a film, "the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" never quite made it. That wasn't for the want of trying, of course. Douglas Adams was first offered the chance to make a "Hitchhikers" film back in 1979, and again in 1981. The film rights were actually sold as far back as 1982 to Ivan Reitman, who then decided ...  Read the complete review

~Summary~ This is the new film version of the late Douglas Adams ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ radio show, books and 80’s TV series. The film is weird, wacky and fun. I took my wife to see it in the cinema and she thought it was very enjoyable. As it is a PG certificate it is suitable for most of the family and is probably most suited to the Alpha One male geek. Hardcore fans of the Hitchhiker’s series and Adams books may not like the film as some of the wackiness has been toned down from the books to appeal to a wider audience. (AKA - ‘Americanisation’). ~Background History~ The Hitchhiker series has been around since the early ...  Read the complete review

It all seems a perfectly normal morning for Arthur Dent who goes about his morning business in his dressing gown and then sits down to enjoy his breakfast. However, when he notices his morning cup of tea edging towards the table and a slight rumbling of the rest of the china ware he moves, somewhat hesitantly, towards the window. Cut to him now, rather than enjoying his cup of tea, lying on his back directly in the way of a JCB waiting (not entirely patiently) to knock down his house to make way for a new by-pass. Understandably, Arthur is not best pleased at the mornings turn of events and even less pleased with the foremans lack of sympathy who simply states ...  Read the complete review