Hitchhiker's

I went to see Hitchhiker's on Saturday, and I haven't given my opinion of it yet. So I will here.

It was great.

First of all, to all of the people complaining about deviances from the text, please note whose name appears under "Screenplay by" at the beginning of the movie. That's right: Douglas Adams. He wrote the screenplay for this movie before he died. Besides, the books are hardly authoritative. Originally Hitchhiker's was a radio show. Then it was adapted into novels. Then it was adapted for a TV show. Douglas Adams wrote so many different plotlines that he couldn't even keep them straight. In light of this, I think that anything he wrote is Hitchhiker's.

Secondly, I don't think the love story between Arthur and Trillian was that bad. You want a bad love story? Try Star Wars Episode II.

Thirdly, I think that the movie was very well made. It really captured the distinct Adams wit, especially during the parts where the narrator interjects with excerpts from the Guide.

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I do have some small problems with it though. Firstly, the ending was a little off. By having the Earth recreated, it did kind of destroy the underlying theme of Hitchhiker's: a lone survivor from Earth, homeless and lost. Also, Arthur's character started off the same, but as a part of the love story he did become more assertive. And the scene with the mice, was, come to think of it, a little reaching.

But I think that it can be forgiven. After all, Adams had expressed regret for making Mostly Harmless so dark, and perhaps this overly-sunny screenplay was his way of atoning for it. All in all, it was worth the $5.50, and I'd see it again.

The question remains, however, will they make a sequel, and will it suck?