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I found this film pretty incoherent and confusing, despite being a long time fan (particularly of the radio series). I can't imagine how anyone without prior knowledge of some of the central ideas of HHGTTG could have understood what was happening. For some reason, Hitchhiker doesn't translate well into a visual medium. Most of the jokes just didn't work very well, even the old ones (though I was pleased with the sperm whale scene, that was probably my favourite.  Bill Bailey). The casting and acting were very good, but the script was lacking at times (which was the last thing I expected)... or it might have been the way the actors were directed, I'm not sure.It must have been difficult to take a fairly rambling plot, mix and match, copy and paste and turn it into a decent 2 hour film, and they actually did fairly well. It's just that the transitions were bad; the pacing seemed all wrong. The characters wooshed from place to place without any apparent reason (or without a good enough reason). It wrapped up quickly at the end leaving me with the impression that nothing much had happened, even though during it I felt that too much was happening. 2.5/5 Pros: Good interpretation, good casting. Cons: Just not a great film.
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