Sunday, May 01, 2005

So Long and Thanks for all the Fish

A and I saw a matinee of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy yesterday. Big fan of the books--both of us--so we were a bit anxious. Not bad, really. The opening sequence (So long and thanks for all the fish) stole the entire movie I think. I fell in love with the ideas in the books, the theories, and regretfully the movie focused a little more on the action and adventure. But still, if you've read them, you should see the movie. Also, we came back home to watch a rental, the exact opposite movie: Vera Drake. It was alright. I got sick of her crying all the damn time though. Get over it, you know.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I love the entire series, but think that Adam's final book in the series Mostly Harmless actually turns a simple-minded comic romp into a meaningful tragedy that is almost Shakespearian in its scope. The story becomes a pessimistic, but truthful, polemic on the absurdity of humanity’s attempts to pointlessly manipulate the universe, whether by building highways that go nowhere to altering the entire fabric of space-time with the HGTTG Mk II. Most people hate the ending, but in my opinion, it provides real intellectual depth to the entire series.

Dan.