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“Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” Movie

On Monday, I saw the movie “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, which starred: Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel and Bill Nighy.

The plot involved the following: “Ape descendant Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman) gets yanked from the Earth by best friend and alien Ford Prefect (Mos Def) seconds before a Vogon constructor fleet destroys it to make way for a hyperspace expressway. Next thing he knows, Arthur is aboard the Vogon ship, reading the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (voiced by Stephen Fry) and wondering where he might get some tea. But he and Ford are not in the clear: the Vogons (some of whom look like the nightmarish drawings of Ralph Steadman come to life in S&M leather) want to throw them into the vacuum of space, right after they read some of the third worst poetry in the known universe. Luckily, the spaceship Heart of Gold picks up the stranded hitchhikers in the nick of time. Stolen by the dim but groovy President of the Galaxy, Zaphod Beeblebrox (Sam Rockwell), the ship has an Improbability Drive that causes certain mischief, turning the stowaways into loveseats and later two missiles into a bowl of petunias and a sperm whale. Also onboard is doe-eyed Earth girl Tricia ''Trillian'' McMillan (Zooey Deschanel), who previously ditched Arthur at a costume party on Earth to satisfy her wanderlust with Zaphod. The crew then embarks on a quest to find the Ultimate Question to Life, the Universe and Everything after supercomputer Deep Thought (voiced by Helen Mirren) found the answer: 42. On the run and without a home, Arthur discovers that life's true meaning comes from the answers found within.”

I give the movie a “B+”, and the movie is worth the price of an admission ticket, a large popcorn and a small soft drink. The movie was a combination of the British TV “Doctor Who” and the British novel “Alice in Wonderland”.

posted by Frank LaFountaine @ 9:45 AM