Just saw Hitchikers Guide. . .
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UPDATED: Monday, May 9, 2005 11:03
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Had a date with my dad to see HHGG today. OMG it was so amazing!!!!! A lot of the movie was similar to the book, and a lot of it was new. I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but there were some little jokes that only people who have read the book or seen the BBC mini series would get. Let's just say that Dad and I had tears in our eyes at some points (not all from laughter, too). Visually stunning! Make sure to keep an eye out for the original Marvin, Simon Jones, and Douglas Adams' nose.
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Just saw it here in the Atl area. It did have the trailer and I really liked the movie. No one clapped after Star Wars, I was the only one that clapped for the trailer. There were 20ish people in the theater.
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I work at a movie theater (which shall remain nameless). But the basic deal is that there's a numbered list of ten or so possible trailers that are sent out for each movie to be put on in addition to the attached trailer. Usually some of these trailers come "in the can" with the feature they're to be shown with. Theaters are supposed to attach 5 trailers or so from the list with top priority given to the lower numbered trailers (i.e. the first trailer listed is most likely to be put on the movie). The trailer lists vary from region to region and probably company to company, but in my region in Atlanta, Serenity was #7 on the list, so... It's not a definite thing. So, you might want to check before you go see Hitchhiker for a 4th or 5th time. 
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Originally posted by slayer730:
And, just for kicks, HOW WAS HITCHHIKERS?!? I know we're all psyched to see the Serenity trailer on the big screen...but we've all seen it on the little screen so we aren't really missing out. I'd still see Hitchhikers even without the Serenity trailer...so? Review?
A mess is what it was, it was as if Douglas Adams wrote the first half of a movie which execs didn't like so got someone else to write a new first half, however instead of finishing either version they just stuck them both together. The old jokes have lost their punchlines, the new jokes are not funny and make little sense, the guide's in it for all of 5 minutes and serves purely as exposition, there's no ending, the love story is pointless, there are two sets of bad guys who don't do anything, that bloody song and dance at the start...
Okay, that's probably being too harsh, the acting is pretty good and some of the jokes are funny but it's a mess of a film based on a brilliant book that no-one seems to understand, least of all the director. I implore you not to see it, buy the book, buy the tapes, if you're really desperate buy the tv show but don't give them money for something that deserved to be a lot better.
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I am beginning to believe that the trailer may show with HG only in cities where the screenings are taking place.
Everyone dies alone.
Nope. I just saw it here in Maryland (Muvico at Arundel Mills). No screening here. But the Serenity trailer was attached! Yes!!! And there was even somebody sitting next to me that knew about Firefly. Nobody clapped (that's just so not done here in MD).
But people gasped and seemed to like the trailer.The theater chose not to show the Star Wars trailer though. I wonder why? I sort of wanted to see it to see how the movie might turn out. Cuz regardless of how little I like AotC, I'm still going to see Revenge of the Sith (or whatever the R stands for).
Hitchhikers was entertaining. I've never read the books or seen the BBC series. I went specifically cuz my dad was interested in the movie and in case Serenity's trailer was attached.
So happy that my theater chose to show it!!!!
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I've seen Hitchhiker's Guide three times in the last 18 hours or so. Each time no trailer. After the third time, I found the manager and asked him when the Serenity trailer was going to show. He got on his two-way radio and called upstairs. The guy upstairs said he'd get back to him so I stood there and talked about Serenity and Firefly with the manager. Showed him my shiny shirt with Firefly on the front and the ad I wrote for the DVDs and the BDM on the back. The guy upstairs called back and said it was playing in the large auditorium, not the one where I'd just seen HHG for the third time. The very nice manager said we could go in and watch it.
So I sat through Dark Water, watched Zathura again, watched part of the Star Wars trailer( which I'd not seen in three visits to three theaters), and then the Serenity trailer came on. It looks fabulous on the big screen! I've seen it on the computer multiple times, but this makes it real for me. The movie is actually going to happen! So I left with my heart full of joy, thanked the manager for making my day, and am thinking about seeing it again with my other son and his girlfriend.
Oh, how was the movie? It's like Firefly...it just gets better and better. I caught things the second time I'd missed the first, and the third time I saw things or got things I hadn't before. The best part about the third showing was that the theater was pretty packed, so I got audience reaction which had been missing during the sparsely attended midnight showing last night and the even more sparsely attended 11:55 showing this morning. People laughed in all the right places, the two teenage boys sitting next to us reacted well, and even little kids quieted down and watched. As we were leaving the theater, a guy walking behind us was on the phone talking excitedly to his mom about the movie. So go see HHG for the Serenity trailer and stay to enjoy it for itself.
"Look at the pretties!"
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Yeah, I was a little miffed that the trailer for SERENITY wasn't attached to the film, but the movie itself was so worth it. The parts on Earth kinda lacked a bit, and I'm sure because of the familiarity with the source novels it might not've seemed fresh at first.
But I chuckled at the sighing doors, I laughed at the sublime Alan Rickman as Marvin, and with the bit with the whale, I was laughing so hard that tears were coming down my face. I hadn't laughed that hard since god knows when. I'm trying to find the thoughts of the whale online so that I can memorize them.
So all in all, a good movie that lives up to Doug Adams legacy and a good way to kick off the 2005 summer series.
"NO HAI ES BANDAI. THERE IS....NO.....BAND. AND YET....WE HEAR A BAND."
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I saw Hitchiker's Guide today, too (And for the record, I liked it -- including the broadway show tune at the beginning.) and unfortunately didn't see a Serenity trailer. I got Ep III, Dark Water, Herbie, maybe a few others I don't remember.
It looks like the new Star Wars will be closer to being a good film than Eps I and II were, but that's not saying much. Anyway, that's my story.
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Ok, Saw trailers for Zathura, Chicken Little, Shark Boy & Lava Girl, and Herbie. It was a Gorram "Disneyfest" perhaps the fault of going to a smalltown theater & being at a 7:00 showing.
I have never picked up Hitchiker. I probably never will. However I do plan on getting the tapes to listen to. Sorry, not a big reader.
I enjoyed the movie, I might have enjoyed it more had I not been there with a DIE-HARD Hitchiker Fan Who kept commenting on all the "stuff" that was different or missing. For what I saw I enjoyed it. Not a likely favorite, Might buy the DVD, I'm sure the special features will be entertaining and such. But it wa a great movie & I had fun. I loved Marvin & Trish. & the sofas.
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Originally posted by slayer730:
And, just for kicks, HOW WAS HITCHHIKERS?!? I know we're all psyched to see the Serenity trailer on the big screen...but we've all seen it on the little screen so we aren't really missing out. I'd still see Hitchhikers even without the Serenity trailer...so? Review?
A mess is what it was, it was as if Douglas Adams wrote the first half of a movie which execs didn't like so got someone else to write a new first half, however instead of finishing either version they just stuck them both together. The old jokes have lost their punchlines, the new jokes are not funny and make little sense, the guide's in it for all of 5 minutes and serves purely as exposition, there's no ending, the love story is pointless, there are two sets of bad guys who don't do anything, that bloody song and dance at the start...
Okay, that's probably being too harsh, the acting is pretty good and some of the jokes are funny but it's a mess of a film based on a brilliant book that no-one seems to understand, least of all the director. I implore you not to see it, buy the book, buy the tapes, if you're really desperate buy the tv show but don't give them money for something that deserved to be a lot better.
I am so with you on this! I loved the radio show and was so disappointed with the movie and to make matters worse, no Serenity trailer. What a waste of $10.
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