"Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" Reviews!

Yes, that is right! The first screenings of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy movie are up at AICN. This is a film I can barely wait for. The reviews are mixed thus far. But mostly mixed in the way that early screenings of LOTR: FOTR was "mixed." True fans furious that the exact tone, order, and sequence of the book(s) were not maintained. Of course, these same fans may have forgotten that Douglas Adams himself once claimed he would NEVER do a H2G2 version the same way twice.

Don't allow the uneven acting and minor inconsistencies to detract from your anticipation of this movie. The Heart of Gold was great. Arthur's tour of Earth v2.0 with Slartibartfast was great. The Vogons (and their planet) were great. Deep Thought was great. The sperm whale's existential crisis via free-fall was great. To paraphrase The Guide itself, this film was Mostly Terrific.

DON'T PANIC! This one looks to be a fun rehash of DNA's comic greatness. And the beauty of the H2G2 series is that if another director has to come in and do it all over again in a different way, that is completely consistent with the tone of the series. Oh, and if you have never read the books, DO IT NOW!!! Otherwise, you are missing out on one of the great comic gems of our age.