Hitchhiker's Guide Ramblings

[tallulahgs]

Liked Ford and Arthur. I'm beginning to think Arthur is kind of a difficult part to play, because neither of the two guys I've seen doing it I've felt got it totally right, but this one was okay. He did a decent job. Ford kept hugging and patting everyone, kind of odd, made me think of slash subtext. Bill Nighy was very good. Special effects were great, especially the Vogon buildings and the planet-making factory.
I didn't like Zaphod very much, but I think this was because he was nothing like how I'd imagined him. Just... really wasn't. I was thinking of someone younger, more surfer-like and less insane. (Haven't read the first book for years, though, so my perception could be off.)
Trillian... arrrrgh. No, I'm sorry, I just thought she was a whiny, show-off little brat. And I didn't like the romance. I didn't feel like her and Arthur connected on any level apart from the physical. I also thought it was kind of unconvincing that Arthur would reject getting his old normal life back. That's what he wants - normality.
Marvin was lovely. Alan Rickman did a great job.
I liked the way how the scene with the feast had these ominous subtexts to it even before the mice turned up.
I found my attention drifting a bit during the scenes on the Heart of Gold, perhaps because it felt like the actors weren't totally comfortable with who they were playing and how the characters interacted.
The Guide itself was done very well.
All in all, not amazing, but likeable enough.


And lo, the PMT has gone, and I no longer feel depressed. This PMT was more insidious than normal. Normal I know it's PMT that's making me want to punch people.