Perhaps I'm prejudging it, but it just seems like another Hollywood desecration of a classic cinematic/literary work.
The torturous redefinition of Zaphod, the fact that Mos Def was cast in the lead role, and to put the icing on the cake, a horribly cuddly, antiseptic version of my favorite paranoid android, Marvin.
:(
All they need to do is stage a big budget remake of Citizen Kane, and maybe turn Ralph Ellison's seminal psychological novel into a schmaltzy, incoherent film directed by Spike Lee in order to put the final nail in the coffin of this country's film industry.
Actually, it was pretty true to the books.
And Alan Rickman has the PERFECT voice for Marvin.
(Except these days I think of Mr. Rickman as Professor Snape, LOL!)
I don't know who Mos Def is, but he protrayed Zaphod as the thoughtless selfish jerk that he is.
I guess for me, i would say that unless you HAVE read the books, you aren't going to get the movie.
Too many "in-jokes"
I wouldn't pay full price, but I DID do a matinee and liked it well enough.
I loved the Guide to the Galaxy but I am not going to spend one red cent until you give it your stamp of approval.