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.
Just judging by the descriptions, I've been pretty skeptical.
Though, if you're enthused, I suppose it's worth a try!
:)
I just don't know what they're going to do to replicate the force of the original radio scripts, BBC TV series, and Douglas Adams novels.
I guess another thing that threw me off was that they couldn't even get Roger Ebert-who's willing to schill for any turkey out there-to give it a positive review.
There are a few film critics, e.g. James Bowman, Gene Lyons, Leah Rozen, V.A. Musetto, who I can usually rely upon to give an honest evaluation of what they've seen.
I'll definitely have to think it over now that you've recommended it.
But nine bucks?!
Eek.
I'll have to think it over.
:0)
-good times, G.J.P. (Jr.)