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Originally Posted by knkwzrd
I think quite the opposite, really. This movie took a brilliant book which at parts is the absolute pinnacle of dry humor, and schlocked it into a glossy grave. This movie was in pre-production for twenty years, and it gets made a few years after Douglas Adams' death; the movie studios only made this picture after they knew he would no longer have a say. "Dumbing it down" is the wrong term, but it's certainly a different kind of humor meant to appeal to a wider audience. If you liked the book, I'd recommend the BBC mini-series that's now on DVD in place of this.
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You know, ironically the movie previews convinced me to read the book =p. I knew about the book long before I heard of any movie on it. I just never took interest in it until I heard the word movie attached to it. But if its one thing I learned when watching book-to-movie adaptations is to not compare the two, at all. It only gives me excuses to hate one over another.
Though I didn't know about the whole movie production thing. You're saying Douglas Adam would kill the guy that approved this movie without his say? Haha. Oh well, thanks for the recommendation, I'll look for the mini-series on my next movie hunt!
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