Lack of good storyline.

Excellent but underrated film

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

OK, I LOVE every book I have ever read from Douglas Adams, which happens to include all (was it 5?) books in the Hitchhiker "trilogy". This movie was great, it really was.From the horribly made second head to the distainable acting from Trillion, its a wonder I like this movie so much, but I did. (movie,...actually it was a couple of episodes). I did however like Arthor Dent, the mean who played him was perfect for the role. I also like the fact that much of the movie was line for line from his book. (one version of it anyway).The only thing I did not care for is the movie was both the first and second book combined. Don't get me wrong, I would love to see an entire series, but at least name them one by one.In all, I thought the movie was fantastic. Besides who doesn't love a clinically depressed robot?? "life,...dont talk to me about life.."

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) was a mini-series adaptation of Douglas Adams' first three novels. I saw this B.B.C. mini-series on videotape about ten years ago. I was pleased with the show. Despite a small budget, the actors and the writing was enough to make this one a winner. It was cheesy enough to please me and the film makers captured the atmosphere of the novels. Too bad they never made a follow up to the series like the novels in the series. I was a little leery about watching this but after seeing the first episode I was fairly impressed.If you enjoyed the books then by all means watch this near perfect adaptation of Douglas Adams' Hitch Hiker's Guide series. The creator has a cameo appearance in the beginning. David Prowse (Darth Vader) has a guest spot as an enormous bar bouncer. Shot on video and 16 mm film. The ending is unforgettable.Highly recommended.

Well, what can I say? After going to watch the utterly disappointing Hollywood version, this is the one screen adaptation, so far at least. I was lucky enough to buy the BBC series in DVD before and despite the cheap production, everything is more than made up for the witty script and the characters' depth. Douglas himself appears in one of the books' entries on episode 2. Things are not perfect, of course, specially on the effects department and in the questionable casting of Trillian, but overall this is much better than the Disney-influenced movie, whose Trillian itself is much worse. And Zaphod has actually two heads here, and the tea-induced computer jam. In words of Marvin, the film's "first half an hour was the worst, and the second as well, but from there everything went downhill". But the TV series is definitely worth watching.

THis movie was a very refreshing break from basically any other movie out there. I have never seen the '81 version and have never read the book so I was not sure of what to expect. I didn't even know that is was a comedy. The introduction scene set the par for what to expect. The dolphin montage was absolutely the greatest and most breathtaking dolphin sequence anywhere in film. Another factor that made this film stand out was the use of Unscripted dialogue. Again I have not read the book or anything, but this film had a satisfying and refreshing sense of unscripted dialogue that most movies should at least try to comprehend. What is unscripted dialogue you say? Well, it is where the actors or narrators or any other character in a production do not talk like they are reading a script line by line, but talk in a way that is actually more human. Just about actor in every movie ever made talks in a way that is so inhuman and robotic that is a sure giveaway that they are reading line by line from some manuscript buried somewhere. The actors acted human, the acted sporadic and made the whole atmosphere feel like every audience member was having a different experience. The cinematography was top-notch, the visual effects were stunning and having a huge cast of very imaginative and wacky characters didn't hurt either. All of Hollywood can stop whatever they are doing (especially the writers) and stop and take a note on the Hitchhiker's guide. You never know, they might actually learn something.