DON'T PANIC

I attended the sweet premiere of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy yesterday, and it was a blast!

Being familiar with some of the books growing up, I had forgotten about most of the main characters except Zaphod and Arthur Dent. Needless to say, if you've read the books you'll be sure and recognize most of the storyline. However, being a film and not a book, they needed to tie up some loose endings so the movie-going public would be satisfied.

I'm quite happy with the creation of Hitchhikers. The actors did a wonderful job at bringing the characters to life, and all of prosthetic, makeup, and visual effects were amazing. It was quite refreshing to see puppetry in action again, and Jim Henson's Creature Shop did some amazing work.

As you see the film, you may recognize the voice talent and acting of certain performers that were in a similar space comedy, Galaxy Quest. Sam Rockwell played Guy, the expendable crew member in that film, and did an excellent job of portraying Zaphod Beebleblox in this one. Alan Rickman did a great job of voice acting Marvin, the manic depressive robot. Alan just has the right voice to say, the world sucks and I'm depressed because of it.



There are some great comedy bits, and it's a great space adventure film for the family, being rated PG.



Overall, I'd rate The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy a resounding 9 out of 10.