Kinda surprised no one has posted this link yet...

Esteemed Adams' expert and Adams' biographer, M.J. Simpson, posted a short review, as well as a long detailed review, of the Hitchhiker's movie.

http://www.planetmagrathea.com/shortreview.html [1]

[quote="Simpson"]

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy movie is bad. Really bad. You just won't believe how vastly, staggeringly, jaw-droppingly bad it is. I mean, you might think that The Phantom Menace was a hopelessly misguided attempt to reinvent a much-loved franchise by people who, though well-intentioned, completely failed to understand what made the original popular - but that's just peanuts to the Hitchhiker's movie. Listen....[/quote]

I'd expect him to be biassed, but he makes very compelling points. As well as the review, that the film is being released earlier than the previously expected 'summer blockbuster' slot is giving me doubts. At least some of the trailers are really good, but that don't necessarily mean a whole hill a beans.
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