Funk Babblings

I didn't think it was a bad movie; it just wasn't very good. The best part by far was the Chicken Little trailer.

What I liked: The "So long, and thanks for all the fish" number was cute, if a little long.

Arthur was Arthur. Ford was Ford. And despite my initial misgivings, Marvin was Marvin.

The Slartibartfast sequence did the book justice.

I loved the scene where Arthur, Ford, and Zaphod go to Vogosphere to rescue Trillian, only to be told that they had to fill out forms to do that. Watching the trio race against time trying to figure out which form to use and which boxes to check before Trillian was eaten by a monster was the only part of the movie that approached British humor.

It was amusing when Zaphod aimed the point of view gun at Trillian, only to have her snap, "It won't work on me. I'm already a woman."

Towels became a recurring trope.

It ended on a sufficiently funny note.

And unlike rfunk, I didn't find the homoerotic subtext of Ford's unrequited feelings for Arthur "inexplicable."

What I didn't like: There was not enough Ford Prefect.

The movie cut out both most of the funny parts of the book and most of the science fiction plot, in favor of a Hollywood romance between Arthur and Trillian.

Zaphod was not Zaphod. He was just annoying.

Trillian was not Trillian. She was just "the female."

There was too much Vogon stuff.

The mice plot was too rushed.

Certain husbands thought it would greatly enhance the audience's viewing enjoyment to helpfully recite every line in the movie that came from the book, just in case we were not familiar with the novel upon which the movie is based.

The moral of the movie: Buttons are not toys.