DVD/Movie Reviews - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Sarkin Froode!!  This movie, based on the best selling novels by Douglas Adams, is another in a long history of versions of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.  There have been radio shows, BBC TV series, and now in this 2005 movie we see a great host of the characters in their best realm.  Unfettered by television limitations.  On this scale, the movie was intended to show the very colorful language and ideas that filled the stories written only 30 years ago.

Garth Jennings has directed a wonderful story with fantastically visualized characters portrayed by Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, Sam Rockwell, Alan Rickman (at least his voice), John Malkovich, and our main character played by Martin Freeman.

But "Don't panic", there's plenty of great story even though our planet is destroyed in the first few moments of the movie, we can still enjoy the additional features on the DVD that include additional scenes that were cut out of the theatrical feature, behind the scenes of the movie, and if that's not enough, there is an improbability drive on the main menu so you will have a surprise every time you use it.

I highly recommend this movie for a great laugh and there are some underlying social commentary that isn't heavy handed.

Check out the trailer from IMDb.com: http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2445345049/

And don't forget your towel!!!