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Went to see this with my dad yesterday and I think we both agreed that it was totally mediocre at best. The whole thing seems to rush from one scene to another with no real reason for doing so which makes the whole experience very disorienting and confusing. The film comes up with reasons for forcing the characters to go certain places and do certain things but never actually seems to resolve anything. For example they get sent to find the POV gun in order to obtain coordinates for their Improbability Drive from John Malkovitch’s character. However when they get the gun all they do is shoot each other with it for a while (leading to some of the most cringe-worthy dialogue ever when Trillian shoots Beeblebrox with it). In the next scene containing these characters they are all inexplicably in Arthur’s kitchen having dinner with no explanation of how or why they went there. The gun is then used to escape the Vogon’s but they never bother resolving Beeblebrox’s missing head or those coordinates he seemed to want. The humour in the film is very hit and miss, a lot of scenes come off as trying way too hard to get a laugh; the bit with the Whale, nearly every line that comes from Marvin’s mouth and the opening song just seem to be trying so hard to be funny they just fall flat on their face. There are a handful of laughs in it though, one or two of Marvin’s lines are actually very funny, the fly swatter bit is hilarious and the scene where Earth is destroyed is brilliantly over the top. However, as a whole the film was awkward to sit through. Too many flat jokes and laboured attempts at being zany ruined the few actual funny parts that where in it. Ohhh and apparently it was based on a book or a radio program or something, but that’s not important. Rating: 2.5 PROS: Some hilarious scenes and fairly enjoyable to watch. CONS: Confusing plot, awkward pacing, forced ‘wackyness’ and a terrible tacked on love subplot.
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