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Read the book twice. Well...actually read the tome containing the bunch of HH books... When I first began to read the series, I learned that you need to imagine the characters' actions and voices/accents to be very Python-esque. It was like night and day. The books were so enjoyable when they appear in the mind similar to the humor in Life of Brian or Holy Grail. That being said...this movie was no Python. While watching the movie, I couldn't help but think that I was simply having the actors go "remember this from the books? lol am i rite?!?" Many times I had to look over at my wife and ask her if she actually understood what was going on. Oft times I had to explain...which pretty much sucks any intended humor from the gags. This happened from start to finish. "Singing dolfins are funny honey...but not THAT funny". I don't think many who hadn't read the books even had the time to figure out what the dolfins were singing and why. Much too much of the funny stuff from the books seemed painfully forced. I think they should have cloned Graham Chapman's genes, and had him and the rest of the Monty Python folks to do the movie. Needed a good shot of Cleese/Gilliam/Chapman. Pros: Yarn-dolls and vomit. (I chalk it up with Team America's vomit scene) Slartibartfast was superbly cast. Trilliam was very cute. (perhaps too cute. She was more of a distraction from the rest of the movie, not actually how I imagined her in the books, but nice eye candy) Bottom Line: So much potential to be as funny as Holy Grail...but severely lacking in the humor department. Extremely dissapointing from a reader and fan of the books. 2/5
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