I really enjoyed it. I haven't read the books in a WHILE, so I only remember the general bits. Everyone was very well-cast, I thought. I was a little "eh?" about Mos Def, but I think he did a good job.
It is sad that they didn't at least go far enough to include the Ultimate Question, but that's a ways into the second book, isn't it?
It did make me want to read the first book again, and maybe the rest.
I really liked the way they did the little sidenotes, like the stuff from the Guide and the whale bit. The little animations were cute!
I can't understand going and seeing it without read the books...You would be TOTALLY lost. That's one of the big problems with the series in general (although I'm not sure problem is the right word), that it isn't easy to cram into just a couple hours and make sense (not that the books really make a WHOLE lot of sense).
But it was cool that Adams was in on it, so I'm sure any changes were at least run by him. Thank God we're getting into that trend in movie making:bringing the author in on the making of the film.
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