It’s been so long since I read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that I felt little concern about seeing the movie this evening. I wasn’t worried that it “wouldn’t be true to the book” or anything purist like that because I could remember only the barest outline of events… and, having seen the movie, even that outline was sketchy. That said, if you hadn’t read the books at all, I would have to imagine that this is one of the oddest movies ever. Vaguely Python-esque, but not so obviously funny. The movie does make me want to re-read the book, though, to try and grasp why Douglas Adams captured the imagination of so many. I know I enjoyed reading it, and I did continue on to finish at least one or two more of the series.
The animations in the “Guide” in the film are faithfully reproduced on the website. Now that I think of it, I wonder if the ones used in the movie were created in Flash first.