I was talking about the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy the other day and it brought up some good discussion so I thought it would make a good blog: I was wrong.
First off, it's one of the most confusing movies of ALL time. A creative narrator's voice puts some comedy into a potentially boring topic. The first thing that happens is the annihilation of the earth. An interesting way to start a movie and a great transition from a guy who had a boring life, to a guy yanked into space as he started an adventure he didn't understand.
It's a movie where your head is completely sideways for 3/4 of the film, and the rest of the time you're trying to get a grip on what exactly is going on. There's basically three story lines going on at the same time, and 3/4 of the way through the movie you have to REALLY pay attention otherwise you could get confused as to what happened during an emotional part. The director uses the main character to kind of shade other characters throughout, making it hard to understand them from his perspective.
I'll probably go ahead and watch this again in a month or so, and have a totally different opinion of what it was/why it was made. I can't say you get something different from it every time, but you do appreciate what you got the first time more and more as you view more and more.
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