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Old September 14th, 2005, 11:28 AM
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I would defend the Hitchhikers books, but I don't think AT would like them. They are massively better than the film and an excellent read, but if you hated the film that much it's going to colour your viewpoint so much there's no point.

After the LoTR films I decided I probably should read the books. My god I thought they were terrible, and that was from a film I really liked. But that could just be me.
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I will conceed that books are ALWAYS better than the movies they spawn, well except for Star Trek V, that was just bad both ways.
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Dear god alive they did a book of that?

They only good thing about V was Scotty's
"I know this ship like the back of my hand." and then walking into a girder.
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I kind of liked the Hitcherhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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I kind of liked the Hitcherhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Thats ok, we all know your strange.

Seriously though, I suspect there are those who would have like the movie. Some loved Naked Gun, others hated it. I hated Airplane yet people consider that movie a classic. Go figure.
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I hated Airplane yet people consider that movie a classic. Go figure.
"Surely you can't hate that movie?"
"Yes I can. And don't call me Shirley."

OK more of an audio gag I accept.
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I haven't seen the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie yet. I've read all the books and liked them a lot, though. Back in July when I visited London, I saw the HHGTTG exhibit at the Science Museum, it was OK, it had some aliens and Deep Thought and Marvin and stuff in it.

Some guys I know have no interest in Star Wars movies! There's some weird people!
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The Island

Quite an interesting premise; clones for the purpose of organ transplantation. I thought the movie was quite well done, and did a good job of illustrating the hazards of human cloning. The scary thing is, I can see exactly what happened in the movie happening in the future... Some people will do anything to live.

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I saw "Munich". This is the kind of movie that I would normally not go see. A friend talked me into it, saying that it got super reviews and it's based on history and it's really well done and so on.

Well, it's by Steven Spielberg so I thought it can't be bad. Well, I went with my friend and saw the movie and I didn't like it at all. Not because the story or acting was bad, but because it was so dark and depressing.

I like happy or exciting movies that make me feel good, not these gloomy tales about misery and revenge. Next time, I'm going to pick the movie.
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The Transport 2

Man I don't know about this movie at all. It had a really bad story line, very cheezy stunts, and some really bad acting. But some of the elements of the film were enjoyable to watch.

I would have to say that this one is one that you might consider renting or buying after it goes into the $0.99 cent bin.
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