Ok-Explanation-1234 t1_j44v657 wrote on January 13, 2023 at 4:21 AM

How old are you?

Like the other commenter who liked it in middle school (me too), I can see you not liking it if you are past a magic age, which is early teens through perhaps college. I have this same theory about The Great Gatsby. The magical relatable age for the book to be good is not 17. It's much older.

I also think it's one of those things that works well when you heard the jokes the first time. And that was the movie. So it ruined the books for you. A lot of fans don't like the movie. Perhaps it's because they've heard the jokes before.

Frankly, the best part of THGTTG is the beginning of the first book. I think I've read four of them. The energy is hard to keep up.

Myron_Bolitar OP t1_j45wnv9 wrote on January 13, 2023 at 11:35 AM

Almost 40. So i liked the jokes better in the movie... mostly. I do have to say i like Marvin the robot from the book better but i totally read his lines in allen Rickman voice. I liked the relationship dynamic of Trisha and Arthur in the movie so much better. The fancy dress party was shown then called back to when they were in space dieing rather then fist introduced then. It just made it land better for me. Trisha isn't completely written off like she is in the books. I felt everyone except zaphod was smarter in the movie.

One thing i do like, is now i have explanation for all the "fan service" the movie did that i never understood before. The crabs, the horse chair, the 2 heads.

I love the introduction of needing corrdinats to make it to magratha.