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I loved the book but was really disappointed with the hitchhikers movie, particularly the casting (with the exception of Martin Freeman). And they ruined my men
by uhtred 10y ago
I loved the book but was really disappointed with the hitchhikers movie, particularly the casting (with the exception of Martin Freeman). And they ruined my mental image if Marvin. But I guess that's why books rule; you can picture characters however you wish.
- smhenderson 10y agoI did enjoy the movie but not as much as I thought I would. I had watched the old BBC TV production so many times that I just expected the characters to look like that, cheesy production values and all! It was nice that the original Marvin and Simon Jones (Arthur Dent in the original radio and TV versions) had cameos though.
- OberstKrueger 10y agoThe visual might be off, but casting Alan Rickman was great. I can't read the books now without imagining Marvin's lines in Rickman's voice.
- uhtred 10y agoGood point about Rickman. I guess visually I just imagined Marvin to be this moping, hunched, depressed C-3PO kind of figure. He was such a funny character in the book!
- bhrgunatha 10y agoI listened to (repeats) of the radio show, then read the books, then watched the TV show. They all shone in their own, different ways. I can't bring myself to watch the movie because I know I won't be able to overcome the sentimentality of the originals.