I'd already decided to steer well clear. The reason the book is so brilliant is that it makes you care very very deeply about the characters and I couldn't see a film translating that well. The actual time-travelling and the roundabout plot are more cinematically-friendly than the characters and their emotions.
Plus, I've never met a book that I've loved that made a decent film. The only films which I would say are equal or better than the book were Lord of the Rings and High Fidelity and in both cases I wasn't crazy about the books.
I've resolved never to go watch a film based on a book I love again. In the past few years, it's saved me from the horrible Americanisations of PS. I Love You, Yes Man, and Marley & Me, although not from The HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxy, which I was stupid enough to break my rule for.
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Plus, I've never met a book that I've loved that made a decent film. The only films which I would say are equal or better than the book were Lord of the Rings and High Fidelity and in both cases I wasn't crazy about the books.
I've resolved never to go watch a film based on a book I love again. In the past few years, it's saved me from the horrible Americanisations of PS. I Love You, Yes Man, and Marley & Me, although not from The HitchHiker's Guide To The Galaxy, which I was stupid enough to break my rule for.
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