The humor, the wonderful romanticism and even the sadness completely fascinated me
MY GOD. It is incredible that a dull Englishman can write such a bizarre work, that kind of serious ridicule and painful nihilism. Makes me want to sigh while laughing.
After reading some comments, I know that the film itself is faithful to the original book. Gass may have been full of admiration during the shooting because he has only made some commercials, and he did not dare to make mistakes. At the end of the film, he specially typed a subtitle: Dedicated to Douglas. I don't know if the credit for this movie should go to the book or the director, but either way, it's laudable -- not for stunts, giant starships, or weird alien creatures, but for its core, A romantic, pure, earnest and somewhat melancholy heart behind simplicity and absurdity.
The film starts off absurdly. Arthur finds his house is about to be levelled and built into a highway at breakfast, so he lies in front of a bulldozer to defend his home, and 12 minutes later, he is rescued by his friend FORD - because The earth is going to be destroyed, the reason is that the galaxy is going to build a highway, and the earth is unfortunately on the way. Then they escaped from the Vo-Gon and fell into the two-headed President's ship - he had just hijacked his ship to do something wrong, and this vain and stupid guy was the bastard who signed the earth to destroy, and he was in The last girl ANN seduced on the earth is the woman Arthur has a crush on...
How should I put it, the movie tells us that humans are only the third smartest animal on earth, and the second is dolphins. As for who is the first, there is no explanation, but I'm afraid it wasn't the mouse client who finally ordered Earth 2 to use humans as test subjects.
That Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy also warns that listening to the dull bureaucratic ruthless Vogons read poetry is the third torture in the universe. As for the jubilantly sounding control computer in the spaceship, and the depressed robot Marvin, and the kind but nihilistic FORD, the alien and Arthur's good friend who rescued him - they all let People can't help but laugh.
But what is important is the answer to that ultimate question. At the last moment, Arthur was about to be taken out of his mind by the guinea pigs of the new earth masters: Why is there no thought that can make people happy? Why do people always torture themselves? It seems to be the answer to the ultimate question - what is the meaning of life and what is the meaning of the universe - and the answer given by the supercomputer is 42. God knows what that means, maybe it's this - no fun. What's important to Arthur is that he loves ANN, and he says it.
Earth was destroyed by bureaucracy and waste, thankfully there is a backup Earth 2 that can restore everything exactly as it used to be, but the truth is irreversible. The film is full of romantic questions, sad questions, and humorous questions. It's for the environmentalist audience, for the romantic audience, for the humor-loving audience, for the sci-fi fancier audience, and, of course, for you -- if you're all of the above.
This movie doesn't win with sci-fi stunts, it doesn't win with action, it wins with its ideas—and it makes fun of ideas, like the fly swatter on the planet Wogang that slaps you from the ground whenever you think about it Same. If only for the idea, or the sarcastic chorus of head-to-head dolphins, and my favorite big-brained robot, Marvin - who has a deep-seated depression that comes from his key program, GPP (GENERAL PERSONAL PROPERTY), basic human character - I also highly recommend this fantastic sci-fi film. Of course, you can't forget the true meaning of this best-selling book in the entire galaxy - "don't panic." It is simple and illogical, helpless but full of optimism, it is the best straw for us to experience any disaster, and it is also the best answer for our intelligence to face any ultimate problem.
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