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Ugh, just got home after sneaking it. 
The production quality was there, but it was like someone read what the story was about to an executive and then they made a movie based on what the exec remembered hearing. The Vogons looked very good although like everything else they were hampered by the writing. Marvin just didn't do it for me, they tried too hard to make him "cute." The musical at the beginning was horrific. The preview by Douglas Adams biographer was dead-on accurate about the jokes being cut down and stripped of humor. The only part that was really funny (IMHO) was the yarn scene.
The production quality was there, but it was like someone read what the story was about to an executive and then they made a movie based on what the exec remembered hearing. The Vogons looked very good although like everything else they were hampered by the writing. Marvin just didn't do it for me, they tried too hard to make him "cute." The musical at the beginning was horrific. The preview by Douglas Adams biographer was dead-on accurate about the jokes being cut down and stripped of humor. The only part that was really funny (IMHO) was the yarn scene.