01-17-2006, 11:12 AM
I really liked this movie. Admittedly, I have not read any of the books, so perhaps I'm not fully qualified to judge. But I could follow it without having read the book, it hung together well, moved along nicely, and was funny. Plus the voiceovers worked well. I expected very little, and was pleasantly surprised. I can see why it wasn't a hit, since it was a low-key English kind of film, not like an American Sci Fi film. Some of the jokes fell flat, but on the whole it was enjoyable. Even my wife, who pretty much instinctively dislikes the Sci Fi genre enjoyed it.