Post #156043 by martiki on Sun, May 1, 2005 8:36 AM

I just saw it last night as well, and I was very pleased. There's definitely narrative changes to make the film a little more compact and try to provide a more traditional structure, i.e. a story arc, character development.

However, I think much of the spirit of the original works is still very present- lots of sly wit, subtle humor, rampant absurdism. There's some good inside stuff for the fanboys in there, too. The trailer really makes it out to be an action & effects packed romp through space, but the effects (which are gorgeous) are really used in the service of the story. I think all the people who came expecting cool space battles were really disappointed.

So let me add these two positive notes:

1. Rebecca, who has never read the books and hates Sci Fi, loved it.

2. We were in a packed movie theatre of ugly fat stupid Novato residents, and they were dead silent for the entire film. They didn't get it at all. That's how I know it was good.