To all the people who hated the movie, you guys do know that Mr. Adams wrote it? And that he has said in numerous places that he never intended each "piece" of the guide series to neccessarily have the others in mind?
The radio play is different from the books is different from the movie is different from the TV show is different from the LPs.
They are all meant to be different takes on the same general idea.
I, for one, thought the movie was excellent, no, it wasnt the book(s), but, based on what Ive read, it was never intended to be.
Also, Mos Def was fantastic as Ford.