Finally, Hitch Hikers Guide Arrives

I saw The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy this past weekend and thank God. For the previous few weeks, there had been the inevitable dirth that occurs in the Spring season of movies. I had not been excited for a film since Sin City a rare bright spot in an otherwise utterly boring period. Hitch Hiker's though was a thorough enjoyable movie. The special effects were cool though not astounding, the acting was entertaining though not mindblowing, but the movie as a whole was very good.

Mos Def is truly coming into his own as an actor and has shown just in the past year how versatile he is with his evocative role in The Woodsman as the relentless detective tormented by the sex crimes he must investigate but cannot prevent. Hitch Hiker's provides a much lighter role and a chance for him to display some more of the comedic abilities that we have seen in movies like The Italian Job and Brown Sugar. Zooey Deschanel is just as exquisitely cute as she was in the 2003 Thanksgiving hit Elf. She has a sassiness about her that is not abrasive and just enough attitude to make you respect her but not to much to present a barrier to discovering her. The movies will get rolling now, but this is one that is good for a first date, a second date, a third date, or just a good time.