A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (HHGTTG) (2005) Directed by: Gareth Jennings Written by: Douglas Adams, Karey Kirkpatrick Based on:    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams Starring: Martin Freeman, Yasin Bey (as Mos Def), Zooey Deschanel, Sam Rockwell, Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Helen Mirren, Warwick Davis, Anna Chancellor, Bill Nighy, John Malkovich The Book : The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. More popular, certainly more successful than the Celestial Home Care Omnibus , better selling than Fifty-Three More Things to do in Zero Gravity , and more controversial than Oolon Colluphid's trilogy of philosophical blockbusters Where God Went Wrong, Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes and Who is This God Person Anyway? On April 29, 2005, one day after its London premiere, the long-awaited film adaptation of Douglas Adams' sci-fi comedy novel  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ...

(C) 2012 New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. Pictures The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Directed by Peter Jackson Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee Gandalf : Well, why does it matter? He's back! Thorin Oakenshield : It matters. I want to know - why did you come back? Bilbo Baggins : Look, I know you doubt me, I know you always have. And you're right... I often think of Bag End. I miss my books, and my armchair, and my garden. See, that's where I belong, that's home. That's why I came back... 'cause you don't have one, a home. It was taken from you. But I will help you take it back if I can. Considering the success of director Peter Jackson’s epic fantasy film series The Lord of the Rings ($2.92 billion worldwide box office gross, plus 17 Academy Awards won out of 30 nominations)...