Why was it slammed?

Rating: 7/10 (22 May 2006)

I'm not sure why everyone slammed this movie so hard. It wasn't as good as the book, but movies rarely are. It is very hard to tie in ALL the material and our imagination is much better than what can be put on film. Granted, it wasn't the best movie, and won't set any records, but it was a well done movie. My only thing is the acting. It wasn't that great and I thought Hanks could have done much better. They did leave parts out that might have made it more interesting and they did change the ending, but I had expected that. I do think that if the book had never been released or so big, the movie would be much better. I don't feel I wasted any money on this, if you want to slam a book turned movie, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" was much worse. So go see it, but don't try to compare it with the book, it will disappoint you, just go to see it as a movie.