I skimmed the article and its author basically had the following problems with the film:
- It wasn't funny.
- It removed many of the original clever jokes and replaced them with unfunny sophomoric gags.
- It dumbed-down Douglas's original dialogue, making it less sharp and witty.
- Guide segments were too few, and too changed. Example: Babelfish guide segment explains what a babelfish is, but leaves out the "non-existence of god" joke at the end.
- Many of the plot elements got left on the cutting room floor, meaning at times characters would appear in the right place with the right stuff, but without a good reason for it.
I hope he's wrong and overreacting. So far he's just one reviewer. I'm still gonna go see it, I really have no choice. The article was conveniently divided up so that the spoilers were on a separately linked set of pages. I was grateful for that, I didn't look at the spoilers.
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