The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller)

[TGM]

The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty

Director: Ben Stiller

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[TGM]

Really don't dig it at all how this movie uses the themes of "live for the moment" and "don't be afraid to take chances" as a means to promote and support drunk driving. The fact that the movie also ends with a major plot hole was also bothersome, but outside of that, I suppose this was decent, though I can see myself coming to dislike it more as it sinks in.

I also found it curious that they got away with the phrases "kick ass", "don't be a dick", and "holy shit!" in a PG rated movie...

[wigwam]

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[NickGlass]

So earnest. So dorky. So interminable.

As I joked before, I'm so glad that Walter Mitty could confirm his emancipation by changing his wardrobe to a Buzzcocks shirt and skinny jeans. Not a film for me.

[Sycophant]

I also found it curious that they got away with the phrases "kick ass", "don't be a dick", and "holy shit!" in a PG rated movie...

When I was growing up, PG meant moderate cursing was allowed and though "dick" was not so common, the others wouldn't have been out of place. There's this weird idea that G is supposed to be 100% baby-friendly and PG is supposed to be largely the same but maybe someone has a gun and someone says "hell."

There was a movie with posters in every theater called "Kick Ass" a couple years ago.

Meanwhile, haven't seen this. May see it after theaters at some point.

[Qrazy]

Part of me wanted to like this because of how earnest it is in it's approach, but ultimately it's too on the nose and rote. For starters I guessed the wallet plot line immediately, so the central mystery is a bust. The whole film also feels like an ode to Ben Stiller's ego, particularly the reveal of the lost shot. And as noted above, that reveal creates a major and obvious plot hole.

The one aspect I did quite like was the whole ode to a dying age angle. The move towards digital is definitely fertile soil for a new Sunset Boulevard-esque examination of the ever changing world... hopefully some other film will cultivate that terrain in a more accomplished manner.

[Thirdmango]

I liked this even though there were two absolutely terrible moments ([

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The Ben Stiller as a terrible Benjamin Button head and the fight in the x-ray machine.

])which almost took me completely away from the movie. I loved the skateboarding in Iceland scene. Oddly I think this movie wouldn't have worked as much as it did for me had I not been running while watching it. I was on the elliptical while watching it so a lot of the more scenic moments really clicked for me. I've had a theory about running while watching movies for a little while but that's for another time.

Also I will say about the technology angle, I liked the little jabs with thing like random people saying hey let's be facebook friends, I found that to be a delightful little twist to the idea. I didn't see the shot 25 thing coming, but I wasn't really thinking about it.