Opening Weekend: $13m
Rated: PG
Sexual Content: 4/10
Violence: 3/10
Profanity: 5/10 S-1, A-2, 3rd Commandment broken on one occasion
Drugs/Alcohol: 4/10
In my personal opinion, this movie should have been nominated for
best film at the Academy Awards and maybe have even won. I found The
Secret Life of Walter Mitty to be way better than Gravity or 12
Years a Slave, but that is just me.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty comes from a
short story written for The New Yorker by James Thurber in 1939. It was
made into a film first in 1947 starring
Danny Kaye. The 2013 version of the film is tells a very different story
of the likable daydreamer. After losing an important negative containing
the picture for the cover of the last Life Magazine to be issued, Walter finds
himself adventuring through unknown lands in search of the photographer.
Walter is a very imaginative guy. He
imagines himself doing astonishing things. However, his real life does not
start until he jumps into a helicopter piloted by a very drunk man. He
takes a risk. From that point in the story life becomes real; not
imagined anymore. Don’t we all come to this point in life where we need
to decide to take a risk? Jump onto that moving helicopter and leave our
old self behind? It takes courage to be that person we imagine we could
be.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is about real
life. A profound quote from the movie is, “beautiful things don’t ask for
attention”. I noticed that there is a lot of product placement throughout
the film that just seemed out of place. See how the Cinnabon compares to the
homemade clementine cake his mom made. Also seeing a Papa Johns in scenic
Iceland was almost an eyesore. Perhaps all this was intentional. Perhaps
it was to say that commercialism is not pretty because it screams for
attention. A life portrayed on Facebook or eHarmony is not real life and
it is not the life that matters. The life that matters is the one that is
beautiful, the one that does not ask for attention.
“To see the world, things dangerous to come to,
to see behind walls, draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That
is the purpose of life”.
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