The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller, 2013)

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#1 Post by **domino harvey** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 5:27 pm

Fantastic, nearly dialog free trailer for the Secret Life of Walter Mitty-- looks like Ben Stiller's going to the Oscars

The Narrator Returns · Tue Jul 30, 2013 5:42 pm

Aaaaaand it's been removed.

#3 Post by **domino harvey** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:01 pm

Here it is on Apple

Professor Wagstaff · Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:25 pm

Wow, this has been in development for so long that I'm surprised it finally got made. Looks more promising than anything I'd expect from Ben Stiller or 20th Century Fox, but what is up with Adam Scott's beard?

#5 Post by **domino harvey** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:27 pm

Carlito's Way homage to make Sean Penn feel comfortable?

JabbaTheSlut · #6 Post by **JabbaTheSlut** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:29 pm

Brilliant trailer!

knives · #7 Post by **knives** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 6:33 pm

Just based on the images floating around this looks really different from the Kaye film.

hearthesilence · #8 Post by **hearthesilence** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 2:28 am

Jane Campion's DP shot this - he did An Angel at My Table, The Piano and The Portrait of a Lady, all amazing looking films (not to mention her best work outside of her debut, Sweetie), so I give him a lot of credit for this trailer.

#9 Post by **mfunk9786** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:06 am

That plot looks preposterous. Adam Scott would never grow that beard, his face is far too adorable on its own.

#10 Post by **Matt** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:24 am

mfunk9786 wrote:That plot looks preposterous.

Quick, someone get in their time machine and head back to 1939 to warn James Thurber before he writes the story.

Also, kill Hitler.

hearthesilence · #11 Post by **hearthesilence** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:36 am

FOOL, don't you watch The Twilight Zone?

#12 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:42 am

hearthesilence wrote:FOOL, don't you watch The Twilight Zone?

Andrea Collins (Katherine Heigl) travels from an unmentioned time to April 28, 1889, to Braunau am Inn, Austria, and becomes a housemaid to the Hitler family. Her plan is to kill the infant Adolf Hitler.

#13 Post by **mfunk9786** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:46 am

Matt wrote:
mfunk9786 wrote:That plot looks preposterous.
Quick, someone get in their time machine and head back to 1939 to warn James Thurber before he writes the story.

Also, kill Hitler.

See: Second sentence of my post. 'Twas a joke

#14 Post by **Matt** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:48 am

I'll have to take your word for it.

#15 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:49 am

mfunk9786 wrote:
Matt wrote:
mfunk9786 wrote:That plot looks preposterous.
Quick, someone get in their time machine and head back to 1939 to warn James Thurber before he writes the story.

Also, kill Hitler.
See: Second sentence of my post. 'Twas a joke

#16 Post by **mfunk9786** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:15 am

Joke meant that the beard was the plo--- forget it

flyonthewall2983 · Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:52 am

This looks good. I liked Tropic Thunder which if nothing else, shows that he's comfortable with balancing a big budget and the story. From what the trailer is showing, this could be quite the extension of that.

flyonthewall2983 · Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:36 pm

Empire article.

#19 Post by **Jeff** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:14 pm

Reactions at last night's NYFF screening were all over the place, with "meh" seeming the closest to a consensus take. Lots of "cloying" and "cheesy." It sounds like it's very much geared toward a middle-aged, mainstream crowd, so it might play well with the Academy. Here's a tweet roundup, with full reviews at The Hollywood Reporter, ScreenDaily, and HitFix.

#20 Post by **domino harvey** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:31 pm

Some of the pans make me a little more intrigued to be honest. I think that the film is aiming towards an older audience rather than all ages makes me have a little hope that it'll at least exhibit a distinct voice-- the idea that 25 year old male critics can't be entirely trusted for every film, as one tweet alluded, is a fair observation

hearthesilence · #21 Post by **hearthesilence** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 3:21 pm

Ugh. I was very wary of this film for a long time. The shoots around NYC were very visible and it was clear early on that the film was going to take the story's premise and shoehorn elements that felt like red flags to me - Hollywood action scenes, the Holy Grail-type girl/reward (i.e. barely a character) that Stiller's pining for, etc.

But he had Jane Campion's cinematographer, and after seeing the dialogue-free trailer, it felt like Dryburgh delivered on his end (despite some glimpses of the above red flags). So that gave me hope...but very, very few films (especially big budget Hollywood films) have been saved from mediocrity by a great cinematographer.

Black Hat · #22 Post by **Black Hat** » Mon Oct 07, 2013 11:54 am

The shoots were very visible some of which was right next to and across the street from my building which was the pain in the ass. I couldn't make this the other night but friends of mine who did were pretty hollywood shlock meh on it altho they did say that it got a pretty solid standing ovation.

hearthesilence · #23 Post by **hearthesilence** » Mon Oct 07, 2013 1:05 pm

I'm wary of standing ovations when a screening's audience has been stacked in that direction (people involved in the film, etc.)

Look at Les Miz, the preview screening at Alice Tully last fall got a long, standing ovation, and lots of vocal gushing afterwards.

rohming · #24 Post by **rohming** » Mon Oct 07, 2013 10:17 pm

This sounds like another Life of Pi: cool to look at, a few nice ideas, and a lot of

Black Hat · #25 Post by **Black Hat** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:18 am

That's a good point Heart plus the UWS set love their standing o's it's almost like their version of the red carpet for some of them.

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