I must say that I thought it to be truly inspiring.

If you look at reviews for this film they are quite mixed, often polarised between those who loved it and those that thought it nothing special. Circumstance forces Walter to live, travel, and discover, and as he does, his daydreams begin to fade. His profile quickly gains attention as he adds diving out of a helicopter into shark-infested waters, escaping an erupting Icelandic volcano, and climbing the Himalayas to his experience. These recurring phone calls symbolise WalterвЂ™s evolution as he goes from a man that has experienced nothing, to one that his discovered himself. Throughout the film a man named Todd from the dating site E-Harmony calls him to help him fill out his вЂbeen there, done that sectionвЂ™. He follows SeanвЂ™s trail to remote Greenland before going to Iceland and later the Himalayas. WalterвЂ™s adventure leads him to great unknowns, ticking off things that we can only dream to put on our bucket list. When Walter and his partner see that the photo in question is missing, he embarks on the adventure he never explored to track down Sean and the missing photograph. It falls upon Walter to develop the photo for the cover of the last ever published magazine, referred to as the вЂquintessenceвЂ™ by Sean OвЂ™Connell (Sean Penn), a photojournalist and adventurer freelancing for Life. Instead he becomes a man with little to show for his life, instead compensating for chances not taken by вЂzoning outвЂ™ and daydreaming about the absurdest of situations.ДЄs Life Magazine begins is transfer online, a team of corporate shills is employed to monitor the transition and sack all employees that would no longer have a place in the companyвЂ™s future.

Once a young lad with ambitions to travel the world and experience real adventure, the death of his father puts a dent in his motivation and dreams. Walter lives quite a dull life, working as the Negative Assets Manager at Life Magazine. The film tells the story of an average man named Walter Mitty.

Directed by and starring Ben Stiller, based on the book by John Thurber of the same name, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is one of the films that truly spurred on my wanderlust. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is one of the best, and often underrated, travel-films.

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