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* DevelopmentHell: Samuel Goldwyn Jr. first mulled the idea for this film in ''1994'' with Creator/JimCarrey in the title role, and it wouldn't make it to the silver screen for another nineteen years.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The first trailer used Music/OfMonstersAndMen "Dirty Paws" to great effect, and the film uses sections of it during the Iceland bike ride (fitting, considering the band members are Icelandic).

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* AluminumChristmasTrees: There were in fact ''Air Greenland'' flights between Baltimore and Greenland for about a year in 2007 and 2008, which is close to the time the movie presumably takes place. So it's not entirely implausible that Walter could have taken that flight.
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* HardToAdaptWork: The original short story takes place almost entirely in the title character's head, using it as a contrast against his miserably boring real life. This might be good for a half-hour anthology show episode, but making it into a feature-length film is another story. Both the Danny Kaye and Ben Stiller movies thusly have next to nothing to do with the original story.

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* HardToAdaptWork: The original short story takes place almost entirely in the title character's head, using it as a contrast against his miserably boring real life. It's also very much a ''short'' story too, with only a handful of scenarios playing out under a very mundane FramingDevice of running errands. This might be good for a half-hour anthology show episode, but making it into a feature-length film is another story. difficult without [[AdaptationExpansion massive expansion]]. Both the Danny Kaye and Ben Stiller movies thusly have next to nothing to do with the original story.story besides the daydreaming aspect.
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* HardToAdaptWork: The original short story takes place almost entirely in the title character's head, using it as a contrast against his miserably boring real life. This might be good for a half-hour anthology show episode, but making it into a feature-length film is another story. Both the Danny Kaye and Ben Stiller movies thusly have next to nothing to do with the original story.
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* DevelopmentHell: Samuel Goldwyn Jr. first mulled the idea for this film in ''1994'' with Creator/JimCarrey in the title role, and it wouldn't make it to the silver screen for another nineteen years.

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** Hey the Space Oddity scene counts too!

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** Hey Hey, the [[Music/DavidBowie Space Oddity Oddity]] scene counts too!


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* OneSceneWonder:
** Creator/SeanPenn only appears onscreen as [[TheDanza Sean]] O'Connell for one scene, but it's by far one of the most [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments powerful]] and important moments in the entire film.
** Similarly, after being nothing more than TheVoice for two thirds of the movie, [[spoiler: Todd Mahar finally appears in person to help bail Walter out of airport security]] in a scene that is both funny and reflective of Walter's CharacterDevelopment.
* VindicatedByHistory: The movie was met with mediocre reviews from critics when it first came out but has since become a modern CultClassic, with many praising its inspirational feel-good elements, [[SceneryPorn gorgeous scenery]], and Ben Stiller's direction and [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct lead performance]]. The amusing [[FantasySequence Fantasy Sequences]] also certainly helped.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The film is about a man who daydreams to help him get out of his everyday problems, so it must be for kids, right? Wrong! It contains some swearing, drinking, sex jokes, [[spoiler:a building catching on fire, and the main character going to Afghanistan and getting arrested for it]]. The film wound up with a PG rating, and little kids still saw it despite the scenes mentioned.

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* AwesomeMusic: The first trailer used Music/OfMonstersAndMen "Dirty Paws" to great effect, and the film uses sections of it during the Iceland bike ride (fitting, considering the band members are Icelandic).

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* AwesomeMusic: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The first trailer used Music/OfMonstersAndMen "Dirty Paws" to great effect, and the film uses sections of it during the Iceland bike ride (fitting, considering the band members are Icelandic).



* MemeticMutation: The name Walter Mitty has entered the public lexicon to describe fantasists from all walks of life. In military parlance in particular, it's used as an insult to describe {{Phony Veteran}}s.

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* MemeticMutation: The name Walter Mitty has entered the public lexicon to describe fantasists from all walks of life. In military parlance in particular, it's used as an insult to describe {{Phony Veteran}}s.Veteran}}s.
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* AwesomeMusic: The first trailer used Music/OfMonsterAndMen "Dirty Paws" to great effect, and the film uses sections of it during the Iceland bike ride (fitting, considering the band members are Icelandic).

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* AwesomeMusic: The first trailer used Music/OfMonsterAndMen Music/OfMonstersAndMen "Dirty Paws" to great effect, and the film uses sections of it during the Iceland bike ride (fitting, considering the band members are Icelandic).
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* AwesomeMusic: The first trailer used Of Monster And Men's "Dirty Paws" to great effect, and the film uses sections of it during the Iceland bike ride (fitting, considering the band members are Icelandic).

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* AwesomeMusic: The first trailer used Of Monster And Men's Music/OfMonsterAndMen "Dirty Paws" to great effect, and the film uses sections of it during the Iceland bike ride (fitting, considering the band members are Icelandic).
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* CriticalDissonance: Seems to be received far more positively by viewers than critics, as [[http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-secret-life-of-walter-mitty seen on Metacritic]].

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* CriticalDissonance: Seems to be received far more positively by viewers than critics, as [[http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-secret-life-of-walter-mitty seen on Metacritic]].Metacritic]].
* MemeticMutation: The name Walter Mitty has entered the public lexicon to describe fantasists from all walks of life. In military parlance in particular, it's used as an insult to describe {{Phony Veteran}}s.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: [[InNameOnly Derived at considerable length]] from a 1939 short story by Creator/JamesThurber, which had already been loosely adapted into a film starring Creator/DannyKaye in 1947.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTZ1Spe5d_A "Far Away"]], used during the skateboarding scene.
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The love interest in the movie says outright his job is secure, and it\'s never suggested Walter\'s job might be in danger for this very reason. Removing Natter, which is also just speculation.


* CriticalDissonance: Seems to be received far more positively by viewers than critics, as [[http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-secret-life-of-walter-mitty seen on Metacritic]].
** Critics are perhaps more likely to have read the original story.
* FridgeLogic: Although it's clear from the beginning that LIFE magazine is trying to move away from what they see as outdated formats (and willing to ditch employees in the process), they still had photographers like Sean O'Connell using film. The negatives would need to be developed digitally to be sent to either a printed magazine or an online format, meaning that Walter and Hernando would theoretically have the same value to the company before and after the transition.
** To be clear, Ted really didn't care about the specifics of Walter and Hernando's job, only the negative for the final cover photo. Hernando later contacts Walter in Iceland saying that Ted was threatening to fire him him if Ted doesn't see Walter immediately.

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* CriticalDissonance: Seems to be received far more positively by viewers than critics, as [[http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-secret-life-of-walter-mitty seen on Metacritic]].
** Critics are perhaps more likely to have read the original story.
* FridgeLogic: Although it's clear from the beginning that LIFE magazine is trying to move away from what they see as outdated formats (and willing to ditch employees in the process), they still had photographers like Sean O'Connell using film. The negatives would need to be developed digitally to be sent to either a printed magazine or an online format, meaning that Walter and Hernando would theoretically have the same value to the company before and after the transition.
** To be clear, Ted really didn't care about the specifics of Walter and Hernando's job, only the negative for the final cover photo. Hernando later contacts Walter in Iceland saying that Ted was threatening to fire him him if Ted doesn't see Walter immediately.
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** Critics are perhaps more likely to have read the original story.
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** To be clear, Ted really didn't care about the specifics of Walter and Hernando's job, only the negative for the final cover photo. Hernando later contacts Walter in Iceland saying that Ted was threatening for him if Ted doesn't see him immediately.

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** To be clear, Ted really didn't care about the specifics of Walter and Hernando's job, only the negative for the final cover photo. Hernando later contacts Walter in Iceland saying that Ted was threatening for to fire him him if Ted doesn't see him Walter immediately.
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* CriticalDissonance: Seems to be received far more positively by viewers than critics, as [[http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-secret-life-of-walter-mitty seen on Metacritic]].

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* CriticalDissonance: Seems to be received far more positively by viewers than critics, as [[http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-secret-life-of-walter-mitty seen on Metacritic]].Metacritic]].
* FridgeLogic: Although it's clear from the beginning that LIFE magazine is trying to move away from what they see as outdated formats (and willing to ditch employees in the process), they still had photographers like Sean O'Connell using film. The negatives would need to be developed digitally to be sent to either a printed magazine or an online format, meaning that Walter and Hernando would theoretically have the same value to the company before and after the transition.
** To be clear, Ted really didn't care about the specifics of Walter and Hernando's job, only the negative for the final cover photo. Hernando later contacts Walter in Iceland saying that Ted was threatening for him if Ted doesn't see him immediately.
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* CriticalDissonance: Seems to be received far more positively by viewers than critics, as [[http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-secret-life-of-walter-mitty seen on Metacritic]].

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* WhatMeasureIsANonBadass: Sean's final cover photo for LIFE, his "quintessence," is revealed to be...[[spoiler:a picture of Walter looking at negatives, dedicated to all the unseen workers that made the magazine possible]].
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** Hey the Space Oddity scene counts too!
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* All of the film's songs by José González fit, but especially [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EV9IdeU3D0 "Step Out"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZnu7fVRPIc "Stay Alive"]].
* The use of Music/ArcadeFire's "Wake Up" when Walter finally decides to fly to Greenland to find Sean.

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* ** All of the film's songs by José González fit, but especially [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EV9IdeU3D0 "Step Out"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZnu7fVRPIc "Stay Alive"]].
* ** The use of Music/ArcadeFire's "Wake Up" when Walter finally decides to fly to Greenland to find Sean.
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* All of the film's songs by José González fit, but especially [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EV9IdeU3D0 "Step Out"]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZnu7fVRPIc "Stay Alive"]].
* The use of Music/ArcadeFire's "Wake Up" when Walter finally decides to fly to Greenland to find Sean.
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* AwesomeMusic: The first trailer used Of Monster And Men's "Dirty Paws" to great effect, and the film uses sections of it during the Iceland bike ride (fitting, considering the band members are Icelandic).
* WhatMeasureIsANonBadass: Sean's final cover photo for LIFE, his "quintessence," is revealed to be...[[spoiler:a picture of Walter looking at negatives, dedicated to all the unseen workers that made the magazine possible]].

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