Original "Secret Life of Walter Mitty" tonight 12/26

[dvdjunkie]

Those of you who want to see a real classic movie that has been ruined by a Hollywood remake, tuen into Turner Classic Movies (TCM) tonight at 8 pm Eastern/7 pm Centeral for one of the rare times that this classic movie is shown.

Starring Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo and Boris Karloff, this James Thurber fantasy about a man who want to live his life through his fantasies and on the way becomes a hero. This movie was released in 1947 and is great for the whole family. No need to cover eyes and ears for anything objectionable.

The 2013 version of this film starring Ben Stiller, Kathrine Wiig and Sean Pean, just doesn't come close to making you feel like you can be that person who follows their dreams. With foul language, and sexual situation this PG, which probably should have been a PG-13, film is a sad comparison to the original classic. To say that it follows James Thurber's book would be a little lie. It uses the ideas and that's about all we get.

Do yourself a favor and watch the original tonight, and see if you don't agree with me that this film can stand on its own with any of today's movies, and did not have to be "remade".

[Disney Guru]

Sorry Sexual Scenes/Foul Language, you'll have to tell me about these supposed scenes. I saw it on Wednesday found it very enjoyable. Ben Stiller did a great job in a nice modern take on the film. He perfectly portrayed the intelligent, yet someone else always seems to take the credit for his successes part. Shirley MacLaine was adorable as his mother, the whole search for that missing negative and finally at the end realizing that it was always in his reach.

Was it like the Danny Kaye vehicle no, it was never their idea to make a carbon copy of it. Their idea was to do a retooling of it adjusted to this time period. They did quite well if you ask me. If I wanted to read off the wall hating modernization reviews, I would become more of a reader of Rex Reed's reviews in the New York Observer.

[ajmrowland]

"original" is an odd term imo, since they are both adaptations and different from both each other and the short story