Mitty's daydream.... Ben Stiller's triumph

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber ran only 2100 words. Ben Stiller works for me as Walter Mitty. My wife said he has the ability to look two different ways on screen-- 1) quite handsome and 2) quite ordinary. She said, "it's in his eyes, he's got nice eyes."

I found a review of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty movie in the Hindu Times. All hail the internet! But what I liked about the Hindu Times review is their suggestion that the Ben Stiller character never experienced the fantastic adventures we see him endure on his trek around the globe-- Greenland, Iceland, Afghanistan and the Himalayas-- in search of the Life magazine photographer stud played by Sean Penn.

As an aside... Sean Penn has earned some serious age lines in his face.... Sean Penn... the new Charles Bronson?

Walter Mitty fantasized it all. I hope that Ben Stiller was making that point-- so that we can say he stuck with James Thurber's original concept.