The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty Movie Vs Movie Analysis

Is the novel making the same point about the value or ideas as the film? If so, how? If it is making a different point about the value or idea, how is it different?

The purpose of this report is to compare and contrast two movies made about Hamlet. I will present and discuss different aspects of the version directed by Kenneth Branagh to that of Franco Zefirelli. During this paper you will be presented with my opinions in reference to determining which version of Hamlet best reflects the original text by Shakespeare. I will end this paper with my belief and explanation of which movie is true to the original play.

There are many similarities and some minor differences between the movie, directed by Claude Chabrol, and the short story it is based off of, written by Guy de Maupassant. The plot, setting, and characters are all highly similar in both the story and the film. In both, the plot follows the same scheme, it is set in Paris in the 1880’s, and all of the main characters are the same. The major difference that stood out to me is how these aspects are displayed at the beginning of the narrative.

    In the movie the movie of Walter Mitty they had more places for the setting, while in the short story the setting only takes place in a city named Waterbury where all they do is run errands. It had basically explained how they were in Waterbury but different places within the city. Due to this the short story didn't have many characters. However in the movie Walter was in the office and traveled many places. He was trying to track down Sean O’Connell to set negative 25 which was the cover photo. Some of the places Walter traveled included Greenland, Iceland, and Afghanistan, while he did these things it showed him that he is an important person. Every time Walter traveled he would always have some type of daydream, an example is when he was on the way to the volcano and he fell due to a daydream he had. Therefore the daydreams that Walter has affects what he gets done and i say that the movie adds much more detail than the short story.

In The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, it is evident that non-diegetic sound has impact on numerous scenes throughout the film For example, music by Swedish folk/rock band Junip and David Bowie affected the impact of their respective scenes in that they brought a sense of bravery, excitement, and happiness to them, adding to the movie’s message and plot. Director and star Ben Stiller additionally uses numerous camera techniques to add to these scenes and uses them to portray specific feelings and emotion throughout the film. The focus will be on three scenes and the use of camera movement and techniques in each of them.

Characterization is great to have in a short story such as "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". Thurber shows characterization right from the beginning of the short story. The start of the story takes place in Walter's first day dream where he is flying an aircraft in the war but his wife ends up coming into the daydream and telling him he needs to slow down. Walter Mitty is a dynamic character because he is always changing and becoming more and more out of his wife's control. In the story, Walter is faced with a lot of hardship with his wife ruining his daydreams. His daydreams are a way for him to get away from reality and for him to be whoever he wants to be. "We only live

Both the novel and the film share indistinguishable qualities. For example,They both have the same places as the novel.There were the DX,Tasty Freeze,the lot,the church,and the characters houses.Since they had the same places the same things happened.They have the same places so,they have the same scenes.However,they seem identical, they have a lot of differences.

One way the story is different from the movie is that the story is very descriptive of characters and

The biggest similarity between the book, and the movie is the theme. The theme in both the book, and the

Moreover, the biggest contrast of all that separates the movie and the book is that in the book, Walter is constantly shifting into his dreams, which symbolize his wife, while in the movie he actively pursues finding

First, Walter Mitty has many detailed daydreams. For example, “Life is about courage and going into the unknown, into another world so you can develop who you really are” (Cheryl Melhoff). This quote explains that a person must go into the unknown, into another world where you can face your obstacles and develop who you really are. In the movie, it shows that it’s a better medium than the short story. Mainly, the daydreams in the movie are more enjoyable because you can actually see them. Also, “When the flock of birds formed Cheryl’s face, it made Walter Mitty think of her.” Someone watching the movie could feel his emotions. Maybe, if this daydream were in the short story, a person could not have felt the feelings and emotions he felt in the movie. Not only that, but also Walter Mitty has to decide if he’s going to go with the pilot to Iceland and find Sean. Then, “He daydreams that Cheryl is at the restaurant and she is playing the guitar and she sings him a song that encourages him to go to Iceland.” He didn’t want to go at first but then thinking about Cheryl, it symbolizes how he feels her support and makes him change his mind and go to Iceland.

Whenever books are adapted for film, changes inevitably have to be made. The medium of film offers several advantages and disadvantages over the book: it is not as adept at exploring the inner workings of people - it cannot explore their minds so easily; however, the added visual and audio capabilities of film open whole new areas of the imagination which, in the hands of a competent writer-director, can more than compensate.

     Many time in our lives, we have seen the transformation of novels into movies. Some of them are equal to the novel, few are superior, and most are inferior. Why is this? Why is it that a story that was surely to be one of the best written stories ever, could turn out to be Hollywood flops? One reason is that in many transformations, the main characters are changed, some the way they look, others the way they act. On top of this, scenes are cut out and plot is even changed. In this essay, I will discuss some of the changes made to the characters of the Maltese Falcon as they make their transformation to the ?big screen.?

Throughout the film, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", many changes differentiate the movie from the book. Not only can these differences be seen in the characters of the novel, but also in the series of events that make this story so interesting. In this essay, the significance of these differences will be revealed as well as the reasons for the changes.

It was not until Walter talked back to his wife at the end (5) that readers see the only concern she presents is of worry whenever Mitty does not act in his usual and expected behavior. One can see that because they do not have much in common helps readers see why they have problems in their marriage There is many more intext context that contribute to Walter and his wife in this story; nevertheless, there are many more clues that the reader can conclude when looking on how these two characters think about themselves and each other.