Mitty: a re-imagining done right.

Rating: 9/10 (15 January 2014)

I have long enjoyed the Danny Kaye version of this film (same title), so I was curious to see where this one would go. While wildly different movies, I feel that this Mitty is a thorough and fair re-imagining. I have recently witnessed the second Hobbit movie where many defenders are desperately trying to justify Jackson's path as a re-imagining, and I can only say - Watch these 2 Mitty movies to see how it is done. While very different in their stories, their commonalities inspire comparison. If I had to pick more thematic brethren, I would say Stranger Than Fiction is the closest that I have seen, with perhaps Turtle Diary another.
I don't think that this is an awesome movie, except with cinematography, but I feel that it has been fairly placed by the voting public. Definitely well above average, and most enjoyable.