Could have been better

Rating: 7/10 (28 January 2014)

After seeing the reviews I decided to see the movie. The scenery was spectacular and the story line fine if you suspend disbelief a bit. The ending where Mitty ends up on the cover ( hey, what about the other employees?) was a bit much to swallow, but the theme of getting out of your comfort zone and taking a chance resonated with most viewers, I think. Sean Penn was good as the adventurer/photographer and Stiller was surprisingly good playing a dramatic role, although sometimes the movie seems split between trying to be a comedy and trying to play it straight. I'm sorry, but skating down mountain sides on a skateboard is completely outrageous and unbelievable, and this is what I mean by the split nature of the movie - played for laughs as something outrageous it would have worked, but to believe that this meek guy who worked at a pizza chain and then at the magazine could also somehow be a world class skater.....The people with me thought the movie was too slow - I think they expected either a comedy or a hair raising adventure kind of like Indiana Jones. It was worthwhile seeing, but not exactly what I expected